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

Today I share a music ear training app for kids. Do your children learn any music instrument? Do they have to do ear training? Mine is learning piano.  He is in a program that he has to take tests every year. Part of the test is ear test. They are asked to listen to two or three notes and then answer questions about what they just heard: the intervals, the triads, or the pitches. It might be not that hard… 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 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

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

KidZania is a free photo editing app designed for kids. It is a fun one to have around Halloween, because you can dress up kids, in the app, in different customs and put them in different settings. The app offers several themes, such as crazy games, zombies, fire house, and hospital.  Within each theme, there are some themed pictures of different human body parts, such as a picture of someone wearing doctor’s white coat holding a bottle of medicine –… Read more

Lola Panda series launched a new app Lola’s ABC Party 2.  We reviewed Lola’s ABC Party , and this new app is a sequel to the first app. The first app is designed for preschool kids, focusing on letters with some sight words. Lola’s ABC Party 2 is an app designed for kids age 5 to 8, helping kids learn sight words and spelling. In this app, kids will help Lola set up a picnic – they have to help… 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

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

Today I have a very nice website to share.  It of course works on mobile devices, iPhone and iPAD included.  Oxford Owl  is a fun learning website designed for kids up to 11 years old. It has eBooks, Math games, learning activities ideas, and printables, all are free. To access the content, you need first sign up for a free membership. Then you can choose between Math and Reading. In Reading, there are over 250 eBooks, all can be read on… Read more

Does your child like science? Or are you looking for some science learning material for your curious-minded kids?  Today I found 3 wonderful science apps that are just set to free – the three apps in Science Through Photography series: Life, physics, and Earth. They are available for both iOS devices and Android. They are also available on the web. All three apps are designed with children in elementary school in mind. For younger kids, parents have to read the… Read more

Math Mathews: Mental Math is a math game app helping kids on math facts.  It is fast paced and fun, with story built in.  Kids who like games will like this app. The objective of the game is to help Captain Mathews and his crew get to the heart of the Temple of the Earth. Along the way kids have to solve math problems, collect coins and keys.  I like the design of the app that kids not only have… Read more

Biscuit – Dictionary and Flashcard is a vocabulary learning app.  It offers several interesting and unique way to learn words.  It is free for limited time. First, and the function I like the most about this app, it can take a photo with words on it, and the app will take the words on the picture and put them into a list.  So if you and your child saw a cute cartoon picture with a couple words on it, you… Read more