Peekaboo Barn
By Night & Day Studios, Inc.
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Description
Inside a little bouncing barn, friendly farm animals are waiting to pop out and surprise your little one. Try and guess who they are; tap the doors to find out!
Work with your child to learn the names of animals and hear the sounds they make. Younger children will love opening the barn doors to find a new animal animation, as they learn about cause and effect and become familiar with animal names and sounds. Older children will enjoy guessing animals by sound, then seeing the animal names, which helps develop early literacy skills.
New Multiple Language Features:
Press the Language button on the Options screen to try them out.
--Choose from the built-in narrators: child's voice in English; adult's voice in English or Spanish.
--Record your own voice: We added this feature so parents, children, and visiting relatives and friends can capture their own voices and star in Peekaboo Barn. Now you can record the animal names in your native language--or grandma's voice, or grandpa's--and, if you're recording a new language, you can save the appropriate written version too, and both will show up the next time you play. (Please note, we can only support the writing systems that are supported by your device.)
--Additional languages: Two packs now available for in-app purchase, for 99 cents each:
* Asian languages 1: Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi, and Japanese.
* European languages 1: Swedish, Dutch, Italian, German, and French.
FEATURED BY APPLE
One of the first apps to be released for toddlers, since 2008 Peekaboo Barn has been downloaded over half a million times, and played over 20 million times worldwide. It has been a top 20 educational game on the iTunes store nearly every day since its launch, and has been featured by Apple often. It won The Best Toddler App Ever award in 2009, and was named one of the top 50 iPhone apps for kids by Babble.com in 2010 and 2011. It is recommended by The New York Times, MSNBC, USA Today, Wired, Telegraph UK, Ireland’s The Independent, Parents Magazine, and the Washington Post.
Peekaboo Barn was made for you and your toddler by artists and educators, not marketers, robots, or companies repackaging clip art. Our team has backgrounds in cognitive science and child development, and we’ve worked in educational media everywhere from Penguin USA to the Smithsonian Institution. When you could really use a safe distraction--in airports, restaurants, and waiting rooms--or you'd like to try something new with your little genius, Peekaboo Barn is the educational, artful solution. Enjoy!
If you are looking for more Peekaboo Barn, check out our awesome sequels: Peekaboo Forest and Peekaboo Wild. And check out our newest releases: Richard Scarry's Busytown and Caillou's World.
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Night & Day Studios is a member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families.
Recommended ages: 1-3
Categories: Early Learning, Letters, Environment, Games, Reading, Foreign Language, Special Needs
What's New in Version 4.1.0
Introducing a holiday theme with the animals and barn dressed up for the season. We will put the decorations away on Jan 6th, 2012. Hindi is now available in the Asian languages pack. Happy Holidays from Night & Day Studios!
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Customer Reviews
Language options
I love this app and the enhancements to customize the recording and spelling of the names of the animals. I updated mine with Korean so that my daughter can play this in Korean. Awesome!
Bad word pronunciation on an otherwise good app.
I really like this app. my daughter is enthralled by it, and at 15 months, knows all the animals. Therein lies the problem. I want my child to know the correct pronunciation of the animals names. It's a rooster, not a "wooster." It's a pig, not a 'piiiiig." It's a horse, not a "hause." It's sheep, not "seep." and at the end, it's everyone, not "everone." I know it's cute, but it'll teach your child the wrong way to pronounce the animals names, and that isn't a good thing. On a side note, if you're trying to teach your child spanish, then it is an awesome app. All the animals names are pronounced without any inflection or "lisping." I hope they fix this. It is the only thing stopping me from trying their other apps.
***Update***
If you have a young child, this is almost a "must have" app. With the 3.0 update, there is an option for an adult pronunciation of the words. In my opinion, that is awesome. There are a couple more animals too. I have now downloaded Peek-a-boo Wild as well. The developers listen to what the customer wants and responds in a timely fashion. Thank you.
Version 4.0 will not install in my old iPhone (iOS 3.1.3) Essentally, I have lost the use of this app. Be carful if you have to redo your phone. You will lose a lot of apps.
My favorite app for kids!
I use this app in therapy almost everyday. Very educational and really entertaining. Kids love it!
- $1.99
- Category: Education
- Updated: Dec 07, 2011
- Version: 4.1.0
- Size: 20.7 MB
- Languages: English, Spanish
- Seller: Night & Day Studios, Inc.
- © 2010 Night & Day Studios, Inc.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.1 or later.
Top In-App Purchases
- European Language Set #1$0.99
- Asian Language Set #1$0.99
