Paint

Posted in Entertainment, Entertainment, iPad, iPhone / iPod touch | on 07-06-2011

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Paint is a pretty crazy painting app designed for both iPhone and iPad which can be used by kids aged 4 to 104. While I am sure you have seen painting apps before this one is crazy because it has features I have never seen before: it can work with different stroke types (and sizes, of course) – like symmetrical or star for example – that will completely change the way you draw what’s on your mind.

In the same crazy way it can draw a line using gradients instead solid colors and your kid’s drawings will be much funnier than intended and the experience much funnier.

paint board

If solid backgrounds bore you, don’t worry: you can choose between different funny colored preset backgrounds or simply choose a picture from your device an draw whatever comes into your mind. The imagination should not have any limit with this app.

While there are a lot of things to say about it I suggest you to see it for yourself and play with it in order to fully understand its features. If you like it, rate it – developers need your feedback to improve their products and offer our kids better and better environments for learning and playing.

New updates bring wonderful surprises to Paint

paint news
paint addons

The right menu has been improved with new features that can be added to your drawing:

  • a man or a boy
  • a woman or a girl
  • houses
  • cars and ships
  • lots of smileys
  • flowers
  • spirals and stars

Once Upon a Potty: Boy

Posted in iPad, iPad Audio books, iPad eBooks, iPhone / iPod touch, iPhone Audio books, iPhone eBooks | on 06-06-2011

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Joshua is a big boy now and one day his grandma brings him a present:

Joshua and the potty

And this is when the big questions appear: what is it?

Joshua with the potty on his headA cat and the potty

I know!! I know!!

a flower pot
Joshua and the empty potty

Of course his mother explains him what it is and how he must use it, now that he is a big boy and doesn’t need a diaper anymore.

But…

But of course is hard to get used to the potty right from the start.

But hey! With a little more patience, Joshua is able to fill the potty!!

proud mom

But this is not the entire story, you have to discover it all by yourself. And read it to your kid (or hear it spoken by a professional narrator) and help your kid get rid of the nasty diaper and become like Joshua: delighted with his little potty!

The ebook has a surprise for you: sing along The Potty Song:

the potty song

You do not have a boy? You have a girl??? Oceanhouse Media has the same story for you too! Meet Prudence, the girl in Once Upon a Potty: Girl for iPhone and iPad.

Kids Karaoke

Posted in Entertainment, Entertainment, iPad, iPhone / iPod touch | on 05-06-2011

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I seldom see singing related apps in Appstore so I am delighted to present to you Kids Karaoke – the app that will transform your kid into your home’s superstar :)

ann and a twinkle star
Seriously now, it is a sing along song book for kids developed both for iPhone/iPod touch and iPad.

For now Kids Karaoke comes with 8 songs that you can listen and sing along. You can also record your own voice and then play the recording.

If you love surprises, touch the shuffle button and sing the songs chosen by the app. Your singing partner is Ann, I hope you will like her voice :)

Pick your favorite song

  • Mary had a Little Lamb
  • She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain
  • Lullaby
  • Row, Row, Row your Boat
  • Twinkle, Twinkle Little Stars
  • Santa Claus is Coming to Town
  • Silent Night
  • Jingle Bells

I am attaching you some screenshots for you to see the app’s beautiful illustrations. Can you guess the songs Ann is singing?

jingle bells

silent night

Mary has a little lamb

Pre-School Counting 123′s with Bear and Duck

Posted in Educational iPhone apps, iPhone / iPod touch | on 04-06-2011

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You can learn to count to 10 in so many ways:

number 1, 2 and 3number 4,5,6 and 7
number 5 ,6 ,7 and 8words: eight, nine, ten
learn to count to 1000

No matter what you choose, learning is fun with Pre-School Counting 123.

Use your iPhone and call the Bear and the Duck to come and help.

When you’re comfortable with small numbers, go for the bigger ones. Start learning by two’s, by five’s , ten’s and 100′s.

You’ll master the numbers in no time!!! And it’s fun :)

Fold-Man

Posted in Entertainment, iPad, iPhone Games | on 03-06-2011

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foldman head
Finally I can present to you a multiplayer drawing game: Fold-Man, an entertaining free app for iPad perfect for kids, parents and grandparents.

Let me start first. Don’t look!

I start the game, in this case by drawing the head and the neck.

My task now is to draw a man but many more “tasks” can be bought and added to the app.

When I’m done, it’s your turn to continue it by reading the instructions and then executing them the best (and funniest) way you can.

You don’t know what I have drawn and I do not know what you will draw.

foldman feet

The final picture will be revealed at the end, so nobody knows what they are drawing.

Wanna see it? Gather your family and start playing :)

ColorKids

Posted in Entertainment, iPad | on 02-06-2011

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ColorKids cat

In very few words ColorKids is a digital drawing book for iPad.

Toddlers and preschool children will be delighted to play with this simple and usable app that will develop their imagination and drawing skills.

Besides the fill tool and the brush you can create rectangles or circles and when you made a mistake you can easily erase the part you did not like. The tool I like the most is the Undo button which I do not find very often in other drawing e-book and I love the fact that I can use it here.

What can be more fun than practicing painting your cat with ColorKids before painting it for real? I’m kidding, don’t do this to your cat…

Let’s start by picking a drawing, there are drawings for all tastes and ages, from simple to more complex ones.

ColorKids cartoons
ColorKids cat drawing

You can then start coloring the drawing by choosing the perfect colors from the left and the perfect tools from the right.

You can even improve the drawing by adding more elements to it.

In the right side you can choose to fill the shapes with the Fill tool or simply using a brush.

Improve the drawing with the other 2 tools: draw rectangles and draw circles.

If you don’t like something erase it or just use the Undo button.

It’s simple and it’s fun, try it.

ColorKids video presentation

My PlayHome

Posted in Entertainment, iPad | on 01-06-2011

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Finally, your kids can make all the mess they want: throw the towels on the floor, open all the drawers, play with the washing machine or turn on all the lights when leaving the room :)

Of course, this is not the purpose of this app for iPad – but I am sure this is what will happen. It’s fun though, don’t be angry with them.

With My PlayHome they have the entire house for themselves: a living room, a kitchen, the kids’ bedroom and of course the bathroom. Mom and 3 kids are there to play with, imagination is the only limit.

My PlayHome bedroom

Feel free to move and touch all objectsexplore each room, add Mom and the kids to play with, create a story around each playing session.

Use the kitchen to practice your cooking skills, the oven and the washing machine are functional. Wash the dishes when you leave :)

My PlayHome kitchen

Help you kids develop their imagination and motion skills. Keep your toddler or preschool kid busy playing around the….iPad PlayHome, I am sure you will all have a great time.