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Your children are just days into their two-month-plus summer vacation and they’re probably already bored. But don’t fret, you won’t have to entertain them all on your own. There are loads of resources out there to guarantee a fun but productive break. The chore is seeking them out and putting ... Full Article »
Though I successfully smuggled my iPad into the house on launch day and had all the fun to myself, it wasn’t long before I was forced to share with my children and my nieces and nephews, and before I knew it, I’d discovered a whole new world of uses. Every parent wh ... Full Article »
Story Patch is cleverly designed, with the specific goal of helping kids grow by creating a fun and educational book they can assemble by themselves or with the help of their parents. A large open book is shown in a patch of grass with six entry points: Create a Story, Edit a Story, Share a Story, R ... Full Article »
Preschool Adventure is a package of six colorful interactive games that take full advantage of the multimedia capabilities on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Upon launching, the program gives your child a choice of six games based on the concepts of colors, numbers, shapes, body, matching and sounds. Eac ... Full Article »
Ben 10 Science Friction — Kids' Book ($1.99) is a science fiction cartoon e-book that immerses the young reader in beautiful graphics and professional narration. There are many other e-book apps out there by the same developer, but this particular story is a fun adventure that any young person wil ... Full Article »
On its surface, a Karate Kid iPhone game tie-in for the remake of the classic 80s movie makes perfect sense. The Karate Kid has to perform all sorts of app-friendly tasks in order to hone his karate craft. Surely, some of those would translate well into mini-iPhone games? Well ... not exactly The&n ... Full Article »
Lorraine Akemann is Editor at Moms With Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families. Moms With Apps was invited to attend a two-day session in Washington DC by the Association for Competitive Technology to discuss issues regarding p ... Full Article »
It happens all too often in Appville: Someone concocts a fabulous idea, but fails to realize its potential in a way that helps the user beyond something you could execute with a pad and pen. Such is the case with Kid Behavior (99 cents), an app that takes a fabulous idea and fails to run with it. T ... Full Article »
I started reading magazines when I was a kid (thanks, Highlights!) so it was only a matter of time before a developer tackled an iPad magazine for kids. The first to do so is Italy-based Timbuktu, which hit the App Store earlier this month. The inaugural Timbuktu is "The Ice Issue," and offers educ ... Full Article »
Kinectimals is part of Microsoft’s attack on the App Store, a port for iOS of the Xbox 360 Kinect game. Speculation abounds as to why Microsoft is entering the iOS market so aggressively, but if your household has Apple devices and little people, this one is worth checking out. If your kids alread ... Full Article »
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