Kids with smartphones? Not that uncommon. Fortunately, there’s still an age young enough where you can give them just about anything and they’ll be satisfied with it. Take that opportunity to wean your budding social network addict onto smartphones gradually, with the I-Woody.
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BubCaps Protect Parents’ Home Buttons From Curious Kids
There are plenty of cases designed to help keep the home button on iPhones and iPads from being accidentally pressed by kids, but those who were already attached to other cases or didn’t want a case at all were out of luck. Not so anymore now that BubCaps have been made available.
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Get Your Kids Ready for the Avengers With These Stan Lee-Narrated Storybook Apps
May 4th is coming fast, and The Avengers is coming with it. Worried that your kids don’t know enough about some of the greatest superheroes of your day? Get them up to speed with these two new storybook apps from Disney/Marvel. Better yet, they’ll hear the origin stories of their new favorite superheroes straight from the source thanks to narration from Stan Lee.
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Nosy Crow Brings Cinderella and the Three Little Pigs to Life for a New Generation
They call those stories timeless for a reason. Independent app publisher Nosy Crow, a group excelling in producing high quality children’s storybooks in app form, has won Parents’ Choice Gold Awards for their versions of Cinderella and The Three Little Pigs. Judges lauded the new directions taken on both stories, and how they fit perfectly with the kids of today.
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Totoya Creatures Are Your Child’s Newest Interactive Furry Friend
Part of living in today’s technology-advanced world is having toys that can play back – playtime doesn’t have to be as one-sided as it used to be. The newest incarnations of that idea are the Totoya Creatures, a new set of four plush toys coming out of Romania.
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MakeGo Turns Your iPhone Into a Play-Time Vehicle
Actually, MakeGo, a new app from designer Chris O’Shea, doesn’t turn the iPhone into a vehicle. The beauty of the app is that you do that part yourself – the app encourages kids and their parents to create makeshift vehicle cases out of whatever is on hand, then use those creations with the app, which has three different vehicle modes.
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Disney Brings Lion King and Tangled Storybook Apps to iOS Devices
Disney wants kids to rediscover the Lion King and Tangled in brand new ways with two new storybook apps for iOS devices – The Lion King: Timon’s Tale and Tangled: Storybook Deluxe. Both storybook apps will feature original animation from their respective movies, along with a host of interactive activities to get fans of the movies engaged.
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Kidz Bop Karaoke Comes to iOS Devices
The massively popular line of albums featuring kids singing along to the hottest pop songs of the day is entering the karaoke arena with Kidz Bop Karaoke, for all iOS devices. The app also packs in some voice modification features to get everyone sounding a little better, which might be a good thing, considering you can share performances online via KidzBop.com.
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Kids Become Puppetmasters With Play-Doll for Kids
Play-Doll for Kids is a free app for the iPhone and iPad that allows kids to create their own puppet character and create an on-stage play. The app description lauds the possibilities of quiet, safe playtime on a precious electronic gadget, but, as always, there are no guarantees when you put a child and a fragile object in the vicinity of each other.
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Kidz Gear Releases Apple-Specific Headphones for Kids
Kidz Gear has released a new set of headphones designed to work specifically with Apple devices, while providing safety measures for young ears. The Kidz Gear Volume Limit Headphones maxes out volume at levels that do not cause damage to the inner ear, so kids don’t unintentionally blast out their eardrums over the course of years.
