So now that I have an iPad, I love trying new apps for my boy. I'm not as possessive about the iPad as I am about my phone (especially since I bought a military-grade-explosion-surviving-iPad-case), and I'm happy to find any iPad app that doesn't involve my boy running away from killer monkeys (because only I'm allowed to play Temple Run).
One place I find apps is
Smart Apps For Kids. I've signed up for email updates from them, and I get alerts when cool kids' apps become free (iPhone and iPad), or when the site has a cool giveaway (like a recent iPad giveaway, because only losers have a single iPad).
Also, while I'm here, I received from the PBS people free codes for a few PBS iPad apps to review, and my favorite is the new Sid the Science Kid app ("Read & Play").
The app includes coloring books, spot the differences, read-along stories, sing-along videos, jokes, sticker books, and more. And this time, Susie the teacher is a part of the app! Hello, Susie!
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| Home Screen |
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| Sing Along |
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| Read Along |
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| How? HOW??? |
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| Coloring Book |
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| Hi Susie |
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| I got carried away. |
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| You pick stickers from the bottom and drag them to the picture. You can make them bigger or smaller too. |
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| And then you can save your masterpiece to your photo album |
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| Spot the Differences |
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| In the left picture, Susie is not wearing her belt. |
Right now, the Sid the Science Kid app costs $2.99 on iPhone and iPod Touch, and $3.99 on iPad. Like I said, I got a free one to review.
How does your kid like Sid the science kid? My don loves the PBS Kids app, but that's just streaming TV shows. I need to get him more interested in learning games.
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You mean how much he likes the show? Well, it's not on Netflix, and even though the PBS Kids app is cool, it's not as immediate as turning the Roku on and watching the show by himself. If he watches it, it's only at other people's houses. When he watches it, he likes it, because he loves learning new things, especially if he knows a little bit about them already.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't say this app is great for the learning-things part of the show, because it's mostly just about having fun with the characters, although it includes the two story books that are educational.
There's a different app I saw on iPhone (before I had the iPad), which was more about the educational stuff. I wrote about it here
This sounds interesting. You should also check out www.p2games.co.uk, they have so many great apps for kids!
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