iMotion is hands-down the best stop-motion app I have seen. It is educational and has a simple enough interface that kids can easily use it on any iPhone or iPad. The videos it creates are high quality and can be saved to a computer, or posted online to places like Facebook. Once your child learns how to use the app, prepare yourself for hours spent creating their own clever stop-motion short films. We used this app in one of our library programs. (I found that action figures and LEGOs are some easiest items to use for stop-motion.) The kids LOVED making their own film. Parents later reported that some of them went straight home and started making films of their own. In all, it is an app that should not to be missed.
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs By Mo Willems New York: Balzar + Bray, 2012. Picture Book. "Once upon a time, there were three hungry Dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur . . . and a Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway. One day--for no particular reason--they decided to tidy up their house, make the beds, and prepare pudding of varying temperatures. And then--for no particular reason--they decided to go . . . someplace else. They were definitely not setting a trap for some succulent, unsupervised little girl. Definitely not!" --Editor Smart Vs. Strong! Written by Jill Esbaum Illustrated by Miles Thompson New York: Simon Spotlight, 2021. Easy Reader. 64 pages. "When Thunder gets stuck in quicksand, Cluck uses his smarts to free his friend." --Editor How Dinosaurs Went Extinct Written by Ame Dyckman Illustrated by Jennifer Harney New York: Brown and Company, 2023. Picture Book. "When a child in a museum asks how dinosaurs became extinct, Dad co
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