A friend recently asked us to try out two Kids Juke Box CDs. The CDs contain personalized children’s music.  To be honest, I was expecting to hear songs being sung in soprano with an obviously  dubbed in alto voice saying the name. I was pleasantly surprised at how smoothly the names were integrated. The personalization [...]

This Itsy Bitsy Spider is described as a “musical coloring book”. As stated, it combines two kid favorites – music and coloring. The app shows a great big coloring page illustrating Itsy Bitsy’s adventures (or misadventures I suppose). Your child can tap anywhere on the coloring page and the app will zoom into that section [...]

Today I’m looking at two apps from zinc Roe.  Both are bright and colorful and recommended for ages 3-5. Sort Slider   Sort Slider presents the outlines of two different shapes. Then there is a third shape (presented in color) that sits in between the outlines. Your child needs to tilt the iPhone to move [...]

Baby Piano is geared towards kiddos who are nine months to three years old. The app features a set of piano keys with animals on the bottom of the screen. The keys are labeled “do, re, mi, fa, so, la and ti”. Maria von Trapp is not included. When you tap the key it’s animal [...]

Are you watching Glee? I’m watching Glee, although at times I’m embarrassed to find myself laughing out loud at things that are completely inappropriate and so very-very wrong. Would I let my kids watch the show? Don’t think so. Would I let them listen to the soundtrack? With the exception of a few songs, I [...]

I cannot say enough good things about the apps that Duck Duck Moose puts out. I’ve got Wheels on the Bus and Old MacDonald on my phone and they are wonderful. Now they’ve come out with a new one, Itsy Bitsy Spider. The concept is the same: take a well known song and turn it [...]

Preschool Pairs is a memory game about musical instruments. You begin with a set of cards turned face down. Tap one to turn it over and then tap another to find it’s match. Each card features a musical instrument and when you tap it you’ll hear the music it plays. When you find a match [...]

Keep it Playing is an app that allows you to move from listening to music on your iPhone/iPod Touch to your computer without having to stop and restart tracks.  It works by telling your iTunes library which song to start up. Here’s how it works. The first time you use Keep It Playing it walks [...]

Pretty Moon is an app straight from history. It tells a poem that’s been attributed to two different authors, both of whom lived 200 years ago. It’s a sweet poem. The developer’s great-grandmother sang it to his grandfather and his 18 brothers and sisters in the 1880’s. (Eighteen! I won’t be complaining about my four [...]

There are some seriously talented people over at Duck Duck Moose. These are the developers behind the Wheels on the Bus app (that we love at our house) and they’ve done it again with Old MacDonald. The concept of the app is the same. You hear the song and there are pictures to go along [...]