Tower Math is a math game app for kids developed by the same developer who created Stack the States and Stack the Countries, which are by far the most popular apps in our household. When my son turned 3 he knew where every state and every country was on the planet because of those apps. We would hand him a globe and he would proceed to show our adult friends where Chad, Mongolia and Liechtenstein were. So you can imagine our… Read more

We recently discovered a new game app that is fun and addictive. It is designed by Alexey Pajitnov, author of the world famous Tetris game.  Kids will learn spacial reasoning, logic thinking, and problem solving, while playing the fun game. The game play is to line up same colored marble in one line – row, column or diagonal. You need at least 3 marbles in the line to make those marbles disappear from the board. Your goal is to take… Read more

Are you looking for engaging online games for kids? Games are not all bad. Good games will help kids focus and train their problem solving skills. Poptropica is one of the good games I don’t mind my child playing. Kids will improve their literacy and problem solving skills while playing the open ended games. Poptropica is originally an online game, and now it is available as an app on App Store. Both online game and app are free. Poptropica is… Read more

Brainfeed is an app with collections of educational videos for kids. All the videos in the app are educational, entertaining, and age appropriate. The app is free with about 100 videos free. I like the app for its filtered content, so I know those videos are high quality and kids friendly. There are 11 categories in the app: Science, This is your world, Tech and Design, English, Arts and Music, The Human Body, Social Studies, Math, and Make your Future… Read more

Do you like to play Monopoly? Kids learn math, money management, investment, and many life lessons through the play. If you like the game, you may be glad to know that it is available on mobile devices as apps, and there are several Monopoly apps for different versions of Monopoly games. Each version has a separate app for iPhone, iPad, Android and Kindle. The apps offer some features that are not available on the board game versions. Before starting the… Read more

Is photo storage an issue for you? I have been looking for free picture storage apps and online photo storage options for a while. Many suggested Amazon photo storage, but it is only free when you are Amazon Prime member. Is there any other free options? I just find a perfect solution. Shutterfly has free apps for iPhone and iPad and other devices that provide unlimited storage space off your camera. Update: Don’t use Shutterfly. I just lost all my… Read more

A while ago, we posted an article about cyber safety for kids. Internet and social media are becoming part of our life, teaching children how to avoid negative influence is important, however, it is more important to help kids build a positive digital environment for themselves, and leverage the power of positive digital profiles to gain advantage to colleges and employments. Today we have a guest sharing tips on helping kids build positive digital profiles. Tiffany Sunday is a strategist, entrepreneur… Read more

Are your children working on spellings? Do they participate Spelling Bee contest? Spelling takes daily repetitive practice and a good practice tool makes it a lot easier. Bitsboard Spelling Bee is a new app, it is now free. I don’t know how long it will stay free, so download it now while you can. Make sure purchase the Pro version via In-App purchase, as it is also free now. To purchase the Pro version, all you need is to pick… Read more

Do you children get on the internet a lot? What do they do online? I feel it is a lot easier to monitor kids’ online behavior when they are on computers. It is a bigger screen. If you put it in a family room that everyone is around, you can sort of still see what they are doing on the computer. Once kids moved onto tablets and cell phones, it becomes more challenging to know what they are doing on… Read more

Do you like biking? When the weather is nice, we like to go biking and it is a great outdoor activity for the whole family. However, bike maintenance takes a lot work. How often do you check your bike? Do you do it together with the kids? Doing the bike maintenance and repair together with kids is a good opportunity to teach them about bike safety and even some engineering in the process. Bike Repair is an app provides guides… Read more

Have you tried origami? Do you like it? We love origami. Origami develops kids’ logical reasoning, attention span, spatial thinking and fine motor skills. It is a fun activity for kids of all ages. Plus many of the final products can serve as toys for kids to play with. It is a fun activity for travel. It is also a nice quiet activity to calm kids down. Today we have an origami instruction app. We tried some origami books before… Read more

Do your children like dinosaurs? Many children are captivated by these fascinating creatures and there is so much to learn about them. Recently, the Walking with the Dinosaurs franchise revamped their app with better graphics and latest facts, and for limited time, they have it for free.  Even if you are not very interested in dinosaurs, this is still an app worth to check out. There are 3 parts in the app: Features, Dinosaurs, and Dinosaur Hunters. The most amazing… Read more

Are you looking for some fun app for the family to play together? Dotz is a free app that can be played by more than one players. It is a great game for fine motor, hand-eye coordination, memory, and reaction speed. It is currently free, and I don’t know when the free offer will end, so it is a good idea to get it now. The game play is simple. There are colored dots on the screen. Players need to… Read more

I just shared some apps for travel journaling for kids on my post How to Turn Travel into Learning Experience. Today I have one more wonderful app to add to it: Adobe Voice. It is a new free app from Adobe. I am quite impressed with the quality of the multimedia stories you can create with the app. With many pre-packaged theme options, it is perfect for kids who don’t know how to polish a presentation yet. All you need do is… Read more