My daughter is just starting to get into more advanced video games. She is a few months beyond two-years. Up until now she mostly played around with smart phone and tablet games aimed at toddlers, like interactive books or musical games. She finally seems to get how to use the Microsoft Xbox’s Kinect now. Besides a few games she has interacted with mostly on accident, there was nothing designed with her in mind. Then, along with Sesame Street, Microsoft released what they called an “interactive TV show,” Kinect Sesame Street TV. There are 8 shows per season, and Season 1 is out now. The shows play almost exactly like a normal episode of Sesame Street except that there are interactive moments throughout the show. These aren’t just quick interactive gimmicks either. Each episode is sort
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The DIY.org approach is simple; Don't hang the art on the fridge, post it on the web. This is a chance for your child to create their own profile, in a safe, parent controlled environment.
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I can’t decide how I feel about this. Billed as “a fun and easy way for kids to plan and pack lunches with their parents” and something that “empowers your kids, teaches them to make smarter food choices and helps them learn about advance planning,” LaLa Lunchbox is a $1.99 app that adds a layer of gamification to the simple — yet occasionally quite aggravating — act of planning your kids’ lunches. If your kids are anything like mine (and judging from the fact that LaLa Lunchbox is a thing, most of them probably are), getting them to eat their lunch (or breakfast, or…I need a drink) can be a complicated process that involves bribery, treachery, and pleading. There are a million excuses for not emptying one’s lunchbox, and you’ll hear them all. However, unless
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How one app is trying to help parents find family-friendly entertainment -- and pay the artists in the process
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After years of mucking around with digital comics, has Marvel finally gotten it right
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The usual gang of idiots has arrived on the iPad. Do they deserve your $
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We’ll have to wait until June 22 for Pixar’s Brave to arrive in theaters, but the...
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