Osmo ‘Monster’ Brings Drawings to Life
Today, Osmo released its latest app, which brings drawings to life: ’Osmo Monster.’
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Tag: iPad apps
Frozen Turns Your iPad Upside Down
Disney’s Frozen will be released later this month, but thanks to the charming new interactive storybook app released today, you and your kids can get to know Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff before settling into the theater seats.
Continue ReadingLate to the Game: Pandemic–iPad vs. Board
Pandemic is the latest game to offer a digital experience, so I’ve taken a look at both the 2013 tabletop remake and the recently released iPad game, comparing the two.
Continue ReadingStride and Prejudice: A Jane Austen Endless Runner
Celebrate the 200th birthday of Pride and Prejudice with this Jane-Austen-inspired endless runner app.
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App Review: Daniel Tiger's Day & Night
GeekMom Sarah and my sons have fallen in love with Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.
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Hello, Little Girl! Explore the Many Paths of Little Red Riding Hood
The classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood comes to the iPad and iPhone in a charming interactive storybook that continues to delight my four-year-old day after day.
Continue ReadingDays of Wonder Launches Kickstarter Campaign for Small World 2
Days of Wonder has a surprising announcement this morning: they’re launching a Kickstarter campaign.
Continue ReadingHow to Lock Your Kids Into a Single iPad App
If you own a tablet, your kids probably own it more. Here’s a solution for keeping them from fast app switching into something inappropriate.
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3 Elles : 3 Great Women, 3 Great Apps
An interview with the three founders of 3 Elles, creators of wonderful apps for children like “Letter Sounds” and “Numberland.”
Continue ReadingPlay iPad Games in Actual 3D With Mattel’s Apptivity Toys
If you’ve been playing apps on your iPad for a while and want a more tactile experience, Mattel’s Apptivity toys might be just what you’re looking for. Each Apptivity toy is a character from a game or franchise you already know, from Angry Birds and Cut the Rope to Monster High and Hot Wheels. You then download the Apptivity app for new game functionality.
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Have You Nominated a Book or Book App for the CYBILS? Better Hurry!
Nominate your favorite children’s and young adult books and book apps of the past year for a CYBILs Award by October 15th.
Continue ReadingCore Dump: Hidden Object Games
I don’t know what it is about hidden object games that appeals to me so much. Maybe it’s nostalgia from Highlights magazine and Where’s Waldo, but there’s something satisfying and zen-like about looking at a scene and finding the objects …
Continue ReadingGamers Rejoice! There’s a Brand-New Ticket to Ride Map: Legendary Asia
Today Days of Wonder announced a new map for the digital version of Ticket to Ride — their first new digital map in about seven years. The Legendary Asia map takes you from Moscow to Mecca, Tbilisi to Taipei, and …
Continue ReadingApp Review: All Aboard the Toca Train
Toca Boca delivers another quality kids’ app with Toca Train.
Continue ReadingPat Schroeder Interview and The House That Went On Strike
Exclusive interview with woman pioneer and former Rep. Patricia Schroeder, and a look at her latest project: The House That Went on Strike.
Continue ReadingGerman Language Apps for Kids
Here’s what happened. I was ready to dive into German with my 11- and 13-year-old daughters, who are homeschooled — but I can’t find our Rosetta Stone CD. The first disk in the set, I mean. It’s floating around the house somewhere. The rest of the program is right there in its slipcase on the […]
Continue ReadingCars 2 AppMATes Update and Giveaway
The Cars 2 AppMATes app is getting an update! Following the plot of the movie, the cars are headed to Tokyo! The new update to the app (just released today) includes “Tokyo Wheels of Fury,” a new Carcade game, with …
Continue ReadingApp Review “Boy Loves Girl”
Everyone longs to find their true love, and in this little app it’s your mission to help the boy get the girl. Game play is simple and straightforward with the boy running across the screen as he tries to capture his true love’s heart. But, just like in the real world, love is never that easy. […]
Continue ReadingiPad App Review: Tangled: Storybook Deluxe
This new app brings the world of Disney’s Tangled to life on your iPad or iPhone. Full of images and sounds from the animated feature, it’s sure to entertain young children with the opportunity for creative play and with gameplay that increases in difficulty for older players. One section has memorable images from the movie broken up into puzzles that […]
Continue ReadingBoard Game Review: The Game of Life Zapped Edition
Overview: It’s time to embark on that great journey known as Real Life. Will you go to college or straight into a career? Want to have lots of kids or even more schooling? Hasbro’s new “Zapped” edition of The Game …
Continue ReadingThe Adventures of Peter Pan Flies Onto the iPad
With winter upon us – yes, even down here in the Deep South – I’ve really had to switch up the way we do things around the old homestead. With our outdoor playtime often limited by the weather, I’ve been …
Continue ReadingCars 2 AppMATes Is Perfect for Tiny Fingers
Having read Jonathan Liu’s post on the Cars 2 AppMATes toy car controller for the Cars 2 iPad game, I’ve been itching to try my kids out on it. Having spent a weekend watching them play with it, I was …
Continue ReadingGo Go Kiddo! Entertains and Educates
There are a lot of apps on the market geared toward kids right now. Some of them just kill time, and some aim to educate, but not many of them manage to pull off both for more than a short time before kids get bored. That’s not the case with Go Go Kiddo! which […]
Continue ReadingCore Dump: iOS Apps for Santa’s Bag
One of the occupational hazards of writing for a site like GeekDad (and reviewing iOS apps on the side for Common Sense Media) is that I get a lot of apps. We get emails all the time from marketing reps, …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Interview: Eric Hautemont, CEO & Founder of Days of Wonder
Just about anyone who has gotten into the board games scene in the past few years is sure to have encountered Days of Wonder. Ticket to Ride is probably their best-known line of games, with several different maps, online play, …
Continue ReadingExplore Another World With the Cars 2 AppMATes
If you are like me, you are constantly on the lookout for new iPad apps that your kids will like. My son is obsessed with Disney/Pixar’s Cars 2 recently and I finally found an app that combines his love of the movie with his love of the iPad. The Disney Cars 2 AppMATes turns your iPad […]
Continue ReadingAsteroids Gunner Updates the Atari Classic for iOS
I remember playing Asteroids on an Atari 2600, my family’s first gaming system. (Well, if you don’t count the Colecovision.) I remember both of my parents played Asteroids, but my dad especially. You were a triangular ship, or at least …
Continue ReadingExplore the Forbidden Island on Your iPad
Forbidden Island is a wonderful, easy-to-learn cooperative board game designed by Matt Leacock, the guy behind Pandemic (also fantastic). The game was a Mensa Select Game in 2010 and was nominated for the Spiel des Jahres earlier this year. The …
Continue ReadingCars 2 AppMATes: Augmented Reality on the iPad
In general, my kids don’t get a lot of screen time: it pretty much amounts to a DVD every so often and some time on my iPod or iPad. (Since our move, we haven’t gotten our TV set up yet, …
Continue ReadingFacing Your Goliath: Interviews With Rania Ajami, and Ashley and David Eckstein
Challenges and obstacles are a normal part of life. We all encounter them. How we deal with those challenges and obstacles can say a lot about the people we are. Some people are able to tackle those problems head-on, without any apparent fear or hesitation. Other people appear to retreat, even if briefly, before they […]
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