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Reading Rainbow’s Digital Future

By admin | Published: August 29, 2012

When PBS canceled LeVar Burton’s show, he set out to revolutionize education for kids. LeVar Burton presents Reading Rainbow at the Apple Store in Soho, new York City.   Three years after PBS pulled the plug on Reading Rainbow, actor LeVar Burton, the show’s longtime host, is reviving the educational series with his new company, [...]

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Developing Minds Want to Know: Q&A with Jumping Pages founder Rania Ajami – iPhone app article – Brad Spirrison

By admin | Published: August 25, 2012

Children’s books continue to find a more accepting home on the iPad. Despite some initial concerns about the medium, it’s clear that more and more parents these days are finding that Apple’s tablet is an ideal way to relate stories, providing an interactive and colorful environment that help kids learn and keep them engaged. In [...]

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Kids Are Getting A Surprisingly Generous Allowance These Days

By admin | Published: August 25, 2012

Flickr / amboo who? Today’s children get enough allowance annually to buy an iPad and still have money left over, an American Institute of CPA’s survey revealed. The average American child receives $780 a year in allowance, or $65 a month. And only 1 percent of parents said their children save their allowance, the survey [...]

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The Real Value of Educational Apps for Kids

By admin | Published: August 4, 2012

Older generation keeps saying that young people and kids get no solid education and waste their time staring at iPads, iPhones and other devices. well, this is partially true. we all use modern smartphones and tablet PCs in everyday life. Kids are no different. In fact, how can a child resist the temptation to play [...]

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Groundbreaking CGI Interactive Storybook: Kodee’s Canoe – Echo for iPad

By admin | Published: July 30, 2012

Vancouver, Canada – Nitrogen Studios is excited to announce the release of the first app from its own preschool property, Kodee’s Canoe. “Echo” is a premium interactive storybook based in the beautiful Canadian wilderness, starring a young Spirit Bear named Kodee. The new app focuses on telling a kid friendly mystery story whilst taking a [...]

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Kid apps: Are mobile providers protecting your child’s privacy?

By admin | Published: July 27, 2012

Privacy is an iffy thing in the mobile world – for children as well as adults. Skip to next paragraph Say, before leaving for summer vacation, you download applications to a smart phone or iPad to keep the kids occupied on the five-hour drive to the beach. do you know what information that app gathers [...]

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C+R Research's YouthBeat Expands Expertise Adding Preschool Syndicated Study

By admin | Published: June 27, 2012

CHICAGO, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — No longer satisfied with oversized baby things or ill-fitting kid stuff, preschoolers are a market all their own. with over 25 million of them, they demand (along with their parents) to have products that meet their specific needs. YouthBeat, a syndicated study of kids, tweens and teens ages 6-18, [...]

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Magic Town App Debuts On iPad: Summer Reading in Virtual World For Kids

By admin | Published: June 25, 2012

London, United Kingdom and New York, NY – Magic Town, the first virtual world based on picture books, is now available on the App Store. like the MagicTown website, the Magic Town app for iPad(R) is an immersive game where children read and play with popular picture books licensed from top publishers. the app has [...]

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Three Books for CMOs to Read This Summer

By admin | Published: June 16, 2012

Power up your iPad, recharge the battery in your Kindle, or simply make a little extra room in your beach bag. Summer is almost here, and that means it’s time to plan some time away from the office so you can relax with family, re-connect with friends . . . and catch up on all [...]

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Meet Heckerty, well-known British children's story, makes its way to the iPad

By admin | Published: June 10, 2012

Meet Heckerty is a delightful British children’s story starring Heckerty, a “zany, 409-year-old, upside-down-on-her-broomstick, green-faced witch,” and her sidekick cat Zanzibar. The traditional story has made its way to the iPad with a wonderful adaptation that takes advantage of the interactivity offered by Apple’s tablet device. Children can choose to read the book themselves or [...]

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