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Ben and I are big fans of the "Five Little Monkey" app series! When I saw the latest press release from Oceanhouse Media featuring the new "Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping", I immediately requested for a promo code to review it. Anyway, my review as below...

* Title: Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping
* Price: $1.99
* Category: Books
* Released: Feb 14, 2012
* Current Version: 1.08
* Size: 16.8 MB
* Language: English
* Seller: Oceanhouse Media, Inc.
* Rated: 4+
* Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later

Description from the product page:

"The day before school starts, Mama takes her five little monkeys shopping for clothes. "Stay right here," she says, "AND DON'T GO WANDERING OFF!" But one little monkey has to go to the bathroom, and two little monkeys get thirsty. Then three little monkey friends arrive, and four little monkeys decide to go help find the others. . . . Will Mama ever have all five of her little monkeys together again?

Vibrant illustrations, catchy text, and simple math lessons are wonderfully incorporated into this latest Five Little Monkeys adventure! "

I downloaded this app in the middle of the night so I can't immediately get Ben to try it out. Now, the next day when he woke up, I started this app and just sat in front of him waiting for his reactions. His face lit up when he saw the Five Little Monkey and then he realised it's not same as his previous Five Little Monkey apps. He said 'Shopping!' and so, we began our review of this fun, fun, fun app!

What's good?

* It is engaging and interactive and I love that we can also touch the objects in each page on the screen and the words pop out to tell you what it is!

* I took this opportunity from the storyline to teach Ben never to wander off by himself when he's out during our family outings.

* Although Ben is a tad too young to learn the computations shown in the app, I do very much like the idea of calculations in the app where Mama started counting how many Little Monkeys she has  minus the numbers of Little Monkey she has around her.

* I like how the story ended happily (thank God!) and I used the opportunity to remind Ben why it is important to stay close to us.

What's not so good?

* It gets a little bit confusing when another pack of Little Monkeys appeared and got included in the chaos but I do appreciate and understand it as it is helpful in teaching the computations as well.

You can purchase the " Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping " app from the iTunes App Store.

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the promo code by the sponsor to redeem the application for free from iTunes Store in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine. And if you'd like to read my previous iPad Apps reviews, you can do so by reading this post of mine called "My iPad App Reviews"

This is my 2nd VeggieTales DVD review after "God Loves You Very Much" and to be honest, I am starting to like VeggieTales after seeing how my toddler fell in love with it. I even bought one of the older released DVD ("Heroes of The Bible Lions, Shepherds and Queens") Anyway, here is my review:

DVD synopsis:

"Larry the Cucumber hosts “The Silly Song Telethon” and counts down the top favorite silly songs of all-time... voted for by the fans!! The fun continues with a surprise introduction of a never-before-seen, new Silly Song chosen by Larry the Cucumber from thousands of fan submissions! Includes 20 great Silly Songs:
    * I Love My Lips
    * The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
    * Belly Button
    * His Cheeseburger
    * Endangered Love
    * The Water Buffalo Song
    * The Song of the Cebu
    * Dance of the Cucumber
    * Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps
    * Monkey
    * The Hairbrush Song
    * Biscuit of Zazzamarandabo
    * The SUV Song
    * Lance the Turtle
    * Gated Community
    * Where Have All The Staplers Gone?
    * Sippy Cup
    * Pants
    * Pizza Angel
    * Goodnight Junior"

Look at the picture above of Ben watching the DVD intensely! This DVD is packed with over 20 Silly Songs and some of my our favorites are:

* I Love My Lips (My boy particularly enjoys and always cracked up laughing the part where Larry sings real fast)
* Belly Button (Our favorite, a song with a unique tune and my boy is slowly memorising this song!)
* Lance the Turtle (Arghh... this is one song with a catchy tune! It's been playing on my head over and over and over again!)
* Gated Community (I laughed when I saw the song title, but nonetheless a very nice song too!)
* Pizza Angel (Oh boy, this is another catchy-stuck-in-my-head song!)

A fun and entertaining DVD that is a must to have!

You can get this DVD at http://store.veggietales.com/if-i-sang-a-silly-song-dvd.html or any outlets that sell it.

Now, my sponsor has generously offered another DVD of the same title for me to host as a giveaway to 1 lucky winner! 

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I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the DVD in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.