Based on the hilarious book Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and the series that developed after that, Disney has created the app entitled Don’t Let the Pigeon Run This App! The book by Mo Willems has been given recognition on the New York’s best seller list as well as landing a spot on the National Education Association’s “Teacher’s Top 100 Books for Children” list; so it’s no surprise this is a great app. This app allows your child to be imaginative and fun through the use of creating stories. This app helps children to develop literacy, build on creative writing skills, as well as increase creative thinking. It is great for pre-school and elementary aged children.

There are two basic parts to this app: Creating a Story and Learning to Draw the Pigeon. The drawing section is pretty self explanatory, it allows your child to either free draw or follow basic verbal and visual steps to drawing the main character in the story: the pigeon. Kids are also able to save the drawings to iPhone’s or iPad’s camera roll.

• Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Activities and Crafts We love these Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Activities and Crafts just as much as we love the book. First, you could do a directed drawing with this step by step how to draw a pigeon printable from The Best Children’s Books.
• “Don’t Let the Pigeon Run This App!” lets you create your own Pigeon stories with your pal, Mo Willems. Just follow as the Bus Driver asks you for your ideas—then shake the Pigeon. Your story is ready! Sit back and enjoy the show.
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The real fun can be found in the story making section. There are three levels when creating a story: Egg (easiest), Chick, and Big Pigeon (most advanced). The Egg picks a story line and basically plays it out for you on screen. There is an option to read along with the story or to hide the printed words at the bottom of the screen. For the other two levels the story opens up with the bus driver asking a number of questions; in the Chick level the driver gives three choices to choose from and in the Big Pigeon level the driver asks open ended questions. Once all the questions are answered, the story is read and the kid’s answers are plugged in to as part of the story. It’s fun to do over and over creating a unique story each time and hear your own voice in the storytelling. At the end of the story kids have the option to save the story to read again later.

Daisy’s Comments:

Don't Let The Pigeon Run This App is on sale for $2.99! I've wanted this app forever (yes, me! My kids love the pigeon, but didn't know about the app until. Don’t Let the Pigeon Run This App is available for iPhone, iPod and iPAD. It is $5.99 on App Store. If you like Mo Willems Pigeon series and this app, you may also want to check out the other pigeon app Pigeon Presents: Mo on the Go by Disney. For a print book, you can find Don’t Let the Pigeon.

This app allows for a lot of diversity and a great addition to your educational app library. Because it is user led, it can be used over and over producing different story lines each time. I love that it encourages imaginative thinking. Letting a kid be silly and creative at the same time.

Don’t Let the Pigeon Run This App is available for iPhone, iPod and iPAD. It is $5.99 on App Store.

If you like Mo Willems Pigeon series and this app, you may also want to check out the other pigeon app Pigeon Presents: Mo on the Go by Disney.

For a print book, you can find Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! on Amazon.

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Today’s app is reviewed by Daisy Simpson. Daisy is a proud mom to an active toddler and works part-time in a hospital where she utilizes technology in her work with helping kids cope in the medical setting. Her family loves being outdoors experiencing all Minnesota has to offer.

We love these Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Activities and Crafts just as much as we love the book.

First, you could do a directed drawing with this step by step how to draw a pigeon printable from The Best Children’s Books.

This pigeon game from Patootie is a great idea! You can even make the buses different colors or put different letters or sight words on them to practice while guessing where the pigeon is.

This Rhyming Game from Growing Book by Book will sure to be a hit with your children. She includes all of the directions and printables you need to use this awesome book to practice rhyming.

Try this paper plate pigeon craft like they did at A Little Pinch of Perfect. You could turn this into a puppet as well by attaching a craft stick to the bottom.

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Prekinders shares this awesome Pigeon Counting Game which gives your child the opportunity to practice one to one correspondence, combinations of 5 or 10, and more/less.

This and That has a free printable template to turn a toilet paper tube into the pigeon!

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I love this Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus alphabet activity from The Educators Spin on It. She offers links to the printables you need to set up this activity and gives different ideas on ways you can use it to make learning fun.

Make your own Pigeon Book with the blank template from Thrive after Three.

Follow up your book with a pigeon themed snack like they did at Juggling with Kids. I don’t know anyone that would turn down that snack.

So which one of these Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Activities and Crafts are you going to try first? Let us know how it goes.

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