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5 iPad apps to prevent ‘brain drain’ this summer

By Emily On June 24, 2015 · Add Comment

Brain drain is a cute way of saying your kids are definitely going to forget some school stuff this summer unless you help keep them engaged and academically stimulated. Here’s our pick of 7 great apps that will keep kids’ learning skills sharp, and plug up that drain! Mystery Word Town: This early-learning reading game will be great for the rising new reader. Kids can take their time gradually climbing up difficulty levels, and playing will help maintain vocabulary and fundamental reading skills. Great for young readers ages 5-7. $2.99 Math Board: Streamlined and simplified, Math Board offers parents a way to customize math learning to fit the needs of their individual learners. Problems are presented in a clear way and players can use the scratchpad function to write out problems by hand. Ages 5+. $4.99 Toontastic: Now 100% [...]

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Weekly Roundup: Screen time is okay, but iPads are like drugs for kids

By Emily On June 19, 2015 · Add Comment

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Helping or hurting: iPads in the classroom

By Emily On June 18, 2015 · Add Comment

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Sound Off: Gender diversity in children’s apps

By Emily On June 17, 2015 · Add Comment

Pink or blue? Ballet or football? Dump trucks or diaries? Gender stereotypes are nothing new, especially in the world of children’s entertainment media. But have you stopped to think about how your kids’ apps might be enforcing those stereotypes? In a recent article by Stuart Dredge of The Guardian, Toca Boca CEO Björn Jeffery weighs in on the topic: “We have been taking a particular stand on gender-neutrality: all our apps have intentionally been designed to be unisex,” he said. “I don’t think we do terribly, but I think we could do a lot better. ” Jeffery said that Toca Boca had hired a “third-party expert” to audit its apps for diversity, and produce a checklist for the company to use for new products. “We had diversity as a very live issue, and something we took pride in and discussed internally. But we gradually realised that bias turns up anyway.” Read the [...]

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iPad App Review: Grandma’s Preschool

By Emily On June 16, 2015 · Add Comment

I don’t want to brag or anything, but I’ve kinda hit the Holy Grail of parenting milestones. Don’t be insanely jealous of me, but both my kids will be in school full time this fall. That means no more half days, no more preschool tuition or expensive day care. It means 8 uninterrupted hours of grown-up time that I can use to actually WORK without updates every 30 seconds on What We’re Doing Now. (I love them but geez they are sharers) The journey to daytime freedom wasn’t an easy one though. In my neighborhood the trend for parents is to have their kiddo skip preschool altogether and enter kindergarten after turning 5, a year later than what’s normally the practice. For a brief time I had actually considered doing this with my youngest, but she loved going to preschool and she happened to gain some pretty impressive skills while [...]

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Educational & Learning Apps for the iPad and iPad mini

5 iPad apps to prevent ‘brain drain’ this summer

Weekly Roundup: Screen time is okay, but iPads are like drugs for kids

Helping or hurting: iPads in the classroom

Sound Off: Gender diversity in children’s apps

iPad App Review: Grandma’s Preschool

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