Surface Pack

Level 3: Early Developing

This 5-level guided reading system helps kids master verbal, reading, and writing skills — starting at any level. Every app, storybook, and video has been hand-selected to help kids gain the knowledge they need to transition from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn.

Early Developing packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones:
- Participates in conversation
- Asks questions to clarify uncertainty
- Understands the organization of print
- Distinguishes long versus short vowel words
- Writes text with simple facts
- Begins to spell long vowel words with patterns

This Launchpad contains the following apps:

Ants Dance
Grab your dancing shoes and get ready to see some great new moves in this story from FarFaria. Get ready, because these ants love to dance!

Fourteen Animals That Are Definitely Not an Octopus
These animals are totally normal. Nothing unusual here. Just a regular 'ol camel, flamingo, rhino, squirrel... One thing is for sure: none of these animals are an octopus. I'm 100% positive... 95% positive... ok I'm 40% positive. No, no I'm sure of it - none of these animals is an octopus!

It's Time To Say Goodnight
A little boy has so much fun saying “Good morning”—to the sun, to the hills, to the chickens, to the pigs, to the grass, to the planes, to the cars, to the trucks, to the whole city, to everything in sight!—that by the time he’s finished saying “Good morning,” it’s time to say “goodnight!”

Jack and the Beanstalk
Can Jack defeat an evil giant so he and his mother can return to their castle? Speakaboos’ parent app, HOMER, is a proven early learning program that builds personalized learning plans for children ages 2-8 - complete with this story and others like this!

Jet - The Witch Sisters
Big Witch Sister is receiving an award out of town and Little Witch Sister is going to miss it! Help Little Witch Sister spell jet so she can get there fast!

Storybook Animations: Mrs. Mole's Birthday Present
Harriet forgot to bring a birthday present for Mrs. Mole but Felix and Max help her discover the perfect gift.

Storybook Animations: Off to the Beach
Alex packs toys in his tote bag to take to the beach.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Sam's job is to keep the sheep safe but it's so boring. He plays a joke on his friends but will they think it is funny?

The Jungle Book
Swing through the jungle with Mowgli, the young orphan adopted by wolves, as he learns to live in a tropical wilderness with help of his faithful friends Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther. Children will enjoy this interactive storybook by reading independently or with narration while enjoying the 3D pop-up scenes and meeting many animals along the way!

The Stone Sculptor
Follow The Stone Sculptor as he explores various careers and learns that the grass isn't always greener on the other side. eKidz is an award-winning language learning application that helps kids develop reading skills. Each title features interactive listening and reading practice, simultaneous narration adapted by level, reading comprehension, and much more, while providing the opportunity for children to celebrate culture and heritage through exclusive content.

Ting and Chi Grow a Garden
Celebrate Earth Day with Ting and Chi as they and their parents learn all about growing a garden in this book from FarFaria.

Transformers Rescue Bots Save Griffin Rock
"The TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS have finally landed…in their first-ever interactive storybook app! Are you ready to join them on their rescue mission? When a new Sky Forest tower is constructed in Griffin Rock, the city finds itself under attack by ravenous plants! It’s time for the TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS to roll to the rescue, but when they need help, who is going to save them? TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS: SKY FOREST RESCUE is an interactive storybook adventure that puts early and emerging readers at the center of the action on every page."