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Kids use color – black, red, green and blue – to program CATEGORY2015 Best Educational Technology, 2015 Best
Ozobot to follow a path forward, backward, fast, slow, Hardware or Peripheral, 2015 Best Technology Toy, 2015
right, left and more. This introduces kids to simple Innovation
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coding practices, expands their imaginations and
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encourages life skills such as deductive reasoning.
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Ozobot follows your instructions or moves autonomously,
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it can memorize & play back up to 500 moves. Ozobot FACEBOOK
can move on physical surfaces like paper or digital LeapFrog on Facebook
planes like smart phones and tablets and between the TWITTER
two seamlessly. Free Apps like OzoLuck, OzoPath and LeapFrog on Twitter
OzoDraw are available from both the iOS and Android App LumiKids Park
store. Each app brings Ozobot to life when you create
mazes, tracks and playgrounds on paper, game boards From the makers of Lumosity, LumiKids is a new kid’s
and digital screens. Ozobot deserves a KAPi Award for app rooted in developmental science that provides a
being the first robot to teach programming basics to kids collection of play-based experiences designed for
using fun and interactive games and activities. children two years and above. Decades of research
demonstrate that child development is impacted
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designed for children to play while using important
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core skills that serve as the building blocks for
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CATEGORY2015 Best Educational Technology, 2015 Best social-emotional skills. LumiKids’ team of child
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$49.99 understand play patterns in both digital and
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iOS or Android devices, tablets work best. intuitive and engaging experience. LumiKids allows
children to play and explore a digital playground,
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Ozobot Additionally, parents are provided with tips on how
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https://www.facebook.com/ozobot is kidSAFE+ certified. It is intuitive for young
learners to use by themselves, with no text or voice-
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LeapTV engaged and motivated with no feelings of failure.
The LumiKids Park app also has an average 5-star
Designed for ages 3-8, the LeapTV active video gaming rating in the iTunes App Store
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system combines activity with best-in-class
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curriculum, getting kids into the action while
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teaching core skills across reading, mathematics,
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science and problem solving. With a simple, intuitive
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prompts throughout to help children navigate games Free
and provide curricular tutorials, LeapTV is the best PLATFORM
first video game experience for children. LeapTV iPad
games draw from 2,600 skills, blending LeapFrog’s COMPANY URL
comprehensive curriculum into age-appropriate LumiKids Park
gameplay. Games adapt to each child’s level— FACEBOOK
starting with age, then the learning is automatically LumiKids Park on Facebook
adjusted for the right challenge. LeapTV provides TWITTER
access to LeapFrog’s Learning Library of more than LumiKids Park on Twitter
100 games and videos all designed or approved by LINKEDIN
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• Body Motion: Motion-sensing camera captures
movement, putting kids into the game as they run,
Brainzy
hop and wave their arms to defend goals, karate-
chop blocks, and more.
• Pointer Play: Controller transforms into a pointer Developed using rich data gathered from the 20 million
with a simple twist and lets kids snap jungle vines worksheets downloaded each year at
or swing from building to building. Education.com, Brainzy features hundreds of
• Classic Control: Children can press the A and B interactive games and activities designed to build
buttons for fast-paced gaming, or tilt and shake the reading and math skills in children ages 3–7. That
controller to sled through an enchanted garden or data plus years of industry-leading education
race in a kart-racing game expertise form the foundation of Brainzy, which is
aligned with the Common Core Curriculum State FACEBOOK
Standards for early reading and math. Brainzy’s Time for Kids on Facebook
comprehensive program follows a methodical, TWITTER
building-block path created to spark curiosity, Time for Kids on Twitter
giggles, and grins while building more than 30
critical skills. The systematic approach sets Brainzy
apart from the thousands of learning apps that take
a one-off, episodic approach. Brainzy covers the LeapPad3
essential skills teachers consider most important
for early learning success while deeply engaging LeapPad3 is a fast, high-performance, kid-tough Wi-Fi
kids in a world rich with exploration. Guided by a tablet with access to a 100% kid-perfect web experience
lovable cast of original characters, kids cover a and 1,200+ educator-approved games, apps, videos and
year’s worth of learning as they play through more more. Featuring 4GB of memory, LeapFrog’s powerful
than 300 fun games, videos, and read-along stories. quad-core chip, capacitive touchscreen, two mega-pixel
With one in four US educators using Education.com, front and back cameras and video recorder and
the Brainzy team can harness real-time data that rechargeable battery, LeapPad3 provides fast-action fun.
shows what parents and teachers are looking for in The LeapFrog educator-approved library draws from a
supplemental learning materials, which is the comprehensive curriculum of 2,600 skills across core
foundation for Brainzy’s continued development. subjects like reading, math, science and creativity.

•Innovative learning approach: LeapFrog learning games,


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apps and eBooks are designed by LeapFrog’s full-time in-
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For the home, $47.88. For the classroom, $59.88 •Auto-leveling experiences: LeapPad tablets
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Computer or tablet child, asking more challenging questions as children’s
skills develop. Progress is remembered from game to
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Brainzy forward.

With Wi-Fi and LeapSearch™ powered by Zui™ — a kid-


TIME for Kids Classroom App friendly web environment of videos, games and more, all
prescreened by LeapFrog learning experts—parents can
The TIME for Kids Classroom App is a dynamic teaching rest assured every content experience is safe and age-
tool that brings exclusive current events content to life appropriate. Parent settings offer easy extra control.
through interactive images, videos, animations, polls, LeapPad3 is also kid-tough with a reinforced frame and
maps and more. The Classroom App enables teachers to break-resistant glass, ensuring it’s safe for children
integrate multimedia and real-world connections into
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their K-6 classrooms, address students’ individual
abilities with leveled content, meet Common Core State CATEGORY2015 Best Educational Technology, 2015 Best
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modern classroom with immersive content for multiple 99.99
levels of learners. With audio of text and vocabulary
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definitions to support learners, as well as a version of LeapFrog
select articles for the grade level below, teachers are
able to teach the same highly engaging content to the FACEBOOK
whole class while simultaneously addressing the LeapFrog on Facebook
individual needs of their students. Additionally, the TWITTER
Classroom App features interactive quizzes aligned to LeapFrog on Twitter
grade-appropriate Common Core English Language Arts
Standards. Teachers can monitor student performance LeapBand
against each standard and pinpoint areas where
students need extra assistance through assessment and The LeapBand wearable activity tracker for kids
reporting encourages active play and healthy habits. It gets kids
moving and having fun with 50 activities and challenges,
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the more points they earn to unlock additional play and
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rewards for their virtual pet. LeapBand features helpful
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parent controls, including School Time, Night Time and
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App is free to download, subscriptions are $3.49 per Quiet Time modes. Parents can set their child’s device to
student (10-149 students), $3.32 per student (150-299 School Time or Night Time mode via LeapFrog Connect.
students), $3.14 per student (300+ students) Quiet Time mode can be set directly on the LeapBand to
lock game and pet play. In all three modes, LeapBand
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Time for Kids an analog watch. In addition to the active play on
LeapBand, the fun is extended to include a free
downloadable companion app called the Petathlon™. In Tiggly Counts
the Petathlon app, kids can compete as their virtual pet
in six mini-games like archery, surfing and bobsledding to Inspired by the Montessori cuisenaire rods, Tiggly Counts
win extras including medals and new tracksuits for their is a set of five counting toys that physically represent
virtual pet. The Petathlon app is available for download numbers 1-5, helping children concretize abstract math
to a child’s LeapPad Ultra or LeapPad3, or an iOS or concepts. The toys interact with three engaging learning
Android smartphone or tablet. apps that encourage children to play with number
relations, explore math operations, and develop their
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CATEGORY2015 Best Educational Technology, 2015 Best
Tech Leveraged Toy, 2015 Best Technology Toy, 2015  The first truly fun math toy that engages
Innovation preschoolers in meaningful mathematical thinking
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39.99 math apps — physical toys that deliver an interactive
learning experience which cannot be replicated by
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tapping the screen alone.
LeapFrog
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Tiggly Counts offers a learning solution that is
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fundamentally different from any other. We bring physical
TWITTER manipulatives to the digital world because years of
LeapFrog on Twitter academic research tell us that math manipulatives are
essential for children’s learning. We then enhance the
MILK HUNT: KIDS MATH GAME
physical play by using digital stories and playful make
believe activities to nurture children’s curiosity in math,
Practicing Mental Math can be boring and a challenge for ignite their imagination, and engage them in
Kids. We believe that casual games can provide a mathematical play. Research is an important aspect of
great incentive for kids to enjoy practicing Mental our product development. Our team, led by Dr. Jamalian,
Math. Milk Hunt: Kids Math Game follows the “Skill works with Teachers College advisors and Play Collective
and Drill” approach to help kids aged 6-11 years research team, conducts weekly playtestings, and
practice mental math in a casual gaming constantly discusses ideas with parents and educators
environment they are familiar with. The game holds
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currency which they use for getting power-ups to $29.95
improve their game score. This incentive makes APPCODE
them practice mental math on a regular basis. The Apps are free
game has an intelligent algorithm which COMPANY URL
continuously monitors the child’s performance in Tiggly Counts
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math to create an optimal database of questions.
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Parents and teachers can monitor the child’s
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progress through intuitive and detailed reporting.
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The database of questions is across multiple grade
levels and topics. The game has got a lot of exciting
and encouraging feedback from educators, parents, Magic Finger
experts and press. We are very proud of the Magic Finger is an exciting and fun app exclusively
engagement levels of our users with more than 15% developed for kids. By making full use of the
of them playing the game daily and almost 45% fingerprints that children left on the screen, kids
being retained after 30 days can interact with fingerprint creatures, at the same
time, learn useful words. This game can promote the
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Software Most of them have extensive educational work
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FACEBOOK The Foos
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Pili Pop is an English-learning application created
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especially for children. Available on iPhone and iPad,
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it gives children from ages 5 to 10 the opportunity to
practice English every day. Designed in Curious George and the Firefighters by iRead With
collaboration with language experts, Pili Pop offers
innovative listening and speaking games based on a We designed the iRead With shared reading program to
unique speech recognition engine. Pili Pop is foster language development and help preschoolers get
developed by Pili Pop Labs, a startup based in Paris ready to learn how to read. With our iRead With animated
and founded in 2012 by Elsa Prieto, Soiny Duval and stories, we encourage a participatory reading experience
Eugene Ernoult engaging both child and parent. Parents follow a
prompting system that encourages them to start a
conversation with the child, by asking questions about
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narrative and get stimulated in a multi-sensory level.
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Children can touch Living Words to animate the
PLATFORMIOS, IPad, iPhone illustrations. This helps children make the connection
CATEGORY2015 Best Children’s App (older kids), 2015 between text and image. They can record their voice for
Best Children’s App (pre-readers), 2015 Best Educational the living words and the characters’ dialogue lines. And
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7-day free trial 3 subscription plans (1 month: €9.99, 6 develops storytelling and narrative skills, and is also a
months: €39.99, 12 months: €59.99) lot of fun! In this story Curious George and the man with
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Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, finds all sorts of new things to explore. When one curious
and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5, monkey meets a company of unsuspecting firefighters, a
iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus. big adventure is sure to follow!

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The Foos teaches young kids about computer science
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concepts by letting them program cute characters in a
virtual world. The game is self-directed and the interface FACEBOOK
is 100% visual so anyone, anywhere in the world can iRead With on Facebook
play. Kids 5+ learn about sequencing, loops, conditionals
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and other powerful ideas. Our multi-platform approach iRead With on Twitter
makes The Foos highly accessible. Our character-driven
mechanics allow us to be both gender and ethnicity Dash
inclusive. Our goal is to teach 5 million girls and 5 million
under-represented minorities about computer science in Dash is from Wonder Workshop- formerly Play-i. Dash is
the next 3 years an explorer and helps kids learn to code. Kids can define
how they want to play. Whether your child is into having
make-believe tea parties, building elaborate forts, or
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step of the way. Empower your child to program Dash &
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PLATFORMIPad, iPhone the ages of 8 and 12 the fundamental concepts of
CATEGORY2015 Best Educational Technology, 2015 Best computer programming. The application allows
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$169 the many challenge based beginner programming
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iPad or related devices environment. The format allows children to
experiment, take risks, and organically discover
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Slice Fractions
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CATEGORY2015 Best Children’s App (older kids), 2015
The challenge for educational games is to blend the
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gameplay and the learning material. We believe Slice
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Fractions innovates precisely because it integrates well
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critical to society and hard to teach in schools. For
example, the very action of slicing blocks puts players in PLATFORM
the proper mindset to reason about fractions of a whole. iOS iPad and iPhone
The thing we are most proud of is how players are letting COMPANY URL
go of their fear of math and working hard to understand a Hopscotch Home
subject they would usually run away from. This is shown
by the average user rating on the App Store (4.9/5 across FACEBOOK
all countries), great parents’ comments on the App Store, Hopscotch on Facebook
and incredible retention rates (63% of our users come
back after 30 days). AWARDS: – Best Family Friendly
Game 2014 — Indie Prize Showcase Awards (Casual EyePlay
Connect 2014) – Editors’ Choice — Apple App Store – Our
Favorites — Google Play – Editor’s Choice for Excellence EyePlay is a virtual indoor playground that allows
in Design — Children’s Technology Review – Winner of a multiple players to interact with colorful graphics and
Parents’ Choice Gold Award 2014 – Gold Medal Winner sounds projected onto floors or walls. EyePlay deserves
2014 — International Serious Play Awards – Silver Winner a KAPi Award due to the wide variety of fun, active and
2014 — National Parenting Publications Awards educational games available. EyePlay ensures children
never get bored and it appeals to today’s high-tech
consumer. Each system is equipped with proprietary
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reacts when player movement is detected. By interacting
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trigger sounds, play games or interact with content
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applications in an exciting and memorable way
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Ululab Inc CATEGORY2015 Best Educational Technology, 2015 Best Tech
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EyePlay
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Hopscotch

Hopscotch is working to make computer programming


accessible to all. Launched in April 2013, Hopscotch
built the first ever programming language designed
for a mobile device and is developing creative
products to teach kids to code. Their mission is to
empower anyone anywhere to build new
technologies. Hopscotch’s primary product is an
iPad application designed to teach children between

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