Children's Technology Review

We Read Too

iPad, Android

Teaches: reading, ethnic diversity, Black authors, culture

LeapStart 3D Learning System

$50, Smart Toy, LeapPad

Teaches: reading, counting, logic, science

CTR Rating: 82%

Dr. Panda Plus Home Designer

$40, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: creativity, spatial relations, art, spelling, reading

CTR Rating: 80%

Talking ABC

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Android

Teaches: early reading, ABCs, the alphabet, claymation, the ABC song

CTR Rating: 82%

Dr. Seuss�s ABC - Read & Learn

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Android, Kindle

Teaches: reading, consonant sorting, uppercase and lowercase recognition

CTR Rating: 96%

SmartEdTech

$30, iPad, Android

Teaches: language arts, social skills, articulation, reading, phonics and math, as well as foundation skills for early learners

Pacca Alpaca Travel Playtime

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: geography, early reading, creativity

CTR Rating: 86%

Happy Valentine�s Day, Little Critter

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android

Teaches: reading, Valentine's day

CTR Rating: 92%

Feed Maxi!

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: language, reading, sign language (ASL), food vocabulary, testing

CTR Rating: 68%

Fiona & the Fog

$1.99, iPad

Teaches: reading

Speakaboos

iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 7.0 or later)

Teaches: reading

Axel Scheffler�s Flip Flap Safari

$0.99, iPad, iPhone (76.3 MB)

Teaches: language experience, reading, animals

CTR Rating: 94%

Curious George Goes Camping

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: reading, comprehension, creativity, English, French or Spanish

CTR Rating: 92%

Pickatale

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: reading, vocabulary

iRead With (Series)

$99, iPad (50 MB)

Teaches: reading, English and French, vocabulary, literacy skills, phonological awareness, narrative skills and comprehension

Bill the Raccoon

$1.99, iPad

Teaches: reading, social skills

PJ's PJs - Giraffes!

iPad, iPhone (iOS 6 or later)

Teaches: reading, science, Giraffes, animals

CTR Rating: 80%

Zoo Animals: Touch, Look, Listen

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 5.0 or later)

Teaches: vocabulary, reading, ESL, German, French, Spanish, Chinese

Touch, Look, Listen: My First Words

$1.99, iPad, Android

Teaches: vocabulary, reading, ESL, German, French, Spanish, Chinese

CTR Rating: 94%

Lonely Beast 123, The

$0.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: reading, counting from 1 to 12

CTR Rating: 84%

Shiny Picnic

$1.99, iPad

Teaches: math, classification, sorting, logic, reading

CTR Rating: 86%

Ten In The Bed

$1.99, iPad

Teaches: counting, reading, counting to ten, music, base ten

CTR Rating: 74%

Ollie the Cat

iPad, iPhone

Teaches: reading, counting, language

CTR Rating: 82%

Luca Lashes Visits the Doctor

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: overcoming fears, reading, language

CTR Rating: 28%

J Is For Jag

$3.99, iPad (339 MB)

Teaches: early reading, alphabet, the letter J

CTR Rating: 82%

Simms Taback Children's Book Collection

$6.99, iPad

Teaches: reading

CTR Rating: 82%

StoryToys Jr. Farm 123

iPad, iPhone

Teaches: counting, reading, language

CTR Rating: 90%

Cutie Monsters Jigsaw Puzzles

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: spatial relations, some reading

CTR Rating: 90%

Just Going To The Dentist

$0.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: personal health, going to the dentist, reading

CTR Rating: 92%

Rita the Lizard

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: reading, art

CTR Rating: 87.5%

Matching Puzzle Cards: Colors

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: classification, language, reading

CTR Rating: 90%

Animal SnApp: Farm

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: early reading, language, animals, first app

CTR Rating: 92%

Let's Count

iPad, iPhone

Teaches: counting, ordering, reading

CTR Rating: 74%

Picture Me Trick or Treat

$0.99, iPhone, iPad

Teaches: reading, creativity, language

CTR Rating: 88%

Dora: Where is Boots?

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: reading, logic, counting

CTR Rating: 80%

ABC House

$2.99, iPhone, iPad

Teaches: language, reading, letter recognition

CTR Rating: 92%

Boats (Byron Barton)

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: reading, decoding

CTR Rating: 82%

Goodnight ABC

$1.99, iPad

Teaches: reading, letters, language

CTR Rating: 86%

Bizzy Bear Builds a House

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: reading, cause and effect

CTR Rating: 78%

FarFaria

$4, iPad

Teaches: reading. language

CTR Rating: 74%

Locomaster- Lucas' Crazy Machine

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: reading, logic

Picture Me Cute As Can Bee

$0.99, iPhone, iPad

Teaches: language, reading, self concept

CTR Rating: 84%

Fantavolieri

$1.59, iPad

Teaches: art, reading, birds

CTR Rating: 90%

Goodnight Safari iPad App

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: reading, bedtime book, art, animals

CTR Rating: 84%

Bizzy Bear on the Farm

$3.99, iPad

Teaches: reading, cause and effect

CTR Rating: 96%

Old MacDonald

$0.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: singing, reading, music

CTR Rating: 84%

My Very Own Talking Bear and Book

$25, Smart Toy

Teaches: reading, language

Record a Memory Books

$1622, Smart Toy

Teaches: reading, creativity

Me Reader

$25, Smart Toy

Teaches: reading

Antique ABCs

$3.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: letters, early reading, letter recognition

CTR Rating: 80%

Team Umizoomi

$30, Nintendo DS

Teaches: logic, some reading, math, counting, fine motor skills

CTR Rating: 86%

Me Books

iPad

Teaches: reading, language

Berenstain Bears' Bedtime Battle, The

$2.99, iPhone, iPad*, Android

Teaches: reading

CTR Rating: 94%

Little Reader Deluxe

$250, Windows

Teaches: reading, phonics

Tilly's Petting Farm

$1.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: language, vocabulary, farms, animals, reading

CTR Rating: 82%

Truly Great Noodle, The

$0.99, iPad

Teaches: reading

CTR Rating: 82%

Pat the Bunny

$4.99, iPad, iPhone iOS 4 or later with camera (114 MB)

Teaches: language, early reading

CTR Rating: 96%

Book of Me

iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: reading, language

CTR Rating: 78%

Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: reading, counting

CTR Rating: 88%

Three Pandas, The

$3.99, iPad

Teaches: reading, pandas, animals

CTR Rating: 82%

ELS Passport

Windows

Teaches: all school subjects, art, music, math, reading

Goosed Up Rhymes

$0.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: some reading, logic, fine motor

CTR Rating: 90%

Three Little Pigs, The

$5.99, iPad

Teaches: language, reading, fun with language

CTR Rating: 92%

I Love You Through and Through

$5, iPad

Teaches: reading, emotions, fine motor coordination

CTR Rating: 92%

Montessori Crosswords

$2.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: spelling, phonics, reading, writing, language, upper and lower case

CTR Rating: 96%

A Present For Milo

$3, iPad

Teaches: language, reading

CTR Rating: 82%

Record a Story

$20, Smart Toy

Teaches: reading or language

CTR Rating: 94%

Story Reader 2.0

$25, Smart Toy

Teaches: reading, reading comprehension

CTR Rating: 92%

Bartleby's Book of Buttons

$4.99, iPad

Teaches: reading, logic

CTR Rating: 94%

Green Eggs & Ham

$3.99, iPhone, iPad, iPad Universal

Teaches: reading

CTR Rating: 92%

Leapster Explorer

$70, Smart Toy, Leapster

Teaches: school subjects, reading, math, language arts

CTR Rating: 86%

WordTotz

$0.99, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: language, reading

CTR Rating: 80%

Touch & Learn Super Duper Computer

$35, Smart Toy

Teaches: reading, letter recognition, classification

CTR Rating: 74%

Storybook Workshop

$40, Wii

Teaches: reading, language, stories

CTR Rating: 86%

Alphabet Explorer

$20, Smart Toy

Teaches: letter recognition, reading

Tag Reading System

$50, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: Reading, comprehension, word recognition

CTR Rating: 92.5%

AudibleKids (www.audiblekids.com)

$185, Windows, Mac OSX, Internet Site

Teaches: reading, stories, listening, language

Cypher

smart toy

Teaches: language, reading

Story Reader Limited 4-book Collector's Edition

$30, Smart Toy

Teaches: reading, language, literacy, letter/word association

Digital Music Player: Elmo's Rockin' Road Trip

$17, Smart Toy

Teaches: reading, music, language experience

CTR Rating: 90%

Story Logic: Jungle Animals

$25, Windows XP, Mac OSX

Teaches: language, reading, storytelling

CTR Rating: 40%

Beobi and the Magic Coloring Book Our First Adventure

$19, Windows XP, Mac OSX

Teaches: pre-reading, early computer

CTR Rating: 60%

My First Story Reader

$20, Smart Toy

Teaches: reading, language, literacy, letter/word association

CTR Rating: 94%

My First Story Reader - Winnie the Pooh 3 Storybook Library

$15.99, Smart Toy

Teaches: early reading

My First Story Reader - Sesame Street 3 Storybook Library

$15.99, Smart Toy

Teaches: early reading

AWE Station (Early Literacy Station 3.0)

$2440, Win XP

Teaches: computers, reading, math, science, history, creativity

CTR Rating: 92%

My First Story Reader

$19.99, Smart Toy

Teaches: early reading

TeachingBooks.net

$110, Internet Site

Teaches: reading

PBSKids.org

Internet Site

Teaches: school readiness, reading, language & literacy, classification and so on

CTR Rating: 94%

Spongebob Squarepants: Krusty Kollection

$19.99, Windows XP

Teaches: reading, spatial thinking (mazes), memory, logic

Here Come The Blobbies

$15.89, Windows, Macintosh

Teaches: reading

Pookie and Tushka Find a Little Piano

$15.89, Windows, Macintosh

Teaches: reading, science, animals

Sesame Street Toddler Learning Basics

$20, Win

Teaches: reading, math, letters, numbers, listening, shapes

Reader Rabbit Toddler with Reader Rabbit's Preschool

$19.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: early reading, colors, shapes, counting, alphabet, classification

Disney�s Mickey Preschool CD-ROM

$19.99, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: early math and reading, numbers, letters, shapes, colors

Disney�s Mickey Toddler CD-ROM

$19.99, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: early math, early reading, numbers, letters, shapes, colors

ALA's Cool Sites for Kids

Internet Site

Teaches: reading and language arts, science, homework help and more

Barney Let's Play School

$24.95, Win 98 (DVD-ROM)

Teaches: sequencing, dot-to-dots, numbers, letters, reading

Learning Arc, The

$9.99, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)

Teaches: early reading, letter , shape, and number recognition

Children's Sing Along

$29.95, Win 95, Win 98 (CD-ROM)

Teaches: music, reading