The iPhone Mom

Beanie Ballz Bounce

Heather Leister — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:43:17 +0000

I’m most definitely not in the target audience for the app Beanie Ballz Bounce so I turned to my kids for help with this review. Here is what my 12 year old daughter Miss E had to say about the app. ************ The game is like Doodle Jump except you’re going down instead of up [...]

KIBAKI – The war card game

Heather Leister — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:30:17 +0000

KIBAKI is a cute war card game for children. The download is free and includes an animal card pack. Additional theme packs will be available for purchase in the future. KIBAKI is played like “War” and each card has a number and animal. Players flip over a card and the player with the highest number [...]

Where are my objects?!

Nikki — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:30:10 +0000

If you are like me, you lose the same objects over and over and still can’t find a way to keep track of where you put them…So, I am sure sometimes the thought comes to mind – I need to have a way to remember where I put that thing. Where are my objects? is [...]

The Gift for iPad

Heather Leister — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:15:17 +0000

In The Gift a young boy finds a baby that has washed ashore from the ocean. The baby is perfect but the boy cannot get her to open her eyes. He turns to a group of wise, magical creatures called the Oomorels for help. They use their wisdom, magic and everything else they can think [...]

Outdoor Fun

Heather Leister — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:40:31 +0000

A speech pathologist has designed an iPad app for use as a tool by instructors working with children. Outdoor Fun comes with three scenes and each scene can be used in two different ways. The first is to have children click on the items in the scene and then watch as a simple animation unfolds. [...]

Individual Text Tones for Contacts

Heather Leister — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:30:18 +0000

My 9 year old daughter told me about an iOS 5 feature that I was totally unaware of until last week. Miss S. showed me how to set up individual text tones for my contacts.

The Blues

Heather Leister — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:30:17 +0000

The Blues is “the worlds first comic book that tells the story of blues music” and I learned a great deal about the history of the blues from this app. The story is told in comic book format and centers around a man named Otis who is explaining how he first found out about the [...]

Bilingual Child

Erin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:26:05 +0000

Bilingual Child is a new app by Tiny Factory, designed to help children ages 1 to 4 learn a new language. This app is designed to help young children learn English and Spanish. Bilingual Child is divided into three educational books: animals (comes free with app), and colors and numbers (both available with in-app purchases). [...]

TinyGenius

Nikki — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:30:21 +0000

Did you ever use flashcards to study when you were in school? I remember flashcards well, and most importantly, I recall that they were very effective teaching tools. TinyGenius is a flashcard app geared towards young children (birth through toddler) to help stimulate them and to help them learn. Including categories ranging from animals to [...]

Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Collection #1

Heather Leister — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:34:13 +0000

I’ve reviewed most of these titles individually but wanted to let you know about a new release from Oceanhouse Media. They’ve put together a collection of five classic Dr. Seuss titles into one digital book, the Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Collection #1. The app has all of the terrific Oceanhouse features including picture/word association, custom [...]