Other Featured Apps
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Ticket to Ride – great iPad implementation of the board game.
08 August 2011 5:46 PM | 1 Comment -
PathPix -app that reinforces number sense, more fun then connect the dots
11 July 2010 2:05 PM | 1 Comment -
Slice It! Puzzle app fun with flavors of fractions and percentages
10 January 2011 11:32 AM | 1 Comment -
Just Find it
20 June 2010 4:44 PM | No Comments -
Intro to Math: Math app using goodness of Montessori methods and materials on the iPad
21 July 2010 8:08 PM | No Comments
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Ticket to Ride – great iPad implementation of the board game.
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Shape Shuffle – A new dimension to Tangram puzzles
Posted on September 10, 2013 | No CommentsMany folks are familiar with tangrams, the ancient Chinese shape/shadow puzzle. They’re good, challenging fun. Shape Shuffle – A Shape Saga takes that puzzle fun to another dimension (or two?) by adding depth and color to the puzzles. One has a target pattern that needs […] -
Scribblenauts – a great creative, problem solving game
Posted on March 21, 2012 | No CommentsScribblenauts was originally introduced to us via my brother’s Nintendo DS. When we saw it out for the iPad, we jumped on it. Maxwell, the main character, often finds himself in situations where he needs help. That’s where you come in. You create objects (by […] -
Wild Chords – learn to play a real guitar with this fun app
Posted on December 6, 2011 | 2 CommentsThis is more of a guitar playing tutorial than a game. But it is the type of tutorial that shows what learning with the iPad can be. They have basically taken the Guitar Hero style gameplay, but mapped it use your own real guitar. Using […] -
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 […] -
ItzaBitza for the Mac – great for early reading comprehension
Posted on April 3, 2011 | 1 CommentWe’ve written about the great ItzaBitza line before when reviewing their app CocoaNaut. I happened to be reading up on what they’re doing lately, to get any hints about when their next iOS release would be and found out that ItzaBitza is also out on […] -
Free the Fobbles – fun little two player game
Posted on March 31, 2011 | No CommentsThis one was made by a fellow Corona developer. It is a nice, simple game, designed for two players. Kind of wish we had thought of it. Basically, one removes little logs that allow the Fobbles to fall down to the ground. First team to […] -
StackEm – great board game for two.
Posted on March 29, 2011 | 3 Comments* note – just got word that this game has been taken down due to conflict between Goblet and Stackem, I’ll keep an eye opened on this, but for now seems like the game has been removed* We’re at the point where the restaurant menus […] -
Max and the Magic Marker – All the goodness of Trace, plus some.
Posted on March 29, 2011 | No CommentsWe love Trace. It’s a great game. But at the same time, we love Harold and the Purple Crayon. Max and the Magic Marker is their child. Max has got a challenging world he needs to get through – and you’re the one to help […] -
Strip Designer – make your own comics with style.
Posted on March 27, 2011 | 1 CommentWe’ve used this app a couple of different ways. I showed it to Sal, thinking we could make comic strips, but we got distracted by the joy of putting moustaches on the photos of him. Really. It was kind of addicting. Spiders were a fun […] -
Sticker Sudoku – fun intro for kids to logic puzzles
Posted on March 18, 2011 | No CommentsWe’re excited to announce our first app! We’ve been big fans of how intuitive iOS apps are to kids and have been impressed with how quickly they are being adopted in schools. Sal’s school has gotten a set of iPads that are very popular with […]