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I received a pitch to review this app few days ago and after checking out the Lite version of the app, I decided to review it as I can foresee my 3.5 years old boy benefiting from using this app. Anyway, my review as below...

* Title: Sight Words for Kids
* Price: $2.99
* Category: Education
* Updated: Nov 11, 2012
* Version: 2.0
* Size: 20.9 MB
* Language: English
* Seller: Talal Baweja © Nimble Minds Inc.
* Rated: 4+
* Requirements: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

Description from the product page:

"This app is the real deal when it comes to teaching sight words. It's highly educational, effectively contextualizes words by organizing them by location (e.g. "bathroom," "bedroom," or "park"), and makes excellent use of audio learning cues. It' also provides lots of positive reinforcement when the user succeeds."

* It is engaging and interactive and I love the beautiful illustrations!

* This is an easy to use app which my 3.5 years old boy has no problem using without my guidance. He just touch and touch whatever objects on the page and learns what is the name of the objects and we have great fun playing the game too!

* There are a total of 12 scenes that you can choose to learn or play with.

* In the learn mode, the items that you can learn has a question mark above it, once you touched it, the word will pop out followed by the narrator saying out the name of the object and the question mark will be removed then. Once you finished tapping all the question marks items, you will finish the scene and can choose to play again or go to the next scene.

* In the play mode, the narrator will ask you where are certain objects and you need to tap the screen to solve the question. My boy enjoyed the games as I pretended to race with him to solve the questions (of course I had to purposely delayed my response in order to let him solve on his own hahaha...)

* There are some objects which my 3.5 years old boy is not able to solve as we use different terms for it, such as mailbox (we use letterbox), gift (we use present) so these are some of the items that I am skipping for now as I do not want to confuse my boy with too many versions of an object at the moment.

* Other than the above feedback, I have also highlighted to the developer on the price of the app which to me is a bit pricey as I have reviewed similar type of apps like this one with cheaper range. Anyway, the developer has taken note on this and has already restructured the price for this app.

You can purchase the "Sight Words for Kids" app from the iTunes App Store.

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the promo code to redeem the application for free from iTunes Store in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine. And if you'd like to read my previous iPad Apps reviews, you can do so by reading this post of mine called "My iPad App Reviews"

I had previously blogged about our homeschooling life, how I teach and explain whenever the opportunities arises. So the moment I saw this app about Red Fox in the latest Oceanhouse Media's press release in my email inbox, I remembered having reviewed a similar app like this few months ago about ladybug, I immediately request for the promo code to redeem this app. Anyway, my review as below...

* Title: Red Fox at Hickory Lane
* Price: $1.99
* Category: Books
* Released: Nov 14, 2012
* Version: 1.09
* Size: 15.1 MB
* Language: English
* Seller: Oceanhouse Media, Inc.
* Rated: 4+
* Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1 or later.

Description from the product page:

"Mother and Father Fox teach their four cubs to hunt, escape danger, and survive on their own. Their skills are tested when a coyote appears in the distance. How will the baby cubs react? Smithsonian's Backyard series features entertaining stories that answer many questions children have about the habits and habitats of the animals in our own backyards. Settle down on your sofa and open up this trip to nature just down the lane. 

What's good?

* It is engaging and interactive and I love that we can also touch the objects in each page on the screen and the words pop out to tell you what it is!

* I like the storyline where it tells how a Mother and Father fox teach their 4 cubs to hunt for food and also how they defend themselves and their cubs from predators (coyotes).

* I used the opportunity in this book to teach my 3.5 years old son about the Red Fox, how it hunts for food and also defends itself and its cubs from predators.

* The illustration is beautiful and quite life-like!

You can purchase the "Red Fox at Hickory Lane" app from the iTunes App Store.

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the promo code to redeem the application for free from iTunes Store in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine. And if you'd like to read my previous iPad Apps reviews, you can do so by reading this post of mine called "My iPad App Reviews"

I received a pitch to review this app early this month, as we were slowly transitioning our 3.5 years old boy to be by himself in his Sunday schools (1.5 hours) so I thought there might be something I could use to teach my boy on friendship and making friends. Anyway, my review as below... 

* Title: Witzy’s Friends Forever
* Price: $0.99
* Category: Books
* Released: Nov 08, 2012
* Version: 1.1
* Size: 51.2 MB
* Language: English
* Seller: zuuka incorporated
* Rated: 4+
* Requirements: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5..

Description from the product page:

"The first book in the series to be featured is “Witzy’s Friends Forever,” which follows the fluffy yellow duckling who is searching for a wishing puff to wish for all of his pals to be friends forever. It’s up to his imagination to take himself out of the backyard environment for his more daring, imaginary adventures.

The Suzy’s Zoo Storybook Series engages young readers and promotes literacy with interactivity, animation and narration as well as includes fun and creative in-app activities such as "find it" features, coloring books, memory games, and puzzles."

* It is engaging and interactive and I love the beautiful illustrations! It actually reminds me of my childhood when Care Bears was a craze then!

* I like the storyline where it tells how Witzy go through his journey for everlasting friendship with his friends.

* There is a cute game which you can play along while you go through the story app where you look for 'Tickles' (I actually realised it is ladybug we are supposed to be looking for... was wondering what could be Tickles in this story initially until I re-read the story again and saw the front cover of the story app showing a ladybug!)

You can purchase the "Witzy’s Friends Forever " app from the iTunes App Store.

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the promo code to redeem the application for free from iTunes Store in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine. And if you'd like to read my previous iPad Apps reviews, you can do so by reading this post of mine called "My iPad App Reviews"