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If you've ever played the board game "Guess Who" then you know how this game works -- except this version is way better. FIrst of all, it features photos (not caricature cartoon drawings)…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… each person's self-identified race along with tips about how to talk about race with your children and with other people. Each … read the quote each person gave in response to a question about race or identity. These responses are unique and …
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It's not an app, but it's an excellent digital media resource and you should know about it. I discovered this podcast after it won the Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award from ALA and my…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… an excellent digital media resource and you should know about it. I discovered this podcast after it won the … I normally wouldn't be excited to listen to a kids podcast about social-emotional learning, these guys have spun … music--stuff you'd hear on the radio) and just enough talk about emotions that we keep wanting to come back and listen …
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An app perfect for kids who love non-fiction books about nature!
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… An app perfect for kids who love non-fiction books about nature! In this app, you control a little mouse who … plants, insects and animals in the area. To learn more about these other living things, drag the magnifying glass … side of the screen to the thing you’d like to learn more about and a screen will pop up with some brief factual …
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A series of photos accompanied by text (nicely read by a child narrator and sprinkled with words from the local language) explore a day in the life of a child from one of five different countries.…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… one of five different countries. After your child hears about a day in the life of one of the featured kids, they are asked questions about their life (in the same featured child's voice) and can record their answers. A great way to learn about similarities and differences between your child's …
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A very simple, but extremely charming app for younger players. This app follows young Hupsi (a young woodland creature -- not sure exactly what kind of animal he is) as he takes a little jog through…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… when Hupsi returns to his home where he tells his parents about the things he saw on his run. There’s no stressful time … At the end of the app, when Hupsi is telling his parents about the things he saw (through drawings in speech bubbles), take the opportunity to talk with your child about each of Hupsi’s memories (“do you remember that …
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This app is packed with information about the foods we eat!
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… This app is packed with information about the foods we eat! From details about how our food is grown to lessons about nutrition to interactive components that allow users to …
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If you've been following my reviews for any amount of time, you know that I'm a big fan of the Sago Mini apps because they feature open-ended play and are perfectly suited to younger users but still…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… but I am pleasantly surprised. Instead of being all about teaching discrete skills with only one right answer, … picture that kids can understand or at least be curious about). Activity areas might include super short videos about a related topic (different each time you scroll past!) …
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A news app specifically designed for kids. Each day, 5 new articles are posted with topics ranging from human interest (it's right before Halloween as I'm writing this review and today's top…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… as I'm writing this review and today's top story is about a candy maker) to world news (there's also an article about the presidential election in Argentina). When you … word game similar to "hangman" or answer trivia questions about events that happened on this date in history. Kids can …
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Learn all about ramps with PEEP and the Big Wide World. This app introduces 8 mini-lessons about ramps using video from the television show PEEP and the Big Wide World.
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… Learn all about ramps with PEEP and the Big Wide World. This app introduces 8 mini-lessons about ramps using video from the television show PEEP and the … video is done, there are some discussion questions to talk about together and then a hands-on activity where kids can …
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The Toca Life series tackles the sometimes difficult topic of hospitals in this very well-made app. As in all Toca Life apps, it’s all about open-ended play.
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… very well-made app. As in all Toca Life apps, it’s all about open-ended play. There’s a location (the hospital, … Toca Life is brave enough to even allow space for talking about death and dying by including two different quiet spaces … side-by-side with a grown-up who can talk to the child about the different (and sometimes mysterious) items they’ll …
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Have you ever been on a nature walk and seen a plant or bug or fungi that you'd never seen before and thought, "I wonder what that is?" Good news! There's now an app for that! To be fair…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… then provides a short descriptive paragraph and some data about that species if you want to learn more. Users can earn … competitiveness is a motivator. Even if you're not crazy about your kids using apps, this one is worth considering as …
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Kids learn about temperature, seasons and weather of all kinds in this weather app from marco polo. Choose from three different characters to place into the environment, then make sure they're…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… Kids learn about temperature, seasons and weather of all kinds in this … front page--it's full of great ideas to continue learning about weather once you're done with the app! … MarcoPolo …
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Minibombo's newest app is all about opposites. In this app, appropriate for even the youngest players, you first choose which animal you'd like to play with. Each animal then has a series of opposite…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… Minibombo's newest app is all about opposites. In this app, appropriate for even the … another set of opposites from which to choose. After about four rounds of modifying your animal, they come up with …
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Another Sago Mini world to explore -- this one is all about camping! Right now in 2020 there's not a lot of vacations that you can safely take, but camping is one that's relatively isolated and…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… Another Sago Mini world to explore -- this one is all about camping! Right now in 2020 there's not a lot of … on your way to the campsite or to get your kids excited about camping in your yard or just to pretend to make some …
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Explore our solar system with this app by Tinybop. Visit each planet and drop objects (like a snowman or a tin can or a rock) onto the planet’s surface and check the results. Does the…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… a crater? Each of those results teaches users something about the individual characteristics of each planet, but … the sun. If your child enjoys reading the discrete facts about each planet don’t miss the Dashboard where they have …
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A charming sing-along (or read-along) app based on the song (and board book) "Skeletitos" with the catchy chorus, "tumba-laca, tumba-laca, tumba, tumba..." It's a song about Dia de los Muertos…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… "tumba-laca, tumba-laca, tumba, tumba..." It's a song about Dia de los Muertos, skeletons, and telling time and the … Perfect for this time of year! My only complaint about the app is the English narrators' pronunciation of …
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High quality educational videos for kids, with new shows added weekly! Unlike other kid video apps that usually curate videos that were made for YouTube or another site, the videos for All the…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… videos to science explanations to explorations about emotions and everything in between! One of the really special things about this app is that you can choose which language you'd …
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Are you (or your kid) fascinated or excited by chemical explosions? Are you interested in all of the different elements on the periodic table? Then this is the app for you!
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… the video to see a short box of text with more information about the element. If you love this app but want to learn more interesting facts about EVERY element on the periodic table, don’t miss the …
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An incredible exploration and playground of light and color for all ages! Tinybop (one of my favorite app developers) has come out with a new app and it's all about color and light, but explored in…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… app developers) has come out with a new app and it's all about color and light, but explored in six different ways … and light, see the world through a dog's eye view or think about how colors and emotions interact. So many ways to delve …
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Learn about women in science! This app features the stories of women scientists across the ages -- from long ago scientists like Marie Curie and even the ancient Greek Hypatia to modern day…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… Learn about women in science! This app features the stories of … You can choose which scientist you want to learn more about by looking at an alphabetical list OR by interacting …
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Because it's nearly impossible to accurately represent the sizes of countries (on a round planet) on a flat map, the world maps that we are accustomed to seeing are distorted. This app is a great way…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… US) and it will highlight in a color. You can read more about your selected area (and get a link to a Wikipedia entry about that country/state) or you can move the silhouette …
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Design your own robot, then take it for a walk in the great outdoors and see how it handles the environment! Will your robot, walk, stroll or roll? Will it have laser arms or a brain…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… options? Check out the robot manual that tells you all about each and every robot part and the different skills and … silliest robot or the most beautiful robot. Learn more about the makers of this app on the library's App Fairy …
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Short animated/illustrated informational movies for kids about a wide variety of topics.
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… Short animated/illustrated informational movies for kids about a wide variety of topics. Join Tim and his robot friend … that your kids will love to watch while learning more about the topics that interest them most. … BrainPOP …
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Do you love Mad Libs stories? Here's a new twist! With Yak Libs kids can choose a story, fill in their own words or let the random word generator choose words, and then either read the story…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… option to connect to the Game Center) but also the story about farting -- you can decide which version is right for … (personally, I prefer the simple reward of cracking up about ridiculous sentences). This app is well-designed and …
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A cartoon illustration plus micro-bio on 77+ women in history (err... "HERstory") including no less than SEVEN women named Harriet.
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… have a similar job?) and you can read a few paragraphs about her and her accomplishments. You can also simply … list of women, tapping on whoever you'd like to learn more about and see her micro-bio in the app. I wish the app would …
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