diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationAnimatedExample.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationAnimatedExample.js
index 3054a8a97..e74d80e26 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationAnimatedExample.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationAnimatedExample.js
@@ -74,31 +74,34 @@ class NavigationAnimatedExample extends React.Component {
       <NavigationAnimatedView
         navigationState={navigationState}
         style={styles.animatedView}
-        renderOverlay={(position, layout) => (
+        renderOverlay={(props) => (
           <NavigationHeader
-            navigationState={navigationState}
-            position={position}
+            navigationState={props.navigationParentState}
+            position={props.position}
             getTitle={state => state.key}
           />
         )}
         setTiming={(pos, navState) => {
           Animated.timing(pos, {toValue: navState.index, duration: 1000}).start();
         }}
-        renderScene={(state, index, position, layout) => (
+        renderScene={(props) => (
           <NavigationCard
-            key={state.key}
-            index={index}
-            navigationState={navigationState}
-            position={position}
-            layout={layout}>
+            key={props.navigationState.key}
+            index={props.index}
+            navigationState={props.navigationParentState}
+            position={props.position}
+            layout={props.layout}>
             <ScrollView style={styles.scrollView}>
               <NavigationExampleRow
-                text={navigationState.children[navigationState.index].key}
+                text={props.navigationState.key}
               />
               <NavigationExampleRow
                 text="Push!"
                 onPress={() => {
-                  onNavigate({ type: 'push', key: 'Route #' + navigationState.children.length });
+                  onNavigate({
+                    type: 'push',
+                    key: 'Route #' + props.navigationParentState.children.length
+                  });
                 }}
               />
               <NavigationExampleRow
diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCardStackExample.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCardStackExample.js
index 2063e7615..94a6735d0 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCardStackExample.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCardStackExample.js
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ class NavigationCardStackExample extends React.Component {
     });
   }
 
-  _renderScene(navigationState, index, position, layout) {
+  _renderScene(props) {
     return (
       <ScrollView style={styles.scrollView}>
         <NavigationExampleRow
-          text={JSON.stringify(navigationState)}
+          text={JSON.stringify(props.navigationState)}
         />
         <NavigationExampleRow
           text="Push Route"
diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCompositionExample.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCompositionExample.js
index 1dba3e14a..bc1d184db 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCompositionExample.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCompositionExample.js
@@ -154,25 +154,24 @@ class ExampleTabScreen extends React.Component {
       />
     );
   }
-  _renderHeader(position, layout) {
+  _renderHeader(props) {
     return (
       <NavigationHeader
-        navigationState={this.props.navigationState}
-        position={position}
-        layout={layout}
+        navigationState={props.navigationParentState}
+        position={props.position}
+        layout={props.layout}
         getTitle={state => stateTypeTitleMap(state)}
       />
     );
   }
-  _renderScene(child, index, position, layout) {
+  _renderScene(props) {
     return (
       <NavigationCard
-        key={child.key}
-        index={index}
-        childState={child}
-        navigationState={this.props.navigationState}
-        position={position}
-        layout={layout}>
+        key={props.navigationState.key}
+        index={props.index}
+        navigationState={props.navigationParentState}
+        position={props.position}
+        layout={props.layout}>
         <ScrollView style={styles.scrollView}>
           <NavigationExampleRow
             text="Open page"
diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationExperimentalExample.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationExperimentalExample.js
index f90ab6ef7..0781570da 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationExperimentalExample.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigationExperimental/NavigationExperimentalExample.js
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ var NavigationExampleRow = require('./NavigationExampleRow');
 var EXAMPLES = {
   'Tabs': require('./NavigationTabsExample'),
   'Basic': require('./NavigationBasicExample'),
-  'Animated Card Stack': require('./NavigationAnimatedExample'),
+  'Animated Example': require('./NavigationAnimatedExample'),
   'Composition': require('./NavigationCompositionExample'),
   'Card Stack Example': require('./NavigationCardStackExample'),
   'Tic Tac Toe': require('./NavigationTicTacToeExample'),
 };
 
-var EXAMPLE_STORAGE_KEY = 'xNavigationExperimentalExample';
+var EXAMPLE_STORAGE_KEY = 'NavigationExperimentalExample';
 
 var NavigationExperimentalExample = React.createClass({
   statics: {
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ var NavigationExperimentalExample = React.createClass({
 
   getInitialState: function() {
     return {
-      exampe: null,
+      example: null,
     };
   },
 
   componentDidMount() {
     AsyncStorage.getItem(EXAMPLE_STORAGE_KEY, (err, example) => {
-      if (err || !example) {
+      if (err || !example || !EXAMPLES[example]) {
         this.setState({
           example: 'menu',
         });
diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerApp.ios.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerApp.ios.js
index 5a1733d43..3bfb2e28a 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerApp.ios.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerApp.ios.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const {
   TouchableHighlight,
   View,
 } = React;
+
 const {
   AnimatedView: NavigationAnimatedView,
   Card: NavigationCard,
@@ -41,19 +42,14 @@ const {
   Reducer: NavigationReducer,
   RootContainer: NavigationRootContainer,
 } = NavigationExperimental;
-const StackReducer = NavigationReducer.StackReducer;
-
-import type {
-  NavigationState,
-} from 'NavigationStateUtils'
 
 import type { Value } from 'Animated';
-import type { Layout } from 'NavigationAnimatedView';
+
+import type { NavigationStateRendererProps } from 'NavigationAnimatedView';
+
 import type { UIExplorerNavigationState } from './UIExplorerNavigationReducer';
 
-import type {
-  UIExplorerExample,
-} from './UIExplorerList.ios'
+import type { UIExplorerExample } from './UIExplorerList.ios';
 
 function PathActionMap(path: string): ?Object {
   // Warning! Hacky parsing for example code. Use a library for this!
@@ -86,8 +82,12 @@ function URIActionMap(uri: ?string): ?Object {
 class UIExplorerApp extends React.Component {
   _navigationRootRef: ?NavigationRootContainer;
   _renderNavigation: Function;
+  _renderOverlay: Function;
+  _renderScene: Function;
   componentWillMount() {
     this._renderNavigation = this._renderNavigation.bind(this);
+    this._renderOverlay = this._renderOverlay.bind(this);
+    this._renderScene = this._renderScene.bind(this);
   }
   render() {
     return (
@@ -119,41 +119,31 @@ class UIExplorerApp extends React.Component {
       <NavigationAnimatedView
         navigationState={stack}
         style={styles.container}
-        renderOverlay={this._renderOverlay.bind(this, stack)}
-        renderScene={this._renderSceneContainer.bind(this, stack)}
+        renderOverlay={this._renderOverlay}
+        renderScene={this._renderScene}
       />
     );
   }
 
-  _renderOverlay(
-    navigationState: NavigationState,
-    position: Value,
-    layout: Layout
-  ): ReactElement {
+  _renderOverlay(props: NavigationStateRendererProps): ReactElement {
     return (
       <NavigationHeader
-        navigationState={navigationState}
-        position={position}
+        navigationState={props.navigationParentState}
+        position={props.position}
         getTitle={UIExplorerStateTitleMap}
       />
-    );    
+    );
   }
 
-  _renderSceneContainer(
-    navigationState: NavigationState,
-    scene: NavigationState,
-    index: number,
-    position: Value,
-    layout: Layout
-  ): ReactElement {
+  _renderOverlay(props: NavigationStateRendererProps): ReactElement {
     return (
       <NavigationCard
-        key={scene.key}
-        index={index}
-        navigationState={navigationState}
-        position={position}
-        layout={layout}>
-        {this._renderScene(scene)}
+        index={props.index}
+        key={props.navigationState.key}
+        layout={props.layout}
+        navigationState={props.navigationParentState}
+        position={props.position}>
+        {this._renderScene(props.navigationState)}
       </NavigationCard>
     );
   }
diff --git a/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCardStack.js b/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCardStack.js
index f2cabdda8..b4e53a63a 100644
--- a/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCardStack.js
+++ b/Libraries/CustomComponents/NavigationExperimental/NavigationCardStack.js
@@ -44,22 +44,22 @@ import type {
 
 import type {
   Layout,
-  OverlayRenderer,
+  NavigationStateRenderer,
+  NavigationStateRendererProps,
   Position,
-  SceneRenderer,
 } from 'NavigationAnimatedView';
 
 type Props = {
   navigationState: NavigationParentState,
-  renderOverlay: OverlayRenderer,
-  renderScene: SceneRenderer,
+  renderOverlay: NavigationStateRenderer,
+  renderScene: NavigationStateRenderer,
 };
 
 /**
  * A controlled navigation view that renders a list of cards.
  */
 class NavigationCardStack extends React.Component {
-  _renderScene : SceneRenderer;
+  _renderScene : NavigationStateRenderer;
 
   constructor(props: Props, context: any) {
     super(props, context);
@@ -77,20 +77,22 @@ class NavigationCardStack extends React.Component {
     );
   }
 
-  _renderScene(
-    navigationState: NavigationState,
-    index: number,
-    position: Position,
-    layout: Layout,
-  ): ReactElement {
+  _renderScene(props: NavigationStateRendererProps): ReactElement {
+    const {
+      index,
+      layout,
+      navigationParentState,
+      navigationState,
+      position,
+    } = props;
     return (
       <NavigationCard
         key={navigationState.key}
         index={index}
-        navigationState={navigationState}
+        navigationState={navigationParentState}
         position={position}
         layout={layout}>
-        {this.props.renderScene(navigationState, index, position, layout)}
+        {this.props.renderScene(props)}
       </NavigationCard>
     );
   }
diff --git a/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/NavigationAnimatedView.js b/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/NavigationAnimatedView.js
index a1f5df0f3..b19502166 100644
--- a/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/NavigationAnimatedView.js
+++ b/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/NavigationAnimatedView.js
@@ -70,30 +70,39 @@ type Layout = {
   height: Animated.Value;
 };
 
-type OverlayRenderer = (
-  position: Animated.Value,
-  layout: Layout
-) => ReactElement;
-
 type Position = Animated.Value;
 
-type SceneRenderer = (
-  state: NavigationState,
+/**
+ * Definition of the props object that is passed to the functions
+ * that render the overlay and the scene.
+ */
+type NavigationStateRendererProps = {
+  // The state of the child view.
+  navigationState: NavigationState,
+  // The index of the child view.
   index: number,
+  // The "progressive index" of the containing navigation state.
   position: Position,
-  layout: Layout
+  // The layout of the the containing navigation view.
+  layout: Layout,
+  // The state of the the containing navigation view.
+  navigationParentState: NavigationParentState,
+};
+
+type NavigationStateRenderer = (
+  props: NavigationStateRendererProps,
 ) => ReactElement;
 
 type TimingSetter = (
   position: Animated.Value,
   newState: NavigationParentState,
-  lastState: NavigationParentState
+  lastState: NavigationParentState,
 ) => void;
 
 type Props = {
   navigationState: NavigationParentState;
-  renderScene: SceneRenderer;
-  renderOverlay: ?OverlayRenderer;
+  renderScene: NavigationStateRenderer;
+  renderOverlay: ?NavigationStateRenderer;
   style: any;
   setTiming: ?TimingSetter;
 };
@@ -194,7 +203,7 @@ class NavigationAnimatedView extends React.Component {
         }}
         style={this.props.style}>
         {this.state.scenes.map(this._renderScene, this)}
-        {this._renderOverlay(this._renderOverlay, this)}
+        {this._renderOverlay()}
       </View>
     );
   }
@@ -207,20 +216,25 @@ class NavigationAnimatedView extends React.Component {
     };
   }
   _renderScene(scene: NavigationScene) {
-    return this.props.renderScene(
-      scene.state,
-      scene.index,
-      this.state.position,
-      this._getLayout()
-    );
+    return this.props.renderScene({
+      index: scene.index,
+      layout: this._getLayout(),
+      navigationParentState: this.props.navigationState,
+      navigationState: scene.state,
+      position: this.state.position,
+    });
   }
   _renderOverlay() {
     const {renderOverlay} = this.props;
     if (renderOverlay) {
-      return renderOverlay(
-        this.state.position,
-        this._getLayout()
-      );
+      const parentState = this.props.navigationState;
+      return renderOverlay({
+        index: parentState.index,
+        layout: this._getLayout(),
+        navigationParentState: parentState,
+        navigationState: parentState.children[parentState.index],
+        position: this.state.position,
+      });
     }
     return null;
   }