Communication with your child’s teacher and school can be one of the hardest challenges of being a parent. PowerSchool is the fastest-growing, most widely used web-based student information system, supporting nearly 10 million students in all 50 states and 65 countries. The iOS apps provident students and parents mobile access to attendance, school announcements, assignments, grades, [...]

Keeping up with what’s going on in the world should be easier these days than in other time in history, with the ubiquitousness of digital devices and the internet. Along with that instant connection to the happenings in the world also comes an endless stream of information, only some of which one may find relevant or [...]

From developer HuggaMind, the team that brought us Baby Symbolizer, comes My Baby Mobile. Visual stimulation is essential to any child’s development, so My Baby Mobile provides you with both a virtual mobile and a set of detailed self-assembly printable mobile kits for you to make and hang over your baby’s crib. There is also [...]

For those of you that aren’t math nuts like yours truly (I’m kidding, math novice here), Maplesoft is a developer of advanced mathematical and analytical software. Their tools are used by engineers, scientists, and mathematicians as well as major companies the world over. With the new, and free, Maple Player app for iPad they have [...]

Babies are apparently intrigued by high-contrast imagery and designs around their sixth week of development. Their developing eyes and brains are able to distinguish high-contrast better than solid colors and shapes, and black-and-white is as high a contrast you can get. Baby Symbolizer not only offers high-contrast artwork but also interactive images full of sights [...]

Taking the board book into the next century is Who Says Moo? from developer KneeBouncers, LLC. Incorporating animated interactive drawings, sound effects, read-aloud features, and even the ability to record your own custom voice-over narration, Who Says Moo? is a children’s book that aims to educate and entertain. How It Works The launch screen gives you [...]

There are very few opportunities on the iPhone for shared experiences with your children. Games can be distracting for a few moments but the small screen and the nature of the games available simply make it impractical to be able to huddle together and enjoy the experience. The new app Mom’s Garden – Handmade Story [...]

The most stressful part about travelling to a foreign country is of course if you don’t know the native language. There are countless expensive learning tools available, as well as time-consuming courses that you could take, but wouldn’t an iPhone-based way to learn some essential phrases be great? Well I’m sure you’ve already figured this [...]

Those wanting to learn a new language on their iOS device have no shortage of options, but the Daphnee app from developers SwissKiss gives you a full suite of videos to teach you French in real-world situations, including quizzes, branching choices in the videos for different scenarios, and even the ability to ask any question [...]

Learning a new language is reportedly much easier to do as children than as adults, which I guess is why so many children’s programs inject a little international flavor into their educational aspects. Babblemania Spanish is an iOS game that uses fun, colorful characters and engaging mini-games to teach children the Spanish language in a [...]