Mediocre Mum

Tag: ipad

  • How to set Parental Controls on LoveFilm App

    I really should pay more attention.  I put far too much trust in Film/TV Producers and recently Lovefilm, to know what is appropriate for my daughter to watch.  I’m guilty of putting the TV on and if it’s on Cbeebies, Boomerang or Nickelodeon I don’t even give it a second thought, trusting that what she…

  • Apps we love! Doodlecast

    I absolutely love this app, bar the music at the beginning.  At first, Doodlecast (£1.99)  just looks like another drawing app which we have many, but if I’m honest we prefer paper and crayons for that.  What I really love about this one is that the children can record their own narrations whilst drawing the…

  • Didn’t your mother ever tell you you’ll go blind…..

    I went to an event a while back; while I was there I lent my Ipad to one of the mum’s daughters to keep her occupied as it’s full to the brim with educational apps. Another mother, who wasn’t meddling or being judgmental, asked me if I worried about the affect it had on children’s…

  • How to ‘Pin’ on an iPad (Pinterest)

    In the evenings, I like to sit on the sofa in front of the TV with my Ipad and do a bit of surfing.  Last night, I became a bit frustrated that I couldn’t ‘Pin’ things with the stroke of a button.  I tried the Pinterest App but didn’t get on with it. In the…

  • Ipad Apps for Kids: Magic Ink Books

    I stumbled across this app, Magic Ink:  Tinkerbell and Friends,  the other night and I think it’s great. Kids have the opportunity to either read the story themselves or have it read to them. But this is where the magic begins, with a simple swipe of your finger you go from this….. To this, revealing…