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Our Pre-coding Penguins App is available as a multi-platform resource, which means that you can enjoy this exciting software on your favourite device! Simply use your licence to activate the app on your iPad(s) and/or computer(s). These delightful penguins will help develop skills necessary for children to be effective coders. In a suite of games, the penguins can be matched to each other, sorted into sequences and guided through mazes. Each of these games develops specific thinking skills that will be of value when children begin to apply them to digital technology. These is also an interactive collection of fascinating facts to teach children more about the wonderful creatures that are penguins. Teacher options provide the facility to change modes, set the number of rounds and adjust the complexity. FEATURES * Match penguins like for like or to their opposite. * Complete penguin sequences of different length and complexity. * Guide a penguin through a maze step by step or by writing a complete sequence. * Use settings to manage the options available. * A Read Me file including ideas to develop pre-coding skills away from a screen. * No third-party advertising. * No in-app purchases. WHO IS YELLOW DOOR? We are a publisher offering a range of inspiring and innovative resources. From multisensory games to interactive software, we combine hands-on learning with open-ended technology to promote communication and language, collaborative play and creativity across the curriculum. Our aim is to produce resources that are appealing to small hands and curious minds, and that will help build an engaging, playful learning environment for all young children. CUT for US OTHER APPS FROM YELLOW DOOR Pre-Writing App Letter Recognition App Letter Formation App I-Spy Initial Sounds App Initial Sounds Bubble App Find the Rhyme App I’ve Got a Feeling App Number Formation App Come Alive Traditional Tales (6 individual apps) Come Alive Nursery Rhymes Come Alive Sound and Letters Come Alive Listening. REVIEW THE APP We would love to know what you think of our new app, so please leave a review!

Learning games for kids 3 to 12 that parents can trust: math by grade, a Chess School, and a friendly AI that explains what AI is and helps your child code a robot. Questions are read aloud in your child's own language. No ads, no account, and it works offline. Math and thinking • Number Match, Counting Game and Math Puzzle, class by class • Brain Quiz, from easy to tricky • Chess School: ten chapters from the first move to real tricks, then play a robot from easy to tricky Meet AI — new! • An AI friend explains what AI is, one page at a time, read aloud • A few little questions to help it stick • Practise asking AI clearly: saying exactly what you want • Code a robot to reach the star, with the AI friend helping when you are stuck Play and learn • Star Pilot and Pearl Diver: dodge obstacles and solve sums to power up • Whack-a-Mole, Memory Match, Shape Sorter, Animal Sounds • Voice Commands: answer out loud Made for children • Questions read aloud for children who cannot read yet • 50+ languages • Relaxed mode with no time pressure • Play on iPhone and iPad • Works without the internet Safe for children • No ads • No account needed to play • Extra content can only be bought behind a grown-up check