Kandy Fish is an “iPad game/animated picture book” for preschoolers that teaches these concepts:

• Shapes
• Colors
• Directions
• Pattern Recognition
• Eye-Hand Coordination
• Pre-Math Skills
• Pre-Reading Skills

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(By the way, Christi just happens to be our daughter, and the two little boys just happen to be our adorable grandsons!)

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This is one of my favorites and a favorite of nearly everyone who has used it according to the Hap Palmer website.  I used Learning Basic Skills Through Music in my Early Childhood class, and I enjoyed it as much as the children.  These learning songs are great action songs as well that help get out the wiggles out of restless students.   Here is a list of the songs:

• 1. Colors

• 2. Put Your Hands Up In The Air

• 3. The Elephant

• 4. The Number March

• 5. Marching Around The Alphabet

• 6. Growing

• 7. This Is The Way We Get Up In The Morning

• 8. Birds

• 9. What Are You Wearing?

• 10. What Is Your Name?

By the way, Hap Palmer’s first recording of this was in 1969, but it is still as catchy and enjoyable today as it was back then.   Hap Palmer’s songs are timeless!  The songs are easy to learn and help with retention of skills in a musical way.

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Our two year old grandson loves to play educational games on our daughter’s iPhone.  It’s perfect to keep him occupied when they’re in the car, at the doctor’s office, or up in her office at work.  His favorite game right now is Toddler Teasers.  The games include letters, numbers, shapes, and colors, and it’s available at the iTunes App Store.

It’s amazing to me that our grandson, who is two years and two months old, knows how to play games on an iPhone.   Technology is amazing and such a wonderful tool for learning!.

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• An Orange for a Bellybutton by Haruo Fukami
• An Orange in January by Dianna Hutts Aston
• Autumn Orange by Christianne C. Jones
• Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman
• Each Orange Has 8 Slices by Paul Giganti  (Reprint)
• Mystery of the Flying Orange Pumpkin by Steven Kellogg
• Orange by Nancy Harris
• Orange Juice by Betsey Chessen and Pamela Chanko
  
• Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett
• Orange:  Seeing Orange All Around Us by Sarah L. Schuette and Elena Bodrova
  
• Oranges by Inez Snyder
• Oranges to Orange Juice ( How Things Are Made) by Inez Snyder
  
• Otto’s Orange Day by Frank Cammuso Jay Lynch
• Star in My Orange: Looking for Nature’s Shapes by Dana Meachen Rau
  
• The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater
• What Columbus Found:  It Was Orange, It Was Round by Jane Kurtz
  
• Why is an Orange Called an Orange? by Cobi Ladner

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• And to Name But Just a Few: Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue by Laurie Rosenwald
• Blue 2: A Pop-up Book for Children by David A. Carter
• Blue Goes to School (Blue’s Clues Series) by Angela C. Santomero
• Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
• Blue Moo by Sandra Boynton
• Blue’s Best Rainy Day (Blue’s Clues Series) by Deborah Reber
• Blue’s Big Parade by Justin Spelvin
• Blue’s Checkup (Blue’s Clues) by Sarah Albee
• Blue’s Clues Chanukah (Blue’s Clues Series) by Jessica Lissy
• Blue’s Clues Holiday by Angela C. Santomero
• Blue’s Fall Day by Lauryn Silverhardt
• Blue’s Halloween Hide-and-Seek by Michael T. Smith
• Blue’s Snack Party by Kevin Cardinali
• Blue’s Thanksgiving Feast (Blue’s Clues Series) by Jessica Lissy
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
• Colors: Blue by Esther Sarfatti
• Counting With Blue by Lauryn Silverhardt
• Good Night, Blue by Angela C. Santomero
• Guess Who Loves Blue! by Deborah Reber (good for Valentine’s Day)
• Healthy Snacks With Blue by J-P Chanda
• In a Blue Room by Jim Averbeck
• It’s Valentine’s Day! (Blue’s Clues Series) by Brooke Lindner
• Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
• Old, New, Red, Blue (Step Into Reading – story about race cars) by Lagonegro
  
• One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
• Sky the Blue Fairy by Daisy Meadows
• Thomas and Friends: Blue Train, Green Train by Rev. W. Awdry
• Welcome to Blue’s Clues! (Blue’s Clues Series) by Angela C. Santomero
• One For Me, One For You: A Book About Sharing (Blue’s Clues Series) by Sarah Albee

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• Ann Likes Red by Dorothy Z. Seymour
• And to Name But Just a Few: Red, Yellow, Green and Blue by Laurie Rosenwald
• Big, Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
• Clifford: The Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
• Colors: Red by Esther Sarfatti
• Llama, Llama, Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
• Little Red Cowboy Hat by Susan Lowell and Randy Cecil (southwest version of Little Red Riding Hood)
• Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by Philemon Sturges
• Little Red Riding Hood by Brothers Grimm
• Little Red Riding Hood:  A Newfangled Prairie Tale by Lisa Campbell Ernst
• Little Red’s Autumn Adventure by Sarah Ferguson
• My Red Umbrella by Robert Bright
• Old, New, Red, Blue (Step Into Reading – story about race cars) by Lagonegro
• One Fish, Two Fish Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
• One Red Dot: A Pop-up Book for Children by David A. Carter
• Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood by Mike Artell
  
• Red by Sarah L. Shuette
• Red is Best by Kathy Stinson and Robin Baird Lewis
• Red Lace, Yellow Lace: Learn to Tie Your Shoe! by Mike Casey
• Red, Stop!  Green, Go! by P. D. Eastman
• Red Train by Will Grace
  
• Red-eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley
  
• Ruby the Red Fairy by Daisy Meadows
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Bunsen
• The Lion and the Little Red Bird by Elisa Kleven
  
• The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear by Audrey Wood
• The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
  
• The Red Book by Barbara Lehman
• The Red Lemon by Bob Staake
• With Love, Little Red Hen by Alma Flor Ada

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• And to Name But Just a Few: Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue by Laurie Rosenwald
• Big Green Pocketbook by Candice F. Ransom
• Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
• Colors: Green by Esther Sarfatti
• Eco Babies Wear Green by Michelle Sinclair Colman
• Green by Sarah L. Shuette
• Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
• Green Puppy Goes to the Dentist (Blue’s Clues) by J.C. Schwanda
• Green Says Go by Ed Emberley
• Green Wilma by Ted Arnold
  
• I’m Sorry! (Blue’s Clues – Green Puppy) by Justin Chanda
• Nature’s Green Umbrella by Gail Gibbons
  
• Purple, Green and Yellow by Robert Munsch
• Red,Stop! Green,Go! by P. D. Eastman
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  
• Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek

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