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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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Card Wars: The newest toddler-friendly app from Duckie Deck

By Emily On October 2, 2014 · Add Comment

When I was a kid my parents sent me away to summer camp almost every year. During these summers at camp I learned several very useful skills, like how to catch non-poisonous jellyfish with my bare hands or which toilet paper is best for wrapping up your counselor while she sleeps. One of the most important life skills I learned was how to play a card game we called War. The rules are simple: split a deck of cards between two people, and each player turns over the top card on the pile at the same time. The higher-number card wins and that player collects their partner’s card, and the event that both players slap down the same number, a “war” is started. Three additional cards are chosen and placed face-down by each player, and the fourth card is turned up to see who wins. The game continues until one player [...]

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Spotlight on: Artgig Apps

By Emily On August 20, 2014 · Add Comment

For parents, back-to-school time can be The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. For most kids, getting back in the classroom can really be tough – especially if moving up a grade level means struggling in certain areas (namely math). Of course there are handfuls of educational apps on the market that help boost kids’ skills, but it seems to me that the math edu-apps are some of the more difficult to execute well. Unless the app content and game play are rich and engaging, it’s easy for players to lose interest quickly. The developers at Artgig Apps understands this, and have made it their mission to create math-heavy apps that are not only exciting to play, but also educational at the same time. Apps from Artgig target a wide array of age groups, from preschoolers up through middle school, and tackle an even wider array skills from basic [...]

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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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Friday Freebies!!

By Emily On April 17, 2014 · Add Comment

Who doesn’t love Fridays? Who doesn’t love FREE educational apps?? (Probably the Grinch, but he doesn’t really count…) Because of the holiday tomorrow we decided to post our freebies a day early – enjoy!! Grandma’s Garden – this adorable app that teaches about responsibility captured our hearts when it first hit the App Store and now it’s free Kids Academy: ABC Alphabet Phonics – kiddos ages 1-5 learn to recognize letters and phonics using Montessori play activities Reading Rainbow: Read Aloud – the popular children’s show that’s endured the decades is transformed into a reading app with an unlimited library Toca Kitchen Monsters – we love Toca Boca apps for their intuitive interfaces and endless game play, perfect for boosting creativity in kiddos PiggyBot – “The only parent-designed, kid-tested allowance app [...]

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