After almost 10 years, we have decided that we will close Hatch Works Ltd.

Thanks for all those who have used and enjoyed our apps

Hi folks,

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The celebrate the release of the Singalong Cursive Handwriting app we are offering a 66% promotion discount until the October 5th.

Our app is designed by a school teacher to support the curriculum ensuring cursive handwriting is made easy and fun. To aid learning, links are required between what is heard, seen and done; ‘auditory’, ‘visual’ and ‘kinaesthetic’ learning helps learners remember it. We join these elements together so children learn to form each letter by hearing the music, linking the letter shape to an image whilst tracing with their finger. We have 7 letter sets with images and songs to bring each to life. Our music links what is being heard to what is being drawn, matching the style of the letter and movement direction. Our app is positive, rewarding and welcoming for children. The letters are introduced by their name and sound as children should learn both for reading and writing words. Our collection support phonics progression as encouraged by many schools in the United Kingdom and USA.

Singalong Cursive Handwriting is released to Apple, Google Play and Amazon App Stores

Welcome to a new way of learning cursive handwriting, combining music, images and interactive fun. Cursive handwriting is in the school curriculum for children to form letters in a flowing way, starting at the bottom and joining up with other letters to form ‘joined up writing’.

Our app is designed by a school teacher to support the curriculum ensuring cursive handwriting is made easy and fun. To aid learning, links are required between what is heard, seen and done; ‘auditory’, ‘visual’ and ‘kinaesthetic’ learning helps learners remember it. We join these elements together so children learn to form each letter by hearing the music, linking the letter shape to an image whilst tracing with their finger. We have 7 letter sets with images and songs to bring each to life. Our music links what is being heard to what is being drawn, matching the style of the letter and movement direction. Our app is positive, rewarding and welcoming for children. The letters are introduced by their name and sound as children should learn both for reading and writing words. Our collection support phonics progression as encouraged by many schools in the United Kingdom and USA.

The Singalong Cursive Handwriting app has been written in conjunction with CTMS Ltd, creators of The Nursery Rhyme Collection.

Available, now, on the Apple, Amazon and Google Play app stores.

Touch Follow Alphabet made it into the top 50 on Friday, within the US Education category, Under 5’s category on iPad.

Great result 🙂

A major update to the Touch Follow Apps has now been released.

These are :

Touch Follow Shapes
Touch Follow Numbers
Touch Follow Alphabet
Touch Follow FREE

Available, now, on the Apple, Amazon and Google Play app stores.

I am pleased to announce that there are 4 more free apps for toddlers on Android and Kindle.

These are free versions of :
Baby Discover Animals
Baby Discover Cats
Baby Discover Dogs
Baby Discover Images

They have the same functionality as the full version but there are far less images available.

Also, “Baby Discover Aquatic” and “Baby Discover Birds” are full versions that are free to download.

Please take a look at try them out. If you like them, please rate or review them.
We’d be happy to hear if you have any questions. You can contact us via email at support@hatch-works.com

We now have 12 apps in the Google Play and Amazon Stores, 7 of which are free.
We’ll be bringing even more free apps for toddlers on Android and Kindle soon.

Enjoy!

The apps written for the under 2’s are now available on Android and Kindle Fire devices 🙂

These are :
Baby Moving Shapes
Baby Touch Shapes
Baby Discover Animals
Baby Discover Aquatic
Baby Discover Birds
Baby Discover Cats
Baby Discover Dogs
Baby Discover Images

They are visible now on Google Play.

Some are already visible for Kindle Fire, the rest will appear within the next 48 hours

The original Apple iOS releases can be found here :

There’s been a lot going on over the last year regarding privacy and how we keep kids safe both on the internet and within apps.

We’ve heard stories of kids running up hefty costs because their parents didn’t realise they could make In-App-Purchases.

Another issue is that kids apps often have adverts which are presented in banner ads in prominent places. Most people really don’t like these ads. They are often run by a 3rd party and could really be advertising anything. App developers use them as they are a possible source of revenue but they lose some control by taking this route.

We do not have any adverts for 3rd parties in our apps. There’s just no way to verify that they are OK and suitable for the kids using the apps. If we advertise any of our own apps, they’ll be for the same age group and they won’t placed on the main screen where tiny fingers can reach. We’ll avoid your children accidentally being taken to the app store.

So, look for apps that have been specifically written to protect your child.

Please take at look at our privacy policy for more info

It’s still quite basic but it’s getting there.

Please take a look and let me know what you think.

You can email me at richard.hatch@hatch-works.com

Thanks!