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  • Puppet Pals – Fun iPad app for your kids to create their own puppet shows

    This is a great way to develop story telling and encourage creativity by creating your own puppet shows.  You can download the base set which includes a few puppets and a western scene stage to get started.  This was enough to sell us on this app and […]

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  • Perfect Balance Harmony – a fun way to introduce some laws of physics

    A game with subtle physics lessons that will delight your child for years to come.  When they’re in college, they’ll look back on their days of playing Perfect Balance Harmony and give it credit for all their A’s in the hard sciences.  Well, maybe it […]

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  • tChess lite – free chess game

    I’ve mentioned that our little guy is into chess and though Animal Chess is better suited for him now, I figured it couldn’t hurt to explore a chess game or two.  The Game Table app is great for recreating the real world issues of chess, […]

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  • Animal Chess – great transition to strategic board games

    Animal chess is a traditional Chinese board game.  As far as rules go, it’s between checkers and chess in complexity.  Our son has been interested in playing chess, but he doesn’t really comprehend all the rules yet.  We’ve found Animal Chess to be a great […]

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  • Game Table (iPad) – realistic board games with freestyle play

    Game applications with sophisticated AIs are great if you want to challenge yourself.  But not so good when you’re learning the ropes, which is what makes this app so wonderful.  There’s no game logic! At first, you might be turned off by this, thinking the […]

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  • Trace – creative problem solving game

    This is one of those wonderfully simple apps that keeps you coming back.  It’s not complicated visually, but the essence of the game is very rich.  You need to move your little stick figure across the screen, avoiding various dangers along the way, to the […]

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