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iPad App Review: Grandma’s Preschool

By Emily On June 16, 2015 · Add Comment

I don’t want to brag or anything, but I’ve kinda hit the Holy Grail of parenting milestones. Don’t be insanely jealous of me, but both my kids will be in school full time this fall. That means no more half days, no more preschool tuition or expensive day care. It means 8 uninterrupted hours of grown-up time that I can use to actually WORK without updates every 30 seconds on What We’re Doing Now. (I love them but geez they are sharers) The journey to daytime freedom wasn’t an easy one though. In my neighborhood the trend for parents is to have their kiddo skip preschool altogether and enter kindergarten after turning 5, a year later than what’s normally the practice. For a brief time I had actually considered doing this with my youngest, but she loved going to preschool and she happened to gain some pretty impressive skills while [...]

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Grandpa’s Workshop Review – Gramps is in the clubhouse!

By Emily On November 30, 2012 · 1 Comment

Ever wonder what grandparents do all day, given all the free time that comes with retirement? In between cross-country RV trips, this silver-haired Gramps is tinkering in his tool shed. We’ve already visited his lovely wife Grandma in her garden, so now we’re off across the back yard to see what Grandpa is up to. Grandpa’s Workshop is a learning app that covers a range of skills perfect for the 2-6 crowd. Seven different mini-games include painting wooden furniture to help with learning colors, helping Grandpa with projects by counting screws and bolts, and measuring out pieces of wood with a ruler. There are also real instructional videos, short blurbs about different carpentry methods and using real tools. For wrong answers, Ol’ Gramps words the instructions differently so that kiddos can approach the challenge from another angle. Correct answers are rewarded with a creaky jig or a high-five. After [...]

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Grandma’s Garden Review

By Emily On August 28, 2012 · 2 Comments

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Educational & Learning Apps for the iPad and iPad mini

iPad App Review: Grandma’s Preschool

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Grandma’s Garden Review

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