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Word Sundae

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Word Sundae by CBC is a single or two player game that incorporates spelling, visual tracking, and fine motor skills to get kids enrapt in learning while having fun. How can one fill their bowl with the most ice cream and earn the most points? Simply tap on the letters to form words, submit words to fill your bowl, fill your bowl to earn points making sure to utilize the bonus tiles, point multipliers, and extra turns. The age select option provides a different scoring system for adults and children, allowing for fair play.  A fun and easy way to share precious time with your child and learning together as you go along.

Looking for quality educational apps for your family? A4CWSN provides a complete and ever growing reference center of app videos that allows you to see the benefits of an app before you buy it. Each video is a quick glimpse into the capabilities and educational value each app possesses. ~Lisa Baker

Pteranodon Soars, by Oceanhouse Media is part of the Smithsonian’s Prehistoric Pals series. If you have a dinosaur lover in your house, this is a must have app to your library. Kids love dinosaurs, parents love Smithsonian! This interactive book shows the Pteranodon as she soars high above the ocean, needing to feed her babies she swoops down and scoops up fish to carry back to them. As a dark shape appears below the surface readers will be on pins and needles to see if she can escape the grasp of the Mosasauri lying in wait. Designed specifically for users ages 3 through 8, this app has features which include:

*Parental controls that keep the child in the app

*Highlighted narration that encourages literacy skills

*Tap-able pictures and words that help learn new vocabulary

*Ability to record your own narration, which can also be shared with others

*Easy to use navigation that allows the user to select a favorite screen

To see this and many more apps before you buy them, soar on over to A4CWSN for a unique library of app videos that allow one to get a feeling for how an app works and if it is the right match for your child or children’s personal learning wants or needs. Follow Oceanhouse Media on Facebook and Twitter. ~Lisa B.

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Hundred Board – A Montessori Approach to Math

Hundred Board - A Montessori Approach to Math by Mobile Montessori has just been updated to include; easier to read bold-face numbers, the ability to manually assemble the Hundred Board by using your finger to drag each individual number, and it is now also fully retina display ready.

Three lessons are included in this highly educational and appealing app using exact replicas of the board and number squares used in Montessori classrooms around the globe. Help your child master their numbers from 1 to 100 by presenting standard sequencing from 1 to 100, even numbers only, or odd numbers only. Using their critical thinking skills, sequencing abilities, fine motor, and eye-hand coordination skills your child scours the scrambled numbers to the right of the board to find the next appropriate number. Once they have chosen the right number, it will automatically move to its correct place on the board. This fun, yet challenging app, will keep children engaged as their master their counting skills. Parents will like seeing their child’s progression as their scores increase through repetition.

A4CWSN offers an app video to showcase the educational and fun value of this app for children just beginning or struggling to count. A4 is known for picking only the best quality apps, so be sure to browse the stockpile of new videos frequently added. There is something for everyone to be found. ~Lisa. B.

iSort Words By Dactyl Studios

iSort Words by Dactyl Studios is an app designed especially for young children to teach the concept of forming words. It contains 3 uniquely entertaining ways to instill word formation in even the youngest users. Push Sort, Swipe Sort, and Open Sort are three games that allow the fundamentals of word structure to be explored in entertaining fashion.

Focusing on word endings, children learn to use rhyming to sort and match which words go together. The colorful words are eye catching, and even the Speed Sort helps make understanding word structure and development as easy as 1, 2, 3!

Parents, teachers, and children alike will appreciate the ease of use, and quality of learning, and the absolutely captivating experience of this app.

A4CWSN has added this app to their preferred app video library. A great way to experience the app and its capabilities before you purchase it, be sure to explore the vast library of educational apps frequently for updated additions.

Follow Dactyl Studios on Facebook and Twitter. ~Lisa B.

Match Blitz by Shiny Things is an action packed, fast paced educational app that helps with matching skills. As you progress through the game you will be surprised as visual perception, as well as memory and concentration skills are challenged and strengthened. These are all critical skills needed to promote reading and writing skills, as well as numerous other scholastic functions.

In multiplayer mode up to 4 people can compete to see who can find the matches first. At first look this might seem easy, but Match Blast detects the speed with which you answer and tailors the level of difficulty respectively. You’ll need a keen eye and quick fingers to spot the matching symbols before your competition.

Fun for all ages, as younger players can take their time and hone their skills and older players can enjoy the increasing intricacy of the puzzles as they progress through the game.

A child-proof parental section helps make sure the user stays in the game.

Taking pride in their product and the privacy of their users, all apps contain absolutely no in-app-purchases, ads, personal information, or data collection. There is also no integration with social networking site, making for a safe educational learning environment

A4CWSN has hand-picked this app to be showcased as a part of their app video library that allows you to see an app and learn how it works before purchasing it. Be sure to glance through other available videos to help grow your app collection. ~Lisa B.

Toca Boca is an award winning game studio that makes digital toys for kids. Toca Pet Doctor is geared to children ages 2 through 6. Learning about animals and their care is a fantastic way to get users to use their imagination, boost critical thinking skills, and a compassionate approach to learning about various types of animals (15 to be exact) and not just your typical everyday pets.

Come meet them all in this beautifully illustrated, child-friendly app. You can help them heal by feeding a diet complete with flies, seeds, and even vegetables. When the animals are cured they fall back to sleep but as they love attention, can be waken up to play. The cast of characters include:

Bisse: a beautiful, yellow canary

Blob: a small, slimy snail

Brie: the sweet, cheesy mouse

Bun: the friendly neighborhood budgie

Charm: a very charming dog

Cid: the slithering snake (pronounced Ssssid!)

Dottie:  the colorful, spotted toad

Jess: the eight legged spider, with six pretty eyes

Molly: the spirited guinea pig

Pickles: the spirited pigeon

Pop: the spiked iguana

Rascal: the sly cat

Tarzan: the upside down turtle

Tofu: the vegetarian rabbit

Worm: the not so happy earthworm

Is there a potential Veterinarian in your house? As you can see there are a wide variety of animals guaranteed to get lots of smiles, giggles, and help keep your child fascinated to have fun while learning. And parents have no worries as there is no third-party advertising or in app purchases. If it comes from Toca Boca, it has to be good!

Movable Alphabet by Mobile Montessori, allows children to phonetically sound out words, one letter at a time as they work on building words and increasing their vocabularies. With over 40 images of simple, everyday words, this app also includes audio pronunciations and instructions that allow children to sound out and practice what they learn. This is a great way for children to express themselves even before they can use a pencil and paper to write.

Utilizing a simple format, this app features buttons in a box above each letter that allow the user to hear the sound of each letter helping them to search for the sound they need to build their words. ~Lisa B. Follow Mobile Montessori on Facebook and Twitter.