MY WORD WALL A nifty, multi-faceted application for early readers available for iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad. Within the game burgeoning spellers will identify letters, assemble words, complete word-based jigsaw puzzles, and play several seek & finds. They will also hear the letters and words repeated phonetically. My Word Wall […]
Hildegard the hippo loves to sing opera and dreams of the spotlight. But really, who doesn’t? When her opportunity finally comes, there’s just one teensy weensy problem: she loses her voice. Murphy’s law apparently applies to immense African mammals too. That’s kinda reassuring, isn’t it? The story of Hildegard reminds […]
My PlayHome is the clever, uniquely 21st century digital take on those Melissa & Doug magnet figure sets, the classic but flimsy paper dolls, and even your grandmother’s stately dollhouse, with flawlessly executed gameplay including multi-touch capacity for eager siblings and their dueling fingers. This is as close to perfect […]
Hi all! A quick heads-up this sweaty Tuesday morning to let you know that I guest posted over on Cool Mom Tech as part of their Dads Dig This series. Check out my high-tech gadget recommendation right now on the gizmo wing of the impeccable Cool Mom Picks!
The Princess Arabella Wants To Play iPad storybook app, based on the books by Mylo Freeman, is a captivating long-form story complimented by bold watercolor paintings that’s as engrossing as any traditional children’s book we’ve read recently. That there is some subtle interaction – shake the device and tree monkeys […]
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 close. In case the embedded video above […]
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 infectious electronica song at the end. She struts her shoulders out and her head to and fro. […]
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 […]
