Swipeas Kids App Prep Children To Be Global Citizens Through Story
Puchong, Selangor ---- Swipea, a Gamebit Labs brand that
specializes in educational kids apps is launching The Dream, a free app for kids
from its World Explorer series. Designed by parents with children in mind, the
World Explorer series will encompass several titles that will allow children to
discover different world cultures through moral story, educational games and
entertaining fun facts on their iOS and Android devices. Available worldwide on
the June 16th, 2012 across all major app stores, The Dream lets kids discover
the Arabic world through a moral story on perseverance, 3 educational games and
over 60 entertaining fun facts in an interactive app suitable for kids aged
between 4 to 9.
Offering kids and their parents an engaging family
activity and experience, The Dream tells the tale of Ahmad, a poor and honest
good-hearted, hard working man from Baghdad who journeys far away from home and
family in order to seek his fortune because of a mysterious dream he had. The
story also shows the hardships and constancy that lead him to eventually
discovering his fortune.
Throughout this educational app for kids,
children are taught the values of patience, persistence and much more, all
beautifully portrayed through gorgeous animated artwork and enhanced by
realistic sound effects that take the young reader from the Sahara desert to the
markets in Cairo, letting them explore the Arabic World and its culture at their
own pace. In order to make the experience with The Dream even better for both
child and parent, Swipea has performed extensive research and has packed the
kids app with over 60 fun facts about Arabic historical places, music &
instruments, costumes, food ingredients & cuisines and more.
One very
relevant aspect of Swipea's vision for both The Dream and its future kids apps
is the importance of bridging the perennial gap between apps and the real world.
In order to do this, Swipea offers children and anyone who enjoys The Dream, the
opportunity to access a series of free DIY paper crafts from its Facebook fan
page. These educational premiums include:
- Race To Cairo - A four player
board game inspired by Ahmad's travel to Cairo
- The Dream Bookmarks - A
set of threes printable bookmarks with personal creative spaces
- The
Dream Pop-up Scenes - A set of six paper crafts to inspire storytelling in
kids
With these, children will be able to bring the world of The Dream to
life in a way that is not only fun and educational, but that also helps them
develop their manual and social skills, since these types of paper crafts are
ideal to enjoy with friends and family.
The importance of this aspect of
Swipea's educational apps for kids is clearly summarized by the creator,
Benjamin Chong, "I personally believe in the tremendous value of holistic
education for kids and how it will shape them to be active global citizens in
the future. Companies should attempt to bridge the electronic and real world
together with their apps, this is what we are trying to do."
In
conjunction with the launch of The Dream on major app stores; Swipea is
organizing a sweepstakes contest between 16th to 20th June, 2012, rewarding one
lucky winner each day with US$100 worth of app store gift cards.
The
Dream can be downloaded using the following links from the 16th of June,
2012:
iOS
App Store
Google
Play
Amazon
Appstore
About Gamebit Labs Sdn Bhd
Currently based in
Malaysia, Gamebit Labs is a new technology startup founded in Q4, 2011. The
company's mission is to develop children ebook and casual game apps for mobile
devices to help kids learn to learn world cultures in a fun and more effective
way. Benjamin Chong who has been in the online entertainment industry for the
past 7 years is the founder and CEO of Gamebit Labs. For more information on
Swipea and Gamebit Labs, visit http://www.swipea.com