App: Interactive Telling Time - Learning to tell time is fun
Developer: GiggleUp Kids Apps And Educational Games Pty Ltd
Genres: Education, Games

★ Selected by Apple as iPhone App of the Week in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, New & Noteworthy in France, China.

★  Transform the chore of learning to tell time into great fun with this creative educational tool perfect for the classroom
 
★  Learn to tell the time in different languages! Multiple languages all recorded by native speakers (English, Español, français, Deutsch, 日本語, 简体中文, 繁體中文).

★ "a thorough, well thought out approach to learning and practicing the art of telling time. I like the way it’s broken up into the different sections. It gives children several ways to practice the concepts" - www.theiphonemom.com 

★ 5 out of 5 stars - "an incredible process to teach your child time-based concepts using nothing but your iPad or iPhone" - www.theiphoneappreview.com

★ Includes 8 beautifully hand drawn interactive clocks that comes with movable hour and minutes hands especially designed for small fingers! 
 
This app was made for you by artists and educators, with the help from school teachers and mother’s groups to bring you the best app in learning to tell the time for young beginners. We understand the many challenges faced by parents when explaining concepts to young children and that is why Interactive Telling Time balances the need for learning with fun and interactive games.

Interactive Telling Time is great for kids from ages 3 to 12 and comes in 5 difficulty levels so that it helps kids master telling time progressively (statistics is provided to help keep track of your child’s progress).

Beautifully illustrated with many adorable clock designs and accompanied by encouraging voice-overs and cheerful background music, this app creates a kid-friendly environment to enhance their learning experience.

Interactive Telling Time Features:

Educational:
✔ Learn to set the time via Interactive clocks with movable hour and minute hand!
✔ Learn to read a clock/to tell time.
✔ Learn conversion between analog clock and digital clock
✔ Learn the concept of day and night.
✔ Learn how to use AM/PM, 12 hour and 24 hour clock notation.
✔ Quiz Mode (Learn concepts such as ‘o’clock‘, ‘midnight’, ‘half past’, ‘quarter past’, ‘quarter to’, ‘past’, ‘to’, etc.)
✔ Designed for kids aged 3-12! 5 difficulty levels to choose from.
✔ A score board to keep track of kid’s progress
✔ Tutorials for young learners.
✔ Virtual Aquarium reward - Your kids will want to play to try to win all the rewards!

Beautifully designed interface:
✔ 8 Beautifully Hand Drawn Interactive Clock including:
✚ Simple Teaching Clock (crisp indicators to make it simple and easy)
✚ Lion Clock,
✚ Train Clock,
✚ Aquarium Clock,
✚ Moon Clock,
✚ Flower Clock,
✚ Gears Clock, and
✚ Seven Wonders Clock!
✔ Creatively designed animated rotating earth which alternates between sunrise, noon, sunset, and night backgrounds.
✔ Easy to use interface specifically designed for young learners

Additional Fun Games with educational values:
✔ Stop The Clock -  A fun and exciting game designed with an educational focus. With the clock minutes hand ticking, kids will have to stop the clock as per quiz question (for example, Stop the clock at 9:45!).
✔ Clock Puzzle - help kids learn the positions and use of all clock components such as digits, hour hand and minute hand.

Feedback and Support:
feedback@GiggleUp.com

GiggleUp Pty Ltd is a member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families.
Recommended Ages: 4-7, 8-10, 11-12
Categories: Creative Play, Early Learning, Time, Numbers, Counting, Games, Math, Counting, Addition, Subtraction

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Important: Note that currently there is a bug in 10.6.8, please do not download if you have this version of Mac OSX.
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Release notes:
- Fix for Mountain Lion and OSX Retina Display Issue