Elmo’s Big Birthday Bash! – A Sesame Street Step Into Reading App icon

App Detail » Elmo’s Big Birthday Bash! – A Sesame Street Step Into Reading App

Published by: Penguin Random House LLC NY

iPad App - Designed for iPad

Price: $2.99
Current Version: 1.5
Released: April 25, 2012

What's New

Image enhancement and bug fix.

App Description

Elmo’s Birthday Bash is an interactive story app, which will help teach your child early reading skills. This 30+ page interactive birthday story includes helpful reading tools, silly Sesame fun, and 3 exciting games designed to practice early reading skills. Narrated by Bob from Sesame Street!

SPECIAL FEATURES 
Exclusive, interactive story that will have children giggling as they play games and have fun with their friends at a monster-filled birthday bash!
Three hands-on games with Elmo where children can practice upper and lowercase letters, learn letter sounds, and match rhyming words—skills that are building blocks for strong readers!
 Rich reading tools: Tap on any word to hear it read out loud! Hear definitions and fun questions for select vocabulary words. Great for kids who are eager to begin reading! 
Helpful Parent Tips: Hints and ideas to help make reading fun, from the education experts at Sesame Workshop and Random House Children’s Books. 
Silly Sesame Street fun: Celebrate Elmo’s birthday with Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Abby Cadabby, and the rest of the gang.

THREE WAYS TO READ 
Read-along: Watch and listen as words are highlighted while the text is read aloud. Interact with the illustrations for even more birthday fun! 
Auto-play: Watch and listen as the story is read aloud by Bob from Sesame Street, while pages turn automatically. 
Record-your-voice: It’s easy to record your voice to play on each page. Perfect for traveling parents and early readers!

ABOUT STEP INTO READING ®

STEP INTO READING ® —a reading program trusted by teachers and librarians —is designed to give every child a successful reading experience. Children can progress through the steps at their own speed, developing confidence in their reading, no matter what their grade. For more information about our books and ebooks, visit StepIntoReading.com.