Price: $0.99

Hippo Hooray Letters – Flashcards for Toddlers

Our Review

The educational application Hippo Letters practices letter identification. The user is given four choices of letters and asked – in both written and spoken ways – to touch the identified letter. Get the answer right and you’re given a playful, positive affirmation like “you rock”, “super cool” and “awesome”. Get enough correct answers and there is a fireworks display. The graphics and design are clean and attractive and the app is easy to understand and use. I also appreciate the encouraging nature of instruction. Unlike many toddler apps with several game options offered, Hippo Letters has one repetitive feature (letter identification) and playing it over and over again quickly becomes tiresome. Granted, this app does have fireworks… but not a lot of bang for the buck.

By Age Range, By App Feature, Language, Phonics, Preschool, Reviews, Toddlers

January 10th, 2010 by Kristen Young Share

Application Detail

Hippo Hooray Numbers - Flashcards for Toddlers

Developer: Jackson Fish Market
Released: 2009-10-31
Price: $0.99

Description from the Developer

Created by parents for their own children (and tested extensively with those very same kids), Hippo Hooray Numbers is a great way to help young children learn their numbers, practice counting, and keep them entertained. From the makers of Hippo Hooray Colors, Shapes, and Letters displays the numbers 0-20 on wooden tiles, and written on the blackboard. A young voice encourages your child to choose the right number, helps them if they don't pick right the first time, and pats them on the back when they choose correctly. In addition to teaching kids to recognize numbers, Hippo Hurray Numbers has counting screens where children can count cupcakes, party hats, and balls. There's even a line of text for grownups to use to help guide their toddler and to help in noisy environments. Every so often a short video will pop up congratulating your child on doing a great job. Rather than a quiz format, each screen is like a little teaser for your toddler to learn from.

Amid beautiful illustrations, you'll find Honey the Hippo and Raphael the Robin (yes, he paints!) peeking out from behind scenery, and coming out to encourage your child. (Keep an eye out for the monkey with the cupcake hat.) In addition to high quality artwork, the user interface is incredibly simple letting your toddler focus on cognitive, language, and motor development.

About Jackson Fish Market

Founded in 2006 in Seattle, WA, Jackson Fish Market (www.jacksonfish.com) is focused on making handcrafted software for people of all ages to fall in love with. Jackson Fish Market is currently offering Hippo Hooray Colors, Hippo Hooray Letters, and Hippo Hooray Shapes for the iPhone. Follow us on Twitter @hippohooray for updates on new versions, and new Hippo Hooray experiences for your children. You can also visit www.hippohooray.com for news and updates.