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I am constantly in awe about how technologically saavy my kids are. It's commonplace for them to just pick up a smart phone, tablet, computer, or whatever else fits in that category and begin doing whatever it is that they need to do - seemlessly as if they have been doing it their entire life.  The reality is they have been doing it for most of their lives. There is a night and day difference between what is available to my kiddos today and what I had growing up.

Updated January 28, 2013: Added links to K12 Classics B Full. Check back soon for links to Lite versions and other platforms (Android, Amazon)!

Earlier this year, K¹² announced the release of K¹² Read Aloud Classics, an app version of our beautifully illustrated K¹² Read Aloud Treasury book created for the Kindergarten Language Arts program.

Since its release in spring 2012, the app has been featured several times in the iTunes Store; including #12 in its first week of release in the “New” in Books section and as high as #15 in the “What’s Hot” in Books section. The Lite version also hit #10 under “New” in Books in its first week.

Today we’re proud to announce that more of these engaging stories, poems, and plays are making their way to tablets.

Updated June 24, 2012: Find links to download xGerms Counting for iOS and Android at http://blog.k12.com/2012/04/17/alert-germs-invading-mobile-devices. 

Updated August 7, 2012: xGerms Math is now available through iTunes, Google Play and the Amazon App Store!

K¹² ’s newest mobile app launches today: xGerms Counting. In this game, big germs with icky names like Blurgle, Fibble, Olly, and Meech are needed for research—but they are protected by a crowd of smaller germ henchmen! It’s up to kids to count the smaller germs correctly (by 1s, 2s, 5s, or 10s) and then tap the big germ to make the capture. xGerms Counting is based on the xGerms math games, which are available to families enrolled in K12 CALMS courses. 

The 16 games in xGerms Counting increase in difficulty as kids master each one. Kids will enjoy hearing goopy sounds when they tap little germs and the “Bow-wow-wow!” of a big germ that’s in danger of capture. There’s lots positive reinforcement for counting and capturing germs so kids that are hesitant to count to higher numbers will want to keep going. If they get stuck, useful hints will help them get back on track.