ChatterPix Kids

ChatterPix Kids from Duck Duck Moose is an amusing little app that simply adds speech to photos but with the extra excitement of a moving mouth.

What the children enjoyed about this app was that it was simple to use and just very funny. Seeing characters from books come to life with the children's own voices helped children share what they thought about the characters and also informed me on the children's understanding of the book. Once they had photographed a picture image or chosen one from the camera roll they drew where they want the mouth to be.

This obviously could be used across the curriculum. Why not get Henry VIII to introduce your Tudors topic instead of the children listening to teacher! For a recent topic about Explorers instead of me telling the children about them Neil Armstrong spoke to them from his Lunar Module! The file was quite big so I couldn't email it but easily uploaded it to YouTube instead. Check it out here.

Video made in this app can be easily export to the camera role.

As you can see from the photo "stickers" and text can be added to images. This adds another element of fun to it and also a whole wealth of reading activities. If text is applied to the picture all children need to do is add the voice.