Space Cakes by Mrs. Judd’s Games – Review

    What we love… Fun game that provides early math concepts, fun making and baking a cake as well as bright colors What we’d love to see… Instructions on how to decorate cakes, hints for finding the right ingredients Summary Great app for a space adventure featuring educational concepts and learning. Our Rating Space [...]

Write to Read – WriteReader by Janus Madsen – Review and Giveaway

What we love… An easy to use and kid-friendly writing tool that really motivates children to write and read better. What we’d love to see… Optional edit lock, parental lock on Facebook sharing and text highlighting. Summary Learning to read by writing is a brilliant idea that is both fun and effective. WriteReader is the [...]

Fast Free Five! #88

What is Fast Free Five? Fast Free Five is a collection of five quality apps from various genres that we have taken the time to find especially for our readers. We have tested the apps mentioned and can recommend them. They are not ‘Lite’ versions, they are full versions that are free for a limited [...]

Discover Paris by Seven Academy- Review

What we love… Great graphics, engaging app What we’d love to see… Further child-proofing, option to switch between imperial and metric measurements independent of language. Summary A great way to learn about Paris, it’s landmarks, history and culture in a fun and engaging way. Our Rating Discover Paris is a universal app from French developer [...]

Write On Handwriting: Powerful Printing Letters & Numbers -Review

What we love… Multi-sensory approach, letter groupings by initial stroke, research based approach. What we’d love to see… Addition of a “beginner mode”, multiple student profiles. Summary Overall a very useful app for kindergarten and older students working on their printing skills Our Rating Write on Handwriting: Powerful Printing is an iPad only app and [...]

Nutrition and Healthy Eating ! Fun games to teach kids in Preschool and Kindergarten about balanced diet by i Learn With – Review

What we love… Children learn about healthy food, various food groups and balanced meal through fun and colorful games. What we’d love to see… Introduction to the Food Pyramid. Childproofing the Parents Center and access to full version upgrade. Summary One of the very few apps that get children interested in nutrition and an active, [...]

StoryBox Apps by Bayard UK – Review and Giveaway

What we love… The richly illustrated stories and the ability to record your own narration. Great for encouraging reading fluency and story telling when used by your child. What we’d love to see… Longer recording time. Summary Entertaining and educational, StoryBox 1 and 2 present a variety of top-quality reading materials conveniently in an app. [...]

Robots for iPad by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers Inc- Today’s Featured Free App at The iMums

What are Featured Free Apps? The iMums showcase a quality free app that we have installed, tested and recommend. Featured Free Apps are not lite versions, they are full versions that are free for a limited time only so you’ll need to be quick to grab them at the reduced price. Be sure to sign [...]

Matryoshka! Deluxe for Kids by Kidoteca- Review

Reviewed by Mary What we love… Well done graphics, music and sound effects, built-in rewards for completing puzzles. Kid safe app. Summary Based on traditional Russian nesting dolls, this app has 9 sets of dolls for the child to practice taking apart and putting together. It is a simple but well done, high quality app, [...]

Leo’s Pad: Preschool Kids Learning Series by Kidaptive – Review

Review by Emily What we love… high-end animation, story emphasizes perseverance What we’d love to see… completed parent dashboard Summary Appisode 2 builds on its predecessor, Our Rating With Appisode 2 of Leo’s Pad: Preschool Kids Learning Series by Kidaptive, a Palo Alto California based edu-app developer, adds another chapter to its serial story starring [...]