Listen and Learn with Lots2Spot, a colorful and engaging vocabulary-building iPad game for kids aged 18 months to four years, now 50% off through May 31, 2013. In Lots2Spot, a huge variety (500+) of brilliantly illustrated objects keeps children engaged while they learn vocabulary, colors, and numbers up to five. For more information, go to Lots2Spot on App Store Posted By: Hiyu2 Like to receive future articles for FREE? Sign Up Below… Read more

I recently came across an app called Book Creator for iPAD. Just like the app title suggested, it is an app kids can use to create digital books. I reviewed some other apps with similar functions, like StoryKit. Comparing to StoryKit, both apps have the basic functions like adding pictures and text, recording voices and sound effects. Book Creator is more versatile than StoryKit. Some neat functions I liked: 1. Kids can resize the picture and rotate the picture into… Read more

Are you ready for summer?  While, ready or not, it is here.  What are you going to do with the kids, now they stay home most of the time?  Are you concerned about them forgetting what they’ve learned during the year?  It is a long break for them.  I have read articles about how important it is to help kids retain what they’ve learned in the summer.  But summer is meant for fun!  How can we, as parents, build in the learning activities into… Read more

One of the most difficult things as a parent of a young elementary school kid isn’t trying to help them to learn basic math, it’s helping them to recall all those facts quickly and accurately.  It’s something that takes tedious amounts of time, years even.  It is so important to learn though, because it’s the simple math mistakes that are also the easiest to avoid.  Math Kingdom can offer that sort of help for your child.  It can help you… Read more

Live Puzzle! is a new kind of puzzle for kids. Forget the static jigsaw puzzles, here children are amazed by cartoon animations never stopping: the scene keeps moving while kids drag and drop the puzzle pieces. The app is free with no In-App purchase, available for iPhone, iPod, iPAD, and Android. For more information, go to Live Puzzle! Forest Animals website/ Posted By: Kidoteca – Apps for Curious Kids Like to receive future articles for FREE? Sign Up Below… Read more

Keep the children entertained and encourage them to use their little grey cells by downloading for free the SparkleFish app.  As claimed by the developer, it is “a hilarious audio story completion game for the iPhone, iPad and Nook Tablet that will have you laughing uncontrollably.” It is like a Mad Libs with voice.   The free version comes with the choice of five stories: A Fairy Tale; Infomercial; The Cold Remedy; The Greeting Card and Yearbook signing. In-app purchases… Read more

Audubon Guides is an award-winning 4-subject nature app. It includes guides for Birds, Mammals, Trees, and Wild Flowers. It is an essential field guide for every family & outdoor enthusiast. Usual price is $19.99, now only $4.99 for US Memorial Day. For more information, go to Audubon Guides on App Store Posted By: iGameMom Like to receive future articles for FREE? Sign Up Below… Read more

Play Checkbook is an app-centric company with the goal of improving the financial literacy of children ages 4-9. Think of this practical application as personal finance “training wheels.” Update: the app is not on App Store currently. Posted By: Play Checkbook LLC Like to receive future articles for FREE? Sign Up Below… Read more

Today I want to introduce a website to everyone – AplusClick.  It is not an app, but a website.   However, it is a website that fully functions on iDevices.  I found many cool kids learning game sites, but most of those sites don’t function on iPAD.  I am so glad this one does, and I like it a lot.  To use a website like an app on your iPhone or iPAD, you can quickly create an app-like icon on… Read more

Angry Birds Space is the free app of the week on App Store. It is a fun game kids will enjoy. They will also learn some physics while playing the game. For more information, go to iGameMom’s Angry Birds Review Posted By: iGameMom Like to receive future articles for FREE?   Sign Up Below… Read more

Pattern recognition is an important skill for early math learners.  Patterns by EdNinja is a perfect app for this purpose.  With the app, kids have to quickly analyze the pattern, relate and select an image to fill in the blanks at the beginning, middle or end of the pattern.  Depends on kids ability level, teachers or parents can add contours, colors and shapes into the patterns.  What is neat is the app has a way to make sure each child… Read more

Free The Balloon is a mobile game with educational learning outcomes geared for primary aged school children. It facilitates the learning of a foundational math skill: skip counting. This learning outcome is standard on primary education curricula around the world. For more information, go to http://freetheballoon.blogspot.ca/ Posted By: John-Mark Ferguson and Mark Fox Like to receive future articles for FREE? Sign Up Below… Read more

Do your kids like pizza?  Do they like to make pizza?  We have a local pizza restaurant where kids can watch, through a big window, how pizzas were made.  Every time when we eat there, my son has to go watch and there are always many kids line up at the window waiting for their turns.  Now kids get the opportunity to make pizza themselves – on the iPAD.  Bamba Pizza is the app that letting kids be the chefs. … Read more

Help your child learn to spell and identify words in a fun way with Words & Blocks!  There is a Lite version that comes with Spelling and Matching game with 26 colorfully illustrated basic words. The Lite version is free. For more information, go to http://www.wordsandblocks.com/ Posted By: Seer Technologies Inc. Like to receive future articles for FREE? Sign Up Below… Read more