Kids on Fire: Apps to Help Kids Learn To Play Keyed Band Instruments

If you’ve got a youngster just starting out in a school band, these fingering chart apps are for you—and your young musician! They’re all from Critical Apps, and while only one of them has any reviews yet, they’re all test-drive enabled so you can try before you buy. The concept behind the apps is simple: … Read more

Bargain Alert: Top-Reviewed Kindle Books Priced at $1.99 Today

Amazon’s been offering its Kindle Daily Deal, a popular Kindle book sale-priced at $1.99 for one day only, for a very long time. But now, they’ve begun offering some additional titles at a discount each day. Here are some of today’s noteworthy Daily Deals. The Brimstone Wedding (5/5 stars) is today’s Kindle Daily Deal, priced at … Read more

Kids on Fire: Apps To Help Them Master Those Dreaded Math Facts

Nowadays, grade schoolers are expected to memorize not only their multiplication tables to 12, but also their ‘math facts’ to 20. The math facts are all addition and subtraction equations that total to the number 20. If your youngsters are struggling with this requirement, or just getting started and could use an early boost, these … Read more

Free App of the Day: Cross Me Color

Today’s Amazon App Store Free App of the Day is Cross Me Color, a full-color Nonogram logic puzzle game. From Amazon: CrossMe Color is a fun and challenging puzzle for all skill levels and all ages from beginners to enthusiasts. It is a Japanesse Crossword (Nonogram) where you discover a hidden image marking cells or … Read more

Kids on Fire: D’Lacey’s The Last Dragon Chronicles

Looking for something to suggest to your teens or pre-teens who need something to hold their interest while fulfilling their schools’ reading requirements? Any who love animals, dragons, or adventure tales are sure to take a shine to Chris D’Lacey’s The Last Dragon Chronicles. All of these books are appropriate for ages 8 and up. … Read more