Word Cub – Educational iPhone Game for Kids

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Zach loved playing this game. He has a pretty good grasp on his letters already, but this was a great way to reinforce what he already knows and push him along to getting ready to read. The game is fantastic and if you have a child that is just starting to learn letters or is a pre-reader, I highly recommend getting it! It’s really well done!

Word Cub: $1.99 (at time of this writing)

Little Cook – iPhone Game For Kids

MAqility.com or see a video of the game.

Both Zach (4 yrs) and Rachel (9 yrs) enjoyed playing this game. Zach, in his ever so naughty ways, loved making a fish and sprinkles topped sundae and making the tester try it again and again. Rachel liked trying to find combinations of foods that the taster would appreciate. I’m sure this is going to continue to be a favorite of theirs.

Little Cook: $0.99 (At the time of this writing)

Skee-Ball iPhone App (for kids and big-kids) ;)

ISkee-Ball: $0.99 (at the time of this writing)

Farm Friends iPhone App

FFarm Friends – See and Say Fun Game: $0.99 (at the time of this writing)

iGoTo the Jungle – iPhone App

TiGoTo the Jungle: $0.99 (at the time of this writing)

You can see some screenshots of the app on the website here.

Math and Word Games for Kids for the iPhone

We tried a bunch of new games recently. Anusen (itunes link) is a small family run company that makes a very nice selection of word and math type games for kids, including a few in Spanish. Their QA team is made up of a selection of preschoolers. Our test team here (a 4 year old and 9 year old) really enjoyed playing them. As of this writing, the games are pretty reasonably priced, at just $.99/each. Definitely worth picking up a few to try.

Here are the ones we tried:

Word Magic
A game that helps teach spelling. You can have the game leave the first letter of the word open or a letter in the middle of the word.

Math Magic
Tests your skills at basic math equations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) and rewards your little mathematician with stickers when they get a handful right. With Rachel’s class reviewing math facts at the start of school this year, this was a great way for her to get back up to speed.

Match Magic
“Draw” lines to connect matching pictures, shapes, numbers or colors. Zachary particularly liked playing this one.

Count Magic
In this game you have to catch falling items until you catch the correct number, and then the scene changes and you can play again. The game counts the items as you catch them. This was another one Zachary really enjoyed playing.

Math Series
This game has you fill in the missing number in the series. You can set the level of difficulty from simple to more complex. ie. [1 2 3 _ 5] or something a little trickier [3 6 9 _ 15]

Match ’em up Math
Another game where you draw lines to connect one side to the other – but in this case, it’s math problems to their solution. Equations can be in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. So the age range on this is pretty big.