With the kids getting out of school for the summer and parents/caregivers on the lookout for ways to keep them productively busy over the next few months, the excellent, FREE Duolingo language learning app offers a fun and easy way to learn a new language or reinforce foreign language skills already studied in school. Whether … Read more
Kids who love to draw are sure to enjoy these FREE How to Draw apps from DrawMate. Each one includes step-by-step instructions to take budding artists from the basic, block shapes that form the main outline to putting in all the fine details and finishing touches. Soon, they’ll be drawing all their favorite characters and … Read more
Sometimes the gameplay is only part of the appeal in an app. Here are five apps that are as gorgeous to look at as they are fun to play. The Last Express (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $3.99) Step aboard the 1914 Orient Express in this award-winning mystery adventure from Prince of Persia creator Jordan … Read more
Today’s featured free app is a block-sliding puzzle game. Move It! Free (4/5 stars, guidance suggested) Move it! Free is a challenging and engrossing sliding block game. The goal is simple: Move the bright red square to a matching square on the game board by sliding the colored columns and blocks out of the way. … Read more
Grandpa and the Zombies (4/5 stars, currently FREE) is a fun, turn-based strategy puzzle game where you move grandpa through a series of hospital mazes while avoiding zombies and using obstacles to your advantage. This is not a fighting game, or a game where speedy hand-eye coordination is needed. Note that you can play it … Read more
Adult coloring books all the rage for stress relief and relaxation. Here are two very highly-rated and currently (as of 4/24/16) FREE adult coloring book apps to try. KF on KND Editor’s Note: I’ve tried both of these apps and like them a lot. The first will prompt users to sign up for a paid … Read more
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! has been a top-rated program on Nick Jr. ever since it premiered, and now preschoolers can play with Wubbzy and his friends in a collection of educational apps from Cupcake Digital. Wubbzy’s Magic School (4.5/5 stars, preschoolers, currently priced at $2.99) ***Winner of Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice Award*** Presto-chango! Wubbzy and … Read more
Thanks to fun, colorful apps like these, it’s never been easier to get kids excited about learning from a very young age. Preschool All-In-One Learning – Bubble School Adventure Basic Skills A to Z (4/5 stars, currently priced at $1.99) Developed by an award-winning education studio, 22learn, the creator of the best-selling Abby Basic Skills … Read more