by Jeana | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Although I don’t currently have any kids in the learning their ABCs’ stage of childhood, I can appreciate a really high quality alphabet app for kids that teaches it well, especially because there are so many out there that aren’t great. (Trust us,...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Entertainment, Kids
Mibblio, an awesomely interactive music app for kids, would be pretty terrific even if it only played generic nursery rhymes. But given that it also features music from some of our favorite names in kindie music, like Dan Zanes, Recess Monkey, The Pop Ups, Lucky Diaz,...
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
If your kid is an avid reader—as in, he finishes his library books before he even gets them home from school—you may want to check out the Epic app, a new ebook subscription for kids in one handy app that that offers all-you-can-read selections for a low monthly fee....
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Do you know what a baby seal is called? My kids can tell you it’s a pup, because they’ve been having a blast playing with the new Hello Baby Animals, created by Carolyn Merriman of Shortstack apps. Carolyn has a background in early education, and her apps...
by Kristin | Best Apps, Educational Apps
The new The MoMA Art Lab app is for every parent who knows that kids are the original modern artists. Think about it: a child’s artistic interpretation of the world is not always realistic or literal, they love to use non-traditional materials (macaroni,...
by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps
With the tremendous success of the Frozen movie, it’s no surprise that the massive Disney merchandising arm has included an app to go with it: The Frozen Free Fall game. If you’re tired of your kids stealing your Candy Crush app (that’s...
by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps
As much as I love fun, educational apps for kids, I might get even more excited about finding great books to add to our family iPad. Especially original stories without any licensed characters trying to sell me on a cartoon to match a doll to match a fast food...
by Shari | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Lucky kids. In the olden days, we learned numbers from boring flashcards, but our fortunate progeny have a sweet monster floating in a bathtub wearing a shower cap as their instructor right from an iPad. Just as we loved The Lonely Beast ABCs for alphabet learning,...
