Experience Long Multiplication on the iPod or iPhone
My oldest kid has been struggling with long multiplications for a while. We have been practising and practising. Doing the traditional way on paper is ok but nothing really exciting. He is so reluctant to do it. Thanks to the iPod, it all changed few weeks ago when I downloaded theLong Multiplication App for the iPod or iPhone.
Don’t expect your kids to go crazy and be like “thank you so much mum for this app” ... it is still straight forward math and needs to be introduced as a help and support tool to the process of learning long multiplication. We work it out at during homework time and it does wonders, my son actually enjoys doing long multiplication, it is a nice break.
Scholastic Teams with Tales2Go to Stream Kids ‘ Audio Stories to iPhone and iPod Touch
Scholastic teams with Tales2Go to Stream Kids ‘ Audio Stories to iPhone and iPod Touch.
Scholastic, a well know source for fun educational games has announced a partnership with Tales2Go. Scholastic audio books will be available on the Tale2go service.
Linda Lee, VP and General Manager of Scholastic Audio, said,:
“We are excited to work with Tales2Go and make our audio stories available to parents and kids in an innovative new way – on-demand and on-the-go. Smartphone mobile apps are proliferating at an incredible rate, and have become an important area of focus for us.”
Few months ago, Nintendo launched the DSi. The DSi was a major upgrade of the DS Lite and included new features such as:
A camera
Extra RAM
Built-in internal storage space (as the Wii)
Software Innovations
The DSi was a great addition to the Nintendo product range. As of 5 March 2010 for Europe,and March 28 for the USA Nintendo goes one step bigger with:
The launch of the DSi – Xl
So what will the DSi – XL have?
The DSi XL will have all the features of the DSi . One of the major differences is a bigger screen. The Nintendo DSi – XL feature a 4.2 inch screen, 93% bigger than the screen of the DS lite. As a result, the gaming experience will be enhanced. The viewing angle being much wider it will be easier to play and share the fun with family and friend. The larger screen will be ideal for you and your kids to discover and play many fun educational games.
In addition, the DSi XL comes pr-loaded with some of the most famous software such as :
Dr Kawashima's: Little Bit of Brain Training: Arts Edition
Dictionary 6 in 1 with Camera Function
Nintendo DSi Browser, which enables you to easily access the internet from anywhere with a Wi-Fi connection.
The DSi – XL will be available in 2 colours, wine red and dark brown with a glossy sheen on top and matt finish on the underside that provides excellent grip when resting on a table or other surface during gameplay.
To play on the DSi XL you will be able to use the regular stylus, but it will be a bit longer by 4mm or the new Touch Pen, larger and bigger than the regular stylus.
As with the DSi you will be able create, customise and share photos with friends and family. You will also be able to listen and play music using the DSi sound application.
The Winter Olympics Games are on their way and soon we will all get involved one way or the other. The Olympics Games is a worldwide event and our kids are being exposed to it. Why not relay their experience with a video game on their Nintendo DS, DSi or Wii.
Atari has develop a game Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games for kids (and grown up!) to relay such an important event.
For the first time in a Sonic and Mario game you will be able to use the Wii board.
Let your kids follow the Vancouver Winter Olympic 2010 on TV and then let them have a play trying to become super champion themselves with Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.
Follow the Vancouver Winter Olympic 2010 and team up with your friend and family to compete in authentic Olympics disciplines.
All the disciplines you'd expect are here: Alpine skiing, ice hockey, speed skating, bobsleigh, figure skating and snowboard halfpipe. In addition, you will also discover new fantasy events such as Dream Ski Cross, which sees everyone competing in a Mario Kart style race complete with familiar looking power-ups and speed boosts. Realism isn't the goal here, just good old fashioned multiplayer fun.
Key Features of the game include:
Superstar team-up: Only the second game to include Mario and Sonic characters together, featuring the official Olympics license and input from Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto. Worlds collide: Play as any of the characters from the original game - from Prince Peach to Vector the Crocodile, as well as first-timers Donkey Kong and Metal Sonic. Added balance: For the first time in a Sonic & Mario game you'll be able to use the Balance Board for some events, if you have one. The full monty: The new Festival mode lets you play through the whole of the Olympic Winter Games, including all the disciplines and an opening and closing ceremony. Friendly rivalry: Mountains of multiplayer options, including four-player competitive tournaments and co-operative game
So get ready for the Vancouver Winter Olympics and team up with Mario and Sonic for the event.
You are planning to travel ... Get ready for some Fun Educational Apps
Traveling can be fun, but at one point we as parent always face the traditional “Mum, are we there yet?”, When are we there” “I am bored” ... and so one. Get ready to make the most of your travel and make sure to download some Fun Educational Apps before you go.
Travelling, going to new places can be great way for our children to discover and learn new things. Take advantage of today’s technology and include some fun educational apps on your kid’s iPod Touch or your own iPhone if you let them play with it.
Here are some Fun Educational Apps that will transform your travel experience. Each Apps can be played on the go, in the train or in the car.
Give a new dimension to bingo. With road trip bingo, your kids will have to spot things on the way, the first one to find them all wins. Simple fun and easy, it will bring some fun into long journey.
Requirements: compatible with iPod Touch or iPhone. Requires iPhone OS2.21 or later
Don’t we all have it, Are we there yet, mum I am bored, How long before we get there ... and it goes on. Time to get your iPod Touch or iPhone out and play iSpy Kids Travel Game. iSpy is a fun and ingenious games that can be played altogether. With iSPy kids Travel, you will see pictures of things such as bus, road sign ... and you, your kids and friend will have to spot these images in the real world. The game can be played up to 4 persons and includes 2 different sets of pictures. One is for the country side and small towns and the other is for cities and area. The one that find the object first wins.
Requirements: compatible with iPod Touch or iPhone. Requires iPhone OS2.0 or later
This game is intended for the whole family to ply while travelling. The Fun Kids Car Travel Game contains over 200 questions, which will let you discover new things in a fun educational way. Questions are formulated in an open ended manner in order to encourage creativity, other are very straightforward. Play as a team or against or against one another. Add some fun to it and find things before the time runs out. The whole family will enjoy it. The younger ones can play with questions related to shape, number and colours, and older one can brush up on their reading skills with more advanced questions. Depending on where you are you can choose questions related to “Town” or “Country”. Write down the name of each player and keep on going, even if one has found the answer, the clock is still ticking for the others to remain in the game.
Requirements: compatible with iPod Touch or iPhone. Requires iPhone OS3.0 or later
Cost: 1.19£
Have fun on the go and let us know if you and your kids enjoyed these games.
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Remember, many kids will see the iPod Touch as a gaming device, but with our help they can get much more out of it. Help them use it for more things than just games and music.
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Flips a new and innovative way to read books on Nintendo DS or DSi
Reading directly on your DS or DSi is now possible.
EA has developed FLIPS, a new series featuring some of the best children writers, to provide children of all age a new fun and interactive way to read books on their Nintentndo DS and DSi. Flips have been developed in collaboration with the UKs leading publishers , including Egmont and Penguin Publishing to bring a new fun, interactive and entertaining way to read books.
Your kids kind of like to read but would rather play on the DS or DSi....
Then turn their DS or DSi into a book and let them discover Flips
a new fun and interactive way to read books. Flips allows children to read in an innovative way where they can read and have access to special in-built hyperlinks to access relevant pictures, sounds and character and location information.
With Flips, readers will also have fun spotting special pictures of animals, flowers, fruit and stars hidden within the pages of each book. Collecting all of them will allow them to unlock extras like mini-games, jokes and recipes, or try out a fun personality test style quiz.
Give Flips a Try!
Your kid will love to read books in an original, fun and interactive way. Flips will give a new dimension to their reading experience.
Artemis Fowl - a well known series of novels by Eoin Colfer , bestselling author of books for children and teens, is now available on Flips Nintendo DS and DSi. Primarily written to appeal to those between the ages of nine and 12. Flips - Artemis Fowl will make reading even more enjoyable.
Artemis Fowl II, teenage criminal mastermind, wants to rebuild his family’s fortune after the disappearance if his father.
Reading Artemis Fowl adventures with the Filps version of on Nintendo DS and DSi will give your child a new dimension to reading.
Lego and Playmobil have been around for years and are classics to kids’ fun educational games. Both concepts help children develop imagination, role play and creativity.
Lego has already expanded its game play into the virtual world of video games on Nintentdo DS, DSi and Wii with several fabulous fun educational adventures.
It is now Playmobil turns to enter Nintendo’s world
with the launch of 2 fantastic and magical adventures on Wii and DS/DSi:
Playmobil Circus for the Wii has been inspired by the success of the Circus Playmobil play sets. With Playmobil Circus for the Wii the whole family become performers into greatest and funniest circus around. (more...)
Turning your kids’ iPod Touch into a fun learning center is
easy. There are many application related
to math, addition, subtraction, multiplication, spelling, logic brain teaser,
reading, role play... you name it and you can find it.
Impressive Number of Fun Educational Games for the iPod
Touch
Many of the fun educational games are short fun games that
can be played anywhere and very good while driving to school for example.
Ipod Touch: Fun Educational Games and Learning Center
When we think about fun educational video games for kids, quite often, we think about Nintendo (more specifically the DS or DSI) or PC games. But have you thought about the iPod Touch?
For a long time, in my mind the iPod Touch was like an MP3, a device only use to store and listen to music. With the explosion of the iPhone and new Ipod Touch, thousand of great applications have been developed. I started to look more closely at the iPod Touch 3rd generation and got one.
Nintendo Wii Expands Its Range of Fun Educational Games with
the Launch of Think! Logic Trainer Wii
Think! Logic Trainer
is an original brain training game that can help improve many cognitive
abilities through play. It helps enhance language, maths, logic skills and
spatial reasoning. All activities are presented on fun, imaginative and
creative way. Think! Logic Trainer, a fun educational game for the whole family. It encourages you to think outside the box and help you
keep your brain fit.
There are over 80000
stimulating different exercises to challenge your well toned mind. All
exercises presented encourage the coordination of the right and left hemisphere
of your brain. Training and stimulation of these area can help improve
creativity, logical thinking and develops imagination.
Think! Logic Trainer
Wii allows you to have your own personal training program where you can keep
track of your progress. Throughout the game, you will be given valuable tips to
help you master every challenge.
You can play Think!
Logic Trainer Wii alone or use the Multiplayer Mode to compete against the
whole family. Multiplayer mode allows you to compete with up to 16 players in 3
different modes: Tournament - Competition and Endurance... Make it fun and find
out who has the highest "Think" quotient.
ESRB rated E - for everyone and produced by Conspiracy
Think! Logic Trainer
Wii is being released on December 1, 2009 - US only (No announcement for
Europe yet) and will be available for the Nintendo DS and DSi on December 15.
Wii games are region specific; a game bought in the US
cannot be played on European Wii console. DS games (except those in Asian
language) are not region specific and can be played on all Nintendo DS, DS lite
and DSi.
World of Zoo, THQ Inc. latest games has been designed to open the gate to kids creativity and animal lovers. World of Zoo is a great fun educational game that will encourage children to discover the zoo in the way they always dreamed off. They are going to be able to care for their favored animals, create their own exhibitions and learn about all the different species through fun educational facts supported by National Geographic.
What's special of World of Zoo?
Randy Shoemaker, vice president, global brand management at THQ says:
“What truly sets World of Zoo apart is the incredible hands-on interactions you have with the world’s most amazing animals, combined with a variety of tools that lets players create and customize their own unique animals and zoo environments. Players will discover their animal’s favorite foods, activities and behaviors, all the while learning interesting information about each one. The National Geographic fun facts are something that animal lovers of all ages will enjoy and parents will appreciate.”
Benefits of World of Zoo
Family friendly fun educational games: teaches about zoo animals. It will help kids understand what is going on in a zoo and how to care for animals. It's up to the player to determine the different ways to interact with
each animal to make them happy. Players are rewarded with hearts once
the animal trusts them, causing a Magic Moment to occur.
Features around 100 different animals: offers the opportunity to learn about different types of species. Animals information are provided by National Geographic and are presented in a fun and educational way. Each animal is completely unique with different personalities and behaviors. It will be up to the player to determine ways to gain their trust and keep their animals happy, ultimately earning a Magic Moment from their animal.
Develops creativity:World of Zoo allows kids to create and customize their own zoo. The Animal Creator feature allows players to create a limitless variety of animals – change a penguin's hair color or create a giant-sized panda bear. Build their own zoo with more than 20 animal exhibits to choose from. Each exhibit can be tailored to kids wishes.
Great game for the whole family. Have fun and share your knowledge.
World of Zoo can be palyed on: Nintendo DS and DSi, Nintendo Wii or PC
FREE REALMS™ TRADING CARD GAME IN STORES THIS WEEK!
Sony Online Entertainment and The Topps Company Bring Integrated Trading Card Game to Store Shelves
DENVER, COLO. – May 4, 2009 – Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) and The Topps Company Inc. (Topps) today announced that the highly anticipated Free Realms™ Trading Card Game hits stores this week. Developed at SOE’s Denver studio in close collaboration with Topps, it integrates a trading card game format with the exciting online world of Free Realms, featuring more than 180 game cards as well as more than 50 virtual reward cards redeemable for exciting items in the online game.
Free Realms from Sony Entertainment is now available to play on line. Free Realm is a free family-friendly online world where kids (10 and up) are able to customize their own character, discover exciting world, make new friends play mini games. Children can decide who they want to be a ninja or race kart driver, what they want to do make friends or raise pets ...it's up to them. "Players are
free to do or be anything: Become a ninja, cook a yummy meal, battle
goblins, set out on epic quests or connect with friends through a safe,
social networking page."
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