PBS is one of the most trusted resources in our family so I generally feel like I’m in good hands with any game or activity they come up with for my pre-schooler.  This Daniel Tiger’s Grr-ific Feelings is no exception, based on Mr. Roger’s neighborhood, the whole feel  is gentle and sweet.  What’s so special about this app though is its staying power off screen. The app offers various activities to help kids put names to their feelings and begins… Read more

Fly by Numbers is a math practice app for kids. With the flying theme, kids who like airplane may like this game. It covers addition, subtraction and multiplication from single digit within 5 to mixed operation up to 100, so kids from preschool to high school can use this app. When kids start the app, they can choose among 4 categories: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and mixed of three. The beginning level is very easy, a preschooler should be able to… Read more

Duckie Deck has developed many apps for very young children, like Duckie Deck Collection. I like their intuitive and innovative designs to engage babies and toddlers and help them develop the skills they need. Baby Tunes is another of their fun apps designed for babies to learn sounds of different objects: cars, airplanes, pigs, monkeys, piano, or violin. It is free today. Like most of Duckie Deck apps, the design is very simple. When kids open up the app, they… Read more

I was very excited when I received the Sphero ball. I have seen it on the web and was very curious how it works. Moving a ball around using a mobile device looks so fun. After I did some research about the product, saw how it can help kids learn coding and computer programming, I was even more intrigued to get hands on and figure it all out. I knew most of you – iGameMom readers will be interested in… Read more

Do you have a child learning numbers and counting? Does the child like digging? Today we have a fun digging app teaching kids numbers and counting – 123 Dig. Kids will help the Mole Manny to dig out numbers and learn recognizing numbers and counting to 10. When kids open the app, they will see Manny come out of the mole house ready to dig. He will be on the track labelled with numbers. Manny’s friends will come out digging… Read more

We have reviewed several apps teaching kids coding, like Hopscotch and Codecademy. Today we have another free app for kids to learn computer programming – Kodable. Kodable starts from the very simple concepts and is great for kids as young as preschool to gain the fundamental concepts of coding. When kids start the app, they will see a path built with little square tiles on the grass. On some of the tiles there are gold coins. Kids need give instructions with… Read more

Brain Booster Exercises is a fun brain training app that is not only good for kids, but also good for grown ups. It is free with options to add more levels via in-app purchase. There are a lot content come with the free download. We actually have not even bothered to add more levels. There are 3 sets of games in the app: Stroop Test, Bigger or Smaller, and Odd One Out. Stroop Test is a set of games that… Read more

Kindergarten BINGO is a fun learning game app for preschool to Kindergarten kids. Kids play BINGO games and learn letters, numbers, colors and shapes. It is currently free for limited time. But as you know, at iGameMom, we don’t review apps simply because they are on sale, we review apps because they are good and worth the money even if they are not on deals. When kids open the app, they can choose among 3 categories: colors and shapes, ABC… Read more

Astropolo is a relatively new app on the App Store, but they’ve been staying on the top chart for quite a long time. It is from one of my favorite developer Les Trois Elles, who developed Easy Studio. Astropolo is a collection of mini games that incorporates visual, auditory and fine motor skills in the play. I love the clever design on play ideas that uses multiple senses and skills. There are 8 games in the app. The first game… Read more

Playing games, especially well designed games can benefit children in many ways. When I look for games for my child, I look for challenges and fun. Oink Oink – My Crazy Farm is just an app like that. It is easy to understand how to play the game, it is fun to chase the animal around, and it is challenging to find solutions to win the game. The game play is simple: the animals on the farm are running loose… Read more

PAW Patrol Rescue Run is a new app from the TV show PAW Patrol by Nickelodeon. It has been on the top of the sales chart since its launch. I checked it out, and it is a very fun app for kids age 4 to 6, with fun games and good educational content, like colors, numbers, size comparisons. In addition to academic skills, the app also encourage team work and problem solving skills. All the learning elements are blended in… Read more

Parents may think that teaching children to be entrepreneurs is a bit of a lofty goal for an app, but Capital City make it accessible in a way I never thought possible. It makes learning finance and business strategy fun. The machinations of the game are simple: buy properties to earn cash flow.  Then, over time and game play, kids try to raise their cash flow higher than their expenses so that they can escape their boring job at Supercorp forever!  To that end using… Read more

Curious World is a new app launched two days ago. It is designed by the same team who developed Curious George’s Curious About Shapes and Colors. With over 20 fun activities, it is designed to encourage kids’ curiosity. It is free to download with one pack of activities free, and one additional pack for free for limited time. I love the app for the engaging activities. Even just for the free pack it is totally worth checking out if you have… Read more

Are you a Strawberry Shortcake fan? If you are, you will like their new app Strawberry Shortcake Sweet Shop. It is an app where kids can make their own sweets, like smoothies, fruit pops, cake pops. There are many similar apps out there. What make this one unique is kids can create their own recipes and save the recipes for future reference. I like the fact that although it is called sweet shop, most sweets in the app are quite… Read more