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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 [...]

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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    Alien Buddies, a big success with our kid testers, will be free this weekend (today through Sunday), as Artgig kicks off the summer with a big update. The update includes new puzzles, games, stickers and more. We gave Alien Buddies a great review, and we’d highly recommend picking it up while it’s free! [...]

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  Just released on iTunes last week, Creatures of Light is a free app from the American Museum of Natural History. Its release accompanies the museum’s newest exhibit, titled Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence, but you don’t have to have seen the exhibit to enjoy the app. Creatures of Light (iPad only) offers diagrams, videos, [...]

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  Today only – Pepi Bath is a free download. Read our take on this fun little app here. The paid version is usually $1.99, so grab it while you can! iOS only. Kingdom of Plants is an iPad-only guide to the Kew Gardens. It’s “hosted” by David Attenborough, the British naturalist and broadcaster, and [...]

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  Lazoo! We even like the name. The company makes colorful app for kids, like Squiggles!, which we reviewed here. They’ve just released Let’s Color!, a digital coloring book that animates the images kids draw. Looks like fun! Free (there’s an in-app purchase but the app can be enjoyed without it). iPad only. Download it [...]

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  Our complaints about this app were so insignificant, they were practically…nanoscopic. Science apps for kids run the gamut from fantastic to absolutely rubbish. The best ones, we’ve found, aren’t necessarily those that are jam-packed with facts and overflowing with information. Rather, they’re the ones that manage to convey the information in a fun and [...]

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  Doodle Tales This is a free app for doodling and creating storybooks that’s well worth a look if you’ve got kids who like to draw and paint. There are a couple of branded in-app purchases with stickers and backgrounds, but the app works perfectly well without them. iOS only. Download it here. Peter & [...]

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  Children as young as 18 months can develop reading skills with this cute app   Funimal Phonics is a simple-to-use app for parents who are looking to give their children an early start on reading skills. With the use of flashcards, the app provides both visual and audio cues to teach kids how to [...]

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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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