iGameMom has two copies of Word A Day Visuals and Audios to giveaway to two winners: one for 6th grade and one for 7th grade.  Word A Day Visuals and Audios is a great app series helping kids improve vocabulary.  Each app has more than 200 words.  Kids learn one word a day, through stories, pictures, and audios.  It is a fun way to help kids grow their vocabulary.  For more details about the app, please visit iGameMom’s review HERE. To… 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

Have you read a Paddington Bear book? Now the Paddington Bear is on iPhone and iPAD, and for limited time it is FREE. The first Paddington Bear book was published in 1958.  Since then, over 70 titles were published and the books are translated into 30 languages and are sold millions of copies worldwide.  The app is adapted from the first book, but with R.W.Alley’s illustration. The story started at the Paddington train station.  The Browns found the poor bear who… Read more

Are you still travelling back home?  iGameMom has two copies of the fun geography app State Bingo and Road Trip to giveaway.  It is a great learning app.  Kids play bingo games and answer state related questions; or they can pick a historical trail to follow, and learn the geography facts along the trip.  The app turns the dry fact memorizing into a fun engaging activity.  For more details about the app, please read iGameMom’s review HERE. It is only available for… Read more

Today’s Best Educational Apps for Kids list is Natual and Animal Science Apps for PreSchool Kids (age 3 to 6). For kids age 6 to 10, please visit the Best Nature and Animal Science Apps for Early Elementary Kids.  Please add your favorite nature and animal science apps for preschool in the comment area. I will update the list periodically. Best Natural and Animal Science Apps for Preschool Kids – A Best Educational Apps for Kids List from iGameMom One of my favorite… Read more

Today I am doing a post trade with Bethany Winston from No Twiddle Twaddle.  While she is posting here on iGameMom, I am posting “Free apps for your iPhone/iPAD” on No Twiddle Twaddle.  Make sure go to her site to read my post after reading her article here. As a quick reminder, you don’t need a Kindle device to read Kindle books.  For instructions on how to read Kindle books on your iDevice or computer, please visit an earlier post HERE. Hi! I’m Bethany from… Read more

Today’s app is Rounds: Parker Penguin.  It is the 2nd app in the Rounds series from Nosy Crow. It is designed for kids 3 to 6 years old. With similar design to their first app, Rounds: Parker Penguin teaches kids the life cycle of a penguin: from birth to parenthood. When reading the story of the penguin Parker and his family, kids become an integral part of the little penguin’s growing up.  With ingenious use of the technologies available for an app… Read more

Disney launched Where’s My Holiday? yesterday.  It is FREE.  It is a holiday themed new game based on Where’s my water and Where’s my perry.  If you don’t have the two games, and want to know what the games are about and if you child will like them, this is a good one to try on, since it is free.  If you already have the two games, it is still a good one to have for the holiday season, since it… Read more

How do you keep kids entertained during the busy holiday season? Sometimes a fun app is not a bad idea. You don’t them play low quality games though, so you want have some good games for kids on your iPad, and when it is needed, they are there. This is another free app with a holiday theme. A fun one for toddlers. Introduction on the app store: This FREE Christmas edition of Bo’s Matching Game offers toddlers and preschoolers more… Read more

I just saw the news release from Oceanhouse Media. They have set the book app The Kissing Hand free to support the families in Newtown, CT. I did not get a chance to download the app yet, but knowing Oceanhouse Media and knowing the print book was a New York Times bestseller, it should be a good one. I want to pass it on to everyone when we all can use some reassurance of love and support! Introduction from the… Read more

Time flies.  There are only couples days left before Christmas.  Have you had the gifts ready for the kids?  Are they getting books?  Here is a book you will never regret if you get it for your child: The ultimate Guide to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  It is not an app, instead it is an iBook that you get from the iBookstore.  If it is confusing, you can use the iBook link at the end of this post.  It… Read more

Holiday season is a party season.  Here is a great party activity for any gatherings – play Spaceteam with your friends.  Spaceteam is very different from typical games on mobile devices. To play the game, you have to have 2 to 4 players.  It can’t be played by a single player.  Each player need have his/her own iDevice.  It could be iPhone, or iPAD, or iPod.  All players need have the free app loaded on his/her iDevice.  The players have… Read more