Christmas is almost here.  While you are busy getting ready for the holiday celebration, make sure kids have plenty to do.  Luckily, with the mobile devices, everything is easy. You can find and instantly download great entertainments with educational values, and you don’t even need get out of the house. To make it even easier for you, iGameMom have picked some great Christmas fun entertainments for kids. You will find great Christmas books, fun holiday games for kids and adults, and holiday movies for the whole family. Believe… Read more

If you have a toddle or preschooler who is learning colors and shapes, go download this preschool color and shape app right away Ask Me! Colors and Shapes: Preschool Edition – the link is at the bottom of this post. It is such a fun app and it is free for limited time to celebrate its 2 million downloads. It is a very easy app. When kids open the app, they will be asked which they want to play –… Read more

Intro to Math by Montessorium is a math app designed for kids who just start learning about numbers and gaining the basic concepts of the numbers.  It is a series of lessons following Montessori method, but is packaged in a game-like setting that is very engaging. Since all activities are hands-on, you can think of it as hands-on Montessori math games for preschoolers. When kids start the app, they will see 6 blocks on the open screen, each leads to… Read more

Garden Lab is an app designed for preschool kids to learn how to take care of plants.  It feels like a simulation game, but in a very simpler manner.  Kids will learn what it takes to grow flowers: seeds, water, sun light, and their work to take care of flowers. When kids start the game, they get a free seed. They must plant the seed in the garden with a shovel. Then they will see sun or moon in the… Read more

I am a firm believer that science should, and can be taught at a very young age. I also agree it is challenging to teach science concepts to young kids. You have to convey the concept in a manner that young minds can understand and grasp. It takes the full understanding of science and early childhood education to perfect the task.  Max and Ruby Science Educational Games is a science app teaching preschool to kindergarten kids science concepts with fun… Read more

Maya the Bee: Flower Party is based on the TV show that is translated into many languages. The original story is from a book The Adventures of Maya the Bee, published in 1912. Maya the Bee: Flower Party has all the key characters in the TV show, but is mostly a learning game for preschool to kindergarten kids. Maya the bee has invited her friends to celebrate her birthday with her. Kids are asked to help Maya and her friends… Read more

Petting Zoo is a wonderful cartoon book app, from acclaimed author and illustrator Christoph Niemann. We bought it a while ago and still play with it and still love it.  It is available on both Apple devices and Android devices. The app has 21 interactive animals, each will react to your touch in a different way: the elephant in the bathtub will shower himself if you guide his trunk to point at different body parts, the lion’s mane will change its… Read more

Shape the village is fun shape learning app. It does a terrific job of introducing and then reinforcing shapes to your child. The set is a cute and colorful village of land, sky and sea full of characters made out of very simple shapes. The use of nothing but squares, circles, triangles and rectangles allows a child to see how almost anything can be put together by combining basic shapes. It also makes the characters extra adorable and fun to interact… Read more

The Jungle Book – 3D Interactive Pop-up Book is a fun story book for young kids.  It is about Mowgli, the young orphan adopted by wolves. As a story app with lot interactions, it is a good app to engage active kids. It is usually $3.99, and is FREE for limited time. Here is the introduction from App Store: “Join Mowgli on a tropical adventure through the jungles of India as he escapes the clutches of the dangerous Shere Khan… Read more

The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies is a children’s book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, and first published in 1909. Beatric Potter is also the author of The Tales of Peter Rabbit and The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. There are many versions of eBooks of The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies. This one is from KiteReaders. It is available as iBook and Kindle book, both are free today.  To read books in iBook, you need download the iBook app from… Read more

Today I have three wonderful free creative apps for kids to share. They are among the best free apps I have seen – very creative and all can be played by young kids without instruction and help. They are great for road trips and family gatherings. Kids can play by themselves, or play together as a group. All three apps are from Lazoo. Three FREE Creative Apps for Young Kids Lazoo Zoo: Kids feed the animals with different food and watch… Read more

A while ago Tiggly shared with me their new product – an interactive iPAD toy helping kids learn shapes. I was very intrigued by the concept and agreed to review the toy when it is available.  Now I received the toy and I am pleasantly surprised at how well the toy function and how much learnings they put into their three free apps.  If you are looking for gift ideas for kids age 1 to 5, this is a great… Read more

Today I have a wonderful book to share: Jingle All the Way.  It is a free app.  It is also available as iBook, Kindle book and Nook. It’s been always free as an app, but not in other forms.  Today all forms of the book is free, so if you want to read it as iBook, Kindle book or on your Nook, you want to download it today before the price goes back to normal. An additional note: you can… Read more

We like to watch movies as a family. When you have a good movie for kids, these movie watching experience can be very educational. Last month we started using Netflix again.  I really liked Netflix movies stream program.  We tried Netflix a couple years ago, but discontinued due to concerns that my son may be exposed to some content that are not appropriate for his age.  Now with the new feature Kids Movie, we decided to give it another try… Read more