Mar 21, 2012 - Sam and Ben is a delightful new storybook app about fraternal twins. The app not only features the story Sam and Ben, but coloring pages, games (a maze and matching game), and a doodle pad. The story is about Sam and Ben; they are twins, but this doesn’t mean that they are exactly the same. [...]

Mar 21, 2012 - Giving a quick shout out to Kindertown, a solid app for finding quality educational apps. Kindertown is an “educational app store” and they put apps through a review matrix built around four sets of criteria that focus on both educational strategies and user features. Apps that meet the Kindertown standard are featured in their app. [...]

Mar 20, 2012 - The Muppets is out on DVD and Blu-Ray today and if you are looking for a great family film then this is one that my family highly recommends. We all love it. It reminds me of the classic Muppet Shows I remember watching as a child, they even figure into the movie. My children have [...]

Mar 20, 2012 - In February, Heather took a look at Times Tables: Squeebles Multiplication, an app that presents multiplication study in a save the world game mode.  Here is a little of what she had to say in her review. What I liked about Times Tables: Squeebles Multiplication was the overall friendliness of the game. Children have the [...]

Mar 20, 2012 - Helping get preschoolers ready for life is the goal of the Tinytapps app line.  Small abc is designed to help them make the move from capital letters to lower case. Their creative use of games and activities to promote visual and auditory associations includes an emphasis on phonic sound. The Read and Write section has [...]

Mar 20, 2012 - Tales for Great Grandchildren comes from storyteller John Jackson and is a collection of folk and fairytales. The stories have been collected from India and Nepal and I had not heard them before. They are presented as if in an actual book with beautiful illustrations. Readers can choose to read the tales by themselves or [...]

Mar 20, 2012 - The Lost Gorilla – Mom, It’s Me! is the newest app from My Digital Photostory. Taking your child’s photo you attach it to the body of the story’s main character, putting your child at the heart of the story. As children read The Lost Gorilla they will see themselves in the illustrations. The story features [...]

Mar 20, 2012 - Today a guest post from Brian Donahue with Seer Interactive. Brian has tackled the topic of iPad Apps as entertainment for long airplane flights. Would you believe only one of my four children has ever been on an airplane? I would much rather load everyone in the van for a road trip where it’s only [...]

Mar 20, 2012 - Have you ever wondered what would happen if the Tortoise and the Hare had a rematch? You know, if they raced again? Well, this new storybook app – The Tortoise and the Hare: REMATCH! – shows us one scenario of what could happen if they ever did have a rematch! Does “slow & steady” really [...]

Mar 19, 2012 - What little kid doesn’t love to play with and take care of animals (stuffed or real)? With the new happyKids – Veterinarian HD app by William Paten, young children can do just that. Kids are given their own Veterinary Practice where they can take care of two dogs, two cats, a parrot, and a cockatoo. [...]

Mar 19, 2012 - I don’t play games on Facebook so I hadn’t ever seen BrainJewel, a popular brain game that’s been available on the social networking site. It’s now available as an iPad app though and I’ve been able to give it a try. The app is made up of twelve brain games that fall into five categories: [...]

Mar 19, 2012 - Share My ABCs introduces children to Alphabet World. Here they will learn to trace the upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet and an animal word to go with each letter. The app demonstrates the tracing strokes and then children can write the letters and words for themselves. They will also find the shape of [...]

Mar 19, 2012 - Today, I have two great apps in one review post – Kids Trucks: Numbers & Counting and Kids Trucks: Preschool Learning. Do you have any little ones in your house that like trucks? Or how about little ones that like to “drive” things around? Both of these apps teach toddlers with a fun spin – [...]