Monsters? Good. Teaching your children the alphabet? Equally good. Both together? Marvelous. And that’s the idea behind Endless Alphabet. It’s the work of publisher Callaway Digital Arts, which previously made the Monster at the End of This Book and Another Monster at the End of This Book apps for Sesame Street. They clearly have a…
Earlier this week, we wrote about some interesting iPad apps from a company called Kids Discover, teaching children about Antarctica, Galaxies and Washington D.C. Now they’ve launched another couple. Kids Discover Cells and Kids Discover Extreme Weather are both now available on the App Store, with a similar design to the existing apps. That means…
Pretty much all the children’s book-apps we write about have voice narration nowadays, but what about children who are deaf? A new app called Signed Stories aims to include them in the storytelling fun. Its publisher is a well-known name: British broadcaster ITV. The app is the latest offshoot from the Signed Stories website, which…
For an increasing number of children, their first camera may well be an iPod touch (or a parent’s iPhone or iPad) – and one that they may be using at a much younger age than our generation would have been allowed near a camera. The potential is intriguing, especially with children’s apps designed to make…
A little bit late… Here’s our monthly roundup of our best new iPhone and iPad apps for children, as covered on Apps Playground in June 2012. We’ve got a mix of familiar brands, favorite developers and out-of-the-blue indie apps, all of which piqued our interest It’s time for the latest monthly roundup of our favorite…
If you haven’t used Nosy Crow’s iOS book-app The Three Little Pigs yet, you’ve missed out on a treat. Yes, there are dozens of versions of that particular fairytale, but it’s the most well-crafted and engaging of the lot. And now it’s got a sequel. Cinderella went live on the App Store this morning, and…
Yes, he had a very shiny nose, but now Rudolph has also got his own app, courtesy of developer Oceanhouse Media. You might know the name: they also do all the Dr Seuss apps for iPhones and iPad. This new app follows a similar pattern, with a story involving Rudolph coming to Santa’s rescue when…