Every parent knows the frustration a bored toddler can cause. The fidgeting - the whining - the tantrums! Wouldn't it be great if you had an easy, convenient way to amuse your child right at your fingertips? You do - iPhone applications for kids!
You may scoff at the idea that children as young as one or two could derive any benefit from playing with your iPhone. But take a look at some of the child-oriented apps on the market today. There are activities that build your child's language skills and others that hone your child's hand-eye coordination and creativity.
For instance, did you know there are apps to turn your iPhone into a tiny e-reader? While an iPhone may not be the best vehicle for reading War and Peace, the phone's small screen may be the perfect size for a book aimed at your child. For this reason, many iPhone applications for kids center around the act of enjoying (if not exactly reading) a picture book. The iPhone seems tailor-made for your toddler's little hands!
If your children have played with your iPhone at all, you've probably already noticed their obsession with it; it's almost impossible to extract the unit from a child's sweaty little grip. So there's no reason not to take advantage of this tremendous opportunity for learning! When you download children's apps to your phone, make sure that they're both entertaining and educational. Choose activities in which the child can participate rather than just things for him to watch.
Are you wondering about the bottom line - the cost? Not to worry - most iPhone apps only cost a few dollars at most, and many are still free. This applies to iPhone applications for kids as well as those for adults. Compared with the cost of most commercial video and computer games, this is a real steal, and a great reason to stock up on all your favorites!
So isn't it time to download some iPhone applications for kids onto your mobile phone? Do remember to put it in airplane mode, thus disabling all the functions that would enable him to make or receive calls - but then settle back to enjoy your child's entry into a whole new world!
Construct-O-Set is one of the best iPhone apps for kids on the market. Designed for toddlers just learning shapes and colors, it also builds hand-eye coordination and creativity. Visit them today for more quality iPhone apps.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Droom Stories - Die Blou Mensies - Willie Nel
Willie Nel's new Afrikaans children stories can now be downloaded from the Internet.
These fun and adventures stories about the blue people on the mountain was narrated by the popular Afrikaans singer, Blackie Swart.
If your children understand Dutch of Afrikaans, then you have to download your own copy today!
There's also a free sample that will be released later today. (Laai Die Blou Mensies gratis eksemplaar hier af.)
Download Die Blou Mensies by Willie Nel here today!
Friday, April 24, 2009
His Illegal Self by Peter Carey - Audio Book
His Illegal Self by Peter Carey - Audio Book
"Che is a precocious young boy raised in isolated privilege by his New York grandmother. Yearning for his famous outlaw parents—radical 1960s activists who are now among the FBI’s most wanted—he’s denied access to television and the news. But he takes hope from his teenage neighbor, who predicts, “They will come for you, man. They’ll break you out of here.”
One afternoon, the prediction appears to come true. Soon Che, too, is an outlaw, fleeing into the subway and pitched into a journey that leads to a hippie commune in the jungles of tropical Australia. Here, Che slowly, bravely confronts his life, learning that nothing is what it seems."
Publisher : 2009 Blackstone Audio IncAuthor : Peter Carey
Narrator : Stefan Rudnicki
Length : 8 hours 8 minutes (Unabridged)
Download your own audio book copy of His Illegal Self by Peter Carey today!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Those Extraordinary Twins audio book by Mark Twain
Those Extraordinary Twins audio book by Mark Twain:
"Mark Twain's first draft of the tragic novel Pudd'nhead Wilson, this little book is a humorous tale about a pair of Italian conjoined twins/concert pianists and their effect of their arrival on the inhabitants of a small midwestern town.
There is a love affair, a duel, and a climactic courtroom scene, just as in Puddnhead Wilson, but in this book it's all for laughs..."
Publisher : 2009 Big Happy Family, LLCAuthor : Mark Twain
Narrator : Richard Henzel
Length : 2 hours 15 minutes (Unabridged)
Download your own audio book copy of Those Extraordinary Twins by Mark Twain today...
Monday, January 26, 2009
First Generation: The Story of Annie audio download
First Generation: The Story of Annie audio download
"First Generation is the story of great-great grandmother Annie, an iguana, who was brought to the United States from Mexico. It follows her capture, journey, and acclimation to her new home.
Young listeners will experience Annie’s feeling of loss and loneliness, her apprehensions and fears, and most importantly how she deals with these feelings, and overcomes perceived setbacks which are not actual setbacks at all.
I wanted to convey these important concepts in addition to many others, including being a first generation citizen, learning to adapt in a new environment, life away from family and familiar faces, remembering lessons and teachings, dealing with bullies and prejudice, and last but certainly not least...hope!"
Audio Publisher : 2008 Listen & LiveAuthor : Diane E. B. Bray
Narrator : Diane E. B. Bray
Audio Length : 1 hour (Abridged)
Download your own audio book copy of First Generation: The Story of Annie by Diane E. B. Bray and make a child's day.
Monday, January 19, 2009
The Swiss Family Robinson audio book by Johann David Wyss
The Swiss Family Robinson audio book by Johann David Wyss"Swept off course by a raging storm, a Swiss pastor, his wife, and their four young sons are shipwrecked on an uncharted tropical island. Thus begins this classic story of survival and adventure that has fired the imaginations of readers since it first appeared in 1812."
Publisher : 2007 Blackstone Audio Inc
Author : Johann David Wyss
Narrator : Frederick Davidson
Length : 10 hours (Unabridged)
Download your own audio book copy of The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss today for your Child.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Three Little Pigs And Other Stories audio download
Three Little Pigs And Other Stories audio book download:
"Favourite fairytales read by Lenny Henry and Sheridan Smith.
The Three Little Pigs, read by Lenny Henry
Hansel and Gretel, read by Sheridan Smith
Little Red Riding Hood, read by Lenny Henry
Sleeping Beauty, read by Sheridan Smith
Here are four fantastic stories, full of magic and fun, that young children are sure to love."
Publisher : 2008 BBC Audiobooks LtdAuthor : BBC Audiobooks
Narrator : Lenny Henry and Sheridan Smith
Length : 1 hour
Download your own audio book copy of Three Little Pigs And Other Stories for the kids today.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Nim’s Island audio book by Wendy Orr
Nim’s Island audio book by Wendy Orr.
"Nim lives on an island in the middle of the wide blue sea, shared by only her father, Jack, a marine iguana called Fred, a sea lion called Selkie, a turtle called Chica, and a satellite dish for her e-mail. No one else in the world lives quite like Nim, and she wouldn’t swap places with anyone.
Publisher : 2008 Blackstone Audio Inc
Author : Wendy Orr
Narrator : Kate Reading
Length : 2 hours 27 minutes (Unabridged)
Only Available in the US and Canada
Download your own audio book copy of Nim's Island by Wendy Orr today!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The River at Green Knowe audio book by L. M. Boston
The River at Green Knowe audio book by L. M. Boston:
"L. M. Boston's thrilling and chilling tales of Green Knowe, a haunted manor deep in an overgrown garden in the English countryside, have been entertaining readers for half a century.
In this, the third book, Tolly and his grandmother are away (presumably in Cornwall).
Two women have rented the house for the summer and ask three children to stay. Ida is the niece of one of the women, Ping and Oskar are refugees."
Author : L.M. BostonPublisher : 2008 Listen & Live
Download your own audio book copy of The River at Green Knowe by L. M. Boston today.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Curse Of The Blue Tattoo by L.A. Meyer
Curse Of The Blue Tattoo by L.A. Meyer - Audio Book Download:
"Bloody Jack is back and this time, she’s facing a situation far worse than a ship full of murderous pirates.
Curse of the Blue Tattoo, L.A. Meyer’s sequel to the enormously popular Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship’s Boy is just as bawdy and entertaining as the original.
Left in Boston by the H.M.S. Dolphin crew when they discover her true sex, Jacky Faber finds herself navigating entirely new waters. It turns out that bloodthirsty buccaneers have nothing on the young ladies at the Lawson Peabody School! As Jacky observes, "…they’re like any bunch of thirty or so cats thrown in a sack and shaken up good. They’re mean in ways that boys never even thought of being."
It isn’t long before Jacky shows her true colors by being arrested for "exposing a Female Part" (her knee) while jigging in the streets and is "busted down" to serving girl instead of student."
Publisher: 2008 Listen & LiveAuthor: L.A. Meyer
Narrator: Katherine Kellgren
Length: 12 hours (Unabridged)
Download your own copy of the Curse Of The Blue Tattoo audio book by L.A. Meyer.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Roberto the Robot audio book by Andrew Segal
Roberto the Robot audio book by Andrew Segal:"First In the Village Folk Series of Easy to Read Books specially designed for anytime listening and reading between adults and children of 5 – 7 years old, is Clarissa the Clown.
Written to appeal as much to adults/parents/teachers as they do to children with every verse written in rhythm and with illustrations by the Award winning design team the HoBB they are already finding a place as one preferred medium for helping youngsters learn how to read whilst enjoying quality time with their parents or teachers.
The message of core values of Love and Understanding; while overcoming of fears and self-doubt as the main themes, are supported throughout."
Length: 15 minutes (Unabridged)
Narrator: Martin Jarvis
Author: Andrew Segal
Publisher: 2008 M-Y Books
Friday, May 30, 2008
Doctor Who - The Smugglers audiobook
'Nobody who crosses Pike lives to tell the tale!'
When the TARDIS lands on a remote and wild stretch of the Cornish coast, its occupants little realise that they have arrived in the 17th century. The Doctor, Ben and Polly soon discover to their cost, however, that these are far from hospitable times. The local Squire is at the head of a plot to offload contraband, whilst a long-rumoured hoard of stolen treasure has drawn attention to the village church. Inadvertently stumbling upon this web of deception and double-crossing, the time travellers are rapidly propelled into danger.
The Doctor's encounter with the ill-fated Joseph Longfoot leaves him with a cryptic clue to the location of Avery's Treasure. But a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, as the fearsome pirate Samuel Pike (he has a metal hook in place of a hand) is only too willing to prove. To his dismay, the Doctor realises that Pike and his bloodthirsty henchmen will stop at nothing - not even the threat of Avery's Curse - to find and seize the ill-gotten hoard.
Ben and Polly, meanwhile, must choose their allies with care. In these duplicitous days no-one is ever sure who to trust, and the stakes are suddenly raised as smugglers and pirates go head to head with the local militia. Can the time travellers help to save an entire village from burning - and still escape to the TARDIS with their lives?
Various
Narrated By : Full Cast Performance
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 1 hour 40 minutes
Category : Sci-Fi
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Doctor Who - The Savages audiobook
'We have reached the distant horizon of an age of peace and prosperity!'
When the TARDIS materialises on an alien planet, the Doctor insists that he and his companions have arrived in the far future. Steven and Dodo think otherwise, however, after they encounter a band of cave-dwelling primitives who are terrified of strangers. The travellers soon discover that the planet's population is divided into two castes, and that the professed idyll of the Elders - who inhabit a technologically advanced city -seems oddly dependent upon the unsophisticated Savages.
Whilst the Elders' leader, Jano, welcomes the Doctor into their society, Dodo stumbles upon a dark secret at the heart of the community. The truth behind the Elders' great knowledge is eventually revealed, and the Doctor sees it as his duty to end a terrible case of exploitation. Yet Jano has plans of his own for the Doctor..
With the Doctor's faithful companion Steven discovering that events on this planet will irrevocably shape his destiny, The Savages marks the final appearance in the programme of Peter Purves, who also provides the linking narration for this release.
Written By
Ian Stuart Black
First Broadcast
BBC1
28 May 1966
NUMBER OF EPISODES
Four
Last Broadcast
18 June 1966
Ian Stuart Black
Narrated By : Full Cast Performance
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 2 hours
Category : Sci-Fi
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Doctor Who - The Paradise of Death audiobook
Doctor Who - The Paradise of Death was the first Doctor Who drama made specifically for radio.
Written for BBC Radio 2 by producer Barry Letts to celebrate the Doctor's 30th anniversary, it stars third Doctor Jon Pertwee, reunited with Sarah Jane and the Brigadier, in a dangerous return to Earth.
Barry Letts
Narrated By : Full Cast Performance
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 2 hours 25 minutes
Category : Sci-Fi
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 Shoo rayner Narrated By : Shoo Rayner |
 Elizabeth Bohorquez, RN, C.Ht Narrated By : Elizabeth Bohorquez, RN, C.Ht |
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Doctor Who - The Moonbase audiobook
There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things ... they must be fought,' The Doctor
In 2070 Earth's weather is controlled by the Gravitron, a device based on the Moon and manned by an international team of experts. When the TARDIS deposits the Doctor and his companions on the zero-gravity surface, they discover the base in the grip of a plague epidemic which is drastically reducing the personnel.
The Doctor's curiosity is aroused by the mysterious infection. With the base's own medic himself incapacitated, the time traveller offers his services to the ailing crew. Can he pinpoint the source of contamination before time runs out? Jamie, meanwhile, is recovering in the Sick Bay from a blow to the head. In his delirium, can that really be the Phantom Piper come to haunt him - or is it something far more deadly?
Soon an invasion force from Mondas descends, its aim to take control of the Gravitron and decimate Earth's population with waves of extreme weather. All remaining humans will be converted to the Cyber race...
Various
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Duration : 2 hours
Category : Sci-Fi
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Doctor Who - Yeti Attack audiobook
This recording contains the television soundtracks of both Doctor Who stories to feature the Yeti – The Abominable Snowmen and The Web of Fear.
Facing the marauding monsters is Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor, in adventures set in Tibet and London. Linking narration is provided by Frazer Hines, who also plays Jamie in the stories.
Various
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Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 4 hours 50 minutes
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 James Otis Narrated By : Full Cast Production |
 Francesca Simon Narrated By : Miranda Richardson |
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