Sparky The Case of the Missing Smoke Alarms Overview
What is Sparky The Case of the Missing Smoke Alarms?
Sparky & The Case of the Missing Smoke Alarms is an interactive storybook app that follows Sparky the Fire Dog and his friends as they try to solve a mystery. The app is designed to teach children about fire safety while also providing fun and engaging activities.
Features
- Interactive storybook with a mystery to solve
- Narrated and highlighted text for emerging readers
- Read-to-myself mode for strong readers
- Learn about the importance of working smoke alarms, escape planning, and what to do when the smoke alarm sounds
- Music video starring Recess Monkey
- Interactive game where players collect batteries and smoke alarms to complete levels
- Math problems to solve to progress to the next level
- Guided questions to encourage discussion and critical thinking
- Ideas for educators on how to incorporate the app in the classroom and align with Common Core State Standards
- Gated areas to ensure child safety and privacy policy available on the Cupcake Digital website.
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Product Details and Description of
Help Sparky the Fire Dog® and his pals solve a mystery! Sparky and his friends stop by Aunt Dottie’s house to pick up items for the grand opening party of her Best Beepers Smoke Alarm Factory, but when they arrive, they spot a strange character sneaking away with a big bag. Who is he and what was in the bag? Children and parents will love to read along and solve the mystery while learning key fire safety messages. Plus, discover new interactions on every page! Kids can choose narrated and highlighted text or click the mute button for read-to-myself mode, helping emerging readers and strong readers alike. Learn about the importance of working smoke alarms, what to do when the smoke alarm sounds and escape planning. Dance along to the music video starring Recess Monkey. Play the interactive game, collect batteries to power up and smoke alarms to complete each level, and then solve a math problem to move onto the next level. Guided questions encourage kids and parents to discuss and think about the story. Includes ideas for educators about how to incorporate the app in the classroom and help kids learn about fire safety while practicing literacy and math skills. This app includes activities driven by the Common Core State Standards. Sparky & The Case of the Missing Smoke Alarms was produced by the National Fire Protection Association. We care about your kids and their safety. This app contains gated areas to ensure that only adults can access anything that would take you outside of the app. To view Cupcake Digital’s full app privacy policy, please visit www.cupcakedigital.com/appsprivacy
Top Reviews
By Annamay678
A truly fun & educational app
Learning about fire safety in a fun & educational way In this app the goal is to help Sparky the Fire Dog ® and his pals solve a mystery. Strange things are happening at Aunt Dottie’s house and it is up to the child to solve it! By doing this, the target audience (children aged 6-8) learn about many important key fire safety lessons that are beneficial to everyday life. Firstly, the child can select to read the story or play the game. By reading the story the user learns about crucial aspects of fire safety such as the significance of smoke alarms and what to do when the smoke alarm sounds. This is done through the inclusion of guided questions that encourage the child and the parents to discuss the story. Additionally there’s an enthusiastic narration that comes with each page to improve literacy and comprehension skills. However the read-to-myself mode allows the user to read by themselves- this challenges emerging and strong readers alike. Play the interactive game & solve math problems to progress The user can also play the interactive game and this is an enjoyable break from the reading. In order to progress, it is important to collect batteries (to power up) and smoke alarms. This is followed by a math problem (which includes addition, subtraction, multiplication etc.) which needs to be solved to move onto the next level. For parents and educators This app includes a section for parents & educators. Parents can download free fire safety resources from the website to further improve the child’s knowledge. There is also a list of games (for children as young as 3) that include Sparky the Fire Dog ® and other engaging characters. Teachers can incorporate the app into the classroom to enable students to learn about fire safety while also honing literacy and maths skills. The materials range from PDF worksheets to fun music videos by award-winning kids’ bands StevenSongs and Recess Monkey. Both parents/educators and kids will find the experience of this app incredibly beneficial and entertaining- ensuring that Sparky the Fire Dog® will be a hero to many.
By Kparonable
Educational and fun!
This app is a fun and great educational app that touches on so many different elements that children need in development. The app provides a story option and a game option. The story option is fun, informative and interactive. It provides a story that teaches children about fire alarms and fire safety, and it provides a text for children to read along with the story. The only improvement that I would suggest for that is to break down the text and make the text larger so it's easier to read. But the graphics are good and cute! The game is also fun because it's stimulating and addicting! Definitely love this app for children!
By fufu212
Really great
Not only do you get two things in one with a cute book and a cute game but in between the levels the kids also need to answer math questions to proceed so you don't have to worry about them wasting their brains. It's a really cute game that is simple enough for the small ones. This is a must have such a great app.
