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[App Review] Leo’s Pad: A Unique Learning Experience

Leo’s Pad: A Unique Learning Experience Many apps for kids come in one of three formats: an interactive game or activity, an interactive storybook or an educational video. Leo’s Pad, from Kidaptive, uses a slightly different format, combining an appisode, or short educational video with interactive activities and a story for kids to follow. The [...]

Searching for Colors with the Just Colors App Many apps are designed to help children learn their colors. They show the color and then provide images of objects containing that color. While Just Colors, also known as Learn Your Colors, by Appracadabra has many of the same features as a traditional coloring-learning app, it takes [...]

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Popular Trains Book Turned Interactive App Trains by Byron Barton has been a popular board book for kids since it was first released in 1998. Now the simplicity of the board book is available in the form of an interactive app. The Trains app from Oceanhouse Media helps children experience the popular book in a [...]

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Doing yoga gives you a chance to relax and provides an escape from a stressful environment, but finding the time to experience that stress relief and fit a yoga class into your daily routine can be difficult. If you opt to do yoga on your own, you may find yourself doing the same poses over [...]

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Maybe you do not have time to fit a yoga class into your schedule or you want to know the difference between a half crow and a dolphin pose before taking an actual class. Perhaps you already do yoga regularly, but want to develop your own program or learn more poses. Whether you are a [...]

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  Summertime is the ideal time for parents and kids to do educational and recreational activities of their own choosing for a change. But so much free time can leave parents scratching their heads as to which summer home-schooling activities will provide the most benefit to their children. The first thing parents can do is [...]

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      Summer’s here and while it’s a good time for students to spend some time outdoors, it’s also the perfect opportunity for them to engage with fun ed tech programs that can help in preparation for the next academic year. Instead of having to complete assignments to a strict schedule, students have the [...]

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      With students in the U.S. lagging behind their contemporaries in European and Asian countries when it comes to math and science, educators have been scratching their heads for some time now as to how to get young Americans interested and excelling in these crucial subjects. But it may be that a solution [...]

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  It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday and, rather than go the traditional card-and-flowers route, we’ve come up with a list of apps for every kind of mom out there. Figure out which kind of mom you have and download this app onto her smartphone or tablet – we guarantee she’ll thank you for it.   [...]

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  Today marks the beginning of Teacher Appreciation Week, so we’ve been thinking about ways you can show your appreciation to that one great teacher whose efforts and energy go above and beyond the call of duty. If you’re grown and out of school, sending something to a teacher who made a difference in your [...]

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