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Early Ears app aims to detect hearing loss in children
Hearing loss among children is a serious affair, whether temporary or permanent, because of its possible impact on their speech and language development. The key is diagnosis as early as possible. A...
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Math Machine iPad app has got your kids’ numbers
The best maths apps for kids are often the simplest ones, reducing complexity as much as possible to enable children to concentrate on the core sum-busting skills. Math Machine falls into this...
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Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra strikes up an iPad tune
Composer Benjamin Britten wrote his Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra as a way in to classical music for children, introducing each instrument group in turn, as part of an educational documentary....
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Monsta Points is an iPad reward chart app for kids
A true story: this weekend, my six year-old bought ME some ‘motivation stickers’ to encourage me to behave well. I ended Saturday plastered with stickers praising my good reading, great maths and good...
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Chicken Little gets redrawn for iOS by Charles Peattie
Charles Peattie is the cartoonist who co-created the Alex cartoon strip, and made the marvellous Animals Alphabet and Mix n Match – Farm Animals apps. Now he’s tackling a famous story: Chicken Little....
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20 best iPhone and iPad apps for kids from June 2013
Another month down, so time for another roundup of the best apps for children on iPhone and iPad – this time cherry-picked from apps that we wrote about in June. This time round, famous characters...
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Little Zebra Shopper app turns iPad into a barcode-scanning cash register for...
Little Zebra Shopper is an iPad app for children who want to play shopkeeper, which is something we’ve seen before in Toca Boca’s Toca Store app. But this new release has a twist. Described as “the...
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Turn shapes into insects with Sago Mini Bug Builder app
Sago Sago’s lovely Sago Mini Forest Flyer app kept my four year-old cheerful through a half-hour wait in the doctor’s surgery this morning, so as far as I’m concerned, they’re miracle workers. Now...
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Math Arrow: Kyle Counts app goes live for iPad
The world of children’s apps is a varied place, but it’s not often we see a former White House adviser and winner of Harvard’s annual teaching prize in economics chancing their arm. Todd Buchholz is...
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Cartoonitos and the Beanstalk app review (iPhone / iPad)
Cartoonito is one of the more popular pre-school TV channels alongside the likes of CBeebies and Nick Jr. Now there’s an official Cartoonito app, released for iPhone and iPad here in the UK earlier...
View ArticleStrawberry Shortcake makes Berry Best Friends with iOS and Android
As a 35 year-old man with two young sons, I am woefully un-up-to-speed on the life and times of Strawberry Shortcake, although I do recognise the name. And I also know that she's the star of a new app....
View ArticlePlay-Doh gets (virtually) squishy with a Create ABCs app
Ah, Play-Doh. When our kids got their first tubs, the smell of it brought back happy childhood memories for us. And now even that most tactile of playthings is going digital, with a new app. It's...
View ArticleGomma Friends app gets kids creating in the real world too
We're always happy to see apps that try to spark physical play as well as digital play. Gomma Friends is the latest creative example. Released for iPad and Android tablets by a company called Gomma...
View ArticleMath Elements for iPad is a clever new take on maths apps
In our experience, the best maths apps are the ones that go beyond pure sums to capture children's attention. Math Elements certainly looks like one of those. Developed by Finnish company Skillpixels,...
View ArticleCogito takes you on a beautiful book-app journey
Cogito is the latest children's storybook-app that jumped out at us from our pile of App Store new releases with its lush illustrations. Released by Irish publisher An tSnáthaid Mhór, it's the tale of...
View ArticleMr Shingu’s Paper Zoo is a delightful digital-origami treat
Origami: Marvellous to look at when someone's done it well, but frustrating if your clumsy thumbs are much better at making screwed-up paper balls than carefully-crafted swans. Mr Shingu's Paper Zoo...
View ArticleToca Builders tutorial videos will teach your kids to craft
We were hugely impressed by Toca Builders last week. Developer Toca Boca's latest app is a creative treat for children, helping them build their own blocky buildings in a virtual world. What if your...
View ArticleGro Recycling is a rubbish app for kids (in a good way)
We like the idea of Swedish company Gro Play, which makes "eco-educational toys, games and apps". And we liked their Gro Memo and Gro Book apps, which blended entertainment with environmental messages....
View ArticleMeet the Insects: Water & Grass Edition crawls onto iPad
"Don't squash it!" The cry that rings out several times a day when you have children of a certain age discovering the wonderful world of bugs. And being a bit over-touchy-feely. It's far safer (for the...
View ArticleJustin Fletcher’s Lettersounds app gets wordy on iOS
CBeebies star Justin Fletcher's first app, Justin's World - Goldilocks and the Three Bears, came out earlier this year. And very impressive it was too. Now he's released a second app. It's called...
View ArticleWaking up? There’s a Disney alarm-clock app for that…
Our children are from the "run in at 6am and use daddy as a trampoline" school of morning awakenings, but we're still hoping they'll discover and adopt the concept of 'lie-ins' one day. If and when...
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