Disney to launch interactive educational apps

Dec 5, 2014, 2:50pm EST

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Disney announced Dec. 4 that it will launch a series of educational apps next week.

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The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) will launch a series of digital interactive educational apps to help children learn more about math, science and social skills.

The company announced Dec. 4 that it will launch its education app initiative called Disney Imagicademy next week, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

The base app for the program, which targets kids ages 3 to 8, is free but the cost for others will range from $4.99 to $20.

The mobile education games market is a $228 million business and is expected to reach more than $400 million in 2018.

For more on this story, check out the Orlando Sentinel.

Richardson is a general assignment reporter for online and print.

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