Faces iMake is a creative art app and more.  It lets kids create arts with objects they see every day, such as brush, banana, plates, and buttons.  Kids can re-size, rotate, flip the objects they choose, and then put the pieces together to make a masterpiece.  There is no limit to the imagination. The app was developed with renowned artist, children’s book author and educator Hanoch Piven and is based on the creative workshops he conducted all around the world.  According to Piven, the… Read more

This is an app that helps babies and toddlers understand people all have different feelings and emotions.  By showing various pictures of people (mostly kids) with different emotions, it teaches kids to recognize different emotions. It has a play mode – the flash cards will be randomly shown and read to the kids.  You can also choose the game mode – the kids can play some matching games.  As parents, you can decide which card to be shown.  You can also… Read more

Blokus is originally a board game, and now is available on iPAD.  The game is fairly simple. You link your like-colored blocks to expand your territory.  You have to link them diagonally by their corners, with no sides touched between two pieces.  You want to place as many of your own color while blocking the other players from laying theirs.  Whoever placed more pieces at the end wins the game. You can play by yourself, or by 2-4 players.  When it… Read more

This app was released last week.  Currently, it is free.  It is available on iPAD only. Introduction from the App Store: Take the TV show viewing experience to the next level with the first in the appisode series, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse “Road Rally”. The appisode brings viewing and learning together in one interactive and cohesive experience! Touch, shake, swipe, drag and talk your way through an entire episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse right on your iPad. Participate directly in the storyline by… Read more

The two winners are out and iGameMom will contact them separately. 1.  Becca at Cul-de-sac Cool 2. Dawn at Becoming Dawn We had a total of 153 entries.  Thank you all for your interest and support! iGameMom is having another giveaway right now.  It will end May 31.  Check it out HERE… Read more

Brush of Truth is a book app written for children age 8-12.  What I liked the most is the feature that the readers decide how the story unfolds.  There are 65 interactive “decision points” throughout the book, and 20 different endings. As you read the story there are different choices you can make, each choice leads to a different ending.  A green circle next to the choice means you haven’t chose it yet or there are more choices down the… Read more

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Cut the Rope: Experiments just released an update today and is FREE for a limited time. It is a perfect addition to iGameMom’s summer app recommendation. Cut the Rope: Experiments is a follow-up to the popular game Cut the Rope.  If you want to know what the original game is about, please go to iGameMom’s earlier review.  The new game features the familiar little monster Om Nom who loves candy, and a scientist who is determined to study Om Nom’s… Read more

A Jazzy Day is an app recommended by one of iGameMom’s readers. It is a music book app that teaches kids about jazz music and instruments via a very simple story: visiting the Big Band Hall. At the family’s visit, several musicians talked about the musical instruments. There are 12 instruments introduced in the app: bass, drums, piano, guitar, vibraphone, trumpet, trombone, alto saxophone, Baritone saxophone, flute, and clarinet. From the App home screen, you can choose “Learn”, which will… Read more

May is Teacher Appreciation Month.  To celebrate, Oceanhouse Media has set their Smithsonian Book Apps on sale.  All five apps in the series are $0.99 each on the App Store and Android markets till May 14th.   Original prices are $2.99 each. From the App store: All Smithsonian Books feature fact-filled adventures that educate as much as they entertain.  All facts in the books are reviewed by scientific experts in corresponding fields.  Each book has an interesting story.  The beautiful graphics… Read more

To celebrate iGameMom.com new look, I am giving away a copy of the “Five Little Monkey Collection #1”. The regular price is $11.99 at App Store. How to win: 1. If you have already “LIKE” my Facebook page, please leave a comment on the Facebook page, tell me why you want the App. 2. If you have not “LIKE” my Facebook page, please click “LIKE” botton on iGameMom Facebook page. 3. If you are not following this blog AT THIS NEW… Read more

Have you read Five Little Monkey stories?   Do you like it?  Now they are available in apps.  Five Little Monkeys Collection #1 by Oceanhouse Media was released about a week ago.  This is the digital version of the print collection, released in 2009 for the 20th-anniversary of the Five Little Monkeys books, by Eileen Christelow. This collection includes the following titles: • Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed: a charming bedtime story sure to send children giggling off to bed… Read more

Today is the LAST day to enter to win the FREE SplashMath for 3rd Grade.   Follow instructions below. How to win: 1. If you have already “LIKE” my Facebook page, please leave a comment on the Facebook page, tell me why you want the App. 2. If you have not “LIKE” my Facebook page, please click “LIKE” botton on iGameMom Facebook page. 3. If you are not following this blog, “Sign Up” to follow the blog. 4. If you are following… Read more

I reviewed TeenSphere several months ago.  After a group discussion about social well being apps, I went back to this app again.  I saw significant updates that worth a review update. TeenSphere is an app teens can use to access help and consulting to sensitive and challenging questions they face in everyday life.  Some example questions are “I feel really moody – what’s going on?”, “I feel sad a lot.  Am I depressed?”  The app provides answers to these questions without… Read more