Touch Karma (Parenting), from Karma World LLC, is for moms and dads who like to keep a record of who has been naughty and who has been nice in the past year.With Touch Karma input the names of children, other family members and friends, along with a few “behavior benchmarks” and what comes out of Touch Karma could be either a hit list or a gift list, Actually, Touch Karma is three apps in one.: Karma for Kids, Karma for Friends and Piggy Bank.Parents can use Karma for Kids to keep a record of each time the sweet little darlings make them laugh like lottery winners, whimper like a lonely pups or growl like grizzlies.Set up Touch Karma by entering names, titles and goals into the fields as indicated. For example, a child named Junior could be assigned the task of cleaning his room every Tuesday.Then, adjust the Karma Meter, a sliding menu, to set the number of points—between 10 and 100–to reach the objective. On the Kids’ home screen, you’ll be able to see just how far along Junior is to acting like a good little boy. If Junior dyes the family’s dog Fido blue, you might want to give subtract a few karma points, for example.Run the numbers and well-behaved children get prizes, poorly behaved children get paddled and the parents get jail time for assault.The Piggy Bank mini app is intended to help parents encourage their kiddies to save their allowance, money for mowing lawns and so own. Coins are added and subtracted from the piggy bank depending on each child’s behavior.As for your friends, it’s not hard to recall who’s been naughty and nice to you without having to keep track in an app but what fun would that be?

   

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The holidays are coming, the holidays are coming! Can you sense the panic in those words? No? Trust me, it’s there. Every year Christmas presents become a bigger challenge because I’ve got to come up with new gift ideas for all of my children. We have three girls and one boy, ranging in age from eleven to sixteen months. Figuring out boy gifts is never a problem (Go action figures!), but when it comes to my girls lately I am at a loss. My eldest is at a funny in-between age. My next daughter uses most of what my eldest already has and the baby has access two older sisters toddler toys. There is much to like about Toy Hopper. First, the layout is very appealing and easy to use. You can browse through a carousel to see pictures of different gifts. Tap on one of the pictures and the app brings up a larger image which you can “flip” to read details about the the toy. Details include the price, age range and description. Some toy descriptions include a video showing the product in action. At the end of the description are buttons that will allow you to email out a product link add it to a wish list or go directly to Amazon.com for a purchase.In addition to the picture carousel you can view a list of all the toys featured in Toy Hopper. From this list you can filter products out by age, price, type and theme. Each filter you apply narrows down the list of toys. Your final list will include a thumbnail picture, the product price and a snippet of it’s description.I’m a big fan of Toy Hopper’s design, it is extremely user friendly and does a fantastic job keeping the focus on the toys. The quality of content didn’t disappoint either, thanks to the app I’ve come up with some great gift ideas.

   

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As a parent I am sure that you want only the best for your child, be it some kind of food, or some kind of toy, or even the very bedtime story that you are telling to your loved ones before they go to their dream land. The content of these stories is very important. I know that you are striving to tech your child new words, to teach them about right and wrong in a fun and interesting way, and in a manner that is understandable to them. That is why iPhone apps offer you an interesting application that is going to match all your criteria about a good children’s stories. A new talking picture book every day teaches your child new concepts, new words and how to say them. Your child can practice reading - anywhere, anytime - while you’re driving, shopping in the grocery store, or having a quick coffee at your favorite cafe. That is what Read Me Stories - Children’s Books offers you. It allows you to spend some quality time with your child while teaching them the core skills of reading and speaking that are so necessary for every child in today’s modern world. Bedtime reading will become something extra-special. Or, you can have a break while your child practices reading. With our books in your pocket, that can be when and where it fits into your day. So if you are searching for the best cool iPhone apps for kids, you must definitely go through this. With Read Me Stories get a new talking picture book daily which is the best way to teach your kids new concepts in language, news words and how to say them. Your kids can learn the extremely useful core skills of reading and speaking. During the free trail, you get to read 7 amazing books! Join thousands of satisfied parents and download this application form the Apps Store.

   

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Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee i ee i oh! And on that farm he had some chickens, Ee i ee i oh! With a cluck-cluck here,
And a cluck-cluck there. I just love that song. Luckily, the iPhone apps team has thought this app really through and has created the perfect application for your kids. Brought to you by the creators of Wheels on the Bus, an award-winning, educational iPhone app — featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, Gizmodo, Discovery Channel, Wired.com. Old MacDonald is, like its predecessor, a beautiful little application that demonstrates the value of the iPhone and iPod touch as interactive teaching tools for kids. Old MacDonald includes 12 fully interactive pages and more than 35 fun activities to engage children.  Visit this farm where you can shear a sheep, push a tractor, flip a cow, make a chicken cluck, see pigs scurry, and watch ducks waddle. This unique rendition of the classic song also includes many new surprises: a philosopher cow, the painter Pig-casso, disco dancing sheep, mid-century modern furniture, spaceships, floating balloons, a bulldozer, a dump truck, and much more!

Delight your children while encouraging cognitive, language, and motor development:

- Sing and read with your children.
- Listen to the song in English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian.
- Record your children’s singing!
- Hear the music played on a violin, cello, piano, and even a kazoo.
- Touch, explore, and discover fun surprises in the captivating, interactive illustrations with more than 35 playful activities for children.

   

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WriteWords has a simple opening menu that lets kids choose between numbers, capital letters, lower case letters, words in all caps, words in all lower case. Kids trace the letters with their finger, guided by a little crab that they drag for each stroke. Crab will not respond to wrong motions, and will hang around till the motion is completed. Your kid will hear praise for each completed letter – “Excellent” “great job!” as well as cute sounds for each stroke, and shaking off the letters when they complete. The app has been engaging enough for Sal to take an interest in practicing his letters and has helped certain letters like lower case e that he has ingrained a different motion pattern than normal.    From a reward perspective, it allows you to shake down the letters into a virtual hole before progressing, not a strong reward, but a fun element.  The whole app is delightful to behold. Bright background colors are juxtaposed against equally bright and scribbly child-like artwork that convey the word being spelled. You and your child will enjoy tracing your finger along those necessary building blocks of language. With its memorable artwork and way cool physics engine, it is sure to entertain and teach your child. Its got an intuitive interface for young children. It has high quality graphics and effects. I have no hesitation in recommending this app for children ready to start learning to write. To me, this is exactly the sort of app I am looking for in my quest to have apps that are fun, but teach my kids something really useful in the real world.

   

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