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A YogiPlay Favorite: Preschool letters – What Animal Is Hiding Behind The ABC

A YogiPlay Favorite: Preschool letters - What Animal Is Hiding Behind The ABC

            For those parents with little kids who are just about to start early fluency training (sounds, syllables, words and phrases), they’ll soon discover that images of animals are present in almost every early childhood training tool or resource found on the market today.

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A YogiPlay Favorite: Take An Incredible Journey Through The World Of Fine Arts With The Louvre For Kids

A YogiPlay Favorite:  Take An Incredible Journey Through The World Of Fine Arts With The Louvre For Kids

                          If you’re a parent looking for a unique or innovative way to introduce your child to the world of fine arts then look no further, as we have a truly fantastic app for you.

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A YogiPlay Partner Post From Teachers with Apps: Dear App Developers….

A YogiPlay Partner Post From Teachers with Apps: Dear App Developers….

*The following post is from one of YogiPlay’s favorite partners, Teachers With Apps.  We have to say that we really appreciate Jayne and Anne who have been at the forefront in promoting the need for higher quality standards in educational apps for kids. As early childhood educators,

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A YogiPlay Favorite: Juno Jr.’s The Day The Music Stopped

A YogiPlay Favorite:  Juno Jr.'s The Day The Music Stopped

                  In the world of educational app developers for children, it’s widely known that one of the best ways to capture a child’s “intrinsic motivation” or (self-motivated) attention for learning, is by harnessing the power of immersive story-telling and interactive

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A YogiPlay Partner Post From Teachers With Apps: Is the iPad Changing the World as we Know It?

A YogiPlay Partner Post From Teachers With Apps:  Is the iPad Changing the World as we Know It?

                        (The post following post was provided by YogiPlay partner Teachers With Apps) Yes, the iPad is changing everything as we know it! Especially in the way students will learn and teachers will teach. It is happening

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A YogiPlay Favorite: Preschool Kitty Lite By Irina Koenig

A YogiPlay Favorite:  Preschool Kitty Lite By Irina Koenig

                      We all know that early childhood critical thinking (reasoning, deduction, awareness and memory) skills development, is vitally important for growing healthy young minds. However, unless you’re a parent who also happens to be an early childhood educational expert,

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A YogiPlay Favorite: Get Your Musical Counting On With Five Little Monkeys

A YogiPlay Favorite:  Get Your Musical Counting On With Five Little Monkeys

                What do you get when you combine five adorable little monkeys with a big bouncy bed and a catchy theme song with several musical renditions including pop, rock or country?  Sounds like an act from the world famous Ringling Brothers

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YogiPlay: The Need For Quality Standards In Educational Apps For Kids

YogiPlay: The Need For Quality Standards In Educational Apps For Kids

  As many of you who read this blog on a regular basis know, I am a big believer in 21st Century learning and the “democratization” or accessibility of education via mobile media and related smart devices. Now more than ever before do we (and I mean

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A YogiPlay Favorite: This X is for X-ray app is super cool and your kids will love it!

A YogiPlay Favorite:  This X is for X-ray app is super cool and your kids will love it!

                    Do you have a child at home who is naturally curious or perhaps one that is constantly asking questions about how things around us work? (side bar:  we believe that curiosity in children is a wonderful thing

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YogiPlay’s 6 Tips For Parents: Find The Right Mobile Learning App For Your Child

YogiPlay's 6 Tips For Parents:  Find The Right Mobile Learning App For Your Child

YogiPlay’s co-founder and mother of 3 kids Michal Sellin, would like to share 6 tips that parents should think about when looking for the right mobile learning apps for their kids. 1) Look for certified educational content As a mom, I recommend that parents do some research

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What is YogiPlay?
YogiPlay is a break-though mobile learning app platform and personalized recommendation engine for children and their families.

YogiPlay provides
1. Meaningful insight into their children’s app learning and play
2. Customized app recommendations tailored to their children and
3. Access to quality, fun learning apps that engage, motivate and inspire children to learn.

What age is YogiPlay designed for?
YogiPlay is designed specifically for apps for children from ages 3 to 8.

What is YogiPlay’s mission?
YogiPlay’s mission is to help families turn smart-phones and tablets into true learning devices for their children!

Is YogiPlay free?
YogiPlay is free for families! The only charge is if you decide to purchase recommended apps, but you remain in control of that decision.

Who founded YogiPlay?
YogiPlay was founded by Cedric and Michal Sellin.

As Stanford graduates, engineers and most importantly parents of three young children, the Sellins saw an opportunity to turn mobile devices into smart learning tools for children.

How does YogiPlay work?
YogiPlay is simple to use. First complete the YogiPlay parent sign up process and account set-up. Then select the YogiPlay-boosted learning apps that are most appropriate for your child. You can choose these fun apps by curriculum skills like Literacy and Arts & Music, among others.

As your child begins to play with YogiPlay-boosted apps, the YogiPlay adaptive-learning engine will give you insight into your child’s mobile experiences, and begin to make recommendations for other meaningful apps your child should explore.

You can get all of these benefits by tapping the “YP” Parent Center icon in the homepage of all YogiPlay-boosted apps.

How do you choose which apps to recommend?
YogiPlay's team of learning and education experts - with more than 100 years’ experience - personally reviews apps using rigorous selection criteria, founded on a broad-based learning curriculum, to provide parents with age-specific recommendations.

What categories of learning apps does YogiPlay recommend?
YogiPlay recommends age-appropriate apps for children in the following categories, including:

Arts & Music
Learning for Life
Literacy
Mathematics
Physical Development

How is YogiPlay different from other mobile learning companies?
YogiPlay is different from other mobile learning companies in three ways:

1) YogiPlay is device and platform agnostic – In plain English, that means that YogiPlay works for most of the major mobile devices available, such as Apple’s iPhone & iPad, Android smart-phones and tablets and e-reader devices like the Kindle from Amazon and the Nook from Barnes & Noble.

2) All of YogiPlay’s age-appropriate content is reviewed, tested, classified (by subject or curriculum group) and leveled (by age) by our educational experts. So YogiPlay makes it easy for parents to find the right content to meet each child’s needs.

3) YogiPlay’s proprietary adaptive-learning engine consolidates insight on your child’s play and learning progress across devices, then makes customized recommendations for other apps to explore, tailored to each child

Will YogiPlay to sell to my children (via in-app purchases, for example)?
YogiPlay believes strongly that all parent features (including app purchasing) should be seen by parents, not by children. We do not market or advertise to your children in app. When you visit the password-protected parent center, only you can see personalized recommendations for apps. You remain in control of any purchase decisions!

Where does YogiPlay get its content?
YogiPlay has a robust partnership program with quality mobile learning app developers and content partners who prefer the premium YogiPlay experience for distributing their content.

How is YogiPlay funded?
YogiPlay is a venture-backed company funded by DN Capital.

Why the name "YogiPlay"?
"Yogi", because we were inspired by the holistic introspection of yoga; we want parents to get true, deep insight into their kids' mobile learning.
"Play", because that's what young kids want to do and how they learn.
YogiPlay: mobile fun and learning for your family!

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