I used to pride myself on how much I knew about kids apps. With both my children having had access to iPads from an early age, I downloaded many different apps, and we enjoyed exploring and playing together. I believe having access to educational apps as toddlers and pre-schoolers helped my children develop their literacy and […]
Review: Pebli Town from ToysAlive
I am always very interested to see any new developments in kids educational apps, and especially toys that interact with electronic devices (like the Tiggly products). So when ToysAlive, the people behind Pebli Town, a new “toys to life” game for tablets, asked me if I’d like to test their product out, I was very […]
Tiggly – blending electronic and physical toys for kids
About two years ago a company called Tiggly launched what they described as the very first interactive tablet learning toy for pre-schoolers. It wasn’t a smooth road to launch – their Kickstarter campaign in the Autumn of 2012 had failed to make its target. But they didn’t let that little setback stop them, and successfully […]
Why Install the Amazon App Store on an Android Tablet?
I am currently working with the Amazon App Store to bring you news and reviews of apps available on that platform. But did you know that the Amazon App Store isn’t just for Amazon tablets? No, it’s available on a variety of Android tablets as well. Android tablets are very popular with families – they’re […]
10 Apps for Pre-Schoolers with UK English Voices
I received an email last week asking me to recommend a few apps for pre-schoolers that used UK English accents, and I thought that would be a great thing to cover in a blog post. It can be hard to pick apps with a UK accent out amongst the large selection of great apps for […]
Toca Boca comes to Android at last!
If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you might have noticed me talking about Toca Boca before. I’ve reviewed their apps, and they’ve also made it into my top apps for preschoolers list. They are one of the few app developers where I will buy everything they produce as soon as it’s […]
Center Parcs May Challenge: Family Picnics
I’m starting to get excited about our family trip to Center Parcs – we’re off to Whinfell forest next month for the weekend courtesy of the Tots100 Center Parcs family blogger club. I booked all our activities and spa treatments this week and have been sent our final itinerary, so it’s all on paper where […]
Five apps that encourage unplugged play
Kids love mobile technology don’t they? I don’t think I’ve ever met a child that didn’t want to get their hands on my iPad, and what’s more impressive is that these devices are so intuitive to use that kids get the hang of how to operate them really quickly. And that’s when the conflicts begin […]
