Vincent van Gogh. Now in HD.

by Pilar | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Missing ear. Posthumously famous. Misunderstood misanthrope. Obviously I’m talking about Vincent van Gogh (and hopefully no one you actually know). If you want to bring the brilliant painter to life (you know, again) I’ve found a wonderful interactive,...

All aboard the Toca Train!

by Pilar | Best Apps

One of our favorite kids’ app developers, Toca Boca, has come out with a new digital toy that we just couldn’t wait to tell you about. Let’s just say it puts your kids in the conductor’s seat. Literally. In this fun and friendly train simulator...

Laptops look good in leather

by Pilar | Uncategorized

Ahhh…I still remember the day I picked up my very first MacBook like it was yesterday. Pristine white shell, fancy schmancy inner workings. It was like reaching nerd-vana while floating on top of a wispy wireless cloud. Five minutes later my thoughts immediately...

For those who like their kids’ ebooks with brains and beauty.

by Pilar | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Fairy tales and fables with days-of-yore sentimentality are getting a modern reboot lately, and I’m so excited to discover the amazing iBook app from Brainy Fables, which is all about it, too. The Brainy Fables iBook app redux takes on a more timeless content...

Pip and Posy come to life on your iPad, and preschoolers aren’t complaining a bit.

by Pilar | Best Apps, Educational Apps

If you have one at home, you know it’s real. A rabbit and mouse friend named Pip and Posy know it, too, which is probably why more than 200,000 copies of the Pip and Posy picture books have sold in twelve languages worldwide. Andnow there’s an app for...

A free coloring app for kids to let them Squiggle themselves silly.

by Pilar | Best Apps

Sometimes you just have to color outside the lines. This awesome coloring app for kids just requires a few squiggles from your kiddo to get animated–getting him animated too. The aptly named Squiggles! has 14 different pre-set pages (including one blank one)...

Peter Pan comes to life on your iPad, and we’re Hooked. (Ha)

by Pilar | Best Apps, Educational Apps

My three-year-old is a newly minted Peter Pan groupie. I assume she’s not the only one, which is why this new Peter Pan app has her absolutely, well, hooked, and I have to admit, I’m pretty into this e-book/app hybrid too. The Peter Pan: Disney Classics...

Barnyard Dance is like a hoedown for your iPad. In a good way.

by Pilar | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Farm animals, banjo music, red and white gingham–it’s the stuff of knee-slapping, toe-tapping hoedowns. I know, I rolled my eyes a bit initially, too, until I realized that the Barnyard Dance app is an adaptation of one of Sandra Boynton’s most...

An app to teach kids hygiene, cleanliness, and uh, other stuff you do in the bathroom.

by Pilar | Best Apps, Educational Apps

With two kids under the age of six running around the house, the importance of keeping tops and tails fresh and relatively clean comes up a lot. A lot. Personal hygiene is still in work in progress for both of them, but I’m pretty confident that one day, boogers...

Nedi the Yeti

by Pilar | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Bigfoot. Sasquatch. Bumble. And now, Nedi. As in, Nedi the Yeti. He’s friendly, furry, likes hide and seek, and stars in an app for kids ages two and up. Designed especially for the iPad in HD (that’s fancy talk for really sharp resolution), the...