Posts Tagged ‘Educational’
Lola Panda Educational Game Suite Reaches 1 Million Downloads
Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 August 2012 01:00 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 22 August 2012 01:00
BeiZ Ltd today announced that their Lola Panda app series reached their first pivotal milestone, having been downloaded on 1 million devices. Over the course of the past 3 months, more than half of the overall downloads came from Lola’s Math Train, an engaging and educational app that focuses on 15 different basic math games. In each level children are challenged to complete various equations like addition, subtraction, solving puzzles, sequencing and matching. Continue reading
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Free Educational Apps One Day Only: Marble Math and Shake-a-Phrase
Last Updated on Friday, 17 August 2012 10:00 Written by iUseMac Friday, 17 August 2012 10:00
Artgig Apps is pleased to offer two of their popular kids educational apps, Marble Math, and Shake-a-Phrase, for free, Friday August 17, as part of a special Back to School promotion with Moms With Apps, a group of family-friendly developers. Based on the Common Core curriculum, Marble Math reinforces strategy and problem solving skills as players practice mental math in a maze. Shake-a-Phrase offers a variety of play modes for language learning and creative writing at home or in the classroom. Continue reading
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Montessori Numbers – Innovative Educational Math App for iPad Released
Last Updated on Thursday, 16 August 2012 12:00 Written by iUseMac Thursday, 16 August 2012 12:00
Award-winning children’s app developer L’Escapadou announces the release of Montessori Numbers, an innovative app that’s designed to help kids build solid math foundations. Based upon the proven Montessori method, kids can now experiment with quantities and numerals, learn their names and visually understand how the decimal system works. Montessori Numbers focuses on numbers from 0-1000 and offers a sequence of guided activities that gradually help children reinforce their skills. Continue reading
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Educational Math Game Helps Kids Learn Place Value
Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 August 2012 02:00 Written by iUseMac Tuesday, 14 August 2012 02:00
Vertical Learning Labs is proud to announce its first educational math game, Chocolate Chip Cookie Factory: Place Value. Designed for first, second, and third graders and available now on the App Store for $1.99, Chocolate Chip Cookie Factory: Place Value is a fun game that engages kids to explore, develop, and apply place value concepts as they work to fulfill and deliver increasingly complex cookie orders. Continue reading
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Suite of Student and Teacher Apps
Last Updated on Monday, 6 August 2012 12:00 Written by iUseMac Monday, 6 August 2012 12:00
Feraco Media announces MS Life Science Buddy 1.0 for iOS, a new addition to their apps for education, created by Science Teacher, Frederick Feraco Jr. The app is the ninth title in the series that covers a vast amount of curriculum and provides study help to junior high students, high schoolers, home-schoolers, and college students. Consisting of lessons, videos, interactive quizzes, daily news feeds and flash cards, this series features science, mathematics, history and health education topics. Continue reading
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Teacher Creates Educational Storybook App with Curriculum
Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 August 2012 07:00 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 1 August 2012 07:00
A retired National Board Certified English teacher develops an educational storybook app – “Smarty Britches: Nouns” – that teaches nouns to elementary students. Curriculum for educators, homeschoolers, and parents is free and expands on not only nouns but is also cross-curricular with the subjects of art, music, geography, and science; these lessons align with Common Core Standards. Cyndie Sebourn is the owner of Sascyn Publishing, Inc. and the author of “Smarty Britches: Nouns.” Continue reading
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Zoo Champs – top 5 app to get your kids into the Olympic spirit
Last Updated on Friday, 27 July 2012 01:55 Written by iUseMac Friday, 27 July 2012 01:55
Zoo Champs – Sports Guide for Kids has been named as one of top 5 apps to get your kids into the Olympic spirit by an app review site Fun Educational Apps. Aimed at children aged 4-8, Zoo Champs – Sports Guide for Kids has a Dream Team of favorites from hippos to lions demonstrating sports from archery to wrestling. Designed as an app-book, each page of the app features a different discipline and provides simple animations, fun sound effects, and texts with clear narration. Continue reading
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Goodnight ABC reinvents the ABCs
Last Updated on Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:00 Written by iUseMac Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:00
Children’s App publisher, Quasar Alliance announces Goodnight ABC 1.0 for iPad, its first in a series of interactive educational apps. Developed specifically for children ages 2 and up, Goodnight ABC is a perfect tool to help your child gain valuable knowledge and skills while having loads of fun in the process. Is it a game? Is it a lesson? Kids can’t tell the difference. Quasar Alliance takes a unique spin on the age old practice of teaching youngsters the alphabet and phonics. Continue reading
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Little Digits 1.0 – A Finger Counting Educational Game for iPad
Last Updated on Thursday, 12 July 2012 06:40 Written by iUseMac Thursday, 12 July 2012 06:40
Cowly Owl introduces Little Digits 1.0 for iPad, available worldwide on the App Store. Little Digits is a fun educational app that teaches children about numbers by putting a new spin on finger counting. Using the iPad multi-touch screen, Little Digits displays number characters by detecting how many fingers users put down. There are also games that introduce small addition and subtraction calculations, where answers can be worked out using the same multi-touch finger detection. Continue reading
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AppStar Picks Best Apps for Kids Reviews: 70 Apps and 2 Reviewers Added
Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 July 2012 01:00 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 4 July 2012 01:00
Fun Educational Apps and AppGrade today announce AppStar Picks 1.1, an update to their educational app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. AppStar Picks is an innovative free app for parents looking for top, fun, educational and engaging apps for kids of all ages. All apps featured are organized by categories and have been thoroughly and independently tested and reviewed by parents, teachers and children. The update introduces seventy new reviews and two more review sites. Continue reading
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Free Today Only – New Marble Math Junior Kids Educational App
Last Updated on Friday, 22 June 2012 10:30 Written by iUseMac Friday, 22 June 2012 10:30
Artgig Apps in Westchester, NY, is giving away their new kids mental math and strategy app, Marble Math Junior, for free today only Friday 6/22. Young mathematicians will be excited to earn new marbles as they avoid obstacles, like sticky green slime, and collect bonuses while working through the problems. There is no time limit – children can work at their own pace, and if they get an answer wrong, they have the opportunity to see the correct solution and then try again. Continue reading
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New Math App in Groundbreaking i Learn With Educational Program for iPad
Last Updated on Thursday, 14 June 2012 03:00 Written by iUseMac Thursday, 14 June 2012 03:00
Montreal based Tribal Nova today introduce i Learn With Boing: Savannah Adventures! HD 1.0, a new addition to their popular “i Learn With” suite of early childhood education apps designed exclusively for iPad. i Learn With Boing: Savannah Adventures! teaches young children many core math subjects such as number recognition, counting, ordering in ones and tens, adding and subtracting, with three highly engaging games, including one that encourages parent and child to play together. Continue reading
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New Marble Math Junior Educational App Now Available in the App Store
Last Updated on Thursday, 14 June 2012 10:30 Written by iUseMac Thursday, 14 June 2012 10:30
Artgig Apps today introduces Marble Math Junior 1.0 for iOS, the second in a pair of new math practice apps. Designed specifically for early to mid elementary ages, 5-8, Marble Math Junior blends problem solving, strategy, core math concepts, and good plain fun. Part pinball, part maze, the object of the game is to solve a variety of math problems by collecting numbers as players roll or drag a marble through a series of mazes. Continue reading
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Marble Math: New and Noteworthy Educational App Rolls Into App Store
Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 June 2012 11:00 Written by iUseMac Tuesday, 12 June 2012 11:00
Artgig Apps today introduces Marble Math 1.0 for iOS, its new math practice app for kids. Designed specifically for middle to upper elementary ages 9-12 and higher, Marble Math blends problem solving, strategy, core math concepts, and good plain fun. Solve a variety of math problems by collecting numbers as you roll or drag your marble through a series of mazes. Young mathematicians avoid obstacles and collect bonuses while working through the problems and achieving high scores. Continue reading
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ABCs with Animals for iPad finally makes alphabet learning fun and easy
Last Updated on Friday, 8 June 2012 12:30 Written by iUseMac Friday, 8 June 2012 12:30
Popular kids app factory, Whopping Apps today introduces ABCs with Animals 1.0, its new children’s app for iPad with an educational twist. ABCs with Animals combines professional audiovisual content, seamless Wikipedia integration and a super simple user interface into a complete and self-engaging learning experience. As the earlier Whopping Apps releases have been more entertaining than educational, the newest ABCs with Animals makes alphabet learning for toddlers and preschoolers fun and easy. Continue reading
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