March 2011

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03.17.11

Disney launches Finding Nemo iPhone and iPad puzzle app Book-Apps, Playful | (0)
Remember the time when every child in the world seemed to want a couple of fish to match the central characters in Disney's Finding Nemo movie? If your child still carries a candle for those fishy friends, Disney has good news for you: a new iPhone and iPad app called Finding Nemo: My Puzzle Book. The storyline is based around Nemo's first day at school, and sees Marlin searching for him, while completing puzzles along the way. There's a story too, which can be read to you and your child, or re-recorded using your own voices. There is also a rewards system, ...

Tagged: animals, Disney, Pre-School, Puzzles, School-Age
03.17.11

Jellytoons wants to train your toddler on iPhone and iPad Educational, Games | (0)
There are lots of fun play-apps for toddlers on iPhone and iPad, and a lot of educational apps too. Very few manage to nail both: truly entertaining and educational apps, rather than being entirely silly or overly po-faced. Jellytoons Toddler Skills: Bobo's Birthday Challenge fits the bill, though. It's the work of a new UK developer called Mindshapes, which was set up by some of the people who founded Facebook games company Playfish - there are echoes of the latter's Who Has The Biggest Brain? in the Jellytoons game too. It stars a collection of colourful characters - the titular Jellytoons ...

Tagged: Maths, Mindshapes, Monsters, Pre-School, Toddler