The Jellybean Tunes App Report: Volume 33

Learn the ABCs, create princess tales, learn piano or just take a moment to sit still. The 33rd app report brings you the latest news and product announcements from the members of the Moms With Apps network.

Kid-Capsule and SoGaBee celebrate milestones this week and have put together a great prize package of gift cards, a stuffed toy, iPhone camera lenses and more. iLuv Drawing’s 10-$10 contest is still going offering you the chance to win one of 10 gift cards. Check out the Promotions section below.

Parents, please take a moment to read the full app descriptions, and to screen the apps you download, to fully understand the features and elements in the app. If you find an app you like, please write a review.

– Garry Froehlich | Jellybean Tunes

Apps for Little Ones

Kids Preschool Puzzle Kids Preschool Puzzle by Lemberg Solutions Limited: A child will move patterned pieces of paper to complete a picture. When the object is created, its name is spelled on the screen and you can hear the word pronunciation in any of 14 languages available. (Watch Video) iPhone and iPad – $2.99, Free Lite Version
To the farm! To the farm! by Sanoen: Educational application designed to stimulate young children’s language development. Wonderful, original illustrations of farm animals. Music and real animal sounds that engage and entertain young digital natives. Text and audio in 6 languages. iPad – Free (limited time)
Animal Tiles for Kids HD Animal Tiles for Kids HD by Apps and Kids: A cute little animal slides out and makes a sound – barks, mews, whistles – you name it. Right after that, it is split into four tiles that get scattered randomly. A child moves the tiles to the correct places. After all the tiles are collected correctly the animal will give you a small performance! (Watch Video) iPad – $0.99
Alphabet Jumbled Alphabet Jumbled by Pixel Interactive: Had enough of same old Alphabet song, flash cards and posters? Here’s a fun interactive app to get your kids started on their ABCs! iPad – $0.99 (limited time)
Balloon Kids Words Balloon Kids Words by Bongly: Learn to read and pronounce letters and words with colorful balloons and bubble popping. Over 5 word categories: Animals, Food, Things, Numbers, Colors and more than 100 words per language (English, Italian, German). iPhone and iPad – Free + In-App Purchase
ABC Day ABC Day by Hompimplay: ABCDay encourages kids to read, write, play, and sing their way through the alphabet. Straight forward navigation permits easy gameplay, and lively animations captivate children as they plunge into a vibrant undersea world. iPhone – Free

Books

Avram's Gift Avram’s Gift by Margie Blumberg & Laurie McGaw (and PicPocket Books): Eight-year-old Mark has two wishes: To become a shofar-blower-just like his High Holiday hero-and to make that photograph of his great-great-grandfather Avram disappear from the hallway in his new home. When the family gathers for Rosh Hashanah, though, Mark discovers that his own desire to blow the shofar is actually linked to a hope that the unsmiling man in the photograph once had. AVRAM’S GIFT is a charming portrait of a family and how their lives-past and present-mingle to make wishes come true. iBook for iPhone and iPad – $6.99
Grimm's Frog King Grimm’s Frog King by JustKidsApps – Katrin Draemann Barothy: Enjoy Grimm’s Frog King both in the traditional version of the Grimm’s folktale as well as in a version that is… well, not so traditional. Narrated by professional young voice actors this version will make you and your children croak with laughter! (Watch Video) iPad – $0.99

Creative Play

Princess Fairy Tale Maker - by Duck Duck Moose Princess Fairy Tale Maker by Duck Duck Moose: Create your own fairy tale with princesses, fairies, mermaids, ballerinas, unicorns, animals and more! Color with animated sparkles and glitter! Princess Fairy Tale Maker includes 64 scenes and coloring pages with 190+ stickers. Features princesses who do interesting things like land on the moon, take care of animals, and read books. (Watch Video) iPhone and iPad – $1.99

Games

NumNet NumNet by ronari: NumNet is a number tournament game – fun, addicting and unique. In NumNet you compete with players all over the internet, all players play on the same NumNet number board, in real-time, to get the highest score. Find the sum of the numbers displayed on the board to earn points. The longer the number path the higher the score. Windows Phone 7.5 – Free

Music

KinderBach: Simply Discover Piano KinderBach: Simply Discover Piano by Zephyr Games: KinderBach presents the video teachings of Karri Gregor, Professional Musician and Artist with decades of teaching experience and thousands of students. KinderBach is a unique method of teaching very young children to actually play piano, read notes, learn intervals, rhythm, & music patterns. (Watch Video) iPhone and iPad – Free + In-App Purchases

Parents

Fetal Sleep Tracker Fetal Sleep Tracker by Infinite Touch: Many doctors and midwifes believe that the sleeping patterns your unborn baby develops in the womb will continue after birth. With the help of your baby kicks and pregnancy movements these sleep patterns can now be tracked and recorded so you can find out when and for how long your baby is likely to be sleeping when they arrive! iPhone – $0.99

Sitting Still

Sit Still Sit Still by flowcrow: Sitting still is an important skill for children and adults (e.g. School and meditation). Sit Still monitors your movement, gives you visual and audio feedback, and encourages you to practice sitting still. iPhone and iPad – $0.99, Amazon – $0.99, Nook – $0.99

Special Needs

Category Carousel Category Carousel by Synapse Apps, LLC: Whether you are a speech language pathologist or a parent you will find the Category Carousel app a fun way to increase and enhance a child’s vocabulary. The ability to categorize and subcategorize words and concepts is a skill necessary to build, store, and retrieve words leading to better comprehension and expressive language skills. iPad – $9.99

Promotions

Super Celebration Giveaway Commemorating a Year of Memories and Ten Thousand Downloads Celebrate Kid-Capsule’s one year anniversary and SoGaBee’s Sight Words Hangman ten thousand downloads by entering for a chance to win an unbelievable bundle of goodies for the whole family! Contest Page
iLuv Drawing Contest Learn With Fun Apps invites you to participate in a drawing contest with Technology in (Special) Education for a chance to win 1 of 10-$10 gift cards by sharing the art work created using iLuv Drawing apps. Contest Page

Noteworthy Apps

Alien Buddies – Preschool Learning Activities by Artgig Studio: New and Noteworthy in Education. iPhone and iPad – $1.99
Simplex Spelling Phonics 2 Syllables – Spell To Read by Pyxwise Software Inc.: New and Noteworthy in Education. iPhone and iPad – $2.99 (currently 40% off)

Updates and New Versions

5th Grade Math: Splash Math Worksheets App [HD Lite] by StudyPad, Inc.: With 9 chapters covering an endless supply of problems, it is by far the most comprehensive math workbook in the app store. Now available in a lite version. iPad – Free + In-App Purchaces
Learning Tots Animals DX by Pixel Interactive: Adds 7 more animal flash cards and adds easy and hard mode in the animals and shapes activity. iPhone – $0.99, iPad – $0.99

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