Bottom Line: An excellent app for teaching syllable segmentation, but with a price that might be out of reach for many families. Teachers and SLPs will love the customization, and kids can’t resist the wrong-answer-eating shark and clapping turtle.
Bottom Line: An excellent app for teaching syllable segmentation, but with a price that might be out of reach for many families. Teachers and SLPs will love the customization, and kids can’t resist the wrong-answer-eating shark and clapping turtle.
05/20/2013 at 08:26 AM in Ages 6-8, Preschool (4-5), **** (four stars), language arts, recommended by a parent/teacher, special needs, special needs, recommended by a parent/teacher | Permalink | Comments (0)
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The Taj Mahal of coloring apps, 123 Color HD will help teach your kids numbers, upper and lower case letters, simple and compound shapes and, of course, colors. You can also change the language and have them learn their un, deux, troi et quatres.
Kids are rewarded for completing each coloring picture with a boppy jingle at the end.
Normally $7 - FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!!
05/18/2013 at 12:00 AM in Ages 6-8, Preschool (4-5), free app of the day, Toddler (1-3) | Permalink | Comments (0)
Bottom line: A really enjoyable (and lighthearted) interactive scene with lots going on for the busy firefighters. With a mere tap of a finger, perform rescues and firefighting feats for hours.
05/17/2013 at 03:00 AM in Preschool (4-5), Toddler (1-3), **** (four stars), role-playing | Permalink | Comments (0)
Bottom line: a precious letter learning and loving app that will wiggle, stomp, and swim its way onto your iDevice. Three areas of learning will get the youngest learners (1-4 years, give or take) interacting and getting creative with letters all at the same time. Usually $3.99, the app has been reduced to 99 cents for a limited time.
05/16/2013 at 03:00 AM in Ages 6-8, Preschool (4-5), Toddler (1-3), Top Picks, **** (four stars), alphabet/letters, animals, art, books | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Join Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria in this fun, easy to use educational game for preschoolers.
Children cruise down slides collecting stars until they reach a balloon character where simple educational questions such as "Find the picture of the farm animal" need to be answered in return for sticker rewards.
Normally $2.99 - FREE for a limited time only!!
05/16/2013 at 12:00 AM in Preschool (4-5), free app of the day | Permalink | Comments (3)
The terrific Sesame Street app Another Monster at the End of This Book ($3.99) has just gone free!
It now has a sponsor video when the app loads, but it's just like one of the sponsor videos that plays before the beginning of the actual show, so kid-friendly. There is a $3.99 in-app to get rid of the sponosor but my kids will have to live with the 10-second delay.
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05/15/2013 at 08:29 PM in Ages 6-8, Preschool (4-5), free app of the day, free/free trial, Toddler (1-3), books | Permalink | Comments (22)
Bottom Line: A fun little alphabet learning app for kids ages 3-6. Features lots of opportunities to practice recognizing and writing letters. Doesn’t break any new ground, but does feature a yeti. Free lite version available.
05/15/2013 at 10:36 AM in Ages 6-8, Preschool (4-5), Toddler (1-3), **** (four stars), alphabet/letters, animals, handwriting, matching, multilingual, phonics, spelling, tracing | Permalink | Comments (18)