Mickey's Shapes Sing-Along by Disney Imagicademy

By Disney Publishing Worldwide
Price $2.99
Age 0-5 yrs.

This app engages and entertains kids while teaching them to identify geometric shapes and their key visual characteristics. The Sing section contains animated sing-along music videos with original Disney Imagicademy music and lyrics that appear along the bottom of the screen, karaoke-style. Seven of the songs focus on one shape apiece - Square, Triangle, Circle, Oval, Diamond, Rectangle, Hexagon - and feature visuals and lyrics that define what constitutes that shape. The blend of catchy music, appealing lyrics, and interactive treats triggered by tapping the screen pulls kids to watch again and again, invaluable repetition that fosters recognition and understanding. Each shape song has a Play counterpart that lets kids play games in which they draw and find shapes, with surprise animation each time they succeed. Children can record their voices singing the words, and enjoy dancing along with the silly, happy-go-lucky character who is front and center in the music videos.