Archive for the ‘OWTK TECH REVIEWS’ Category

Watch This: Fruit Ninja Xbox 360 Kinect Video Game Trailer

Tweet If you love the Fruit Ninja app [hand raised] and have Xbox 360 Kinect [sad lip], you’re gonna wanna watch this. The Kinect game might not be quite as fun as actually battling a dude in a watermelon costume, but damn it’s probably...
June 9th, 2011 | OWTK TECH REVIEWS | Read More

iPhone App for Kids Review: Oobie’s Space Adventure

Tweet Oobie’s Space Adventure from VHS Design It’s short, it’s simple, it’s cute, it’s free. The Mouse almost always plays Oobie’s Space Adventure 3 or 4 times consecutively, mostly to hear the repetitive but...
June 7th, 2011 | OWTK TECH REVIEWS | Read More

Once Upon A Potty – A Classic Goes Digital

Tweet After hearing a heartbreaking story of a toilet-bound iDevice, I’ve become a hawk whenever the Bear or Mouse have a piece of fancy electronica in hand. My girls aren’t allowed near the bathroom with my iPhone. I recommended you...
June 2nd, 2011 | OWTK Children's Book Reviews, OWTK TECH REVIEWS | Read More

Seuss Crazy

Tweet My interest in Dr. Seuss ebbs and flows and, by proximity, so does my children’s.  But just as it was in September 2010 when we four frolicked in Seuss World at Universal Studios Florida, our family’s current answer to “would...
April 18th, 2011 | OWTK Children's Book Reviews, OWTK TECH REVIEWS, OWTK THEATER REVIEWS | Read More

Free iPhone App for Kids: Dr. Noize’s Bananas

Free iPhone App for Kids: Dr. Noize’s Bananas
Tweet It’s a good week to be a monkey. That is, assuming your name is Phineas McBoof. Dr. Noize’s hit iPhone app BANANAS has been updated to include Riley Robot and, the best news, is now 100% free. Download it here. Still not convinced...
April 7th, 2011 | OWTK Kid's Music News, OWTK TECH REVIEWS | Read More

iPhone App for Kids Review: Jellytoons

Tweet Jellytoons is a colorful toddler-targeted iPhone & iPad app containing 6-mini games designed to introduce and/or reinforce basic concepts of sorting, counting, shapes, matching and also allows children to practice their fine motor skills....
March 30th, 2011 | OWTK TECH REVIEWS | Read More

Pinkalicious Comes to Nintendo DS

Pinkalicious Comes to Nintendo DS
Tweet The best-selling, color-coordinated series of books by Victoria Kann makes it’s entrance into video game land this month with Pinkalicious: It’s Party Time. In the game, the player – your child, presumably, unless you the...
March 11th, 2011 | OWTK Children's Book Reviews, OWTK TECH REVIEWS, OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

WAPPY DOG (from Activision for NDS) @ NYC Toy Fair 2011

WAPPY DOG (from Activision for NDS) @ NYC Toy Fair 2011
Tweet OWTK got a private sneak peek at Wappy Dog, a new Nintendo DS game from Activision that merges the handheld video game world with the interactive toy market. This cute dog, Wappy (of course your child is free to change that name), interacts...
March 4th, 2011 | OWTK TECH REVIEWS, OWTK Toy Reviews | Read More

iPhone App for Kids Review: Measurement

Tweet When we first downloaded the 5-in-1 Mathomatix Measurement app a couple months ago the Bear (age 7) would help the Mouse (age 3.75) play which was both nurturing and beautiful to watch.  The lessons are simple and the repetition effective...
February 25th, 2011 | OWTK TECH REVIEWS | Read More

iPhone Apps for Kids Review: Magic Ink Books

Tweet Remember those Invisible Ink Books your mom would buy for the long & boring road trips to Grandma’s house?  You’d rub all over with that curious, rather bland-looking marker, then squeal with delight as images magically appeared.  ...
January 13th, 2011 | OWTK Children's Book Reviews, OWTK TECH REVIEWS | Read More
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