Apr 23, 2012 - Meet Evi, the “revolutionary artificial intelligence here to help with all of your everyday information needs”.

Apr 23, 2012 - Who Stole the Moon? is a new interactive e-book that is designed specifically for children. The story follows a young boy named Bertie Brown, who loves to look at the moon through the skylight in his bedroom at night. But one night, Bertie cannot find the moon, and he thinks to himself, “Who Stole the [...]

Apr 20, 2012 - In September, 2009 I reviewed the apps Math Time and Math Time EX. Both had been developed by an eleven year old named Owen. Fast forward to this week when Owen released his newest app, LogMyRun. LogMyRun is not a math app, this time around Owen has created a log for runners who want to [...]

Apr 20, 2012 - Its not often that when you tell your child you have a new math app for them to try you get a response like “cool!” or that you have to tell them its times to stop studying math facts. But with this new app for iPad you just might.  Indie developer, Jiayi Chong, writes math [...]

Apr 20, 2012 - Letter Dino – Letter Dino teaches kids the letters of the alphabet in a fun and playful way. Kids can navigate the little dino into his 3D world by pointing where they want to go and tapping with two fingers to jump. Step in the shoes of little Dino and help the citizens of Dinoworld [...]

Apr 20, 2012 - Get your little one laughing with the new app, Locomaster – Lucas’ crazy machine, by Nerlaska Studio. Lucas, the title character of this game, has a crazy machine that turns him into seven silly creatures: Jokyfly, Nosy Mouse, Sillyphant, Wise Turtle, Ladybugy, Crazy Crocodile and Pretty Spider. After children have transformed Lucas into a crazy [...]

Apr 20, 2012 - Catch a Match is a great matching game for children with fantastic audio. The sound effects made me happy and that probably sounds silly but I can’t think of a better way to describe it! The game is “memory” where players turn over cards, one at a time, looking for matches. Catch a Match keeps [...]

Apr 19, 2012 - Sleep Keeper will answer the question “What do I do when I’m sleeping?” The app takes snapshots while you sleep and then puts them together in a movie that you can watch in the morning. You’ll be able to watch all of the tossing and turning or peaceful slumber that you experienced the night before. [...]

Apr 19, 2012 - I have been given a blue Nomad Play brush to give away as part of Autism Awareness Month. I wrote about the Nomad Play in December of 2011. and it’s continued to be one of our favorite iPad tools. My kids love having a paintbrush for the iPad. The brush is perfectly sized for a [...]

Apr 19, 2012 - MyBlee Education stands for My Best Lesson Ever, an educational app that was created by a group of teachers. MyBlee uses interactive lessons (called modules) to teach and reinforce different mathematical concepts. A module walks through the concept, demonstrating the lesson to children. They’ll be able to see and hear the instruction on the screen [...]

Apr 19, 2012 - Lulu in Polynesia is a new app from the ZANZIBOOK, the app publisher behind Gus’ Little Coin and Lulu in Australia. This new app is a cute story that follows Lulu and her pet kitten, Zazou, as they travel through the different regions of Polynesia. The app includes an interactive story mode, which is animated [...]

Apr 18, 2012 - Making snowflakes is always a favorite pastime over the winter break at our house.  As the kids have grown their designs have become quite elaborate, with Star Wars cutouts being the newest addition.  While I have watched the flurry of creation going on I hadn’t stopped to think that my kids were developing math skills, [...]

Apr 18, 2012 - Simple Learning 123 is great new counting app designed for both aural and visual learners. Developed by a teacher, Simple Learning 123 teaches young children how to recognize and count the numbers 1 through 12 in English, Spanish, and French (language selection can be made on the title screen). This app combines fun, recognizable objects [...]