Learn ABC phonics is a simple phonics app for toddlers, teaching kids letters.  The simple design makes it suitable even for babies who just start to recognize ABCs. The interface of the app is very simple.  After opening the app and tapping on the opening screen, your toddler will see all 26 letters in lower case.  You can go through the letters in alphabetical order, or just pick the letter you want your kid to learn.  Tapping on the letter of choice… Read more

Millie is an interactive adventure app series for kids. We are big fans of Millie and have been so ever since her first adventure, Millie Was Here. By her second adventure, Millie and the Lost Key, we fell in love with her even more as she roamed and combed vast and mysterious regions (some of which look suspiciously like Central Park in New York) in search of a lost key. She encountered several treacherous obstacles and enemies on her quest and no… Read more

Bugs and Buttons 2 is a collection of mini games for early learning skills, helping preschool and kindergarten kids gain critical early learning skills with fun games.  It is Free for limited time. There are 18 games in the app.  Kids can choose which game they want to play. Each game addresses several early learning skills, such as counting, letter recognition, matching and sorting by various attributes like colors and shapes, fine motor skills, and following directions.  If kids do… Read more

Can kids learn math with music? Today’s app actually just does this! Peg + Cat Big Gig is from the PBS kids show Peg + Cat. It is a cute new series that aims to get preschoolers excited about problem solving. In this app, the stars of the show, Peg and her purple cat use math to ‘save the day’. Young fans will love Peg + Cat Big Gig. While they are rocking out as one of five characters in the show… Read more

Do you kids love bugs? If you have a bug lover, you don’t want to miss today’s app – a fun bug app for kids. Grandma Loves Bugs is a learning app for kids 6 and younger. Following the guide from a fun-loving grandma, kids will not only learn a lot about bugs, but also numbers, letters, words, and more. There are ten mini games in the app, covering a wide range of skills, including nature awareness, such as bug… Read more

The app begins at the Disney Princess Pet Salon where kids meet and pamper six pets from various past Disney Princesses. There are dogs and cats of course but we also have a horse and a bunny. They all have clever names with subtle nods to their respective princesses, my favorite being Cinderella’s dog Pumpkin. When kids pick the pet they want to pamper they click on them and get a short and sweet narrative highlighting when the pet and… Read more

Underwater Learning Adventure is an ocean themed learning app for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners. It helps kids develop picture and name recognition skills, receptive vocabulary, numbers, counting, memory and executive functioning.  With adaptive learning system, it adjusts the difficulty levels based on child’s performance. There are 3 games in the app: Game 1- counting kids pop the numbered bubbles in the order from the smallest to the biggest number.  It starts with 5 numbers.  If kids correctly identify the order… Read more

We love the iPAD and the numerous learning apps we have for our little one.  My toddler loves drawing and coloring apps and at almost two years of age, he has even started tracing some letters.  I like the drawing and doodling apps on the iPAD because it allows kids to have fun and we don’t have to worry about printing or wasting papers.  However I was wishing there was a little pen he can use on the iPAD, as drawing with a finger is not the same… Read more

Do you kids like to play dress up? Now they can have the dress up fun without messing up the closet. Dress Up Luca is a simple game for toddlers. Kids will dress the little teddy bear Luca with different outfit and see how he responses.  It is an easy way to teach kids who is the stage of getting independency to learn about dressing themselves. For older kids, seeing the cute little bear in different outfit is just fun… Read more

Recently I had a discussion with a friend about games and education. I believe games are not all bad. There are many good games out there. As long as being used wisely, games can help kids learn in many areas. I have discussed this topic in several articles on iGameMom, two of them are How to Teach Physics with Angry Bird and Tiny Tower: What Can You Teach Your Child. Today I share more game apps that are educational and you will be happy kids are playing. 10 Free Game Apps that… Read more

Room on the Broom Game app is based on the beloved children’s book of the same title.  With its witch lead activities, it is a perfect game app for Halloween. There is no scary scenes in the app nor in the book, it is a great Halloween app for young children. It will be really helpful to read the book before playing the game. It is a charming book with repeating rhymes that children love. The story is fun: A witch… Read more

Do your kids like to help in the kitchen? Do they like baking?  BakingFun is a very interesting app they will love to play.  Although it is called BakingFun, the app starts the baking process from the very beginning – planting the wheat seeds.  With a series of mini-games, it shows what it takes to have a loaf of bread on the dinner table: planting the seeds, watering the plants, harvesting the crop, milling the flour, making the dough, baking… Read more

Autumn is a wonderful season for kids to explore and learn. Have you found some books about the season for your child? Today I am sharing 10 wonderful picture books about the fall season that you can read with your child on your mobile devices. All these books are Kindle books, and you don’t need Kindle to read Kindle books. With the free Kindle App, you can read Kindle books on any devices, including iPhone, iPAD, Android Devices, or even your computers. For instructions on how to read Kindle books on… Read more

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: Play at Home with Daniel is a fun app from PBS Kids where kids can do pretending plays. If you aren’t familiar with Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, it’s a cartoon on PBS that is based off the old educational show “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood”. My son enjoys the cartoon and loves waving to all the characters with Daniel in the opening scene with the famous “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood” song. When he saw this app he was… Read more