Posts Tagged ‘Reading’

Friday Findings

Classical tales: 3 little pigs – The Three Little Pigs for iPad has been designed for children 3 to 5 years old. The story can be listened to in Italian, English, French or Spanish, or if you prefer the voice-over feature can be turned on or off.. Twenty-four pages with original graphics help your child [...]

 

Sight Words Hangman

Sight Words Hangman puts a twist on the classic game of Hangman. Instead of guessing hidden words children must correctly identify sight words to prevent the hangman from appearing. There are over 250 sight words to choose from, organized into 27 lists. A list is selected and children are shown four words. The app says [...]

 

Princesses Learn Spanish

Princesses Learn Spanish is a new app that uses classic princess fairytales to expose young children to Spanish vocabulary. I was personally very excited to see this app because my husband (who teaches Spanish) and I have wanted to introduce our little girl (a princess enthusiast) to more Spanish. This app by earlylanguages.com is a [...]

 

Friday Findings

WorldCard HD – the Intelligent Business Card Manager – No manual entries. No typos. No more confusion in your contacts! WorldCard HD transforms your iPad into an intelligent Customer Relationship Manager. Powered with an advanced version of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology, this utilitarian app offers the best of business card scanning. Each business card [...]

 
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Paddington Bear

Seeing Paddington Bear on my iPhone was a bit like taking a trip down memory lane. I hadn’t read about Paddington since I was a child and it’s wonderful to see him back in a brand new way. This is the classic story of Paddington Bear and includes how he was discovered at a train [...]

 

The Amazing Spiderman & Toy Story Showtime! from Disney

Playing a little bit of catch up here! I’ve been meaning to get out reviews for The Amazing Spiderman and Toy Story Showtime! from Disney Publishing Worldwide Applications. I had some help with these from my favorite guys. My son helped me review Spiderman and his good friends, our neighbors, Mr. L and Mr. M. [...]

 

Sparky the Shark – A Frighteningly Funny Story

Sparky the Shark – A Frighteningly Funny Story is a very original tale for the iPad. Poor Sparky just wants to be liked but there’s that tiny issue of him being a shark. People just can’t seem to get past it! He really wants to go to the sand castle building competition but is afraid [...]

 

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Friday Findings

Yatzy Addict – Yatzy Addict is the famous poker dice game, played all around the world. You get 13 rounds, with 3 rolls each to create poker hands, such as 3 of a kind, 4 of a kind, straights, etc. There are 13 scoring categories, which can only be scored once per game. Learning how [...]

 

TJ’s Picture Dictionary

Help expand your child’s vocabulary with TJ’s Picture Dictionary by UmaChaka Media, Inc. Little kids will love learning the definitions to everyday words with this illuminating app. TJ’s Picture Dictionary features 175 words with an associated image, all displayed in alphabetical order. When your little one taps on a word the image will enlarge as [...]

 

Noodle Words-Active Word Game Set 1

Noodle Words are described as “animated Word Toys” and this app is a whole lot of fun! It’s designed for children ages 4-7 but this mom got a big kick out of playing with the words and I’m not ashamed to say it! In the app children are given a box filled with action words [...]

 
 
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iOS 5.01 Released: Includes Fix For iOS 5.0 Battery Life Issue

iOS 5 Gets Its First Update Thanks to my husband Zack for getting this post out about the new iOS 5.1 release. I’ve yet to install the update…but I’ll be following his instructions below. Shortly after the iPhone 4S hit the market a bug was discovered that severely impacted battery life on those new devices. [...]

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I review iPhone apps for moms. I have a decent grasp of techy things but the technical guts (for lack of a better word) of how the apps work are beyond me. So my reviews will be practical and purely subjective. Reviews for moms by a real life, actual mom. My kids will vouch for me.