‘Education’ Archives
Star Walk
Star Walk is your personal planetarium that can answer all of your curiosities about the sky! For anyone who is interested in stargazing, amateurs or professionals Star Walk makes discovering more than 9,000 stars, planets, constellations, and messier objects as beautiful and easy as it has never been before! Use the Star Spotter function to [...]
Ladybug’s Bookshelf
Today I'm devoting my reviews to kids. Ladybug's Bookshelf is a collection of stories from the publisher of Ladybug and Cricket magazines. It's free and will keep the kids in your life busy for hours. So much for 2-6 year-olds to explore! Ladybug’s Bookshelf features beautifully illustrated, cleverly animated read-along stories with [...]
iStart Spanish! (Full Beginner Course)
For the student taking Spanish as a second language, or for anyone who wants to learn the language, i Start Spanish is the app you should consider. For the price of $2.99 you start as a beginner and proceed to being a decent conversationalist. iStart Spanish! is the only tutor-based Spanish language app on the App Store. Learn Spanish [...]
Build A Word
Build A Word uses letter recognition to teach children to build simple words. You shake the app, and then drag the floating letter that matches. A new letter appears. Keep doing that, and a word is made: dog, duck, pig, ant, sheep (my personal favorite), and more. Shake again, and the animal interacts with the child, saying its name, [...]
Kids Paint Plus
Kids Paint Plus is guaranteed to keep your little tyke busy on a rainy day or long car ride. Help your little one learn about shapes and colors in a fun way. Kids Paint Plus teaches children about circles, squares, triangles and more as they create colorful pictures with their fingers. This app has been specially designed for youngsters. It’s [...]
iSign 3D Stereo
So if you have a pair of 3D glasses around, iSign 3D Stereo actually teaches the ASL alphabet while allowing you to get a full view of the hand. If you don't have the glasses, try American Sign Language Alphabet Game Lite or American Sign Language Alphabet Game for $2.99. Introducing an innovative application for learning the [...]
Back to School Apps
Time flies, the summer will be over in a few weeks and school is just around the corner. Depending on your point of view, that is a good or bad thing. I have complied a few apps that might help your child (or children) with homework. K12 Timed Reading Practice Cost: $1.99 250 short stories to help improve reading. Periodic Table of the [...]
Pocket Zoo with Live Animal Cams
Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo. I do believe it, I do believe it's true. Ok, with my apologies to Simon & Garfunkel, this is the first thing that came to mind when I saw this app. I loved the days when my children were younger and regular visits to the zoo were a big part of our life. We kept a family membership just so we [...]
Experimenter
While not exactly a science app, Experimenter can teach you how to do all those fun science-guy kind of experiments safely at home. I think if you are ever stuck with kids saying, "I'm bored!" and you're looking for something fun but sort of educational to do, this is a great app. They give you a list of ingredients, and step-by-step [...]
Alphabet Photo Machine
I was asked to test out this app by a friend who knows I am a nanny with young children in her charge. So I downloaded it and handed my phone to Andrew, my 2 year old charge to see what he would make of it. Originally this app didn't work due to being incompatible with iOS 4. However as soon as the developers knew this, they put out an update [...]
