Learning synonyms and antonyms is a fun way to expand kids’ vocabulary. It also helps kids get the concept that there are different ways to express the same idea. Today I have an app helping kids learn synonyms and antonyms, and it is free for limited time. First Grade and 2nd Grade Antonyms and Synonyms is a fun app designed for kids to learn and master synonyms and antonyms. It has 4 activities covering about 250 pairs of antonyms and… Read more

Do you have a boy? Do you feel it is hard many times to get him engaged in art activities? Boys seem to have their own preference when it comes to creativity. From my own experience, boys are not looking for things that are pretty or beautiful in mommy’s sense. They are more focused on the fun from the creation process itself and less care about the final product looking pretty. They are more interested in boys’ subjects, like airplanes… Read more

I just shared some apps for travel journaling for kids on my post How to Turn Travel into Learning Experience. Today I have one more wonderful app to add to it: Adobe Voice. It is a new free app from Adobe. I am quite impressed with the quality of the multimedia stories you can create with the app. With many pre-packaged theme options, it is perfect for kids who don’t know how to polish a presentation yet. All you need do is… Read more

We just posted the news about Quick Math+ going free today. I checked the app, and felt it is very good and worth a full review as well. If you have not downloaded the app, I highly recommend it. It brings math practice to a new level. It is free today, but even if you missed the opportunity, I would still recommend buying it, not only for your elementary school kids, but also for yourself. It is so fun to… Read more

Timeline 3D is a very neat app letting you create and present a multimedia timeline of any event on your iPhone or iPad. It is usually $10 on App Store. It is now FREE for limited time. What a great mother’s day gift. You can take pictures and videos of family gathering, and make it into a timeline and watch it as a family once it is done. If you have read How to share iPhone and iPad screen on… Read more

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is a classic book for kids. You might be able to find different versions of the book on App Store. This one from Magic Ink is quite unique and it is free for limited time. It is an abridged version of the original book, with added app features making the reading experience more like a magic. Dorothy and her dog Toto ride through a tornado in a house, and the house… Read more

Do your children like music? Do they jump around and sing along when they hear their favorite songs? Music makes the learning activities much more fun and enjoyable. It is a great idea to incorporate music into children’s learning. Today we have 10 apps helping kids learn via music. You will find apps helping kids learn numbers, letters, simple math, simple vocabulary, some are about animals, … but all apps here utilize music in the learning process. 10 apps helping… Read more

After reviewing Duckie Deck’s Sandwich Chef, I checked out a couple other Duckie Deck’s apps. I really liked their playful learning approach and the smart use of different device features in the learning experience. I also like their apps not only addressing academic skills, but also life skills in general. Today I want to share an app called Duckie Deck Collection. It includes six fun and friendly games for toddler and preschool kids (age 2-5), teaching kids some essential life… Read more

Notability is the free app of the week on App Store. It will be free till Thursday. It is one of the best note-taking app and you really don’t want to miss it. What can you do with Notability? You can take notes in almost any format you want – hand-writing, typing, voice, sound recording, photo and video. You can also import from a website, adding your thoughts and notes on top of a picture, a PDF, or an existing… Read more

Do you children like coloring and drawing? Today we have a coloring and drawing app to share, and it also helps kids learn color science and vocabulary. It is just updated and is on promotion. The full price is $2.99, but it is free today and then will be on promotion price for $0.99. The app is actually quite simple. Toddlers or preschoolers can play on it on their own. On the opening screen, kids can choose to draw pictures… Read more

Summer is a good time to learn about ocean and ocean animals. MarcoPolo Ocean is the perfect app for that. It takes kids to the fascinating ocean with fun learning activities. Kids will build submersibles and boats, travel the ocean and learn about ocean animals and environments. It is a great learning app for a beach vacation.  When kids start the app, they can find all the puzzles they can build by tapping on the little puzzle piece on the… Read more

Are you looking for teaching programs that help kids learn coding or computer programming at home? Coding is an important skill for today’s kids to master, even if they don’t want to be a programmer. Because computers will be in our kids’ life more than they do in ours, and the better you know about it, the better you can work with it. Computer programming is essentially a language enabling you to talk to computers, to understand how computers work… Read more

Memorizing all the names and functions of the major bones in the human skeletal system can be tricky. My eight year old sums it up as ‘there are so many different kinds, and they have weird names!’ Thankfully, Isygames has created D.Bones to help 7-12 year olds learn about their bones in a visually engaging way.  The game starts in a spooky graveyard, where players can choose one of three activities to learn and test their knowledge about our skeleton. These… Read more

Learning phonics is an important step towards reading success. But sometimes it is not that easy to distinguish the short vowel and long vowel sounds. Today’s app is a great phonics app helping kids get efficient on short vowels and long vowels. It is a fun game like workbook for kids, it is free for limited time. In addition to short vowel and long vowel practice, it also has letter tracing, spelling, and sight words, so even you think your… Read more