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Daily iPhone App: Posterity lets you remember the cute things your kids say

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 18th, 2012)

Parents, you know what it's like. Your child says the cutest thing and by the time you find a piece of paper to jot it down, you've forgotten half of what he or she said. Instead of rushing for a pen, you should grab your iPhone and launch Posterity. Posterity is a step up from your average ...

Scholastic releases iPad e-reader app for kids

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 9th, 2012)

According to PaidContent, Scholastic brought its catalog of children's books to the iPad. The recently updated Storia app taps into Scholastic's ebook store which boasts of over 1,000 children's titles. The titles in the bookstore are organized by grade level, reading level, age and ...

Five apps to entertain and educate your toddlers

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 4th, 2012)

One of the best toys I had for my kids was Professor Owl, a talking owl that taught them the alphabet. Sadly, Professor Owl stopped working a few years ago and we've never been able to find a good replacement. Instead of continuing to buy cheap learning toys that break, my husband and I decided to ...

MakeGo turns your iPhone into a vehicle toy

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2012)

MakeGo is quite an idea. It's an iPhone app, available for $1.99 right now, that turns the touchscreen of an iPhone (or iPod touch) into a vehicle-style toy, where you can play around and generate sounds for toys like a racecar, ice cream truck, or even a riverboat. But the genius of this one ...

Daily iPhone App: Cherish Kids saves your children's memories for a lifetime

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 14th, 2012)

Did you ever look at one your own baby photos and wonder how old you were when that photo was taken? Or perhaps, it's a grade school picture and you can't remember when you parents took you to Plimouth Plantation. If you're a parent there's no excuse for your kids to have these same questions when ...

Five apps to keep your young children entertained and educated

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 11th, 2012)

Earlier this week, I wrote a post about letting your children use an iPad. I mentioned locking it down, filling it with apps and letting them use the tablet in small increments. In a minor oversight, I didn't mention any of the apps that I put on my iPad. To make up for that mistake, I've decided ...

iPad is a nuisance for many Chinese parents

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 9th, 2012)

A report from the Beijing Evening News suggests Chinese parents are scuffling with their kids over iPads. It seems the iPad was the gift of choice for many children this past Chinese New Year, and now those youngsters are having a hard time putting their tablets aside. Exasperated parents don't ...

Daily iPhone App: Boogieman Radar

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 23rd, 2012)

Boogieman Radar is a cute iPhone app for parents whose young children are afraid of a boogieman in their closet or under their bed. For parents, it's a virtual reality app with an overlay radar that you use to scan a room for boogiemen. For small children, it's a lifesaver that'll help them fall ...

Daily iPad App: Doodlecast

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 5th, 2011)

Doodlecast is one of several Doodling applications for the iPad that targets kids from 3- to 5-years-old. What separates Doodlecast from its competition is the ability to narrate the Doodle while your child is drawing. The app has a record option that'll record the drawing as the child creates ...

Daily iPad App: Looking Glass

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 18th, 2011)

Created by Project Comet, Looking Glass is an iPad app for children that's full of short videos about how things work or how they are made. The app ships with handful of videos for you to preview and over 100 are available via a monthly subscription. The subscription costs US$3.99 a month ...

The iPad and parenting

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 2nd, 2011)

Parents with young children are often faced with a difficult decision when it comes to the iPhone and iPad. Kids love Apple's mobile devices! They are bright, colorful, responsive and easy to use. They can be used as a tool to help young children learn their colors, shapes and letters. And a ...

Daily iPad App: iBuild ABCs

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 5th, 2011)

iBuild ABCs is a children's game that helps youngsters learn their letters and improve their fine motor skills. It's designed for young children and its gameplay is appropriately simple. There are 26 letters that are exploded into three to five parts made of different building materials like ...

NPD says kids are buying more digital media than ever

by Steven Sande (Oct 4th, 2011)

If you're the parent of a child between the age of two and 14, you probably already know this; kids are spending more money on digital media than ever before. This unsurprising conclusion comes from market-research company NPD Group, which says that 21 cents out of every dollar kids spend on ...

Reading Rainbow to be rebooted for iPad

by Chris Rawson (Sep 14th, 2011)

Reading Rainbow, a TV show geared toward encouraging children to read books, aired for over 20 years on PBS before the network's financial troubles forced the show to shut down in 2006. Reading Rainbow is coming back, but in a very next-gen fashion; rather than a TV show, Reading Rainbow will now ...

Daily iPad App: PlayTime Theater

by Michael Rose (Sep 9th, 2011)

Every parent who has taken a long car trip or flight with offspring in tow knows that the difference between a pleasant journey and a stressful, tiring marathon may come down to one key factor: can you keep the kids entertained (and fed) through it? If so, everyone's happier. This task is ...