NOVA Elements is a free app about the periodic table. I like it because it exemplifies my envision of how the future text books should be – the science concepts are explained using multi-media materials, such as short videos, pictures, 3D models, short paragraphs of text. Built-in games with interactive activities are there to reinforce what are learned. When you open the app, you will see three options: Explore: the interactive periodic table. This is a quick reference that defines the unique… Read more
Before you get into the sales information, make sure check the Giveaway that’s ongoing right now. The current Giveaway at iGameMom is the very cool app Ice is Nice from Cat in the Hat Learning Library. It ends this Saturday. If you are interested, please go here to put in your entries before it ends. Now the summer sale – if you like the Five Little Monkey stories, but have not purchased the apps, now it is a good opportunity. All 6… Read more
Have you played Where’s My Water? Do you like it? If you like Where’s My Water, you will like its sequel Where’s My Perry? The story of the game is based on the cartoon Phineas and Ferb, featuring the platypus secret agent Perry, ie. Agent P. Perry is stuck in his transportation tubes. The goal of the game is to guide water or steam to the generators powering the tubes, so Agent P can go through them. At the early… Read more
This week’s giveaway is the very cool app Ice is Nice from Cat in the Hat Learning Library. It is currently $3.99 at App Store. To find out more about Ice is Nice, please go to iGameMom’s earlier post. How to win: Those who have been following me for a while probably noticed, now iGameMom is on Pinterest and Google+ . Since both accounts are at such an early stage, iGameMom will need some help to get more followers on Pinterest and Google+. With this, any… Read more
Kim at amovingstory. Congrates! Kim is contacted by email. If you are curious, you can find the giveaway post here and here. Thanks all who participated. We had more than 160 entries. We are going to have another giveaway starting tomorrow. The new giveaway post will be out tonight… Read more
Zoo Train is a learning app designed for preschoolers, teaching basic concepts of number sequence, word spelling, shapes, and music. It is from the developer who created the Bug Games, which was reviewed and recommended by iGameMom a while ago. It is now $0.99 with 50% off at App Store. There are 5 games in the app. All games are with bright pictures, cute animations, fun sounding effects and music. Picture Puzzles: Kids move pieces around to fit into the picture… Read more
NSF Science (used to be Science 360) is a FREE, high-quality science app published by the National Science Foundation (NSF). It has a wealth of information about science around us. Users can download and share spectacular science images and videos from NSF and institutions funded by NSF. All the contents are updated weekly, so you always get the most recent development of science and technology. When you open the app, you get this scrollable 360 degree sphere that is made of thumbnails… Read more
Have you seen the Disney movie Brave? Brave: Storybook Deluxe is the app adaptation of the movie. Whether you are trying to re-live the movie experience or to get a glimpse of the story, you won’t be disappointed. The app skillfully blends illustration, music, animation, and game into the tale of the Scottish princess Merida, who is a strong willed girl challenging stereotype to have her own destiny. Her story is inspirational to children of all ages. When you open… Read more
In these extremely hot summer days, it makes me feel cool when I saw an app title “Ice is Nice”. This is a new app in the Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library series. It is a nonfiction series that introduces basic science concepts of real life objects to young children. Ice is Nice is about the animals and geography of North and South Poles. Sally and Dick visit the North and South Poles with the Cat in the Hat. … Read more
ABCmouse.com’s Search and Explore: The Grand Canyon is the first title of the ABCmouse.com’s Search and Explore series. ABCmouse.com is a fee-based pre-school/kindergarten website with learning games and books. The Search and Explore Series teaches young children about geography, national landmarks, and points of interest around the world through engaging stories featuring computer mice named as ABC, 123, and DoReMi. The mice inside the computer decide to visit Grand Canyon. They travel to a computer in a ranger station near… Read more
iGameMom has one copy of Monster Physics to giveaway. To learn more about the app, please see iGameMom’s earlier post. Six ways to win: 1. If you are not following this blog AT THIS NEW SITE, “Sign Up” at the top of the left panel to follow the blog. Make sure to click the confirmation link in the confirmation email after you sign up. Otherwise your name won’t show up. Each sign up earns one entry. 2. If you are following… Read more
Bag It is a puzzle game that turns bagging groceries into a challenge. To win the game, you need to have a very good sense of space and relative weights of different items. In the game, you take groceries off a conveyor belt and put them into a brown paper bag. By tapping the objects, you can rotate each item to fit into the bag better and not to crush anything. The objective is to place all the groceries that… Read more
Summer is a good time to visit some parks. I found an amazing app about US National Parks – Fotopedia National Parks. In the app, there are over 3000 stunning photos of the 58 National Parks in the USA accompanied with park information. What is more amazing, it is FREE. The only catch: It requires an Internet connection (either Wifi or cellular – edge or 3G) to operate properly. Introduction from the App store: Discover first the diversity of the… Read more
iGameMom has one copy of each of the Mindsnacks language app for Spanish, Chinese, French, and ESL (English as Second Language) to giveaway. To learn more about the app, please see iGameMom’s earlier post. How to win: 1. If you are not following this blog AT THIS NEW SITE, “Sign Up” at the top of the left panel to follow the blog. Make sure to click the confirmation link in the confirmation email after you sign up. Otherwise your name won’t show… Read more
The Monster at the End of This Book is an app version of the classic Sesame Street picture book from the 1970s. In the book, the adorable Muppet Grover tries to stop children from turning the pages so they will never reach the end of the book, where he believes there will be a monster. However, it turns out that at the end of the book there is only Grover himself. The app enables the interactive activities kids can have… Read more





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