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What a difference just a few short years makes. I bought my now six-year-old daughter her first iMac when she was three, and now her brother, who is two, is getting proficient on the family iPad. In fact, it is my six-year-old who is teaching my two-year old how to use the iPad. Something she now wishes she had when she was little. When and where I grew up, I would have been happy at the age of 10 to have more than one TV in the house, and more than five channels to choose from. While we now live in a more technologically advanced age of excessive choices, which of the thousands of iPad Apps does my two-year old enjoy the most? Apple has put up a useful Apps for Kids category, but I have found after purchasing quite a few apps off of this list, that my kids have gravitated toward a handful of favorites. Keep in mind that this list was comprised solely on observations of which Apps my two-year old prefers to play whenever the iPad is in his sight. ($1.99) This is a sort of ‘paint by numbers’ application for kids that teaches colors, shapes, and letters. At just two years, colors is the best place to start. The interface is configurable and you can select a smaller color palate that limits the choices to the handful of colors that even a two-year old is familiar with. There is a pallet of colors along the bottom of the screen, that one selects from to fill in the picture with. The app comes with a limited set of images to choose from, but enough images to hold the interest of a two-year old and their six-year-old teacher. There is an audible feedback that lets the young one know if they applied the correct or incorrect color. When the picture is fully colored in, a song plays to celebrate the completion of the task. To which I can say that the eyes of my two-year old light up as he exclaims quite proudly “I did it daddy, I did it!” (99 cents) In the category of shared fun, and without having to constantly buy more and more ingredients for an easy bake oven (which we do at our house), Shoe The Goose has made a fun app that kids can use to interact with other kids or adults. Read More

Gel Doodle is a fun application that lets you create your very own gelatin molds, bounce them around on the screen, and slurp them up with a straw. Even though there are plenty of options available to customize your Gel, the experience is only fun for a short while. There’s only so much fun you can have with gelatin. The first step is to select a mold. There are twenty-two molds available to choose from that include animals, such as a cat and a bear, and simple shapes, such as an oval or a rectangle. You can also draw your own mold design, which is a nice added feature. After you’ve selected your shape, the next step is to mix different colors and pour the gelatin into the mold. Three colored sliders are available to create whatever color you want. You can also layer your mold with different colors by moving the sliders as you pour. After you’ve added some color, the next step is to add “doodads.” You can put any one of fifty-four items into your mold. Most of the items are fruit pieces commonly found in gelatin desserts. However, there are other items of a more humorous nature, such as a shoe, rock and phone. Another nice additional feature is the ability to add your own photos to the gelatin. However, when adding a photo, it automatically zooms in very far so that the image becomes distorted. Then, you have to select only a small section of your photo to add to the gelatin. Adding your own photos is not as fun as it sounds due to this unfortunate process of “zooming in.” Lastly, you must de-mold the gelatin. Once released, gravity takes over and the gelatin starts to bounce around the screen. You can shake your device or touch the gelatin to make it move. You also have the option to change the physics, adding more or less gravity and elasticity. There is also a fun button at the top of the screen that allows you to pump up your gelatin with air and make it larger. Pump too much air in and your gelatin will burst and the items inside will spread all over. But don’t worry; you can use the straw to slurp it all up! Your amazing gelatin creation can be saved to your photo album or shared through email. Unfortunately, there are no Read More