McElligot’s Pool is a new book app from Oceanhouse Media.  It is on promo price $3.99. Note: The promotion price ended, it is $4.99 on App Store. The original print book is one of Dr. Seuss’ earliest work.  It was published in 1947, won 1950 Young Reader’s Choice Award, and was an honor recipient of 1948 Caldecott Medal award. A boy named Marco was fishing in a small pool.  When he was told there were no fish in the pool, his… Read more

Today we have a guest reviewer Jenn.  She is a social media researcher and blogs at SocialMediaPhobe.  Jenn and I got to know each other when we were trading emails about an interview she did on iGameMom.  If you are interested in knowing a little more about iGameMom, you can read her post HERE.  Having young children at home, she is sharing a math app for pre-schoolers today – Lola’s Math Train. Lola’s Math Train reinforces early mathematic skills for the 3-5 year-old kids. Your children will love… Read more

Sofia the First is a TV movie for preschooler on Disney Channel.  Premiered last fall, it received positive reviews.  Now Disney is making it into a TV series on Disney Junior.  In the meantime, Disney Publishing released the first “Sofia the First” storybook app for iOS devices. Sofia is a girl who suddenly became a Princess when her mother married the King. She found there are so much to learn … The story helps young children learn how to adapt… Read more

In my post How to manage in-app purchase I suggested not link your App Store account with your credit card.  Instead, link it with a gift card.  But how can you do it?  Putting in credit card information is part of account setting up process, and it seems there is no way to get around it.  While, if you set up the account in a typical way, you do have to put in credit card information.  Here I am going to share… Read more

Did you dissect a frog when you were in school?  How did you like it?  Today I am going to introduce an app Frog Dissection.  It brings the whole dissection process onto iPAD.  It won’t replace the real practice, but it is a wonderful tool to learn about the dissection process, the organs, and frog’s body and life.  For those who can’t enjoy the real dissection, this app offers a great alternative to dissecting on a real frog. The app… Read more

WWF (World Wildlife Fund) launched a new app recently, called WWF Together. The app introduces the amazing animals, such as tiger, elephant, panda, with stunning photographs.  With the short paragraphs and interesting facts about the animals, it is great for after-dinner read aloud with families. I think I am going to read it with my son. There are some interactive activities in the app.  For example, kids can cut the bamboos with their fingers to reveal facts about panda. For each animal, there… Read more

Leo’s Pad Appisode 1 is an interactive animated appisode designed for preschoolers by a team including Stanford University education experts.  It is about the adventures of the 8-year-old boy Leonardo da Vinci and his friends.  If you are not sure what appisode is (like me), you can think of appisode as an episode of a TV series.  Leo’s Pad Appisode 1 is Free, but the following Appisodes are not. What I like the most about this free app is it… Read more

If you followed me for a while, you probably know Toontastic – the creative app that teaches kids about story telling by letting them make their own movies.  It teaches the concept of “story arch”, the 5 steps of storytelling.  It is a great app.  Young kids can create stories using the app, but they may not be able to fully grasp the “5 steps of storytelling”.  To solve this issue, LaunchPad Toy developed a separate app for younger kids called… Read more

Animal SnApp: Farm is another great book app from Nosy Crow.  Some other apps from them are: Rounds: Parker Penguin, Rounds: Franklin Frog, and Bizzy Bear Builds a House. Designed for kids aged 2 to 5, it is filled with endearing characters and interesting stories. When kids start the app, they will see a mis-matched animal picture: the top is from one animal, and the bottom is from a different animal. By sliding either the top or the bottom, kids… Read more

Today we have a guest reviewer from South Africa.  Nikki Heyman is a speech language therapist with over 22 years of experience.  She also has a qualification in remedial education (cum laude), with a special interest in Autism Spectrum Disorders.  She is married with 2 teenage children.  Today she is sharing her expertise on two apps that help kids on social skills.  Here is Nikki’s review: Social skills are all the things that we should say and do when we… Read more

Today’s Best Educational Apps for Kids list is Best Science apps for  middle school and upper elementary kids (Age 10 to 15).  I did not include those animal related apps, as there will be a separate list of “Best Educational Apps for Kids” on ”Nature and Animals”.  Most science apps I listed for kids age 6 to 10 are also appropriate for this age group.  You can find that list by visiting Best Science Apps for Elementary School Kids.  If you know any good… Read more

Today’s review is from Naomi Esterly.  She is a stay-at-home mom to two rambunctious, yet adorable, little boys and a newborn baby girl. She is a writer for MyProjectorLamps.  Today she is sharing an app her kids love – Cozmo’s Day Off. With such a wide variety of free and paid storybook apps available today, it is hard for parents to choose ones that their children will enjoy and also learn from. Cozmo’s Day Off accomplishes both, along with adding fun, interactive… Read more

Vocabulary is a big part of language mastery.  How to make the vocabulary building process fun could be a challenge sometime.  I found a new series of apps I think you will like – Word A Day Visuals and Audios.  Currently, they have an app for Grade 6 and Grade 7 each, with more to come.  I only reviewed the app for Grade 7. Sourcing the words from Sadlier-oxford, the app uses illustrations, voice and short storyline for every word… Read more

The Aesop for Children is an interactive book app from Library of Congress. It is adapted from the book “The Aesop for Children: with Pictures by Milo Winter,” published by Rand, McNally & Co in 1919. The book app has over 140 classic fables, accompanied by beautiful illustrations and interactive animations. It is a free app on App Store. Aesop’s fables are some of the most well known in the world and have been translated in multiple languages and become… Read more