{"id":17220,"date":"2011-10-18T14:15:09","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T21:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnack\/?p=5194"},"modified":"2011-10-18T14:15:09","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T21:15:09","slug":"a-beautifully-simple-ipad-app-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/18\/a-beautifully-simple-ipad-app-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"A beautifully simple iPad app for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/\">Micronaxx<\/a> (ages 3.5 &#038; 2) spent the weekend transfixed by <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/harold-and-the-purple-crayon\/id450829541?mt=8\"><em>Harold &#038; the Purple Crayon<\/em><\/a>, a narrated version of the classic children&#8217;s book. I&#8217;ve previously shied away from elaborate, high-concept kids book-apps, figuring they distract instead of encouraging imagination. In this case, though, simplicity is key, and the lovely hidden little treats (e.g. a little crab that pops out of the sand, or&#8211;yes&#8211;a burping porcupine) are delightful.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"216\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I-MxNm2Dsic\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n[<a href=\"http:\/\/gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/10\/eight-noteworthy-apps-for-kids\/?nl=technology&#038;emc=cta3\">Via<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Micronaxx (ages 3.5 &#038; 2) spent the weekend transfixed by Harold &#038; the Purple Crayon, a narrated version of the classic children&#8217;s book. I&#8217;ve previously shied away from elaborate, high-concept kids book-apps, figuring they distract instead of encouraging imagination. In this case, though, simplicity is key, and the lovely hidden little treats (e.g. a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,51],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17220"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}