Apps Teaching Kids Things about Animals

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Dr Seuss Short Story Collection

Oceanhouse Media have pulled out another Dr Seuss app from their creative hats. Everyone’s favourite cat in a hat makes an appearance, along with an astoundingly large extended rhyming family including I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today, King Looie Katz about the king of cats, The Glunk that Got Thunk about a little girl who likes [...]

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Free App: Books with Learning Activities

On iGameMom, we have reviewed a couple book reader apps. You can think a book reader app as a book library or book store, where you can find many books, and pick which one you want to read or purchase. Recently, Bethany from No Twiddle Twaddle told me about an app from Sylvan Dell. As [...]

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On Beyond Bugs: All about Insects -The Cat in the Hat Learning Library

The release of On beyond Bugs: All about Insects couldn’t have been better timed for us. We are just finishing up a month long Butterfly project. This book App by Trisha Rabe is the latest release in the Science themed Cat in the Hats Learning Library. Cat in the Hats Learning Library is a series [...]

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Review and Giveaway: Over in the Jungle – Sing and Read about Baby Animals

Over in the Jungle, a rainforest rhyme by Dawn Productions is a reading, counting and sing-along interactive app. There’s so much packed in here, that you certainly get quite a bit of content for your dollar with this app! I would say it works best with 3-5 year olds (however, there’s probably something of interest [...]

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A Troop is a Group of Monkeys

Did you know a group of peacocks is referred to as an ostentation? Well, I had no idea, so I hope you’ll understand why I’m desperate to stumble across some now, and soon, so I can show off my new knowledge. A Troop is a Group of Monkeys is an adorable iPad book (they say [...]

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Math App from Wild Kratts on PBS Kids

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Today we have another new reviewer, Elizabeth Wolf. She has been following iGameMom for a long time, and she blogs at LeMaisonLoup.com about her travel experience with kids. It is a very interesting blog to read with a lot picture. Now let’s see what Elizabeth is sharing with us today. The Kratt brothers are a wild pair who travel the globe to explore [...]

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Learn Everything about Lion with Ranger Rick Jr.

Ranger Rick Jr. Appventures: Lions is an app from National Wildlife Federation (NWF). It is the first of the series of Ranger Rick Jr. Appventures. In the app, kids follow Ricky Raccoon to visit Lars the Lion and experience a lion’s life. Kids will explore an interactive photo story, play five fun-filled games, and create [...]

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Rainforest from Britannica Kids

Rainforest is an encyclopedia from Britannica Kids. It is designed for kids age 8 to 12. Like other Britannica Kids apps, Rainforest is a well-designed multimedia reference about world’s rainforests, including types of rainforest; layers of rainforest; the animals, plants and people who live there; and environmental threats and challenges. After kids open the app, [...]

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PBS Kids Wild Kratts

We have been watching the PBS Kids Wild Kratts show almost daily for a long time. Once I found out Wild Kratts has an app, I know I have to check it out. If you are not familiar with Wild Kratts, it is a TV show series about wild animals on PBS Kids. It combines [...]

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App Review and Giveaway: Frog Dissection

Did you dissect a frog when you were in school? How did you like it? Today I am going to introduce an app Frog Dissection. It brings the whole dissection process onto iPAD. It won’t replace the real practice, but it is a wonderful tool to learn about the dissection process, the organs, and frog’s [...]

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FREE App: A Great App About Endangered Animals

WWF (World Wildlife Fund) launched a new app recently, called WWA Together. The app introduces the amazing animals, such as tiger, elephant, panda, with stunning photographs. With the short paragraphs and interesting facts about the animals, it is great for after-dinner read aloud with families. I think I am going to read it with my [...]

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App Review and Giveaway: Animal SnApp Farm

Animal SnApp: Farm is another great book app from Nosy Crow. Some other apps from them are: Rounds: Parker Penguin, Rounds: Franklin Frog, and Bizzy Bear Builds a House. Designed for kids aged 2 to 5, it is filled with endearing characters and interesting stories. When kids start the app, they will see a mis-matched [...]

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Learn Penguin Life Cycle with Rounds Parker Penguin

Before we get into today’s app, I have a favor to ask: I am trying to reach 300 ”+”s on Google+. I heard this is the number a website needs to have a good search index in Google. Can you help me reach the goal by clicking the red ”g+1″ button on the left panel? I have 85 now. You probably need login [...]

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Best Educational Apps for Kids – Elementary Natual and Animal Science

Today’s Best Educational Apps for Kids list is Natual and Animal Science Apps for Kindergarden and Early Elementary School Kids (age 6 to 10). There is another list of science apps for this age group but on other subjects, such as astronomy, physics, or chemistry. For this other science list, you can visit Best Science Apps for Elementary [...]

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FREE App: Turtle Trek from SeaWorld

Turtle Trek is the first mobile game created by SeaWorld! It is designed for kids age 4 to 9. Using fingers to guide the little turtle through the ocean – catch food and stars, meet friends, avoid predators, … For each friend the turtle met, kids can learn some fun facts. Do you know Triggerfish are bottom dwellers? [...]

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