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. The simple plot of a cartoon animal’s birthday party, as well as the animation itself, is […]
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 in helping very young children learn basic math concepts like […]
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. Those books and a lb. of goldfish almost made the journeys bearable. I […]
It’s easy to appreciate a math game that can be played by both my 6-year old and her 3 1/2-year old sis. Alzebra, a new iPhone app for kids, features games centered around early math ideas – sequencing, sorting, shapes – that help the Mouse learn and entertain the Bear, […]
It’s hard to beat FREE. For one day only, on Black Friday 11/26/10, all Once Upon An App iPhone & iPad applications are abolsutely free. Download 1, download ’em all. Zero downside. Go nuts. I’ve reviewed a few in the past. May I recommend the super snazzy for very young […]
A modern children’s Halloween/Autumn classic has found it’s way to the iPhone. Yep, that brave square squash has got his own app. Oceanhouse Media, the developer behind many of the best-selling kiddie eBook applications on the iTunes Store (numerous Dr. Seuss and Berenstain Bears titles), has just brought Joe Troiano’s […]
Collage art is pretty darn cool, but maybe you don’t have what amounts to a flea market full of odds & ends to make such art. And, even if you do, maybe you don’t want your kids playing with THAT much glue. No worries. The Faces iMake iPhone App allows […]
NUMBER SENSE – $2.99 I get really excited about math, and even more so, about math concepts. The Bear is three weeks away from finishing up with kindergarten but is well beyond that grade level when it comes to math ideas. I like to think I’ve had something to do […]
