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Do Kids Grow Out of Apps?

July 29, 2016 by geekmummy 2 Comments

Playing Minecraft on his tablet

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 […]

Filed Under: _Apps, _Family, _Technology Tagged With: apps, google play music, kids, minecraft, school age, technology, youtube kids

Review: Pebli Town from ToysAlive

November 20, 2015 by geekmummy Leave a Comment

Pebli Town board and characters

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 […]

Filed Under: _Review, _Technology Tagged With: android, apps, interactive, ipad, pebli, pebli town, pre-schoolers, review, tablet, toys to life, toysalive

Tiggly – blending electronic and physical toys for kids

July 23, 2015 by geekmummy 4 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: _Apps, _Review, _Technology Tagged With: amazon, android, apps, ipad, learning system, pre-schooler, qvc, tablet, tiggly, tiggly math, tiggly shapes, tiggly words, toddler, uk

Why Install the Amazon App Store on an Android Tablet?

June 26, 2015 by geekmummy Leave a Comment

Amazon App Store current promotion

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 […]

Filed Under: _Technology Tagged With: amazon, android, app store, apps, benefits, children, install, security, toca boca

10 Apps for Pre-Schoolers with UK English Voices

March 14, 2014 by geekmummy 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Android, Apps, iPad, iPhone, Pre-Schooler Tagged With: age 3, age 4, age 5, android, apps, barefoot, books, I'm ready for phonics, intro to letters, intro to math, ios, ipad, iphone, ladybird, list, maths age 3-5, Mr thorne does phonics, pre-school classroom, pre-schoolers, school writing, story mouse, world atlas, yum yum

Toca Boca comes to Android at last!

June 5, 2013 by geekmummy 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Android, Apps Tagged With: android, apps, hair salon, kids, toca boca, toca hair salon

Center Parcs May Challenge: Family Picnics

May 26, 2013 by geekmummy 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Android, Apps, iOS, iPad, iPhone Tagged With: #CPFamilyBreaks, accuweather, apps, big oven, center parcs, convertbot, convertpad, english heritage, epicurious, family, great british picnic, picnic, picnic recipes, recipes, weather

Five apps that encourage unplugged play

April 10, 2013 by geekmummy 6 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Android, Apps, iPad, iPhone Tagged With: android, apps, foldify, geocaching, hello kitty, interactive cookbook, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, kidscraft, kung fu panda 2, lego, life of george, offline play, unplugged play

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