As much as I enjoyed all the great educational apps I have been recommending, I have always hoped to find apps that can get kids outside of house and running.  Apps for star gazing, bird watching, remotely monitor helicopter, or even math games involving walking around, are all my favorite apps.  Today I am going to recommend an app that will really get kids moving.  It is called Big Cat Race. What the app does is to set up a… Read more

GMAT Prep helps students prepare for the tests in three ways: lessons, study questions, and mimic timed tests. It is a great app to have if you are preparing for the test.  It works on iPhone, iPod, and iPAD.  Originally priced at $7.99, it is FREE for one day only! Introduction on App Store: Although the GMAT is a difficult test, it is a very learnable test. GMAT app presents a thorough analysis of the GMAT and introduces numerous analytic… Read more

Feed Garfield is a cute physics-based game app for kids and adults.  Kids have to find ways to deliver food into the lazy cat’s bowl directly, and collect the 3 lasagna on the way.  Kids learn strategic planning and simple physics while having fun with Garfield and Odie.  There are 45 fun and mind-boggling stages in the app. The app works on iPhone, iPod, and iPAD.  It was $0.99.  It is FREE for limited time. Instroduction on App Store: Feed… Read more

I have been looking for deals on good educational apps today, since it is Cyber Monday.  I am going to share a couple I believe are the best values.  The first to share is Chemist.  It is like a Chemistry Lab on your iPAD.  You can test out your chemistry hypothesis without worrying the potential explosion.  It is a perfect gift for those who are taking chemistry classes.  However, younger kids in elementary school can also explore some elements and experiments on their own. The usual price… Read more

iGameMom has 4 copies of Little Blue Jackal to giveaway.  It is a book app teaching kids Spanish.  With the unique three learning level design, it can be used for kids at any Spanish level, from just starting with basic vocabulary to being able to follow stories in simple Spanish.  For more details about the app, please visit HERE. To win the app, please enter the Rafflecopter below by midnight Dec.2.  The winners will be announced on Dec.3.  NOTE: please… Read more

Hickkory Dockory Dock is a beautifully designed app teaching young kids recognize time on a clock. For each number on the clocks, kids get a small treat. It is typically $2.99 on App Store. For limited time, it is FREE. It works on iPhone, iPod, and iPAD. Introduction on the App Store: Help your children learn to read a clock while being entertained by a playful little mouse companion. There are a number of mini games designed to develop specific… Read more

Turtle Trek is the first mobile game created by SeaWorld!  It is designed for kids age 4 to 9.  Using fingers to guide the little turtle through the ocean – catch food and stars, meet friends, avoid predators, …  For each friend the turtle met, kids can learn some fun facts.  Do you know Triggerfish are bottom dwellers? It is designed as a game.  The longer distance the kids can help the turtle swim, the more stars they collect, the more friend stickers they… Read more

Albert is a collection of 20 mini games.  The first 10 games are free.  From turning off an array of alarm clocks to help Albert sleep more, to moving the slippery soap to the bathtub so Albert can have a bath, to calling the dog to stop before he steps over the cliff, … all games are creatively designed with ingenious use of the device’s functions, such as touchscreen, accelerometer, or microphone. In addition to the games, I really like… Read more

Do you like to take your laptop with you when you travel?  Now, if you have a smart phone, be it an iPhone or an Android phone, or if you have a tablet, such as an iPAD, you don’t have to take your laptop with you anymore.  Use LogMeIn, you can remotely access your home and work computers and work on the computer like you are sitting right in front of it.   It is FREE. The introduction from App Store… Read more

It is amazing to realize that there are so many different things you can do with your mobile devices.  You can not only play games on the two-dimensional screen, you can actually use your mobile devices play games outside of the device screen.  One thing I discovered is the Toy Helicopter Remotely Controlled by an iPhone.  As you guessed you have to download an app to make it work.  With the app, you can use your iPhone to control the helicopter going up… Read more

I have been following Melissa Taylor’s ImaginationSoup for a long time.  She has tons of creative ideas for getting kids to read.  Now she condensed all her experience and knowledge on helping kids read into this wonderful book Book Love: Help Your Child Grow from Reluctant to Enthusiastic Reader (Can’t find it? Here is a similar one).  It is a Kindle book, but you don’t need a Kindle device to read Kindle books.  You can read Kindle books on almost… Read more

Meet the Insects: Forest Edition is a multimedia encyclopedia of forest insects.  What I am most impressed are the images and videos.  They are so real that you feel the insects can jump out of the screen.  Another thing I really enjoyed is how different elements come together – content, transition between sections, background, music, image – all are integrated seamlessly into one beautiful package. The app has 5 sections: Insect Story, See Insects, Multimedia, Observational Journal and Quiz.  I suggest… Read more

Time flies. It is only one week away from Thanksgiving. A good app for the kids is the book app The Berenstain Bears Give Thanks written by Jan and Mike Berenstain, developed by Oceanhouse Media. The key message of the book is thankfulness and family love. The Bear cubs act out the first Thanksgiving, then the family will have a full Thanksgiving feast. But Sister Bear is so attached to the pet turkey. Will the family still have the turkey as… Read more

Britannica Kids: Ancient Rome is such a great app for upper elementary and middle school kids.  It has rich content yet all at the appropriate age level, no matter it is the length of each article or the vocabulary choices.  The games are fun and are tied very well with the main contents.  As an app full of historical facts, it is surprisingly engaging. When kids open the app, they will be at the articles section.  At the bottom of the… Read more