Tag: preschool
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Apps We Love! Ladybird: I’m Ready for Phonics
I’ve been on the hunt for a decent Phonics App for quite some time and if I’m honest the ones I’ve found have been crap. Being Canadian I can overlook American accents, but many of them use the wrong font, wrong pronunciation, wrong level and don’t reflect how kids are being taught Phonics in school. Thanks to…
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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…
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Monkey Preschool Lunchbox
Available from itunes for 59p I have to say that I really like this app, if you can ignore the annoying American accent. I’d seen it recommended on a few websites and now that we’ve had a play with it I’m surprised the Sunday Times didn’t feature it in it’s Top 500 apps. It’s perfect…
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Clever so and so!
Do you ever wish that your child was slightly thick, just enough so you can pull the wool over their eyes? Madame has been showing flashes of genius lately, not Mensa level and it’s not consistent, but just enough to worry me. She definitely didn’t get this from her father. Madame was a brilliant eater…
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Easy Christmas Decorations
If you’re snowed in and the kids are climbing the walls you could make some Christmas Decorations. Madame and I’ve been making them over the last couple of weeks. I’m not crafty and she’s only 3, if we can manage you can too. Have fun. The template for the Smiley Snowflake can be found here!…