9. Options
• Mirrored: projector or screen
o Big groups
o Better visibility
o Hands free for actions
o You need iPad, AppleTV, cables (HDMI or VGA w/
adaptor) and WiFi for both iPad and AppleTV
• Hand-held
o Small groups
o Kids can touch screen
o Walk around the room; Pop-up book
o Flip the screen around
10. Grow a Reader App
• Lullabies, Bounces, Tickles, Finger
Rhymes, Face & Body Rhymes
• Sing, Talk, Play, Read, Write
• Book recommendations (Links directly to
catalog)
11. Five Early Learning Practices
• Singing
• Talking
• Reading
• Writing
• Playing
20. Writing
• Children can write sooner with a tablet; they
are not limited by their dexterity with a
crayon, pencil, mouse or keyboard
• Bob Books
• Don't Let the Pigeon Run this App
29. Felt Boards and Storytelling
• Felt Board
• Sock Puppets
• Keynote
• Not intended to REPLACE physical felt
boards, puppets or any other traditional
storytelling tool; they are just another tool in
your toolkit!
30. Review Sources for Apps
• Appitic
• Common Sense Media
• Cybils
• Digital Storytime
• Horn Book: Out of the Box
• Kindertown
• Kirkus: iPad Reviews
• SLJ: Touch & Go
• Smart apps for kids
32. Further Reading/Resources
Mentioned
• Idaho Commission on Libraries Report
• Screen Time (Lisa Guernsey)
• Giving our Children a Fighting Chance (Susan B Neuman)
• The New Co-Viewing (Joan Ganz Cooney Center)
• Pioneering Literacy in the Digital Wild West (Joan Ganz Cooney
Center)
• Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood
Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 (NAEYC/Fred
Rogers)
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood (Screen Free Week)
• Mind in the Making (Ellen Galinksy)
• Parenting the Touchscreen Generation: Do We Need Credible
Fresh Thinking? (Eitan Schwartz)