Plenty of apps have come and gone on my iPhone this year but these are a few that my kids and I keep coming back to again and again. Facebook Cooking Dash Old MacDonald Amazon Mobile Highlights Hidden Pictures Disney Red Laser Oregon Trail WeetWoo! Stoneloops! of Jurassica Kitchen Calculator Pro Train Conductor PhoneFlicks – [...]

   WeetWoo showcases children’s videos from YouTube and it is one of the best kid apps that I have seen. The combination of YouTube and my kids makes me extremely uncomfortable.  The potential for them to stumble upon serious filth is too great for me to give them complete access to it but there’s no [...]

Have you heard about Train Conductor yet? It’s a terrific, new app that falls into the “traffic management” game category. The idea is to match numbered trains to their numbered tracks. You do this by tapping and dragging your finger to move the trains from track to track. You’ve got to be quick. If the [...]

Are you looking for a noisy app to keep your toddler entertained? Look no further, Baby Drums is here! This app fills your iPhone screen with pictures of drums, cymbals, maracas, pots and more. Pretty much anything that a toddler would love to bang on is here in this app. All they have to do [...]

babyCalm is an app that you could use when you are trying to distract and calm a crying, fussy baby. The app uses sounds and images.  When selecting a sound you can choose from a lullaby, Shhh, Shhshh or womb-like noise.  The app will let you adjust the volume of your sound and you can [...]

iUmmm is meant to be used as a tool for helping you improve your ability to communicate with others. It helps you keep track of how many times you say those distracting things like “like” or “ummm”. The idea is to keep track of how often they’re creeping into your speech and then work on [...]

The Game Center app brings you loads of information about video games that are available for all the big gaming platforms. By using the app you can view lists of video games sorted into the categories of most popular, new releases and coming soon. You can also search the app for a specific video game [...]

Toy Kit is a puzzle game that will have your child building “helper vehicles” – a fire truck, police car and helicopter. To begin they’ll see an outline of the vehicle and the various parts lined up neatly next to it. They must tap on a part and drag it where it belongs, one piece [...]

Payload is a free game that puts you into the drivers seat of a dump truck. Your job is to collect items that keep falling out of the sky. Collect them in the back of your truck and earn points. If you miss and let them hit the ground you’ll lose points. You move your [...]

Shake the animals will help your child learn animal names in three different languages: English, Spanish and German. Begin by selecting a language. Next a cute illustration of an animal appears on your screen. Shake your iPhone and you’ll hear a rattle noise and then the name of the animal. Shake the phone again to [...]