Smart Apps For Kids

iTooch Middle School: Review

 

 

Bottom Line: A quiz-style app that may be useful for parents and teachers, but might not be motivating enough for students. A few areas need improvement, but it's Free to try all seven content strands!

Wubbzy's The Night Before Christmas: Review

 

 

Bottom Line: An app to help children celebrate the season in style with some familiar faces. It has more to see and do than the million watt light display causing a traffic jam at the end of my street.

Let’s Make a Rhyme: Review

 

 

Bottom line: Fun idea to customize common nursery rhymes with your own illustrations and text, but suffers from a confusing interface and needs an overhaul. Use definitely requires adult supervision.

Instant Poetry

 

 

Bottom Line: A great intro to poetry writing for kids...and adults.

In Instant Poetry, the player is presented with a group of random words to compose a poem (or short story) of their own design. Words can be dragged and dropped, enlarged or shrunk, and colored. The author can also enter their own words if they choose or just keep selecting from different groups of other random words.