HARTY – The Heart app for iPhone and iPad

HARTY – The Heart has four viewer-friendly animated stories.

1. I LOVE MY HARTY

HARTY introduces children to:
• The heart and where it is
• Sound of the heart beat
• The heart beats as long as we live
• Why the heart beats and what blood is
• Pure and impure blood

2. HARTY, WHERE ARE YOU?

HARTY talks to children about:
•The heart is small but very precious
•The special hard muscle of the heart
•The size of the heart
•The rib cage and how it protects the heart from danger
•How the heart develops as a child grows

3. HARTY THE PUMP

HARTY explains to children:
• How blood is carried in blood vessels
• How many blood vessels there are
• The different types of blood vessels
• What pulse means
• How pulse changes with heart rate
• Why heart beats faster at times

4. INSIDE HARTY

HARTY describes to children:
• How blood is made
• The chambers inside the heart
• The valves of the heart
• The different types of blood in the chambers
• How the blood is pumped
• How many times the heart beats in a day

There is an interactive section after each story where Harty answers questions.
Each one of these 4 lessons takes the child on a journey of visual exploration.

Harty - The Heart, is one of the 5 apps from the series ANATOMY FOR CHILDREN