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iPad App Review: Fireworks Lab

By Emily On July 2, 2015 · Add Comment

Dunno if you noticed but Independence Day is fast approaching, and this means only one thing: FIREWORKS. (Okay, so it means a lot more than that but we’ll save the politics for the ‘grown-up’ blogs.) For some kiddos, the 4th of July is a fun night spent watching elaborate fireworks displays. For others, it’s an intolerable sensory nightmare. My son falls into the latter category. He was diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder at 18 months, followed by an autism spectrum diagnosis at 5 years old. For him, fireworks have always caused him a lot of anxiety – so much so that we have to use sound-dampening headphones indoors if he’s still awake when the local shows start. Even without any sensory diagnoses, experiencing fireworks for the first time can be dicey for toddlers and preschoolers. Cowly Owl released an app today just in time for this weekend’s holiday to help introduce [...]

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iPad App Review: Monster Mingle

By Emily On June 12, 2015 · Add Comment

There’s something to be said for having two school-aged children who like to use the iPad. They are (usually) pretty autonomous when it comes to figuring out new apps, and with my oldest now reading, no one really asks me for help anymore when it comes to games and apps. What all this means is that I can hand over the iPad to them in a pinch if I need a few uninterrupted minutes on the phone or checking out at a store. The same could not be said for when they were toddlers. Of course, that was during the very early days of the edu-tech movement that we’re smack in the middle of now – throw a stone in the App Store and you’ll likely hit a game that’s touted as ‘perfect for toddlers!!’ or ‘guaranteed fun for your preschooler!!’ However, between 2 and 5 is actually the perfect [...]

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Dinosaur Mix – get prehistoric with this fun app

By Emily On June 27, 2014 · Add Comment

Recently my kids became re-obsessed with dinosaurs. This is not unfamiliar territory; throughout their preschool years they have covered this obsession several times over until they move on to something much more interesting, like trains or barnyard animals. Now, though, they’re both now old enough to start to learn about the actual science of dinosaurs instead of just laughing at jokes about how hard it must be to use the bathroom with little T-Rex arms and have asked some seriously mature questions (the word “species” was thrown around at some point, I was impressed). While new Cowly Owl app Dinosaur Mix isn’t exactly Jurassic Park revisited, it is a spectacular jumping-off point to begin off-screen discussions about dinosaurs. Featuring touch-and-play mechanics, no written instructions, and just plain fun (and funny!) artwork and sounds, Dinosaur Mix can be used as a versatile learning tool or just a fun game [...]

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Wubbzy’s Awesome Adventure App Review – Wubbtastic Fun

By Emily On April 3, 2013 · Add Comment

When it comes to playing kids’ apps to review them, my own children are always the first in line for quality assurance. It only makes sense, though, to hand over the iPad to the apps’ target demographics, right? Watching them play also gives me a birds-eye view as a parent to see how they react to and learn from both educational and not-so-educational apps. However, we’ve been “playing” some pretty intense early-learning apps lately and Wubbzy’s Awesome Adventure came at just the right time. The arcade-style, straightforward game play and fun characters are just what they needed as a little break from some serious skill-building. The basic premise of the game is pretty simple: Wubbzy’s friend Widget made a robot that is now on the fritz. Ole Bendy-Tail needs to travel through three levels to collect points in the form of kickety-kick balls and bolts. Simply [...]

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Little Digits App Review – Not So Little Learning

By Emily On April 2, 2013 · Add Comment

Both of my kids love to show everyone how old they are by holding up their fingers. My son is pretty stoked that his whole hand goes up now that he’s 5 and my daughter is just getting the hang of sticking up 3 fingers (her birthday is a week away). The kiddos learned to count the way most of us have – with their fingers. The smart folks at Cowly Owl know that the finger-counting method is foolproof and released Little Digits. Early learning math is taught by using the player’s fingertips on the screen. Addition, subtraction, number order and recognition using numbers 1-10 are all taught within the context of an easy-to-use app. There are four modes to play in the app; addition, subtraction, and two different ways to teach number recognition. In the first two modes different equations are presented with a variable [...]

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Educational & Learning Apps for the iPad and iPad mini

iPad App Review: Fireworks Lab

iPad App Review: Monster Mingle

Dinosaur Mix – get prehistoric with this fun app

Wubbzy’s Awesome Adventure App Review – Wubbtastic Fun

Little Digits App Review – Not So Little Learning

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