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Op/Ed: “Try it, you might like it!”

By Emily On June 5, 2014 · 1 Comment

If you’re a parent, you’ve probably uttered that phrase a million and three times – I know I have, especially when it comes to trying new foods. My oldest is special needs and is extremely particular about which foods he puts in his mouth. If it smells weird and looks funny, there’s no way he’s trying it. It’s also a simplified method of getting our kids to engage in activities that we have the foresight to know they’ll enjoy. For whatever potential reason – and there are a lot – there might be some hesitance on our kids’ parts to join in, an we try out best as parents to ease their fears by attempting to convince our children that they’re really missing out. Sometimes it works and sometimes (for us, quite often) it doesn’t work, and that’s okay too. However I cringe a little when I hear this phrase [...]

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5 Resources to help engage girls in STEM learning

By Emily On June 4, 2014 · Add Comment

I remember when I was younger – maybe around 10 or 11 – Mattel introduced a speaking “Teen Talk” Barbie doll that said “Math class tough! Party dresses are fun!” There was, as you can imagine (or remember) a huge public backlash and the doll was pulled from the retail market. Critics claimed doll was sexist, misogynistic, and gave young girls the wrong message about gender stereotypes. Still, over 20 years later, there’s a huge disparity between the number of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) careers and the number of men with the same jobs. At this year’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference it was clear that the testosterone ruled in the audience of developers; the absence of women was even a trending topic on Twitter. For several reasons, some benign and some very controversial, girls don’t engage as much as boys in school-aged STEM classes and clubs. Math [...]

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These iOS 8 features will make your iPad even more family-friendly

By Emily On June 3, 2014 · Add Comment

Whether you’re a hardcore techie or an amateur iPad user, you know that Apple is constantly updating and improving its software. On Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the rollout of iOS 8, with the upgrade being available in the fall for iPads and iPhones. With the update comes many new and exciting features that can make your family’s daily routine even easier and more productive. Here’s a few cool features that will be available in iOS 8: Family Sharing: Up to 6 family members can share iTunes purchases, which includes not only apps but also music and movies. Each member has their own account but the credit card has to be the same for all accounts in order to share purchases. In response to the widespread epidemic of children accidentally purchasing apps and IAPs, this feature also requires any one of the members to get permission for any purchases [...]

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#5devs that are making waves with their educational children’s apps

By Emily On May 29, 2014 · Add Comment

We get daily requests to review children’s educational apps – so many requests, in fact, that we don’t have the time or resources to keep up. As much as we’d love to be able to share our gameplay experience of every app with readers, we simply can’t do it. However we try our hardest to at least check out each and every app that comes through our inbox and this helps us to follow ed-tech trends. By playing each app, even if only for a few minutes, we’re also introduced to the work of various children’s app developers. Some are small-name, independent developers and some have more clout (and money!) but still produce amazing educational apps for kids. It’s a way for us as reviewers, parents, and armchair “experts” (and I use that term loosely) to recognize real talent. Here are 5 children’s educational app developers who we think you [...]

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Curious George and the Firefighters App Review – Curiously fun reading!

By Emily On May 28, 2014 · Add Comment

At this point in the 21st century I just have to assume that the majority of you readers know who Curious George is. If you’re a parent you may know George quite well by now and if you’re not a parent you probably encountered the silly monkey and his yellow-hat friend at some point in your childhood. What started out as a darling children’s book series over 70 years ago has underwent several makeovers before George and his friends became the curious characters they are today. Now the works of HA Rey and Margret Rey have been carefully reimagined in a Tribal Nova app. Curious George and the Firefighters is the newest addition to the i Read With series, a growing library that already includes three other interactive storybook apps starring another childhood rock star, Caillou. Tribal Nova has carved out a decisively large corner of the App Store by producing [...]

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Educational & Learning Apps for the iPad and iPad mini

Op/Ed: “Try it, you might like it!”

5 Resources to help engage girls in STEM learning

#5devs that are making waves with their educational children’s apps

Curious George and the Firefighters App Review – Curiously fun reading!

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