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Bartleby’s Book of Buttons – a fun interactive book.
Posted on August 10, 2011 | No CommentsBartleby’s Book of Buttons is exactly that – a book of buttons and knobs and switches. Each of the buttons interacts with the page somehow, making this a storybook that really couldn’t be done without the iPad. Bartleby, the main character, goes on an adventure... -
Ticket to Ride – great iPad implementation of the board game.
Posted on August 8, 2011 | 1 CommentI have a few board game enthusiasts at work and they were recommending some board games to play with Sal. At first, I wasn’t into the idea behind Ticket to Ride, but when I was talking to another parent about games with choice versus games... -
Battleship; new school vs. old school.
Posted on August 6, 2011 | No CommentsSo we all think it is ridiculous that they are making a movie out of the game Battleship right? But I guess if it worked for the Transformers, it should work with Battleship. Anyway, suppose you’re completely disheartened by Hasbro’s sell-out and want to relive... -
ItzaBitza on the Mac now even more affordable
Posted on July 31, 2011 | No CommentsOur favorite application on the Mac is only 11.99 now. Grab it. Even easier to love now. -
Super 7 – Flight Control fun with a math drilling aspect to it.
Posted on April 17, 2011 | No CommentsSal busted me on this one, but I had the last laugh. When I called him over to show him a new game, he yelled back “Is it going to be a fun one or one that tries to teach me math?” Guess he’s had... -
10 Free Math apps – April 13 – 16 – from McGraw Hill
Posted on April 14, 2011 | No CommentsI was excited to see this special promotion – McGraw Hill in celebration of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. They are usually $1.99 so its a great deal – 10 math apps. I am looking forward to trying these out! I especially love... -
StickerSudoku 1.1 – new version – track scores and more
Posted on April 13, 2011 | 1 CommentJust a quick shout out – we have a new version of StickerSudoku out! Some of the new features were taken from suggestions from friends and comments in the reviews in iTunes. Whats new: - We’ve added a leaderboard within the game, since we found... -
We Theives – Cute problem solver, though maybe a little dark.
Posted on April 8, 2011 | No CommentsThese guys are cute, no doubt about it. But the story line is a little strange, with them stealing treasures. Them stealing treasures without the ability to move on their own even – they need to be pushed and prodded through physics (gravity, levers, explosions)... -
What was I scared of – an easy to digest Dr. Seuss story
Posted on April 6, 2011 | 1 CommentOur son’s kindergarten class had a Dr. Seuss birthday celebration and his homework was to talk about his favorite book. He said he didn’t like Dr. Seuss at all. I thought it’d be interesting if he would write his summary up in the green eggs... -
Solitaire Chess – if chess and the peg puzzle had a baby
Posted on April 6, 2011 | No CommentsThe kind folks at ThinkFun let me know about this one after they saw how much we enjoyed RushHour. They were very sweet and provided a promo code so that we could try this one out too. Basically this is the peg game – but...












