Price: $1.99

Mother Goose Reader Review

Our Review

“Mother Goose Reader” is a lovely, content-rich children’s app for the iPad that introduces 20 classic Mother Goose Rhymes to children. Each rhyme is illustrated nicely, and there are a lot of hidden sounds to tap on and games to play, including shape, letter and size sorting, puzzles, memory games and drum pad. The rhymes can both be sung or spoken, and you have the option of doing your own recordings. The text is highlighted as the rhyme is sung/read, making it easy to follow along.

I really enjoy this app because I want my son (2 1/2) to be exposed to these classics. This app does a nice job in reciting the full versions of these rhymes, not just the first verse. My son really enjoys tapping all over the pages looking for the sounds and music. He also loves the hidden games and sometimes asks me to find them for him as soon as he opens up this application, the index of hidden games makes this easy, a nice touch!

I occasionally have mild problems flipping between pages, either doing so accidentally or not knowing where to tap. Grey triangles are sometimes present in the top corners of the screen to aid in page turning, I wish they were always on the screen to be seen.

By Age Range, By App Feature, Matching, Preschool, Puzzle, Reading, Reviews, Shapes, Stories, Toddlers

September 8th, 2010 by Amy Solomon Share

Application Detail

Mother Goose Reader

Developer: My Own Kids Book, LLC.
Released: 2010-07-13 01:41:45
Price: $1.99

Description from the Developer

"Each rhyme is beautifully enhanced with colorful illustrations that come alive... Once your toddler selects one of the stories from the main menu, the Mother Goose Reader gets to work and recites the story in a clear, concise and soothing voice." AppAdvice.com July 14 2010

A jewel in the memories of many adults, the Mother Goose collection has been a staple of young reading for decades, and our beautifully-illustrated, interactive edition is a wonderful introduction to the delights of these classic children's stories. The stories are enhanced with prerecorded “spoken word” audio tracks, which can be played to help make reading easier and more enjoyable. Children and their parents will also find nine special lyrical tracks to accompany various segments, and the title features a fun recording option to allow kids to record their own voices reading the stories.

Features:
- 20 Mother Goose nursery rhymes.
- Hidden sounds and activities. Objects within a rhyme are interactive – each rhyme contains a hidden interactive activity.
- Six fun-to-play Interactive Activities hidden throughout - including a Jigsaw Puzzle, Memory Game, Shape sorters, Drum Pad, Place a Shape, and Alphabet sorter.
- Read-Along text highlighting.
- Personal recorder function – record your own audio tracks.
- Many of the rhymes presented with prerecorded Spoken Word and Lyrical audio tracks.
- Rhymes Include:
Ants Go Marching,
Baa, Baa Black Sheep,
Muffin Man,
Farmer in the Dell,
Go to Bed, Tom,
Hickory Dickory Dock,
Hot Cross Buns,
Humpty Dumpty,
Jack and Jill,
Jack, be Nimble,
Jack Sprat,
Little Bo Peep,
London Bridge,
Mary had a Little Lamb,
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary,
Old MacDonald had a Farm,
Sailing, Sailing,
Simple Simon,
Three Little Kittens, and
Georgie Porgie.