Build a word with WordWorld’s app!
Posted on September 2nd, 2010 under Education, iPhone, iPod Touch
Children from all over who watch TV had probably already seen and liked Word World, the show. For those who like the show and for the ones who don’t know it yet, Build a Word app is a world of fun. Very simple, very straight-forward, build words little by little by dragging the letters in to the shapes forming the name of animals and watch the them come to live. Ideal to children starting to learn how to read.
Build a Word by Word World. iPhone version 99¢
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Loading ...ABC Wildlife
Posted on August 22nd, 2010 under Education, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
Another great app for the first steps in the alphabet, is ABC Wildlife. This cute app has over 80 animals along with pictures and small movie clips of the actual animals. It has an interesting navigation proposition where you start from the alphabet but any other letter in the animals’ name is interactive and will let you explore other letters and animals names. Gracefuly produced, comes with versions for the iPad and iPhone/iPod Touch.
ABC Wildlife, by Peapod Labs. $2.99 (iPad), $1.99 (iPhone)
(4.50 out of 5. 2 votes) Loading ...Interactive Alphabet for iPad, ABC Flash Cards
Here is a nice application for introducing the alphabet for the little ones. Interactive Alphabet for iPad features the whole alphabet with example words and interactivity for each letter. With nice calm music and voice, is certainly a good addition for introducing letters to toddlers.
Interactive Alphabet for iPad, ABC Flash Cards, by Piikea St. $2.99 (iPad)
(4.00 out of 5. 2 votes) Loading ...Lola’s Alphabet Train, gets you training words
Posted on August 14th, 2010 under Education, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
For the ones interested in using the iPad and iPhone for helping kids learn how to spell, Lola’s Alphabet Train is a step up from the basic spelling apps like First Words and others. Built along with the Panda character named Lola (check the developer’s site for other Lola apps) and setup like a train voyage, this app comes with elaborated spelling exercises for kids who already are making their first steps in spelling and recognizing words.
The app might be a little complicated for the little kids to be handled alone and the company of an adult or older children can be a good idea to help through the menus and options. But overall it’s a great app to help on reading. It comes with 4 languages to choose from: English; Spanish; French and German.
Lola’s Alphabet Train, by Beiz. $2.99 (iPad) / $1.99 (iPhone/iPod Touch)
(5.00 out of 5. 3 votes) Loading ...Baa Baa Black Sheep, perfect interactive puzzle
Posted on August 7th, 2010 under Entertainment, iPhone, iPod Touch
Duck Duck Moose is one of the best companies developing apps for little kids out there. By the time this was posted they had already published 5 amazing apps: BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP, FISH SCHOOL, ITSY BITSY SPIDER, OLD MACDONALD, WHEELS ON THE BUS. All extremely well produced with great music, interaction and illustrations
Baa Baa Black Sheep is their latest app release and it is a great all-in-one app. It is an interactive discovery puzzle game where kids have to go around looking for specific objects to match the required shapes. While they look for the objects, they get to browse through different scenarios and interact with the characters on the scenes while learning numbers, manners and listening to good music. At this point the app was out only for the iPhone / iPod Touch, but it also looked great doubled on the iPad.
Baa Baa Black Sheep, by Duck Duck Moose. $1.99 (iPhone / iPod Touch)
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(5.00 out of 5. 1 votes) Loading ...SpinArt Studio’s spinning adds a great twist to drawing apps
Posted on August 6th, 2010 under Entertainment, iPad
It could be another well done drawing app but SpinArt Studio has a simple but great feature: it spins the canvas while you draw and that adds a whole new dimension to creating digital art on the iPad. Choose from different canvas, brush types and colors, turn on the spinning feature and let your imagination go free to create beautiful compositions! After you’re done, save or share it. Who knows, maybe print and hang it? 
SpinArt Studio, by Brian Smith. $3.99 (iPad)
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(4.00 out of 5. 2 votes) Loading ...LetsTans, let your kid exercise the brain!
Posted on August 5th, 2010 under Games, iPhone, iPod Touch
LetsTans at first seemed to me too complicated for my 4 yo son. This is not a simple app, or doesn’t even seem to be kid oriented, but my son not only managed his way though the menus but also mastered a great part of the Tangram puzzles. And he loves it, as he little by little is beginning to leave behing the ‘little kids’ apps and looking for more challenging tasks. And this is certainly a great step further.
LetsTans DELUXE comes with:
• 1250 hand-crafted puzzles.
• 10 modes from easiest to hardest.
• 7 different skins in Classic+ mode.
• 50 colors in Junior and Silhouette modes.
• Time counter with pause option.
LetsTans DELUXE, by Grabarchuk Puzzles. $2.99 (iPhone / iPod Touch version)
(3.67 out of 5. 3 votes) Loading ...The ‘Elly the Reindeer’ books series
Posted on August 5th, 2010 under Books, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
UPDATED: There are 2 new titles out and iPad versions of the Elly the Reindeer stories series!
Meet Elly the Reindeer. A cute little book character with 3 5 apps already out that are just adorable. Elly and friends like ‘Aapo’, ‘Fin’ and ‘Snowy Owl’ go on delightful adventures in ‘The Birthday Party’, ‘Elly Goes to School’ and ‘The Windy Day’ and two more.
The apps have clean and beautifully structured illustrations, that make excellent use of colors and proportions, really helping on our kids’ visual education. Stories are simple and fun, the ones that kids ask us to read over and over.
Although these are straight-forward books, with no voice, sound of interaction, the stories and illustrations are so nice they are worth having on board of our touch devices.
(4.67 out of 5. 3 votes) Loading ...Confetti, sensorial drawing app
Posted on July 31st, 2010 under Entertainment, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
Confetti is an incredible drawing app with which you can’t actually draw, but you get loads of fun with the sensorial experience. Adjust the settings to change the touch feedback and see how the app reacts when you play with it, mixing and shaking beautiful patters out of your interaction. Something that will enchant from grown ups like us to the very little ones like Ellie, developer’s Alex Wiltschko niece. Watch her playing in the video bellow and you will get a great sense of the app.
Confetti, by Alex Wiltschk0. 99¢ (iPhone / iPad version)
(4.00 out of 5. 2 votes) Loading ...Connect the dots for tots!
Posted on July 31st, 2010 under Education, Games, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
Connecting the dots games are among my favorite games when I was a kid (still love it). I just loved finding out what was hidden on the pages as I followed the numbers with my pen.
‘Dots for tots’ is a version of that activity thought and simplified for toddlers and pre-schoolers and added with interactivity that only an iApp can offer. Choose from different themes and simply connect the dots to unveil the figures. Kids exercise memorizing the sequence of numbers as they learn letter, shapes, animals, etc.
The app comes with 4 sets of figures (letters, numbers, shapes, animals) and you can buy extras (dinosaurs, cars, girls)
Dots for Tots, by SID On. 99¢ (iPad and iPhone / iPod touch versions). Extras sets of figures for 99¢.
Watch the video demo:
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