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Hello-Hello Kids is a new iPhone app that gives children a head start in learning different languages in a fun and engaging way. The app focuses on using bright, kid-friendly images to explain concepts and teach new words, and includes animated flashcards and audio examples. The seven languages included in the app are Spanish, English, French, German, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese, and Dutch.
Fourtunately for you, “gotta catch ‘em all” only means three this time. The Pokémon DS Cartridge Eraser Collection is a set of three pencil erasers in the shape of Nintendo DS cartridges.
Trickomatics is a DVD set that promises to help kids who struggle with core math concepts in a fun and entertaining way that offers an alternative to the traditional educational system. The animated videos follow the adventures of four young kids, as they use mathematical concepts to help them along the way. All of the concepts are presented in a practical context, but the series’ strongest point is its use of mental shortcuts that help kids understand math and make calculations more efficiently.
The Wiggles are bringing their preschool-rocking selves onto the iPad with The Wiggles! Alphabet Adventure. Unfortunately, the app seems to be a little limited in what it has to offer to the show’s fans.
This March, the world will mark the 108th year since the rhyming magician that was Dr. Seuss came into the world, leaving children everywhere the better for it. PBS is launching a birthday party in his honor, on television and mobile devices.
A polar bear with a love of travel and a knack for misadventure is heading to the iPad in iBernard HD. Bernard is a polar bear who travels around the world, learning about new customs, making new friends, and getting into lots of trouble. The animated show so far has three seasons, all of which are included in the app.
The Adventures of Peter Pan is a storybook app from developer So Ouat, which focuses on teaching younger kids how to read while immersing them in the world of Neverland.
Educational apps aren’t just for the young ones. If you have a college student pursuing even more higher education, give them a hand with the IntelliVocab Deluxe App. The app was designed by MIT students to use algorithms to intelligently figure out which areas of vocabulary your student is deficient in. The app will help shore up those weaknesses in time for your student to take the GRE or GMAT.
Your little intrepid explorer can get a leg up on reading skills thanks to Dora’s Rhyming Word Adventure, a new educational app for the iPad. The app focuses on phoneme recognition and matching, walking your kids through the basic building blocks of words. Much of the a
pp focuses on matching rhyming pairs – starting with end rhymes and continuing on to internal and beginning rhymes.
The Oregon Scientific Barbie B-Book has the appearance of a small, 7” laptop. The young ones can feel like the grown-ups with their very own computer. Of course, the B-Book isn’t actually a computer – it’s a game and education center containing 30 educational games based on math, language, and music, among many other subjects.

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