With kids starting school, many of us are busy getting kids ready for the new school year: school supplies, academic readiness, … One very important aspect of school life is the peer interactions. This involves social and emotional skills. We have shared our top picks of 10 apps helping kids develop social and emotional skills and today I want to share another app Random Acts of Kindness. Why Random Acts of Kindness? Because I believe it is the core of… Read more

The app “Baby Laugh Bag” is all about the happy world of the laugh bag that kids can watch through 51 different laughing scenes. The laugh bag catches everyone with his infectious laughter – young and old! He and his cute friends do a lot of hilarious things. 1 set with 5 videos is for free (try before buy). For more information, go to the app on App Store. Posted By: Happy-Touch® Baby Laugh Bag Note: App news submitted by… Read more

Do you have a child learning numbers and counting? Does the child like digging? Today we have a fun digging app teaching kids numbers and counting – 123 Dig. Kids will help the Mole Manny to dig out numbers and learn recognizing numbers and counting to 10. When kids open the app, they will see Manny come out of the mole house ready to dig. He will be on the track labelled with numbers. Manny’s friends will come out digging… Read more

We have reviewed several apps teaching kids coding, like Hopscotch and Codecademy. Today we have another free app for kids to learn computer programming – Kodable. Kodable starts from the very simple concepts and is great for kids as young as preschool to gain the fundamental concepts of coding. When kids start the app, they will see a path built with little square tiles on the grass. On some of the tiles there are gold coins. Kids need give instructions with… Read more

‘Dot Tap!’ is a never before seen memory game for the iPhone. In this challenging game you’ll need two main skills: Memorizing and Concentration. It is FREE! Hope you enjoy the play. For more information, go to app on App Store. Posted By: Note: App news submitted by app developers are not reviewed by iGameMom. We only verify the app links before publishing the news. Like to receive future articles for FREE? Sign Up Below //… Read more

Brain Booster Exercises is a fun brain training app that is not only good for kids, but also good for grown ups. It is free with options to add more levels via in-app purchase. There are a lot content come with the free download. We actually have not even bothered to add more levels. There are 3 sets of games in the app: Stroop Test, Bigger or Smaller, and Odd One Out. Stroop Test is a set of games that… Read more

Quick Fractions is here to help students master one of the most troublesome areas of mathematics. With four game modes for practicing adding and subtracting, multiplying and dividing of fractions; as well as comparing and creating equivalence with fractions, decimals and percentages! Available free Friday 15th August, 2014. For more information, go to the app on App Store. Posted By: Shiny Things Note: App news submitted by app developers are not reviewed by iGameMom. We only verify the app links… Read more

Kindergarten BINGO is a fun learning game app for preschool to Kindergarten kids. Kids play BINGO games and learn letters, numbers, colors and shapes. It is currently free for limited time. But as you know, at iGameMom, we don’t review apps simply because they are on sale, we review apps because they are good and worth the money even if they are not on deals. When kids open the app, they can choose among 3 categories: colors and shapes, ABC… Read more

Designed to help you practice memory skills and concentration, Duck Duck Card is a fun and engaging game with a kid-friendly theme. Cards disappear when you find their match. Match them all and you win the level. Animals start hatching from eggs as you play. If one of them gets to your cards, you lose that level. Free to play. IAP available. For more information, go to the app’s website. Posted By: Third Ralph, LLC Note: App news submitted by… Read more

Astropolo is a relatively new app on the App Store, but they’ve been staying on the top chart for quite a long time. It is from one of my favorite developer Les Trois Elles, who developed Easy Studio. Astropolo is a collection of mini games that incorporates visual, auditory and fine motor skills in the play. I love the clever design on play ideas that uses multiple senses and skills. There are 8 games in the app. The first game… Read more

Many families are getting ready for the new school year, today we share some free printables for early learnings to help kids be better prepared for school. All today’s printables are free, covering areas from alphabet, hand writing practice, to counting, Sudoku, to science investigation guide, ocean animal flash cards. Happy learning! 9 Sets of Free Printables for Early Learning Activities Back to school printables with a page of alphabet, numbers, colors, and shapes A whole package of over 30 pages of… Read more

Social and Emotional Well Being is important in Children’s development. It is a soft skill that is hard to teach. I am glad to see more and more educators start looking into this area and over the time, I have found some good apps helping kids develop social and emotional skills. 10 Apps Helping Kids Develop Social and Emotional Skills Since kids of different age have different developmental needs in social emotional skills, we listed the apps by age groups… Read more

Introduce the brand-new app “TACU – Talking Cutie” Create Life into Your Picture Everything starts talking For more information, go to the app on App Store. Posted By: TACU – Talking Cutie Note: App news submitted by app developers are not reviewed by iGameMom. We only verify the app links before publishing the news. Like to receive future articles for FREE? Sign Up Below //… Read more

Playing games, especially well designed games can benefit children in many ways. When I look for games for my child, I look for challenges and fun. Oink Oink – My Crazy Farm is just an app like that. It is easy to understand how to play the game, it is fun to chase the animal around, and it is challenging to find solutions to win the game. The game play is simple: the animals on the farm are running loose… Read more