Take a journey through the story of mankind and learn history like never before! History for kids is a fun and comprehensive iPad app that addresses key areas of the history curriculum for primary schools. For more information, go to http://www.historyapps.co.uk Posted By: Laurent Smith Like to receive future articles for FREE? Sign Up Below… Read more

Madagascar Math Ops has a free version of the app. It is a math app with physics-based game play. The Zoosters, Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria, are in trouble, and it’s up to your child and the Penguins to save the day! Your child will help Skipper, Kowalski, Private, and Rico as they embark on a wild mathematical covert operation to free their friends from the enemy agents! Kids will have fun by using intuitive, simple gameplay as they race… Read more

Splash Math Grade 1 is now available on the Google Play store. With 13 chapters covering over 185 math skills and an endless supply of problems, this is by far the most comprehensive math workbook on Google Play for kids aged 4-6. The perfect app for reviewing and reinforce Grade 1 math. To learn more about the app, visit iGameMom’s review of SplashMath app. To download the app, go to Splash Math on Google Play. For more information, go to… Read more

Summer is a great time for young readers to practice the Language skills they have learnt this year. As a Parent it can be daunting to know where to start in helping your child better comprehend what they read. Today I am reviewing Reading Comprehension Camp by Smarty Ears Apps. It features 50 stories and five reading levels. The stories in Level one are for Grade 2-3 and are a single paragraph. The highest level, 5, are several paragraphs long and designed for Grades 6-7.  Like all Smarty Pants… Read more

7 Little Words for Kids has received the Editor’s Choice Award from Children’s Technology Review, the leading newsletter for children’s interactive media. Released in March 2013, 7 Little Words for Kids is a kid-safe blend of crosswords, word finds, and anagram games in a colorful environment of 7 “worlds” of word fun. For more information, go to Seven Little Words for Kids News Posted By: 7 Little Words for Kids Like to receive future articles for FREE? Sign Up Below… Read more

Video games are addictive. Once kids get started, it is hard to ask them to stop. More and more parents are concerned about kids’ screen time. What is the best way to limit the screen time or get kids off screen? Do you force a hard stop? or do you give a warning? Are they happy to stop? Can you do it without kids complaining? Here are 10 ways I tried to move my child from games to some off screen activities. I found the key to a… Read more

Today is our first day of summer break.  I am so glad to see so many cool summer activities from last week’s Mom’s Library, because I will need all of them.  I was quite amazed at the number of activities you can do with pool noodles, from racing ramp to light saber, from backyard noodle game to noodle painting, …  check out the post pool noodle play ideas.  In a hot summer day, try these ice chalk play ideas and activities with water balloons. Have you… Read more

The Buildo Museum is an interactive sticker book. It  allows your child the opportunity to create their own scenes inside a spooky museum. They have three options to choose from: 1. The gallery floor where they can hang paintings (or perhaps stage a heist!). 2. The dusty museum attic full of cobwebs and discarded artifacts. 3. The creepy museum basement where maybe monsters are created Each of these places is the potential backdrop for the scenes your child can create with digital… Read more

Butterfly Fractions is a fun, simple and interactive Android game to introduce younger children to the world of fractions. See how the butterfly’s wings can be seen as halves, quarters and the whole. Match up the halves and quarters and see the screen light up with colour. The game also introduces the equivalence of fractions. For more information, check out on Amazon Free App Butterfly Fractions Posted By: Imagineer Like to receive future articles for FREE? Sign Up Below… Read more

Fraction is a math concept that is easy to understand conceptually, but can get tricky when doing comparisons. Oh No Fractions is a simple FREE math app helping kids understand fraction comparison with intuitive visuals. Opening the app, kids will see two fractions. They need decide if the one on the left is GREATER or LESS than the one on the right, and slide their answer into the middle of the screen. After tapping on “I’M SURE”, they can check if… Read more

Are you finding it really hard to teach your kids how to write and read? Write to Read is a revolutionary and scientifically proven learning tool that teaches your child to read by writing. The app enables a child to write a sentence using his or her current level of written language and the adult “translates” the child’s writing into proper text. For more information, go to http://writereader.com Posted By: Write to Read Team Like to receive future articles for… Read more

Summer is a time kids can take a break from their regular school work.  However, this doesn’t mean they should stay away from learning completely.  If they do, you will see a lot catch up work in the fall just to bring them back to where they were before the summer.  Ideally we want something that is fun and educational at the same time.  Math Evolve is a perfect app for this.  It is FREE now for limited time.  Mastering… Read more

Plexiword is a new addictive puzzle game from the creators of Pictoword! A sample puzzle would be the letters T O U C H written vertically. Read the word from top to bottom to solve for TOUCHDOWN! When stumped, try brainstorming by looking at color, the position of the word, saying the word out loud or asking a friend! For more information, go to http://kooapps.com/ Posted By: Kooapps Like to receive future articles for FREE? Sign Up Below… Read more

I spot this app on App Store yesterday.  It is a very interesting music app – no key boards, but random objects shaped like a square, a round button, a triangle.   To make music, you simply move different objects around, the interactions among the objects create different sound, thus a beautiful piece of music.  The movements of the objects follow some physics principles: if you throw an object towards a wall, it will bounce back.  If you swing an object… Read more