Pirates of SI

Pirates of Snow Island preschool educational applications aim to help prepare young learners with skills in early literacy, numeracy, hand/eye coordination and creative expression. Through a variety of activities, learners are encouraged to make connections among sounds, letters, words, colors, pictures and meaning. The Snow Island Paper Theatre series presents the learner with amusing and engaging scenes and characters designed to appear like a two-dimensional paper theatre production. Learners interact with each scene (and with special features of the mobile device such as tilt) by manipulating the objects on the stage which prompt new animations and narratives designed to focus on different educational skills and learning processes. The fun and fluid nature of Snow Island applications foster the development of creative thinking skills while nurturing the young learner’s ability to identify, select and use information (such as combinations of sounds, images, and/or written language) to solve problems. Snow Island apps are further designed with tips and suggestions for parents to maximize the learning possibilities included in each scene. How to Play Your child is the puppeteer! Their goal is to help Captain Snow find words to represent each letter in the alphabet. Words will magically appear as certain objects are clicked on in each scene and the corresponding letter will be highlighted at the bottom of the stage. Try to find all the letters of the alphabet! •Make Captain snow dance, swim or jump up and down by dragging him to different areas on the stage. •Change the weather by dragging the clouds around. What happens when you drag a cloud over the sun? •Find the hidden key to open the treasure chest. •Make music under the sea. •Meet some different creatures that live under the sea. What can you make them do? Additional learning activities for you and your child to do while playing this game can be found by clicking on the ____ icon on the right side of the stage. These activities focus on different skills such as such as spatial relations, relational concepts, counting and colors.