Trick or treat?? Treat Street!

Oct 29, 09 Trick or treat?? Treat Street!

Here is a cute app just in time for Halloween: Treat Street, from Elf Farm. Play a Halloween night anytime. Pick a costume or combine different costumes into one of your own. Go by the houses on the street on Halloween night, ring the bell or knock and wait for a surprise… trick or treat! Nice graphics and music, great...

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MonsterABC, letters having fun

Oct 28, 09 MonsterABC, letters having fun

Here is a fun app to play around with letters and words. A cute monster is the center character of the app and through it kids learn letters and complete words. It works both for the pre-schooler as well for the ones who are just learning to read. A nice way to play around and learn. MonsterABC, from MediaBrand....

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Rejoinder: shake, tilt, strech!

Oct 28, 09 Rejoinder: shake, tilt, strech!

Here is a more ‘physical’ iPhone app, where kids play around with the character by moving the iPhone around. The choice of animals is fun and really well-built. Good sound effects, illustration and programming. Although I get a little afraid my 3 yo will drop the iPhone at some point because of the physical moves...

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Itsy Bitsy Spider! From Duck Duck Moose

Oct 28, 09 Itsy Bitsy Spider! From Duck Duck Moose

Here is another great app from Duck Duck Moose, the creators of “Wheels on the Bus” and “Old MacDonald“. Just as the others, this is an interactive story where kids touch parts of the scenario to see it move and react, as the song goes on. Great graphics, great music and very entertaining, specially for...

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Stolen Lunch Kid Book

Oct 17, 09 Stolen Lunch Kid Book

Here is a nicely done app that covers animals names, sounds, shapes and colors with a very clean design and a straight-forward interface. With big interactive buttons and no confusion, you get 1 information at a time as you press the shapes: animal name; sound, shape color and shape number. Previous and next buttons and a wide...

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Monkey Preschool Lunchbox

Oct 12, 09 Monkey Preschool Lunchbox

Here is a good mix of well known and effective preschool iPhone games – memory, numbers, colors, letters and fruits. This all-in-one game set has nice drawings, animations, sound and the always effective sticker prize at the end. Certainly an excellent value for the price and quality of the game. Monkey Preschool...

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Seskimo’s Crabble: more options to stand-up your iPhone

Oct 11, 09 Seskimo’s Crabble: more options to stand-up your iPhone

And for those of you who liked the iBend stand for iPhone and iPod Touch, here is another great option: Seskimo’s Crabble. Although thicker than the iBend, the Crabble seems more robust with the option to stand in landscape and portrait modes. If you don’t mind a little more volume on your...

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A little backed-up, sorry – and links for great apps

Hello everyone. I have been a little backed-up the past month but I have received a handful of interesting new apps! I’ll make sure to find some time to write reviews on those in the short term but, for now, here are the links for a few very worthy of your time and...

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