Category Archives: Apps for Kids

Picks of the Week   Welcome to our weekly installment of Picks of the Week at iSource where we provide our expanded coverage of Apple accessories and applications  Here we will promote our favorite iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac and Apple TV related items, as well as bring you occasional tips …

Ok, so pretty much any parent with kids under the age of 10 has probably heard of Dora the Explorer at some point. I know I have. My oldest son is 9, my middle son is 6, and my youngest daughter is 4, so Dora has been a constant around …

Admit it: math is one of the least-liked areas of schooling. When I taught high school math, I jokingly said it was the dreaded four-letter word of students’ experiences and tried to explain that “fractions are your friends, not your foes!”. I knew the challenges of learning math didn’t have …

First of all: No, this isn’t a cubist interpretation of Fruit Ninja! So what’s it about? Fruit Splash is incredibly simple to pickup. Tilt your iPhone or iPad so two like fruit bump into each other while ensuring the “No Fruit Zone” doesn’t get all blocked up (the center of …

iStoryTime, a publisher of children book apps, has released a new title, “How to Train Your Dragon” to coincide with this weekend’s DreamWorks’s 3-D animated movie. The “book” uses screen shots and a few character voices from the movie in a 40+ page app with optional animated page turning. Another …

As a former high school math teacher, and now professional developer for teachers, I knew that today’s learners – with access to constant information – were different. Today’s “digital learner*” is exposed to ongoing media, and the iPhone is the digital “butler” of games, infowhelm*, and 24/7 connectivity. The iPhone …

From the first moment of playing Pollywog (which ,according to the Chaotic Box website, is a ‘fast paced 2D physics dodge’m/racer ‘), you ‘ll wonder how something so alarmingly cute could work its way into your brain to push you to play more frequently. The answer is elusive and unknown: …

My daughter and I are both fans of the Wallace and Gromit animated films, and we were excited to spot some new Wallace and Gromit comics in the App Store recently. There are four new Wallace and Gromit comic apps that have been released this month “ and we recently …

  Who doesn ‘t want to have their very own pet dolphins with which to play, feed, pet, and interact with on a daily basis? I can tell you one person who absolutely does want that “ my daughter Zoe. She ‘s six (and a half!) and thinks the Dolphin …

The Three Little Pigs is an animated story app for the iPhone, which presents the classic fairy tale with illustration, an audio narration, and some pop-up type effects. My 6 year old daughter (Zoe) and I have been trying this one out, and this is another of our joint reviews. …

As the blog title suggests, here are 4 app picks for kids, currently available for free on the App Store. 1. ABC for me Where was this app when I was teaching English to German-speaking kids here in Austria? ABC for me makes creating alphabet, number and other picture books …