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App Review: My Little Pony – Cutie Mark Chronicles

By Emily On June 5, 2015 · Add Comment

It might just be my own weirdness, but I get really excited when my kids show interest in characters that I loved growing up. It started with Sesame Street (but when does it not amirite) and as the kids have gotten older they’ve started watching My Little Pony and Care Bears thanks to franchise reboots intended to modernize the brand. I’m still waiting on my son to be ready for Harry Potter chapter books, but until he is I’ll keep regaling him and my daughter with amazingly boring stories that start with “Oh wow, when Mommy was a kid she watched this too!!” Of all these reboots it seems to me that the My Little Pony brand has been the most popular. Walk through any store that offers children’s products and tell me you don’t see something, at minimum just one item, that’s covered with the bright cartoon horses. There are [...]

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Tita Playground App Review – A Virtual Playground for Preschoolers

By Emily On February 5, 2014 · Add Comment

What kid doesn’t love playgrounds? I know my kids always beg to go to one near our house, regardless of the fact that it might be below freezing temperatures or raining like there’s an epic flood on its way. I love playgrounds because it helps my two young kiddos to build free-play and socialization skills, and it also gives them the chance to hang on something else besides my left leg. But sometimes hitting up the jungle gyms and teeter-totters isn’t realistic. Tita Playground is just that – a virtual playground for preschoolers in the 2-5 age range. It’s a safe, non-vertical way for players to engage in open-ended play while teaching early learning vocabulary skills. Intuitive game play and quirky, endearing characters add to the appeal and are age-appropriate for the target audience of the youngest of iPad users. There’s a special section where parents can track their [...]

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Free App Of The Day – SparkleFish

By Emily On May 3, 2013 · Add Comment

My kids are still too young to write even their own name, but if they weren’t, they would have a blast with SparkleFish. Our Free App of the Day is like MadLibs for your iPad and the results will have your kids howling with laughter. iTunes Description: SparkleFish is a hilarious audio story completion game that will have you laughing uncontrollably. “My daughters take turns supplying the words, and then dissolve into giggles when it’s played back.” – GeekDad (Wired) “I have a feeling your kids will get a hold of the microphone, silliness will ensue and everyone will be hooked!” – the iPhone Mom “… SparkleFish inspires children to think more creatively.” – lunchbox With SparkleFish you can record creative words in your own voice for playback inside surprising, ad-lib stories. If you enjoy Mad Libs, then you’ll really love SparkleFish. It’s fun for all ages, [...]

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iPad Apps For Vocabulary Building

By Marnie On March 12, 2013 · Add Comment

Our autistic son is working on building his vocabulary. He practices in his day-to-day activities, talking with us, and using technology, but still finds it challenging. Vocabulary is a tough skill to master, as he is improving on communication and language skills. He is a high-functioning autistic, rambunctious, serious little man with a photographic memory. We learned he is a visual learner and can see words once and memorize how to spell them and what they mean. We are trying to build off this and have found several iPad apps that are helping. Because autistic children learn visually and most are language-challenged, the iPad can help by offering apps for vocabulary building, category naming, learning opposites, and communication. Building Vocabulary We found a few apps that we like for building vocabulary. One is Speech with Milo, that has created separate apps, like Articulation, Verbs, Prepositions, Read Full Review →

GazziliWords App Review – Get Silly With Gazzili

By Emily On March 7, 2013 · Add Comment

I am setting forth a challenge. Try to define the word “patience” so that a preschooler can understand it. (And then try defining the word “no” in the same fashion and let me know if said preschooler can understand THAT.) Tricky, isn’t it? We grown-ups (should) know what patience is and we could easily explain it to another adult, but dealing with the younger wordsmith is a whole new ballgame. GazziliWorld develops multi-sensory apps (check out GazziliShapes) that cover a range of topics, and the GazziliWords app tackles obscure and slightly complicated vocabulary words. Using fun graphics and clear narration, the preschool-level game helps to break down definitions so that 4-and-under crowd can have a blast while learning new and important pre-reading skills. Included in the free download are three mini-games that center around a word – fingerprint, rainbow, and balance. Each begins with a cute [...]

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Educational & Learning Apps for the iPad and iPad mini

App Review: My Little Pony – Cutie Mark Chronicles

Tita Playground App Review – A Virtual Playground for Preschoolers

Free App Of The Day – SparkleFish

iPad Apps For Vocabulary Building

GazziliWords App Review – Get Silly With Gazzili

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