Lazoo: Miku's Picnic app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Lazoo Worldwide, Inc
First release : 29 May 2013
App size: 107.86 Mb
Praise for Lazoo Apps:
"The imagination and creativity is endless...” - Parents Choice
“Huge ‘Wow’ Factor...4 out of 4 stars.” - USA Today.
“Magical...” - iphonemom.com
"We promise it’ll draw you in.” - Daily Candy
“Top 50 Apps for Kids” - Babble.com
Mikus Picnic is an interactive story book, featuring Lazoos adorable characters, Bobu and Miku, who model creative thinking and encourage children to use their imaginations. Follow Miku and Bobu on a fun-filled chase after trio of jumping beans, all the while learning about flexible thinking and creative problem-solving. Help Bobu and Miku nab the beans before they bounce away!
Features:
• Record your own voice as narrator (Up to ten different voices!)
• Interactive features on every page
• Based on Lazoos International Award-Winning Art
• “Read to Me” and “Read it Myself” modes
• Link to Free Squiggles app
• Japanese translation mode
Hands on! Mind on!
Miku’s Picnic is based on Lazoo’s “Hands On! Mind On!” curriculum, developed in conjunction with top educational experts, designed to support and celebrate creativity and creative thinking. Lazoo apps:
1. build divergent thinking skills;
2. foster problem solving skills including implementing, evaluating, communicating and revising creative ideas;
3. assist the child in becoming comfortable with uncertainty;
4. encourage a resilient approach to play, creative thinking and creative problem solving so that a child learns to persist;
5. support the kind of appropriate risk taking in play and thinking that inspires creativity; and,
6. encourage an interest in, and openness to, emotion in both play and thinking.
About Lazoo:
Lazoo is a quality-conscious lifestyle childrens brand and media property emphasizing award-winning design, creativity, and play. Inspired by an internationally best-selling series of Japanese childrens books, Lazoo products embody the same core mission: to foster a childs creative process, encourage self-expression and empower the imagination.