Meet Mumu: a growing collection of early learning apps

Mumu started as one app, Mumu Words. It is now a collection of early learning apps for young children, and there are more on the way.

Each app gives kids room to explore at their own pace, with space for a grown-up to join in:

• Mumu Words: hear first words and letter sounds, explore picture cards, and play listening games in several languages. For iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Apple Watch.
• Mumu Music: tap colorful instruments, build an animal rhythm, or take turns answering a short melody. For iPad.
• Mumu Drawing: draw and color freely, or explore shapes, paint mixing and patterns in Little Art School. For iPad.

The activities draw on early-childhood guidance from NAEYC and Head Start. When a shape doesn't fit in Mumu Drawing, the app names the shape the child needs and gives them another try. In Mumu Music, the call-and-response game carries off the screen: clap a rhythm and have your child clap it back.

For educators and families: see all the apps, which devices each one runs on, and what's included at schoolz.me/mumu.