App Review: Five Little Monkeys

Anyone with toddlers knows that daily life is a lot like having monkeys crawling all over you. Five Little Monkeys is an entertaining kids app that captures this essential truth and turns it into sing-a-long fun for the kids.

Jumping On The Bed

The app opens by allowing you to select your preferred music type — country, rock or pop. Having selected your theme song style, the app transitions to a scene like the above — monkeys jumping all over the bed. You can then touch the monkeys and get treated to an animation of them falling off the bed and bumping their head. Following the lead of the song that is the app’s inspiration, Mama then calls the Doctor only to be informed that the monkeys should no longer be allowed to jump on the bed. While the song plays, the words animate across the screen in a familiar see-and-say fashion.

I was a bit skeptical of this app when I first saw it — but my daughter had a different opinion. Perhaps it’s because she’s a huge Curious George fan or maybe it’s because she just loves music, but in any case this app is one of her favorites. My take remains that this app is primarily a fun diversion — but I suppose I can’t rule out that she’s learning words by singing along.

Bottom line — if you’re looking for a strong educational focus you can probably find better options. But if you’re trying to find a highly entertaining musical diversion for your toddler – then Five Little Monkeys is a great choice. You can get it here.

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