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Zorbit’s Math Adventure Preschool App Review – Math Learning That’s Out of This World

By Emily On February 18, 2014 · Add Comment

I’m really the last person that should be helping my preschooler with her early math skills. I can’t count higher than 20 (number of fingers & toes combined), I generally over-tip at restaurants because percentages make me nervous, and the Dollar Tree is my best friend because, well, everything is only $1 and it makes budgeting a breeze. There are plenty of math apps in the App Store to help where I can’t, but I’ve found that many of them are just not a good fit for kiddos who aren’t yet in kindergarten. It’s easy for preschoolers to grasp simple number recognition and basic counting, but to build a strong math foundation they have to be introduced to more complex concepts early on. The skills also have to be wrapped in a context that’s relatable and fun in order to keep young players engaged and absorbing what they’re learning. Read Full Review →

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Mystery Math Museum Proves Math Apps Can Be Fun

By Emily On December 31, 2013 · Add Comment

Finding a quality math app that isn’t dryer than a burnt English muffin is hard. That’s why Artgig Studios made waves earlier this year with the release of Mystery Math Town, an engaging and fully customizable math app that also touches on several other early-learning topics. Well, Artgig has done it again with their October release of Mystery Math Museum. Using what worked in the original, this newer app switches gears a little to build math skills on players ages 6 to 12. The characters are just as fun and unique as in the first game, and the multi-user profiles let kiddos adjust game play based on their math knowledge. Follow a friendly ghost as he tries to capture dragonflies that are loose in different themed museums. To open doors and earn talking portraits, players collect numbers and solve equations – working on addition, subtraction, and multiplication. At [...]

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Quick Math+ App Review – Quick Math Made Even Quicker

By Emily On December 3, 2013 · Add Comment

Let me repeat this again, for the folks who may not have read it before: I loathe math. I’m awful at it, it confuses me, it makes my brain hurt. If the App Store existed when I was a kid I may be singing a different song about math, but fortunately for kids these days they don’t have to go through the torture of textbooks and private tutors to help learn math skills. (I’m not exaggerating – math is my own personal torture.) Last February we reviewed Sakura Quick Math, a well-executed math app that had a few minor flaws. We liked the basic format of the app – math questions that players can answer by writing the problems anywhere on the screen – but a few technical glitches were holding it back from being a real All Star app. The folks over at Shiny Things noticed and in [...]

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Peg + Cat Big Gig App Review – Fun With Math + Music

By Emily On November 15, 2013 · Add Comment

When it comes to parenting, multi-tasking is a skill that is quickly learned and often utilized. It starts early on in your children’s lives – for example, catching a naked toddler who escaped during a diaper change while simultaneously answering the door to get that important FedEx package while simultaneously trying to prevent said naked child from hopping on the FedEx truck for a ride-along. For example. I also appreciate educational apps that serve a dual learning purpose, like the recent release Peg + Cat Big Gig. Based on the PBS KIDS television show that premiered this fall, the app helps to teach both music and math early learning skills to the 3-5 crowd. The adorable cast of characters are recognizable to young players and fun mini-games multi-task as educational tools. There are two separate sections of the app, Big Gig or Sound Check. The real learning happens in Big [...]

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Amigo Pancho App Review – A Fiesta For Your iPad

By Emily On November 8, 2013 · Add Comment

Let’s talk about physics for a minute. And I promise you it’ll only be a minute because that’s the time it will take to impart to you all of my physics knowledge. Ready? Physics is what helps me propel my body over my small children when they decide to stop in their tracks as we walk through the aisles of the grocery store. WOW, that was taxing for my brain. Physics is also a really important concept for school-aged kids to learn to build a strong foundation of knowledge in both math and science. It’s also the basis for game play in the new app Amigo Pancho. A sombrero-touting Pancho travels through obstacles such as rockets and sword-wielding ninjas, holding on for dear life to his two balloons. (I promise this isn’t a hallucination from overworking my brain.) Under deep cover as a really fun and challenging game, Amigo [...]

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Zorbit’s Math Adventure Preschool App Review – Math Learning That’s Out of This World

Mystery Math Museum Proves Math Apps Can Be Fun

Quick Math+ App Review – Quick Math Made Even Quicker

Peg + Cat Big Gig App Review – Fun With Math + Music

Amigo Pancho App Review – A Fiesta For Your iPad

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