Overview

Designed especially for babies 3 – 18 months old! Made especially for iPad. Search for “Sparkabilities” on the App Store for the complete series of apps available for iPhone and iPad.

The App:

Includes engaging movies from the Sparkabilities “Babies 1″ DVD series that are designed to entertain and develop essential learning skills. Eight sets of interactive Flash Cards correspond to movies. Parents can use flashcards with baby at younger ages or baby can use cards independently as fine motor skills develop.

The Science:

Sparkabilities is based on the PlayWisely developmental system. So it is more than pretty pictures set to classical music. Sparkabilities is intended to entertain your baby and develop essential learning skills. Sparkabilities nurtures the neural pathways that support learning.

Parent Tip:

When in a movie or flash card, swipe your finger slowly from the bottom right to top left corner of the screen to get to the main menu. This hidden feature prevents little hands from exiting to the main menu by accident.

Babies 1 Segments

The Sparkabilities Babies 1 Segments are designed specifically for our youngest viewers!

BUILD a shape is designed to:
promote recognition of shape
define the category of shape
reinforce form constancy
illustrate amounts increasing and decreasing

SEARCH/FOCUS is designed to:
develop essential attention skills
develop the cognitive skill of focus
exercise visual discrimination skills

TRACKING is designed to:
strengthen eye muscles
engage a visual system reflex
exercise visual directionality skills

VISUAL closure is designed to:
exercise the ability to complete a picture with limited information
demonstrate part to whole relationships
assist in building recognition skills

BUILD a face (human & animated) is designed to:
engage the cognitive instinct of face recognition
demonstrate part to whole relationships
engage communication through emotion
demonstrate basic categorization skills

COLOR THEORY is designed to:
develop recognition skills
introduce primary & secondary colors
illustrate basic color theory
introduce concept of addition: red + blue = purple

SOUNDS is designed to:
engage the cognitive instinct of face recognition
demonstrate part to whole relationships
engage communication through emotion
demonstrate basic categorization skills

HANDS is designed to:
develop recognition skills
introduce primary & secondary colors
illustrate basic color theory
introduce concept of addition: red + blue = purple

MUSIC THEORY is design to:
promote sensory property coordination
introduce basic music theory
isolate sounds both visually and auditorily