Epic! is an app and website that provides children's books in the form of ebooks for a monthly membership fee of $4.99 a month. However, you can try Epic! FREE for one month. Which is what I recommend. Because after I share what I think are the pros and cons, it all comes down to whether or not your child likes their selection of books. Review: EPIC Books for Kids App PROS: Things We Like … [Read more...]
Stories by Gus on the Go: Spanish App for Kids
Stories by Gus on the Go: Spanish App for Kids Gus on the Go: Spanish for Kids hits the right note for pacing, content, and interactivity for kids learning Spanish. It uses short, familiar stories to teach children beginning Spanish words and phrases. This excellent language learning app provides lessons, practice, and stories so children have multiple ways to acquire and practice the new … [Read more...]
Adorable Claymation Alphabet App
Children will learn and practice letters, letter sounds, and words with Talking ABC, a colorful and creative claymation multi-language alphabet app. With no in-app purchases and plenty of kid-friendly engaging elements, Talking ABC is sure to be a new preschool favorite. It's artistic, playful, and interactive. Adorable Claymation Alphabet App Download Talking ABC on the App Store or Google … [Read more...]
13 Sight Word Apps + 26 Alphabet and Phonics Apps
I love reading apps for kids because they're not just mindless tech time but either provide practice or learning to read. Learning letters and letter sounds start a child's journey to reading words and these alphabet and phonics apps will help. Learning "sight words," or words to recognize at a glance, is another step. Download these sight word apps when your child is ready to learn these … [Read more...]
30+ Addition and Subtraction Apps
Download these addition apps and subtraction apps for your kids to learn and practice their math facts! I've found over 30 for you to check out -- many of which are free. 30+ Addition Apps and Subtraction Apps More or Less FREE Android Don't miss this app -- it's visually clean and beautiful and provides EXCELLENT visuals to correspond to the numbers! Love it. playMath addition … [Read more...]
Review of Osmo Gaming System for iPad
Of all the Osmo Gaming System game apps, we loved Words best of all. (Go figure. I'm a writer, what can I say.) Osmo sees something physically on your table and instantaneously recognizes it on the screen. Choose from four apps about math, words, drawing, and invention. It's amazingly innovative and like that it provides the interactive experience parents want with technology. Review of … [Read more...]
Spring 2015 Learning Apps for Kids
Learning apps for kids are a solid choice for summer learning options. Researchers say that the best educational apps are: ACTIVE ENGAGING --not overly distracting MEANINGFUL to a child's life SOCIAL to include parents and peers Do you agree? Here's a list of new apps your kids might enjoy this summer . . . Spring 2015 Learning Apps for Kids The Counting Kingdom $2.99 Add the … [Read more...]
David Wiesner’s New Wonderlandish App Spot
Three time Caldecott medalist David Wiesner's newest creation, an app called Spot, is an app for kids unlike any other. It's neither a book nor a game but something more Wonderlandish -- it's a fanciful narrative full of creative possibilities. Discover worlds with worlds -- dive into the spot on a cookie and discover ants at a picnic, zoom into a cursive letter and find yourself at a cat parade … [Read more...]
Quandary Game for Developing Thinking Skills #quandarygame
Players aged eight and up shape the future of a new society in a FREE award-winning video game called Quandary. Quandary helps kids recognize ethical issues and deal with challenging situations in their own lives. Video games often get a bad rap, but this online and tablet game is one you can endorse for how it builds kids' solid critical thinking, perspective-taking and decision-making … [Read more...]
Sparky Fire Safety App
Fire Prevention Week is October 5 - 11, 2014 and there's an app for that. (Of course!) I *think* that I've told my kids what to do when there's a fire. Maybe when they were younger. Better get on that, huh! Here's the scoop, friends. We have to talk about fire safety every year. And, we have to make sure our homes are safe by having up-to-date fire alarms. I have two easy and free ideas for … [Read more...]
Stop the Summer Slide with Educational Apps
Are you keeping your kids learning this summer? Beat any boredom blues and keep your kids' minds engaged with educational apps. Educational Apps Grandpa in Space $1.99 Grandpa in Space is SO CUTE with lots of learning! Pick a planet, build a rocket to take you there, watch videos of real astronauts, do math addition problems, learn facts about the planet, play games like match up the … [Read more...]
3D Pop-Up Story Learning Apps
If your kids are discerning learning app users like mine, they'll give a thumbs up to StoryToys interactive story books. Because there are a lot of story apps in the world but as your kids know, not all are created equal. So you've got to love the high-quality story apps from StoryToys. Learning Apps The expressive narrators draw you in to the narrative just as much as the beautiful … [Read more...]