Bottom Line: smart, fun and absolutely the best way to prepare a child for flying. If only air travel with kids actually was this enjoyable.
Bottom Line: smart, fun and absolutely the best way to prepare a child for flying. If only air travel with kids actually was this enjoyable.
03/20/2013 at 02:27 AM in Preschool (4-5), Toddler (1-3), Top Picks, **** (four stars), diversity, following directions, geography, matching, maze, safety, special needs, recommended by a parent/teacher, Travel | Permalink | Comments (17)
Bottom line: an incredibly well done and fun app with an amazing amount of information for amateur paleontologists. Who knew minerals, fossils and dinosaurs could be so much fun?
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03/11/2013 at 11:04 AM in Ages 6-8, Preschool (4-5), Toddler (1-3), **** (four stars), demo video, dinosaurs, geography, history, maze, puzzles, social studies | Permalink | Comments (4)
Bottom line: interesting assortment of play and learn activities centered on the inhabitants of a tree. Lots of cause and effect games for the youngest iDevice users, and three levels are Free to try.
02/16/2013 at 06:24 PM in Preschool (4-5), free/free trial, Toddler (1-3), Top Picks, **** (four stars), animals, matching, maze, seek and find | Permalink | Comments (3)
Bottom Line: a beautifully animated short film, a narrated retelling of the Christmas classic, 7 preschool learning games, and 6 create a scene play rooms all set to the spellbinding music of Tchaikovsky's ballet.
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12/16/2012 at 06:08 PM in Ages 6-8, Preschool (4-5), Top Picks, **** (four stars), books, classic stories, counting/numbers, creativity, holidays, maze, music, patterns, sorting, tracing | Permalink | Comments (0)
Bottom Line: If Bugs and Buttons changed your expectations of what you can get in an app, this little gem goes one step further and changes what parents and teachers can expect from elementary school education. It's as fun as it is informative and well deserving of Smart Apps for Kids' highest honor.
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11/16/2012 at 01:17 PM in Ages 12-up, Ages 6-8, Ages 9-11, Top Picks, ***** (five stars), history, maze, music, recommended by a parent/teacher, social studies | Permalink | Comments (12)
Bottom Line: Deftly presents a wide variety of early learning skills all in an appealing jungle themed setting. It’s a whole lotta app for the money deserving of a whole lotta stars.
11/07/2012 at 06:35 PM in Ages 6-8, Preschool (4-5), Top Picks, ***** (five stars), alphabet/letters, animals, counting/numbers, handwriting, language arts, maze, phonics, reading, words, recommended by a parent/teacher, sight words, spelling | Permalink | Comments (10)
One of our 4 1/2 Star Top Picks is FREE for today only!! Normally $1.99
This truly fun, engaging app that reinforces core math concepts has recently been updated to include multiple international currencies including AUD, CAD, EUR and GBP.
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11/02/2012 at 02:27 AM in Ages 6-8, Preschool (4-5), free app of the day, addition, counting/numbers, fractions, math, maze, money, motor skills, multiplication, subtraction, time | Permalink | Comments (1)