Middle School Confidential is back with a brand new follow up to their fantastic first app, Be Confident in Who You Are. This time around the iPad app-graphic novel tackles friendships – Real Friends vs. the Other Kind. The graphic novel was written by Annie Fox, illustrated by Matt Kindt and is targeted towards 8-14 [...]

Jumbline 2 is a new app that is perfect for people who like word games. But beware, it is addicting! I love word games and games that you can pick up and play a couple of rounds quickly – and this is one of those types of apps. While many of the words may be [...]

Dude That’s Cool is a fun multiplayer, strategy game. The premise is quirky and unique – play as a hamster who is out to steal goodies from his hamster friends. To get to the other cages you place pipe, strategically connecting the pieces to reach the goodies and protect the one’s you’ve already got. The [...]

Memorizing multiplication facts is an important step as children advance their math skills.  Sometime quite an intimidating one.  Math Times Tables organizes practice in a fun and challenging way by providing an interactive, game-like environment. Math Times Tables offers two game modes: ✦ Number sequence: Choose the correct number in a number sequence. ✦ Multiply: [...]

Math Evolve keeps practicing Math facts from becoming boring and turns it into an engaging game. Players are working as a “rapidly evolving creature” that uses Math to harness the power of the universe. They will solve equations and then create their own while flying through different environments, avoiding hostile enemy fire. I appreciated the [...]

I’m always excited when I have a great app for the older kids to share with you. 4th Grade Math: Splash Math Worksheets App is an iPad app for children wanting (or needing) to work on Fourth grade Math curriculum. Like the other apps in the Splash Math series it’s well done and it covers [...]

Tinkr Math is an educational Math game with a nautical twist. Children answer ten questions and for each correct answer they help a sailor bring his ship one wave closer to shore. Correct answers are also rewarded with whale sightings while wrong answers bring out the sharks. The app works with addition, subtraction, multiplication and [...]

In October Heather tried her hand at animation using the Doink Animation & Drawing app for iPad.  Now the fun comes to the iPhone and iPod Touch with Doink Express -Messages with Photos, Animations, Drawings & Sound, allowing you to be creative anytime, anywhere. Doink Express is a fun, creative way to add life, interest [...]

The Tooth That’s on the Loose! was written and illustrated by Chris Robertson, an Emmy nominated storyboard artist and director for Nickelodeon. It’s a humorous take on the experience of losing a tooth and my children really enjoyed the illustrations. The tale follows T.B. Wiggly, a tooth that is literally on the loose. Sheriff Tex, [...]

Number Bonds (Addition Facts) is a smart app for learning and practicing addition facts up to one hundred. The app has a clean, metallic design with sound effects that made me feel like I was in a number factory. I could certainly use time in a number factory to smarten up! The app allows you [...]