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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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Toontastic Jr. Releases Kung Fu Panda Edition

By Emily On December 20, 2013 · Add Comment

The holidays are upon us and that means families are gathering from all corners of the world to celebrate. Sometimes, for one reason or another, we can’t all be together at the same time. That’s why our friends at LaunchPad have quietly released their newest app Toontastic Jr. Kung Fu Panda. It features the movie-making magic as the other award-winning Toontastic apps, starring Po and his high-kicking friends from the popular animated franchise. Best of all, the app’s StoryShare feature lets kiddos share their creations with family and friends that just can’t be there to see the movies in person. We love Toontastic apps because they foster creativity with their open-ended play and limitless options, as well as build on literacy and storytelling skills. The high levels of interactivity within the movie-making process puts players 3 and older in the actual movie, and leaves the storyline to [...]

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LaunchPad Aspires To Engage Children Instead of Pacify Them

By Faith O'Neil On May 7, 2013 · 1 Comment

Parents who are involved in what their kids play on the iPad know the difference between a quality, educational app and a mindless “babysitter” app game. When we limit our child’s ‘screen time’, parents want to make the most of this time by keeping their children engaged and learning instead of tapping away without even having to think. Worry not, brave parent! Entrepreneur Andy Russell and his company, Launch Pad Toys, feel the same way! Russell and his Launch Pad Toys team have recently partnered with DreamWorks Animation to create apps that are educationally nurturing, instead of “digital pacifiers”. This partnership has birthed the new ‘Toontastic’ app that features characters from the latest Shrek movie. Toontastic is designed to, not only tell stories to children, but to inspire children to tell their own stories. Designed with the help of Stanford’s graduate school of education (where Russell also graduated), Toontastic [...]

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Toontastic Jr. Shrek App Review – Ogre-ly Ever After

By Emily On May 2, 2013 · Add Comment

My husband and I used to have a weekly movie night. Every Wednesday, after the kids were fast asleep, we would settle in to watch a flick together. Unfortunately my husband (who has seen pretty much every movie made since 1977) learned quickly that I was a horrible movie-watcher. I asked too many questions, critiqued the dialogue, and ripped apart actors’ work. My kids have picked up this awful habit of mine, and the little Spielbergs think they can out-direct even Scorsese. Launchpad has already made my budding directors quite happy with their Toontastic apps, and today they’ve done it again. Now available in the App Store, Toontastic Jr. Shrek combines story-making magic with the cast from Dreamworks crazy-popular Shrek movies. Young players are given everything they need to create animated stories, and if they don’t like the way the original movies end they can make their own [...]

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Free App Of The Day – Toontastic: Free

By Emily On April 15, 2013 · Add Comment

We’ve already reviewed Toontastic but we liked it so much that we wanted to make Toontastic: Free our Free App of the Day. Your little one will love being able to make their own cartoon, and they’ll never know their imaginative play skills are getting a serious workout. iTunes Description: ★★★ iTunes – App Store Hall of Fame ★★★ ★★★ NY Times – Top 10 iPad Apps of 2011 ★★★ Lights, Camera, Play! Toontastic is a storytelling and creative learning tool that enables kids to draw, animate, and share their own cartoons with friends and family around the world through simple and fun imaginative play! With over 2 million cartoons created in over 150 countries, parents and teachers rave about the app… and kids can’t stop creating! Making cartoons with Toontastic is as easy as putting on a puppet show – simply press the record button, move [...]

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Educational & Learning Apps for the iPad and iPad mini

5 iPad apps to prevent ‘brain drain’ this summer

Toontastic Jr. Releases Kung Fu Panda Edition

LaunchPad Aspires To Engage Children Instead of Pacify Them

Toontastic Jr. Shrek App Review – Ogre-ly Ever After

Free App Of The Day – Toontastic: Free

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