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Toontastic

Storytelling is a tradition as old as time. For generations, kids have loved to hear stories of adventure, magic, romance, heroism and all the rest. They’ve also always enjoyed creating their own stories, putting their own special stamp on familiar tales, and bravely inventing new...

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Nighty, night..

We receive a lot of review requests and we look at a lot of apps. Every now and then we come across one and we just fall in love. Nighty Night! HD is one of those apps for me. What’s so special about it, you...

Link to APP Review: Letters A to Z

APP Review: Letters A to Z

Letters A to Z succeeds because it takes a simple concept and executes it well. My toddler loves it because it is easy to use, visually pleasing, and helps her learn her letters. Playing with the app is straightforward — you can flip through the...

Link to Emma’s Favorite Apps

Emma’s Favorite Apps

So — my wife handed me her phone tonight and wanted to know how to rearrange her home screen icons. Apparently our two-year old daughter had rearranged everything to her liking. Guess she’s got some favorite apps. Check it: You can get Emma’s favorites here:...

NEW!! NEW!! NEW!!

The tale of a kid asking their parent for a trinket is an age-old story, but lately I’ve found myself living the digital version of it — my daughter Emma is two, and she has recently taken to grabbing my iPhone, navigating to the app...

Link to App Review: Suzy Dress Up

App Review: Suzy Dress Up

Suzy Dress Up is a tough app for me to review. Let me start with this – my daughter loves it. And that makes sense – lots of little girls like to play dress up, right? This app extends that appeal to the digital domain...

Link to App Review: Teach Me Toddler

App Review: Teach Me Toddler

Teach Me Toddler is definitely one of my daughter’s current favorite apps.  The app is pretty straightforward – there’s a talking mouse that asks kids to identify a letter, number, shape, or color from among a few options.  After the initial set-up (parental supervision required...