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[App Review]Musical Paint: An Explosion of Creativity

Musical Paint: An Explosion of Creativity Getting kids to express themselves creatively is as important as teaching them to read, write and do basic math. Instead of giving kids a piece of paper and a crayon and letting their creativity run wild, try something a little different. With Musical Paint, not only can kids create [...]

Rounds: Parker Penguin – Reading, Learning, Fun When children visit the penguin exhibit at the zoo, they wish they could climb in and enjoy sliding on the ice, swimming in the water and waddling with the penguins. With the Rounds: Parker Penguin app, children can do just that. The main focus of the app is [...]

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Learn Letter Sounds with Montessori ABC Kids can easily learn to recognize their letters by singing the alphabet song and pointing out the letters when they see them in books or on flashcards. The Montessori ABC app, however, takes the learning one step further by helping kids learn their letter sounds. As kids click on [...]

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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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Physics and Fun:  Little Bird Game At first glance, Little Bird Game by Roentgen is a simple, entertaining game. The goal of the game is to get a rolling bird through a maze and to the exit by tilting and twisting your iPhone or iPad. However, the way you tilt and twist and the obstacles [...]

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    PBS  released NOVA Elements on April 3, and we were eager to check it out. NOVA Elements is a free app about the periodic table, and it’s voiced by David Pogue, the New York Times technology columnist and host of NOVA’s “Making Stuff” series. The app gets down and dirty in explaining the [...]

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    Foreign language classes have proven a popular target for cash-strapped administrators looking to cut costs. We understand the money has to come from somewhere, and the practicality of a class like Latin could be debated. But as the United States continues on its path toward being home to the most Spanish speakers in [...]

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  This animated storybook features rhyming narration and gorgeous illustrations Faces iMake is one of our favorite apps, so we were excited to take a sneak peak at the newest app from iMagineMachine: The Rooster Who Lost His Voice. It’s part book, part performance. A simple story, of a rooster who loses his voice and [...]

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  A super-fun app that will make it hard to get your phone back from your kids   After you’ve downloaded a certain number of apps, it’s easy to become jaded. Many of the apps begin to blend together and it’s rare for your children to play an app for more than a couple of [...]

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  This 3D atlas will inspire kids to browse and learn for hours at a time. Once you stop to think about it, the atlas is really the first book that should have made the transition to the iPad. They’re made for each other! Touch Press, the smart people behind The Elements, released Barefoot World [...]

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