Picked-On Poindexter is the companion app to a cute, cuddly, 13-inch plush frog (available separately for $19.99). On Poindexter's first day of school, he makes new friends, but is also confronted by bullies. The makers of Picked-on Poindexter are long-time educators with a focus on fostering emotional expression and self-confidence in children, and their experience and commitment is evident in the ways bullying is handle...Read more

Disney Publishing continues the adventures of Sofia the First with this brand-new Story Theater app, which includes the very popular Puppet Theater feature. Sofia and her family are on a royal vacation when Sofia not only discovers a real mermaid, she becomes one herself through the powers of her magical amulet! Among the mermaids she meets underwater is Princess Ariel from 'The Little Mermaid,' who arrives just in time t...Read more

Squish is a wildly creative app, both in terms of the unusual tools it puts at your disposal and the incredible results kids are able to get with them. Start by choosing a color and 3D clay shape with which to work. It could be a Mickey or Minnie shape, a sphere, a block. There are dozens more you can add to the mix - food, musical instruments, sports equipment, even silly-looking body parts. You can then choose from an a...Read more

This bountiful bit of filmmaking fun lets users create detailed Star Wars scenes using onscreen animated characters. Choose which Star Wars characters and vehicles you want in the scene (Han Solo, C-3PO, an Ewok, among others) and where you want them placed at the start of the scene. Decide what weapons they should have, what special moves you'd like them to execute. Add dialog, soundtrack, set up the camera angles, an op...Read more

Tiggly Math brilliantly combines physical and digital play. It's an iPad math toy for children age 3 and up. It consists of five unique, colorful counting rods and comes with three free learning apps. Kids interact with the apps by placing the counting rods on the iPad screen. Each counting rod has a given color and numeric value - 1 through 5 - represented by the number of ovals cut into its length. With Tiggly Chef, th...Read more

Tiggly shapes are colorful, three-dimensional geometric shapes that interact with learning apps. The four brightly colored shapes - circle, star, square, and triangle, are engaging and stimulating in and of themselves. But when used in conjunction with the free apps, the magic really begins to fly. The Tiggly Safari app lets kids construct a series of onscreen animals by placing the correct shapes onto matching onscreen o...Read more

Touchtronic Letters employs a mix of physical and digital play as a means of teaching letter recognition, phonemic awareness, and word building to children. The set includes 26 plastic letters designed to interact with a free iPad app that contains 3 different word and letter games. In Mystery Door, placing any letter on the onscreen scanner reveals an object whose name starts with that letter. In Letter Bubbles, players ...Read more