Educational App

Learn Culture in the World via Music – Jazzy World Tour

If you are looking for an app to teach your children about culture and various parts of the world, this app is for you. The folks over at The Melody Book have recently released Jazzy World Tour – Musical Journey for Kids. They have developed several music themed learning apps, such as Jazzy 123, Jazzy [...]

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Little Red Riding Hood by Nosy Crow

I remember reading fairy-tales as a child. I could read or be read the same story over and over and find so much enjoyment. I love reading and hope I can pass on this passion to my children. The children’s book and app publisher, Nosy Crow, has taken the classic fairy-tale of Little Red Riding Hood to a new [...]

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The Bingo Song – Interactive Sing Along Music App

The Bingo song is a well known classic children’s song. The Bingo Song HD app brings this song to life for kids to interact with, sing along to, as well as fun animal flash cards that helps make learning farm animals fun. This app can help children recognize the names and sounds of animals, various colors and characteristics found [...]

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TeachMe 3rd Grade

I was super excited when I got the opportunity to review this app. I absolutely love the Teach Me series of apps by 24x7digitial. Actually, none of my kids are anywhere near 3rd grade but I really just wanted to see how they changed this series to grow with kids. Well, they did a great [...]

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The Adventures of Captain Underpants & Creative Activities from Mom’s Library

The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey from scholastic is a chapter book series geared toward school age boys. This book app is filled with action, thrills, and laughs. Your child can read the book, have the book read to them, or you can read it to your child. The silliness puts a fun [...]

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Off Screen With App: Drawing on Eggs

With Easter approaching, I always felt I should do something about Easter, but we have pretty much out grown all the egg activities. It seems hard to find something about Easter egg to get a boy’s interest. Just couple days ago, I came up the idea of using crayon to draw on eggs, based on [...]

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There’s a Wocket in my Pocket

One of my all-time favorite authors is Dr. Seuss. You can’t get more legendary and classic than a Seuss book, and with the celebration of his recent birthday the Dr. Seuss apps are everywhere. This app/book is one of my favorites: There’s a Wocket in my Pocket! by Dr. Seuss from Oceanhouse Media. It is a goofy story of [...]

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Learning Activities for Kids – An App and Ideas from Mom’s Library

Today’s post focuses on learning activities for kids. First we are going to introduce an app for toddlers, then we will look at the learning activities shared at last week’s Mom’s library. There were so many interesting activities shared last week, it was hard to pick which one to feature. Finally I decided on an [...]

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Free App: Common Core Standards & Common Core Aligned App Giveaways

We have introduced several common core standard aligned apps, such as SplashMath, iTooch Elementary and Middle School, Math on Video. The other day, I saw the FREE Common Core Standards app on App Store. I found it very handy for teachers and parents to have. In the app, you will see three sections under Standards: [...]

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App on Deal: 5 Disney Story Apps plus Giveaways

Most schools are in spring break now, or are getting ready for spring break. It can’t be a better time for the kids to catch up some classic stories they will love. Here is the good news – five Disney story apps are on sale this weekend! Who doesn’t love a Disney classic? They are [...]

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App Went FREE: Little Things Forever

Little Things Forever is FREE for limited time, from $2.99. It is a beautifully made ISPY type of game, yet very different. When you start the game, you see a big picture with bright vibrant color, and as it zooms in, you will see this big picture is made of many small pictures of objects. You [...]

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Time2Brush Motivates Kids Brush Teeth

Are you having a hard time having kids brush their teeth? Do they remember to brush teeth twice a day? Do they brush for two minutes every time? If you are looking for some help in getting kids to brush teeth or brush for long enough, here is a FREE app for you. Time2Brush is [...]

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Sid’s Science Fair and Science Activity Ideas from Mom’s Library

Today we introduce a science app and some science activity ideas from last week’s Mom’s Library. Since I started hosting Mom’s Library, I have been always amazed at how many creative kids activity ideas people have. Can you imagine 30+ playful ways to teach young kids about rocks? What a wonderful idea using crayon to show kids [...]

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Learn Math with Dinosaur Train Classic in the Jurassic, Jr

My 4 year old hates educational games. He doesn’t delete them, he just avoids them. Dinosaur Train Classic in the Jurassic, Jr. made a difference. From the PBS KIDS show Dinosaur Train, it keeps his attention! The app focuses on various math related subjects, such as weight, distance, and height, in fun and tactile ways. It has [...]

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Guided Play: Games for Baby

Since I had a child, I have been reading parenting books and articles, talking with teachers and other parents about child’s learning, one common theme always come out is parents’ involvement. The more parents are actively involved in a child’s learning experience, the better the child learn and perform. Today I invited Nick Myers, a [...]

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App Went Free: Van Gogh and the Sunflowers

Van Gogh and the Sunflowers is Free for today only. It is an iPAD app, usually $3.99 on App store. It is based on true events happened to Van Gogh. It tells Van Gogh’s story through a boy named Camille. Camille and his family became friends of a strange visitor to his small town, although [...]

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