Reviewed by Alison What we love… the ability to translate learning from an app to real life is fantastic! The bright colors and clarity of the expressions in the emotions section as well as the critical thinking required for both the emotions and mixing of paint colors. What we’d love to see… childproof lock on the [...]
I Learn with Poko: Emotions – Featured Autism App iTunes Gift Card Giveaway!
Filed Under: 4.5 Stars, App Reviews, Autism, Baby/Toddler, Categorising, Colour Recognition, Device/OS, Early Grade School, Education, Elementary School, Free (Full Version with IAP), IAP, In-App Purchase, iOS, iPad, Preschool, Price, Rating, Reviews, Social Skills, Special Needs Tagged With: #edapp, #edtech, Colors, Critical Thinking, emotional intelligence, emotions, fine motor for colors, four and a half stars, Free, Giveaway, i Learn With Poko: Emotions and Colors!, iOS, iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone, iPod Touch, iTunes, listening.comprehension. visual learning, Matching, problem solving, Social Skills, tribalnova, universal
Jack Goes to Sleep by Onelink Communications and Jay & Dee Publishing – Review
What we love… the app presented two choices for decision making which made it easy for kids to choose one versus the other as well as having kids help clean up and having consequences for making bad decisions. What we’d love to see… word highlighting, a child lock for the external link, consistent ways to [...]
Filed Under: 0.99 to 1.99, 4 Stars, Age, App Reviews, Baby/Toddler, Bedtime, Beginner Math, Beginner Reading, Books, Categorising, Device/OS, Education, Games, iOS, iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kids Games, Nook, Picture Book, Preschool, Price, Rating, Reviews Tagged With: Barnes and Noble, choices, choices as well as consequences for making decisions. iOS, Critical Thinking, fine motor, iOS, iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Mini, iPhone, iPod Touch, Jay & Dee Publishing, Kids Books, Kids Games, Language, Maths, Nook, OneLink Communications, picture book, Preschool, toddler
i Learn With Poko: Emotions and Colors! by TribalNova – Review & $25 iTunes Giveaway
Reviewed by Alison What we love… the ability to translate learning from an app to real life is fantastic! The bright colors and clarity of the expressions in the emotions section as well as the critical thinking required for both the emotions and mixing of paint colors. What we’d love to see… childproof lock on the [...]
Filed Under: 4.5 Stars, Age, App Reviews, Baby/Toddler, Beginner Reading, Categorising, Closed Giveaways, Colour Recognition, Device/OS, Early Grade School, Education, Elementary School, Free (Full Version with IAP), Free Apps, Games, Giveaways, IAP, In-App Purchase, iOS, iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kids Games, OT, Patterns, Preschool, Price, Rating, Reviews, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech/Language, Speech/Language Tagged With: #edapp, #edtech, Colors, Critical Thinking, emotional intelligence, emotions, fine motor for colors, four and a half stars, Free, Giveaway, i Learn With Poko: Emotions and Colors!, iOS, iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone, iPod Touch, iTunes, listening.comprehension. visual learning, Matching, problem solving, Social Skills, tribalnova, universal
KidsCraft by Afisha Media – Review
What we love… the illustrations and information about each of the specific crafts which are meant to be done using real craft materials What we’d love to see… an estimate of time required to complete the craft, the ability to print out the instructions and supplies needed Summary Well done craft app which gave me [...]
Filed Under: 0.99 to 1.99, 4 Stars, Age, App Reviews, Art & Design, Baby/Toddler, Colouring, Device/OS, Drawing, Elementary School, Entertainment, Imagination, iOS, iPad, iPad Mini, Preschool, Price, Puzzles, Rating, Stickers Tagged With: Afisha Media, ages 4+, Ages 6, art and design, art projects, Crafts, creative thinking, Critical Thinking, cutting, Early Grade School, fine motor, iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad Mini, KidsCraft, Preschool, Special Needs
Gau’s Adventure in Hawaii by Gau Family Studio – Review & Givewaway
What we love… the original music and narration as well as the graphics and variety of activities that the characters did while trying to find pieces of their spaceship. As a parent the culture piece was interesting as well. What we’d love to see… the ability to “skip” over parts of the introduction if you hear them more than [...]
Filed Under: 0.99 to 1.99, 4 Stars, Adventure, Age, App Reviews, Beginner Math, Beginner Reading, Categorising, Closed Giveaways, Colour Recognition, Device/OS, Early Grade School, Education, Elementary School, English Language, Friendship, Games, Geography, Giveaways, Hidden Object, iOS, iPad, iPad Mini, Jigsaw Puzzles, Kids Games, Letter Recognition, Preschool, Price, Rating, Reviews, Science, Shape Recognition, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech/Language, Speech/Language, Spot the Difference Tagged With: #edapp, #gieaway, Ages 6, Critical Thinking, culture, dressing in a correct sequence, Elementary School, finding an object, fine motor, fine motor skills, Gau Family Adventure, Gau Family Studio, Geography, Giveaway, iOS, iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Mini, iTunes, Kids Games, Language, learning colors, Numbers, Preschool, sequencing, Shapes
News – Story Bayou’s Brush of Truth: Tweens’ Book App Rated Four Stars by The iMums
Story Bayou’s Brush of Truth: Tweens’ Book App Rated Four Stars by The iMums Brush of Truth, an interactive book app for kids 8-12, was rated four stars by The iMums, a children’s educational technology review site. Created by Story Bayou, Brush of Truth has been recognized for its appeal to reluctant readers, and is [...]
Filed Under: 0.99 to 1.99, Advanced Math, Age, Books, Device/OS, Education, Fantasy, Friendship, iOS, iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone, iPod Touch, Middle School & Beyond, News, Press Releases/News, Price Tagged With: 4 Stars, advanced reading, Age, App Reviews, books, Brush of Truth, choose your own ending, Critical Thinking, Device/OS, eBook, education, Elementary School, English Language, Fantasy, illustration, illustrations, interactive decision points, iOS, iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad Mini, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kids Books, Language, Middle School & Beyond, Price, Rating, Reasoning, second person, Slider, sorcerer, Story Bayou, Storybook, tween0.99 to 1.99
Jungle Adventure by emeeyou – Review & Giveaway
What we love… bright illustrations, ability to target receptive and expressive language with a fun educational based game and critical thinking skills to discover the hidden animals What we’d love to see… a hint section for the hidden objects as well as a visual counting when finding hidden objects, the ability to count higher than [...]
Filed Under: 0.99 to 1.99, 4 Stars, Age, Android, App Reviews, Baby/Toddler, Beginner Math, Beginner Reading, Closed Giveaways, Colour Recognition, Device/OS, Education, English Language, Free (Lite Version), Giveaways, iOS, iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone, iPod Touch, Letter Recognition, Preschool, Price, Rating, Reviews, Shape Recognition, Skills, Special Needs, Speech/Language Tagged With: #ed app, $1.99, animal names and sounds, Colors, Counting, Critical Thinking, emeeyou, English, expressive (spoken) and receptive (understood) language, German, Giveaway, iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad Mini, iPhone, iPod Touch, jungle adventures, Kids Games, Language, Letters, Maths, Numbers, Spanish, Special Needs, Speech, three and a half stars
Brush of Truth by Story Bayou – Review
Reviewed by Alison & Mary What we love… interactive story let readers decide how to proceed and it engaged everyone in the story. The tie in with the curriculum will be helpful for parents and teachers as they are working with children on reading skills as well as creative writing, sentences and more. The app [...]
Filed Under: 0.99 to 1.99, 4 Stars, Advanced Reading, Age, App Reviews, Books, Device/OS, Education, English Language, Fantasy, iOS, iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone, Middle School & Beyond, Price, Rating, Reviews Tagged With: advanced reading, Brush of Truth, choose your own ending, Critical Thinking, eBook, Elementary School, illustration, interactive decision points, iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad Mini, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kids Books, Language, Reasoning, second person, sorcerer, Story Bayou, Storybook, tween
Chow Chat by Shoe the Goose – Review
Reviewed by Alison Chow Chat by Shoe the Goose is a universal app designed to get a family talking while stimulating critical thinking, sharing of ideas and language development. The app features over 300 discussion cards which start with a fact, quote or proverb to start a discussion. The related questions encourage children and adults [...]
Filed Under: App Reviews, Early Grade School, Education, Elementary School, Entertainment, Games, Kids Games, Preschool, Reviews Tagged With: categories, Chow Chat, Critical Thinking, dinnertime, family conversation, language development, sharing of ideas, Shoe the Goose
What’s That Sound? Learning to Listen and Identify Sounds by Different Roads to Learning Review + Giveaway
May 5, 2012 By Alison
Reviewed by Alison & Grace What’s That Sound? Learning to Listen and Identify Sounds by Different Roads to Learning is a simple universal matching app where you match sound to an object. The app encourages learning by allowing children to try various combinations if necessary to complete the activity. Different Roads to Learning was created in 1995 [...]
Filed Under: App Reviews, Early Grade School, Education, Elementary School, Giveaways, Preschool, Reviews, Special Needs Tagged With: Ages 6, Autism, Baby/Toddler, Critical Thinking, different roads to learning, Early Grade School, iPad, iPad 2, iPhone, Kids Games, Language, Listening, Preschool
Alison, Amanda, Grace and Mary are four mothers from different parts of the world dedicated to educating parents about the best digital stories, educational apps, fun games and technology products available for their children. We also offer the latest news in apps for kids, interesting articles, developer interviews, free apps and regular giveaways!
