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[iTunes] “Apps For Kids”: Featured Items in iTunes This Week

Starting this morning you should see a button toward the top of your iPhone/iPod Touch App Store “New” Featured Apps section that says, “Apps for Kids”. Pictured above is a screenshot I took of the button. Apple has compiled a set of applications that they believe are great for kids. There seems to be a [...]

6 Comments by Michael on February 16, 2010

filed in Applications, Education, Featured Articles, Kids, iTunes

tagged animals, apps, firstwords, iPhone, iPod Touch, kidcalc, learning, monkey preschool lunchbox, preschool, preschool adventure, preschool arcade, preschool music, toddlers, voices, wheels on the bus

[Giveaway] 4 iPhone/iPod Touch Applications: “A “basket” of goodies for you!”

Crossposting this here…
A “basket” of goodies for you! – IEAR – I Education Apps Review for the IPhone and ITouch

“I have obtained redeem codes for a few applications, courtesy of Lima Sky, as a sign of appreciation to the members who have joined the I Education Apps Review Ning. I have put together 5 ‘baskets’ [...]

No Comments by Michael on April 9, 2009

filed in Applications, Education, Featured Articles, IEAR, Kids, News, iPhone

tagged ABC Match, alphabet, animals, AniMatch, Flags iLearn, free, IEAR, Kids, Lima Sky, redeem codes

[Apps for Toddlers] “Shape Builder”: 120 shape puzzles in your pocket

Scattered throughout our house are the wooden shape puzzles that my son has accumulated over the past 2 years. These are the wooden puzzles that have independent shapes that need matching or pieces that need to be put together to form a full image. He loves playing with these little puzzles and he also sometimes [...]

2 Comments by Michael on March 31, 2009

filed in Applications, Education, Kids, iPhone

tagged animals, Applications, Kids, letters, puzzles, shapebuilder, shapes, sounds, toddlers, touchscreen apps, vehicles

[Apps for Toddlers] Matching Games: “ABC Memory Match” and “AniMatch” from Lima Sky

When I write for edu.Mac.nation I write from various perspectives. In some posts I am “wearing” my teacher tie, in other posts I am “wearing” my daddy hat, and in the mix you can find me “carrying” my Mac backpack full of tips and tricks. In the [Apps for Toddlers] series I feel that I [...]

4 Comments by Michael on March 29, 2009

filed in Applications, Boomer, Education, IEAR, Kids, iPhone

tagged alphabet, animals, Applications, Boomer, IEAR, Kids, learning, Lima Sky, matching, review, toddlers, videos

[Apps for Toddlers] Pre-reading/writing skills: “Firstwords: Animals” and “iWriteWords”

One thing that I love about the applications available for the iPhone and iPod Touch are the multitude of learning activities available for toddlers and children getting ready to enter school. Today I would like to share two applications that I have recently purchased for my son. Both of these applications (“FirstWords: Animals” and “iWriteWords”) [...]

4 Comments by Michael on March 22, 2009

filed in Applications, Education, Kids, iPhone

tagged animals, iPhone, Kids, learning, letters, pre-reading, pre-writing, reading, review, toddler, writing