Love You Back is a beautiful picture book for kids of all ages. Based on the 2011 print book of the same title, Love You Back tells love stories between two generations – a girl and her grandma. “Grandma, remember the time, when you held me close, kissed my cheeks, and whispered I love you? Now let me hold you close, hug you tight, and say to you, I love you back”. For those who have the opportunity to enjoy… Read more

Shakespeare Pro is a great literature resource app that includes all Shakespeare’s works, that is 41 plays, 154 sonnets and 6 poems, and doubtful works. It is usually $9.99, and is free for limited time. When you open the app, you see a menu on the left side. In the menu, you will see items like Works, Concordance search, Glossary, Facts, and more. For Shakespeare’s works, you will see thumbnails of the works sorted alphabetically by the titles. Tapping on… Read more

There are so many ways to learn alphabet, and it is never too many if you find a good way to associate words with alphabet for young kids. Jamaroos musical ABCs is a fun alphabet app with a little different musical twist, and it might just be the one your little one will love. The pictures and characters are inviting and entertaining. With bright colors, fun music and easy interface, kids will be playing in the Jamaroos musical jungle for… Read more

The Key Word Kids language app, by Learning and Language Steps, gives parents an opportunity to offer at home speech and language intervention. The program was developed around the Derbyshire Language Scheme (Masidlover, 1983), an intervention style used by many speech language pathologists. Keywords are the words in a sentence that carry information. Using the Key Word Kids app kids under 7 years old can improve language comprehension using key words by following instructions. Kids will enjoy the play based aspect of… Read more

Word Wizard is a learning app helping kids learn letters and words.  Given the way it works, you can use it to learn alphabet or you can use it to learn spelling and to build vocabulary. It is a fun alphabet and spelling app for kids from preschool to upper elementary school. When you start the app, you can add a user if you want to track the performance. There are two types activities: Movable Alphabet and Spelling Quizzes. With… Read more

Scanner Pro is a very handy scanner app that makes life easy. With this neat app, you don’t need that $100 scanner anymore. Scanner Pro turns your iPhone and iPad into a scanner.  The app is usually $6.99. It is free for limited time. Make sure download the app while it is free, although I think it totally worth it even with the full price of $6.99. The app is very easy to use. You can scan a document like… Read more

Sago Mini Doodlecast is a unique drawing app for kids age 2 to 7. It not only can save your kids drawing, but also their talking. It can serve as a wonderful digital storytelling tool for young kids. Kids can talk while drawing, and the app will record the drawing process as well as their voice, so you can here the young artists’ stories while watching the masterpieces being created. When kids start the app, they will be presented with… Read more

Washington DC is the capital city of the USA. It is a fascinating city full of history.  How much do you know about Washington DC? Washington D.C. by Kids Discover is a wonderful book app designed for kids with a lot interesting information about the city.  Designed for kids in upper elementary and middle school, the multi-media content and interactive features make the reading interesting and easier to engage for the kids. The app covers 8 chapters: 1. The District… Read more

Musical Paint Pro is a very unique app combining music and paint in one activity.  It is fascinating to “hear” what you are drawing.  As described by the introduction on App Store, “Musical Paint Pro provides an engaging multi-sensory experience for all ages”. What you have to do it is simple. Move your finger around the screen as you would drawing a picture. The difference is you are not only painting with lines and colors, but also musical tones.  When… Read more

A few days after seeing Frozen with my kids, I was thrilled to get the opportunity to review the app Frozen: Storybook Deluxe from Disney, and I couldn’t have been happier.  This app is fantastic!  Everything about it screams inventiveness and ideas that enhance the story. Let’s begin with the storybook.  Along with fundamental options storybook apps have, like the ability for kids to record the story in their voice or read on their own, this app goes to the next level… Read more

Do you have a child who likes drawing? Have you tried the new app Drawp? Drawp is a drawing app, but it is much more than drawing. Kids will enjoy creating art, as well as learning alphabet, numbers, and storytelling. First let’s look at the drawing features. I am quite impressed with the number of choices kids have on paint color and stroke textures: solid lines, square shaped lines, blurry lines, or multicolored lines, … There are over 200 colors… Read more

Looking for a fun app for your children for Christmas? It’s not too late to check out the Felt Board Christmas app by Software Smoothie. Kids will have loads of fun decorating various festive scenes, just in time for the holidays. Felt boards are a great way to let your children explore their imaginative side and let their creative juices flow. Felt boards help children to develop story telling skills which in turn are good for language skills and creative… Read more

The Elements: A Visual Exploration is an interactive app designed to help kids learn more about the elements on the periodic table.  It is based on the internationally best-selling hard cover edition of The Elements by Theodore Gray, Popular Science Magazine’s Gray Matter columnist. But the app provides a lot more than a print book can offer. It is a pricy app at $13.99, but if you are ever interested in chemistry, this is totally worth it. Here is part of… Read more

Petting Zoo is a wonderful cartoon book app, from acclaimed author and illustrator Christoph Niemann. We bought it a while ago and still play with it and still love it.  It is available on both Apple devices and Android devices. The app has 21 interactive animals, each will react to your touch in a different way: the elephant in the bathtub will shower himself if you guide his trunk to point at different body parts, the lion’s mane will change its… Read more