Other Featured Apps
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Violet – what our child is reading this week.
31 July 2010 11:09 PM | 3 Comments -
Super 7 – Flight Control fun with a math drilling aspect to it.
17 April 2011 11:28 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 -
Drawing Pad – art app for kids
22 June 2010 12:56 AM | 2 Comments -
StackEm – great board game for two.
29 March 2011 11:21 PM | 3 Comments
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age 7+ Archive
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Stack the States – fun way to learn the states and capitals
Posted on January 14, 2011 | 2 CommentsThis app surprised me on how much staying power and interest it has gotten from Sal, and how many capitals I need to relearn. The game is pretty straight forward, answer the question right and you get to let your state drop down to a […] -
Word Warrior – Fun Spelling App
Posted on January 5, 2011 | No CommentsAs the lil guy progresses in Kindergarten they do a surprising amount of writing in his class. Sal’s a strong reader, but we’re working on improving the mechanics of writing and some spelling. This game was a quick favorite for Sal and seemed to have […] -
Genikids Orchestra – fun little music box.
Posted on September 16, 2010 | 1 CommentOne of the little dude’s favorite toys as an infant was the Mozart Music Cube. Each side of the cube was an instrument and as you turned each side on, that instrument would start to play its portion of the song. You can have the […] -
Pearl Diver – math app that actually makes number line practice exciting
Posted on July 22, 2010 | 1 CommentThis gem (or pearl) was found over at love2learn2day’s blog (a gem of a site for folks looking for math inspiration of all kinds – balancing concepts with skill practice, an impressive math book list, math games galore and more 🙂 ). Besides finding out […] -
Lemonade Tycoon – app for the older kid to stretch their business skills
Posted on July 21, 2010 | No CommentsAs promised (but a bit late) here is the review for the second app we tried for lemonade stand. We had bought 3 different versions, I reviewed the Maverick version which was a good translation of the original game adopted for an iOS device and […] -
BrainPOP – Free educational and fun short clips with quizzes
Posted on July 15, 2010 | No CommentsThis was my first introduction to BrainPOP, and viewing the robot character, I knew that it would be popular with Sal. Talking to some mommy friends I found out they have a more extensive website with an array of educational clips that you can subscribe […] -
Crazy Machines – updated version of mousetrap
Posted on July 1, 2010 | 4 CommentsThere is an episode of Blue’s Clues about “Contraptions” and the little guy loved it. Loved the ideas, loved struggling to say the word ‘contraption’, loved trying to think up his own simple contraptions. That made me thing of the board game “Mousetrap” which I […]
