Show notes
In this episode, the moms gather their strength in the midst of some gnarly colds to talk about all kinds of useful and educational apps for the iPhone and iPad.
Links in this Episode:
Horrible Hauntings (Augmented Reality Book)
2013 Rose Parade float Tina mentions, by Honda
The Amazing Race
Books in this Episode:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Good Night, Owl by Pat Hitchens
The Perks of Being A Wall Flower by Stephen Chbosky
The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Potzsch
The Wide Window or, Disappearance! by Lemony Snicket
The Fire (Witch & Wizard) by James Patterson
Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osborne
The Golden Acorn by Catherine Cooper
Alien on a Rampage by Clete Smith
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
Pocketful of Pinecones by Karen Andreola
Links of the Week:
Balancing Everything–She changed this to VeryMom.com but changed the feel of the blog a lot.
Starfall
The Wired Homeschool
iPhone and iPad Apps:
Dropbox
LibraryBooks–no longer exists
Kindle
(And here’s the episode of our show that Tina mentions that we talk about Kindle Fire Department)
Goodreads
Google Drive
Overdrive
Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com app (together)
Dragon Dictation (for kids who don’t like the physical act of writing…or to help keep ideas flowing w/o the hindrance of writing.)
Compass
Google Earth
Star Walk
Distant Suns
Sunrise & Set app no longer available
iBird (The black bird that Tina couldn’t remember was the Great Tailed Grackle, and the top sound here is the weird sound it made.)
MyNature
Khan Academy (app and website)
Reading Raven
YouTube Channels (pre-built or pre-screened by you)
Kids Learn Sight Words
TED Talks (app and website)
Clue Tracker (for letterboxing)…
Geocaching Intro app (I’m trying out)
iMotion HD (to make stop-motion animations)
Wikipedia
Whole Wide World (Geography app)–no longer available
Scribblenauts
Games we ran out of time to talk about, but we wanted to share with you so mentioned we’d put in the show notes:
Amazing Alex–no longer available
Pettson’s Inventions (& 2)
SumStacker (also Connect Sums and Unknown Square for iPhone, and Symmetry Shuffle and Math Doodles for iPad)
Marble Math
Chicktionary
Factor Samurai
Alien Buddies (for preschoolers)
Mathmateer
Counting Coin
Fractions Kitchen–no longer available
Grammar Dragon–no longer available
Contre Jour
Cut the Rope
Cover Orange
Bumpy Road
World of Goo
Cat Physics
Rail Maze
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
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