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

Have you used Starfall? If you have a preschool to kindergarten kids, you should really check it out.  It is a great website with tons of free reading materials and printables for kids in preschool and kindergarten age. When my son was that age, he liked it a lot.  I have not been recommending it here, because it uses flash, and flash doesn’t function on iPAD and iPhone.  Now I find a solution to access a website with flash via a… Read more

What do you do after dinner as a family?  For a while, we have been doing tongue twisters and we all love it.  It is a fun way to bond with kids and it is a good activity to help kids understand the importance of speaking words clearly when they talk.  Kids learn words and phrases, practice their mouth muscles, and enjoy the family fun. The book we’ve been using is a FREE iBook Tongue Twisters for Kids. It is… Read more

Storybook Maker is a book creating app for kids.  I have reviewed several book creator apps, and this one is another great addition to the book creator library. I like this one for its versatility and intuitive kids’ friendly interface. Once kids start a new book, they can choose a template for each new page. There are several templates to choose from, with different picture and text layouts.  They can also choose to work on a blank page and design… Read more

‘She’s a beauty!’ passed through my mind as we slid through the Human Body Anatomy App by Tinybop. What a gorgeous learning tool, especially for a first effort from this new Brooklyn based development company. There were a few glitches, but overall, this company will be worth paying attention to. This creatively sophisticated (and stylish) app allows children and adults alike to marvel in our understanding of the human body without being too scary or too over/underwhelming. Your child can create… Read more

Classical Kids is a music app that tells stories about famous composers in an engaging and fun way.  There are 7 composers’ stories in the app, and one is free with the full story – Beethoven. Beethoven Lives Upstairs tells Beethoven’s story via the voice of Christoph, a young boy living in Vienna, at the time when Beethoven comes to stay in his family home.  It is told through back and forth letters to his uncle with Christoph complaining about Beethoven and his… Read more

When I received There’s a Map on My Lap to review, I was excited. My 6 year old enjoys Dr. Seuss, and we read many of the stories from Cat in the Hat Learning Library when she was younger. In fact, There’s a Map on My Lap was one of our favorites in the series, and we have the print book in our home library. Just like the original book, this app version of the title brings both simple and complex… Read more

Need to help your Kindergarten/Reception, 1 or 2nd Grade/Year 1 or 2 child with their addition facts? Teachley Addimal Adventure involves fun and learning with the help of captain Memo and the Addimals to help your child save the additional day! The app has been created by former teachers and experts in children’s learning to produce an app focusing specifically on the fundamental single digit addition skill. The premises involves the hero Captain Memo and his Addimals, ably assisted by the children… 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

Kids Picture Dictionary is just like the app name suggested a picture dictionary app for early readers.  It can also serve as a sight word flash card app for younger kids. The layout of the app is very simple.  When kids open the app, they see pictures of words arranged in alphabet order.  Tapping on each letter opens up the words that start with the letter, one by one.  Each word is shown with a big picture illustrating the word… Read more

Do your kids play music? Or do you plan to have your child learn music or any instrument?  If the answer is yes, Music Learning Lab is a great app to get them started.  It teaches music theory in a fun way and all in bite-size lessons at kids’ level.  I wish we had it when my son started his piano. There are 4 sections in the app: Learn, Play, Create and Trophies. You want the kids start from Learn… Read more

Last year I introduced a multimedia insects encyclopedia: Meet the Insects – Forest Edition. I was very impressed by the app. I am glad to find out the same developer NCSOFT now has another insects app out: Meet the Insects – Water and Grass Edition. This one focuses on insects living near water and in grassland. Not surprisingly, this one is just as wonderful as the Forest Edition, with beautiful photograph and art works, high quality videos, smooth transitions between sections. It… Read more

Do you like iSpy type of game? I did not like it much till I found a couple very nice iSpy type apps like Little Things Forever, something beautiful and fun.  If you have played Little Things Forever, you may agree it is designed for older kids and adults, preschool kids might find it too difficult.  I am happy to introduce today’s app, which is also a beautifully illustrated iSpy app, and it is particularly designed for young children age… Read more

Puzzingo is a set of educational puzzles for toddler and preschool age kids.  We introduced one of their apps Kids Puzzles Puzzingo.  PUZZINGO Food Puzzles Game for Toddlers & Kids is another one from them, and it is free for limited time. Upon entering the app, kids are asked to break a gift box to see the puzzle pieces that they can pick from to decide which game they want to play – it could be refrigerator, dining room, or… Read more