Talking ABC...
Education and Games
App
*** App Store Best Kids App 2013 *** Talking ABC is an interactive alphabet created with love and...
Dr. Panda School
Education and Games
App
Are you ready for class? CREATE YOUR OWN STORIES! Let your imagination run wild in Dr. Panda...
Nicole Hadley (380 KP) rated Engineered!: Engineering Design at Work in Books
Jun 18, 2018
Each story highlights the key components of the design process, taking kids on the journey through different types of engineering (aerospace, biomedical, chemical, mechanical, electrical, civil, geomatics, computer, and environmental) from seeing a problem to creating effective solutions to implementing their ideas. Coupled with great illustrations, Engineered! is sure to be a favorite of any budding engineer!
There is a lot of information crammed onto each page (some pages easier to read than others, due to text size, background colour, and minimal spacing between lines of text). However, this is also works to an advantage, as there's a lot to take in on each page, with full pages of busy geometric-style illustrations. Each time you look at the images you'll be sure to find something different!
There is a helpful glossary at the end, which is useful to look back on if necessary, as there certainly is a lot of information to take in.
I received this ARC from Kids Can Press via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Purple Phoenix Games (2266 KP) rated Koala Capers in Tabletop Games
Jun 18, 2019 (Updated Mar 10, 2020)
Koala Capers is a silly dice and pattern recognition game that kids way younger than 3 years old can play; I have played it with my 2 year old – for like 5 minutes.
The game comes in a non-conforming, but fun, box that we used as a dice tray. You roll the dice, try to find an outfit card that matches what you rolled and place the new outfit on your koala card (the one shown below is currently naked). If you roll underpants, you make your koala naked and try again. If you roll a star it’s wild and you can choose any outfit you like.
This is an easy winner. It has very few components, very few rules, and has lots of silliness in it – especially when you roll the undies. Kids love when adults lose. My boy really likes it, and it has been his first choice from his small collection lately.
Give it a try if you want to introduce your children or family into dice rolling, customizing characters, light set collection, learning patterns, and also possibly having to reconstruct after rolling poorly. We like it a lot, for what it is.
Toca Nature
Education and Entertainment
App
*App Store Best of 2014* Nature is magic. Toca Nature delivers that magic to your fingertips. ...
Sago Mini Boats
Education and Games
App
Pack your bags and set sail with Harvey the dog. Pick a destination, select a boat and sail the high...
Scribbaloo Train - art and craft train app for toddlers
Book and Education
App
Winner of Best Pick App Award from TechwithKids.com! Recommended in USA Today as a "...visual...
Hidden Object Game - Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Diamond
Games and Entertainment
App
This hidden object game is now available on your iPhone and iPod Touch! The much loved Sherlock...
Chris Columbus recommended Horse Feathers (1932) in Movies (curated)
Delicates
Book
Marjorie Glatt’s life hasn’t been the same ever since she discovered a group of ghosts hiding in...