by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps
I’m a sucker for Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang, especially at holiday time. Not only do I love the nostalgia, watching the same shows I watched as a child, but the humor and messages never get old. I think I might love the new e-book A Charlie Brown...
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Remember playing the telephone game when we were kids? That one where you’d sit in a circle and whisper a phrase all the way around, and by the end it was nothing like the original secret? Well, now that game has had a makeover, hit the iPad, got an extra shot...
by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Pretty much every time we find an awesome new pick for toddlers, I sigh about how much I wish I’d had something similar when my own kids were toddlers. I’m especially impressed by the way tech has been integrated into learning and development, even for...
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
If you love giving your kids access to ebooks but hate having to buy them a la carte, check out the new ebook library recently launched by Zuuka, one of the oldest and best resources in the ebook world. Over the last few years, iStoryTime has been building up an...
by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps
They say variety is the spice of life, and I’ve definitely found that to be true where it comes to educational kids’ apps. The more awesome kids’ apps I load on the iPad, the more likely it is my own kids will keep exploring and learning, and now...
by Shari | Best Apps, Educational Apps
This mom is a writer, so obviously it makes my heart soar when I see my children reading a good, old-fashioned book (you know, one with pages) or writing their own. But since we live in a time when there are more often tablets in their hands than a pencil,...
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
My husband and I really want our kids to learn to appreciate other cultures, which means we have to actively seek out ways to expose them to other cultures, and here’s a wonderful new one. One Globe Kids was created by a multi-cultural, globe-trotting mom with a...
by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps, Educational Apps
We’re happy to be celebrating the International Day of the Girl Child today, for the second year in a row. Because this year is themed around improvements in education, it’s the perfect opportunity to check your preschool aged daughters’ favorite...
by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps
My daughter is quite the artist, and her attention to detail is impressive. I only wish she’d apply the same care when writing her letters and numbers. So I was curious to check out a handwriting app that might help her clean up her act. StartDot Handwriting for...
by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps
October 6 is the start of Fire Prevention Week, which means this is a really good time to commit to getting your kids up to speed on fire safety tips. As parents, we all know that teaching fire safety to our kids is important, but it can be tough to do in a way that...
by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps, Educational Apps
The emotions we feel as adults are so complex today, as they are each year on September 11. But as parents, we have the added burden of trying to explain it to our own children in an age-appropriate way, and to help them cope with it too. So once again, we’re...
by Pilar | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Rules are all well and good, but sometimes it’s fun to break them. This outstanding storytelling app agrees, but shhh…don’t tell the kids. InfiniScroll, an open-ended storytelling tool turned app for iOS, is all about breaking the rules of linear...
