Four Amazing, Educational Apps for Older Kids
My eight-year-old son and I have spent the last few months trying out several apps aimed at older children. Here we share four he has enjoyed.
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Tag: iOS
Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘Beasts of Balance: Battles’
‘Beasts of Balance: Battles’ is the first full expansion for the unique, app-enabled board game ‘Beasts of Balance’ and introduces competitive play.
Continue ReadingGeek Kids Review: ‘Toca Life: Hospital’ and They Think It’s Pretty Great
Toca Boca’s newest app introduces kids to the hospital environment. It’s pretty great. But don’t make my word for it…
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PAX Aust Game Review: Mallow Drops
Mallow Drops is a light and fluffy puzzle game, and depending on your tenacity it’s either an engrossing time-sucker or a sweet little keeper.
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Can the Amazon Dash Button Change Your Household Forever?
Patricia’s still figuring out whether the Amazon Dash is as life changing as Amazon wants everyone to think…
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Late to the Game: ‘Elder Sign’
Elder Sign is a cooperative dice-rolling game based on the Cthulhu Mythos in which you and your fellow players work together as a team of researchers investigating a museum, attempting to prevent the rise of an Ancient One.
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Tinybop’s ‘Simple Machines’ App Will Stretch Your Imagination!
Tinybop hits the mark on combining fun, education, and art all in one app!
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Family Sharing – A Fantastic new iOS 8 Feature!
Setting up an Apple ID for your child is a breeze with the new iOS 8 Family Sharing setting!
Continue ReadingApp Review: Adventure Time: Card Wars for iOS and Android
GeekMom Patricia reviews the latest Adventure Time app for iOS and Android devices.
Continue ReadingTransport Tycoon Pulls Into Your Mobile Device
Transport Tycoon is a classic, originally released in 1994. The game allows players to build up a transport empire, beginning in the 1900s and progressing through time to the modern day.
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Hip-Hip-Hooray for Peppa Pig’s Sports Day
Designed for iOS and Android devices, this super-cute app can entertain with six different activities.
Continue ReadingJazzy World Tour Shows Kids Music and Culture From Around the World
The cute cartoon cats who learned about jazz instruments by visiting a big band in New York City are back and taking a Jazzy World Tour.
Continue ReadingWombi Monsters Teach Letters, Numbers, & Shapes to Pre-Schoolers
Last year my son started at our local pre-school and ever since his appetite for knowledge has simply grown and grown. Every day he points out letters, number, and shapes around our home or on the street and asks what they are. He’s even asked for phonics books as his bedtime story. It’s something I want to encourage and so when Wombi released a new series of three Monster apps that teach letters, shapes, and numbers I was eager to see what he would make of them.
Continue ReadingMagisto Might Really Be the Instagram of Video
Instagram is Instagram because it’s simple, slightly cheesy, and easy to share. Magisto is pretty much that – only with video.
Continue ReadingReview: Griffin Beacon Universal Remote for iOS or Android
The Griffin Beacon combined with the Dijit app make it easy to turn your phone or tablet into a universal remote.
Continue ReadingWelcome Back Reading Rainbow, We Missed You!
When I was in school, Reading Rainbow was one of my favorite TV shows. The signature theme song would get stuck in my head for most of the day after watching whichever episode my teacher put on for us. Levar Burton felt like a friend I had met in the library and I looked forward to the books he would use in each episode. The thing I really liked about Levar was how excited and eager he was to read each book. I feel like his enthusiasm to read rubbed of on me a little bit.
Continue ReadingFather’s Day Gifts with Ulterior Motives: iGrill
On Mother’s Day, they tend to advertise a lot of things like vacuums and ironing boards. I think that’s a little mean. It’s like giving someone a gift that says, “Clean my house!” I’ll admit that I’m occasionally guilty of doing this for Father’s Day, although my gifts usually say “Cook for me!” He likes cooking, and I like eating, so I refuse to feel guilty about it. This year, I received a review model of the iDevices iGrill, and I wanted to see if it qualifies as good gift encouragement for tasty smoked meats.
Continue ReadingReview: Tango Chase Arcade-Style iOS Game
Tango Chase, Image: Herotainment You may already be familiar with Herotopia, the online game that lets kids create their very own superhero and fight bullies in a kid-safe virtual world. The creators have branched out with their first iOS game for iPad and iPhone based around one of the game’s popular sidekicks, Tango the orangutan. Tango Chase is a bit like a […]
Continue ReadingDisney’s “It’s a Small World” Interactive iOS App
Anybody who knows me personally will know that I am an enormous Disney geek. Interestingly, for me it is not so much about the films as it is the theme parks. There are paintings all over our house of the parks, I have a collection of plates and collectables and several boards full of trading […]
Continue ReadingGet Mobile this Thanksgiving With the First-Ever Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade® Official Mobile App
Usually the only enhancement I get for my viewing of the Macy’s parade, is that we are at my in-laws house and their television is twice the size of ours. That and the Blueberry Buckle my mother in law makes every year. This year I shall be swiping my husband’s iPhone and settling in with […]
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