Baby Symbolizer: High-Contrast Infant Stimulation app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: HuggaMind, Inc.
First release : 02 Feb 2011
App size: 13.95 Mb
Head start for Baby! Encourages essential brain development and motor skills. Busy parents appreciate this convenient stimulation that research shows babies crave.
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Baby Symbolizer is a visual/sound sensory stimulation app designed to both delight and focus your child’s attention by encouraging cognitive and motor development starting from birth.
Based on more than forty years of scientific research on what infants perceive at successive stages of development, Baby Symbolizer offers 12 bold, fully interactive high-contrast symbols that make unique sounds as infants watch, touch, explore and discover.
You’ll be amazed how your infant is captivated early by navigating this app for them, and how much they’ll enjoy interacting with this app directly as he or she grows.
Stimulate and improve visual tracking, scanning, and object permanence, which is believed to speed up myelination of brain cells.
Recommended Ages: Newborn through 2 years.
FEATURES
> 34 high-contrast graphic symbols, viewable together and in a “slideshow” for continuous play.
> Slideshow settings for display speed and duration.
> Countdown timer stops slideshow.
> Interactive option for visual/sound response: ex.: “heart” symbol plays heartbeat sound.
> Intuitive interface: enlarge and reduce symbols by holding down for 3 seconds.
> Swipe screens to cycle through symbols.
> Sounds can be turned On/Off, and volume level changed.
> English or Spanish language interface settings.
> iPad compatible.
High Contrast Stimulation:
Scientists have found that babies given appropriate stimulation show sustained developmental advantages over babies in less stimulative environments. Researchers discovered that newborns not only prefer to look at high-contrast graphics, but that such images can help:
> increase an infant’s concentration skills and attention span
> focus and develop eyesight, hand-to-eye coordination, visual tracking, and object permanence
> stimulate the creation of synapses (brain cell connections) by speeding up myelination of brain cells (insulation of nerve pathways)
> calm and soothe a baby (when bored)
> enhance natural curiosity, neck strength and head control.
Latest reviews of Baby Symbolizer: High-Contrast Infant Stimulation app for iPhone and iPad
This app opens with a beautiful chime and baby giggle before the fun begins. So far (just out today) - baby loves it, older sister loves it, I love it. With so many ways to "play" I think it will stay fresh as whistle (and its got a great whistle too!).
My little guy is having a blast with it. Gifted the app to a few other young couples I know for their young ones and they love it too. My wife and I are all about the high-contrast stuff right now and this app certainly takes the cake from what else Ive come across.
From the very first he locked in on this. The slideshow at 5 seconds seems perfect and the little sounds at the transitions work exactly as they should. Very happy with this app!
This app is a must! As a Daycare Provider & parent I am always scouting for new apps to educate, inspire, & entertain little minds. Tested on a 4 month old & 3 year old... Huggamind apps rock :)
I just wasted 99 cents