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Knoala is a free iPhone app offering thousands of simple, fun & development-boosting activities tailored for infants to preschoolers.
Bond with children over silly games that foster artistic, cognitive, emotional, motor, sensory, language skills, and more.
Since launching in October 2013, Knoala has been featured on TechCrunch, TimeTech, The Guardian and many top parenting blogs around the world.
They are ventured-backed by WI Harper, Zhen Fund, Baby Tree, AngelVest, and reputable angels.
No more lost kids! Yepzon is a technology for parents to always know their children’s whereabouts. So safe and simple to use anyone can make it family members. Designed by moms and dads for every children in the world. Love is Wireless.
A unique and highly addictive building block brainteaser. Users fit 15 distinct pieces around a center post, with the goal of completing perfect cylinders. Attempt to build a 2, 3, 4 or 5-level cylinder, each more difficult than the other. There are more than 22,000 unique solutions. Logiq Tower could very well be the most challenging 3-D puzzle on Earth.
Available online, major retailers and www.GreatCircleWorks.com
ChoreMonster is a suite of web and mobile apps that aims to make chores fun for parents and kids. Kids can earn points by completing chores that they can turn in for real life rewards like ice cream, an hour of Xbox, or even a canoe trip. Parents can enjoy a simple, hassle-free, digital system that takes the tension out of family chores. ChoreMonster is geared toward kids aged 4 to 12 with access to the internet through a computer or mobile device.
Running around with kids can be overwhelming while you’re trying not to forget anything at the same time. EYN cases can fit on most smartphones including the iPhone 4/4S, iPhone 5/5S, and the Samsung Galaxy S4 Android phone. The Eyn cases (which stands for “everything you need”) are 5” x 2 3/8 x 3/4, and services as an all-in-one storage piece for cash, credit cards, keys, and of course, your smart phone. EYN has a built-in storage compartment that also serves as protection for your smart phone as well.
Kids play games for fun, games for learning and more and more, they play games for social good. Fingerprint’s first “games for good” app, Get Water, is the story of Maya, a girl who loves going to school, but is pulled out of class often to collect clean water because the water pump is always broken. In Get Water, kids race to collect water while outwitting mischievous monkeys, dodging flying turtles, and battling pesky peacocks. Get Water hopes to propel awareness for the global water crisis and elevate related cultural issues (education, health and even gender) in a way that resonates with kids. A fun and challenging story-driven endless runner game where you learn about clean water through the adventures of Maya!
Get Water is part of the Fingerprint Network of games for learning and play. Fingerprint offers a range of features to support the whole family including:
– A Shared Family Account makes it easy for kids and parents to share a device and allows parents to track the game play and learning of multiple children under a single account.
– In-App messaging lets kids and parents to send one another fun and encouraging messages.
– A curated Game Catalog suggests new Apps based on your child’s interests and learning levels.
– Parent Controls keep In-App-Purchase behind a parent gate.
Brainzy is an early reading and math program designed for children in preschool, pre-K, Kindergarten, and first grade. The program is kidSAFE certified and offers children a worry-free online learning environment on iPads and desktop and laptop computers. Brainzy boasts over 300 fun games and learning activities, and helps kids learn the skills necessary for success in school and beyond.
The “Kids Making Healthy Choices” APP, based on and including the award-winning illustrated fictional children’s book “Making Healthy Choices – A Story to Inspire Fit, Weight-Wise Kids” is available on iTunes for iPhone and iPad. The APP is intended to foster kids’ good nutrition, fitness and overall health and impede the childhood obesity epidemic while also lessening the incidence of bullying by cultivating empathy and understanding among peers. The Kids Making Healthy Choices APP is both for children (who can access the Boys’ and Girls’ Editions of the award-winning children’s story and health-themed Fun Activity Sheets within the APP) as well as parents, caregivers, educators and pediatricians who benefit from additional tools (Story Discussion Question prompts, Healthy Kid-Friendly Recipes, Free Online/Interactive Tools and Resources, Research and News links). NOT just for obese/overweight children, this APP helps educate and motivate all children to live a healthy lifestyle…one choice at a time.
History channel brings the past to television viewers with documentaries and interesting programs. Now they have developed Planet H, which takes kids into an animated world to discover the past in a new and fun way.
The first products from Planet H are a series of games for mobile devices.
Empire Run is a game in which kids race through several of the world’s great empires in this fast paced side-scrolling adventure! Kids collect coins, avoid artifacts, defeat enemies, and race their way through ancient empires. They take on the role of a local high school track star when he falls asleep cramming for a history test. Now, trapped in the dream world of history, he must use his quick reflexes to sprint across, over, and under obstacles in dynamic courses from five empires.
The eras involved in Empire Run are:
Frontier Heroesis the second app from Planet H. Kids compete in mini-games throughout eras of American history. In Frontier Heroes kids test their skills and reflexes as they work their way through an illustrated version of American history, from pre-Colonial days through the California Gold Rush. They must complete era-specific challenges to unlock more exciting adventures, and collect “Did You Know?” coins to learn mind-blowing facts about the USA.
The eras involved in Frontier Heroes are:
These apps are now available for $2.99 each on iOS®, Android™ and Kindle Fire platforms. A third game in this series will follow later this year, with additional releases in 2015.
These are fun ways for kids to actually explore history in a new and interesting way.
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Babies now have an app that interacts with the television on U-Verse via an iPhone or iPad. Before you stop reading this review because you don’t have U-Verse in your house, wait. The app is just as fun without a connection to the TV.
Did you know 97% of American babies under age 3 views TV regularly? The caliber of shows dedicated to young viewers has greatly improved since my time.
The BabyFirst channel is a fun place for babies to learn and begin understanding the little things in life. Music, colors, animals, drawings and other fun objects entertain young minds… very young minds. However (on a personal note) I admit to turning on the channel late at night to unwind and relax with the soothing music and interesting visuals before going to sleep!
There are several apps from BabyFirst, however this new one is designed specifically to interact with AT&T’s U-verse system. With a touch of a button, babies (and parents) can see their activities on the TV screen, while working with them on their iPhone or iPad. How cool is that?
BabyFirst is a baby-focused media company dedicated solely to delivering content for babies and their parents/caregivers. The app lets babies play with colors, shapes, and animals and by doing so it develops hand-eye coordination.
Watch the video to see what this app can do.
Again, if you don’t have the U-verse system in your house, this free app is still a good one. You won’t be able to put your activities on the TV, but there are some great things for babies to do, including working with colors and shapes.
If you have DISH, BabyFirst is available on channel 823.
The AT&T BabyFirst’s U-verse App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone and iPad or at www.AppStore.com.
For more information go to their website at www.babyfirsttv.com.
About the Author
Francine Brokaw has been covering all aspects of the entertainment business for 20 years. She also writes about technology and has been a travel writer for the past 12 years. She has been published in national and international newspapers and magazines as well as internet websites. She has written her own book, Beyond the Red Carpet The World of Entertainment Journalists, from Sourced Media Books.
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