This week’s giveaway is the cute app teaching Frog’s life cycle – Rounds: Franklin Frog.  To learn more about the app, please go here. To win the app, please do all the following:  1. Go to the original review post here 2. Leave a comment at the original review post.  You can leave any comment, but you have to use the word “science” in your comment to be eligible. Any comments  entered before midnight Sep.28 (Friday), and meet the above… Read more

Have you ever watched “Are you smarter than a fifth grader”?  Do you like it?  Now it has an app with the same name. This is a fun academic family game.  Any one started school can play.  Kids in first or 2nd grade may not be able to answer all the questions, but I am sure, there are some questions they can answer better than mom and dad. There are two ways to play the game: Normal Round and Play… Read more

The Opposites is a game app helping kids learn opposite vocabulary.  Kids will have a good time acquiring new words not even thinking about learning, because it is a game.  In addition to learning opposite words, kids also improve their hand-eye coordination and reading speed, because to win a gold medal they have to find the right word and tap on the word quickly. It is free now, but for a limited time. Introduction at the app store: An exciting… Read more

Creatures of Light is the companion app for the popular exhibition Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence. The exhibition was run at the American Museum of Natural History in 2013. Introduction from American Museum of Natural History: The app “offers a close look at some of the extraordinary organisms that produce light. Enjoy interactive animations, photo galleries, and videos that reveal the beauty of this amazing natural phenomenon, how it works, and how scientists study it. Each chapter of the app… Read more

Do you like Scooby Doo? How about a free Scooby Doo app for kids? Scooby-Doo Who Are You is a book app from Hallmark made for their Interactive Story Buddy line. However, the app stays independent of the Story Buddy. If you have a Scooby-Doo Story Buddy and have it on while reading the book, you will enjoy the interactions between the app and the Story Buddy. If you don’t have the Story Buddy, you can still enjoy the app… Read more

The Oregon Trail is an educational simulation game teaching kids what it was like to be a pioneer traveling west in the 1800s.  It is based on the classic PC simulation game The Oregon Trail, which was created in the 1970s. It is a fun app that kids can play games and learn history at the same time. In the game, kids join a historic wagon train traveling west ward from Missouri to Oregon. To start, kids can choose who they want to… Read more

This week’s giveaway is Timeline Eons.  It is a history app showing major events in the world over a million years period, from the Big Bang to future projects.  In addition, you can also add your own events into the timeline to make it a personal calendar or planner.  To learn more about the app, please visit an earlier review here. The app works on iPhone, iPod, and iPAD.  It is $8.99 at the App Store right now. Please enter for a… Read more

One of the Toca Apps is FREE right now.   All Toca apps I reviewed are good.  I did not review this one, but want to pass on the news.  For Toca Apps I reviewed, please go here and here. Introduction at the App Store:  Have your kids ever played store at home? Now you can turn your iPhone or iPad into a Store Play Set – without any of the cleaning up afterwards! It’s the perfect toy for your… Read more

I have reviewed so many apps for kids. Most apps don’t require kids to move around. The apps are all educational, but sometimes you still have the concern if they are sitting for too long. Today I found a very interesting app – it teaches math, and in the meantime, it makes kids move around to hunt for the answers. If the idea of scanvenger hunt math game sounds interesting to you, check it out. Fetch! Lunch Rush!  is an… Read more

iGameMom has two book apps to giveaway.  If you want to learn more about the books, click the app title below for more information. 1. Dr. Seuss Thidwick the Big-hearted Moose: Thidwick the big-hearted moose learns how to stand up for himself. 2. Nothing Ever Happens at the South Pole: Join a young penguin on his journey to the south pole! Original book was by Stan and Jan Berenstain, creators of the classic The Berenstain Bears series.   Please enter for a chance to… Read more

i Learn With Boing: SavannahAdventures! Is a math app designed for pre-school kids.  There are 3 games, each has three levels.  Each game teaches one math concept: counting, ordering numbers, or adding/subtracting within ten or twenty!  Kids learn basic math concepts while playing the games. For limited time, it is FREE. The Three Games: • Meerkats: Help the meerkat chef prepare his soup by identifying quantities of items between 1 and 20 and associating them with the written numbers. •… Read more

If you are a Dr. Seuss fan, you will like this one.  Dr. Seuss Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose book app by Oceanhouse Media is released not long ago. It is available on the App Store for the special introductory price of $3.99. If you have followed iGameMom for a while, you know Oceanhouse Media’s book apps are all good. If you are not familiar with their books, you can go here and here to read my earlier reviews. Thidwick, the big-hearted… Read more

Timeline Eons is an app that displays major events throughout the history of the world.  All events are organized along the timeline.  You can choose to zoom the timeline to see more events during a certain time period.  Most events have pictures.  Tap on each single event will bring up more detailed information of that event.  If you are connected to the internet, the app will also bring up the auto search results of the event in Google or Wikipedia… Read more

Bubbling Math is a math app designed for kids in grade K-4.  It is a fun math game helping kids practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.  As parents, you can set the difficulty levels, ranging from single digit addition to double digits multiplication and division.  You can also choose the game speed, so your child won’t be frustrated if the problems show up too fast or too slow. There is a tracking feature that parents can see how many problems… Read more