App Detail » Blacky and Dorothy

What's New

- Improved Interface

App Description

“Black and Dorothy” is an interactive children's story designed by educators.

Would you like your children to...

Boost their creativity and set their imaginations' free?
Develop their reading habits and enjoy reading?
Gain values that will stay with them for life?
Become more curious about their surroundings?
Use technology educationally?


Smile & Learn offers you these interactive stories with these features:

A story that transmits the values of Respect, Tolerance and Cooperation.
Text and voice-overs in different language, recorded by natives in those languages.
Fun interactive animations and hidden surprises that encourage discovery and curiosity.
Challenges adapted to your child's age that reinforce multiple intelligences.
Adaptation features that make the child the main character, like recording his or her voice or yours and even choosing how the story ends.
The app includes "QUIZ," a fun FREE game to work on reading comprehension.
The tale includes a GAME FOR FREE: Pairs and Learn.
They're 100% safe: no ads or purchases in the app and no access to social media.





Synopsis
Blackie, a slightly absent-minded kitty-cat, loses his mom and brothers and sisters. Luckily, he runs into a little old lady who lives alone, Dorothy, who takes him in and lets him live with her. One day Blackie remembers his family and is sad. Will Blackie find his family? What will happen to Dorothy? Will they stay together? Learn Blackie and Dorothy's story and how they help each other be happy together.
Features of this app
Age: 2 to 10 years old.
Languages: English, Spanish and French.
Games: “Quiz” and “Pairs & Learn”
Values: Politeness and respect.
Multiple intelligences: Linguistic, mathematical, spatial, musical, bodily, intrapersonal, interpersonal and naturalistic.
Authors: Alicia Martínez Montesinos and Carmen Dutrús.

App Changes

• March 27, 2014 Initial release
• October 14, 2014 New version 2.0
• November 19, 2014 New version 2.1.0
• July 11, 2015 New version 2.2.0
• March 14, 2016 New version 2.3.5