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Enchanted Tales – Snow White has just been released in the iOS and Android markets by omBooks (Oceanhouse Media Digital Books).  This fairy tale is the first in a series to be released by Oceanhouse, one of our very favorite digital book publishers.  As you know, with two young daughters, anything “fairy tale” is tops [...]

Oceanhouse Media has stole my heart once again.  They now have that timeless Dr. Seuss story, Horton Hears a Who, available via iTunes for the iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad. My daughter’s first trip to the theater was to see the 2008 big screen version of Horton Hears a Who.  Now that we’re an [...]

The Franklin Speaking Spelling Bee (pictured above) is a pretty cool little palm-sized vocabulary enhancer.  It retails anywhere from $40 to $60 and uses three AAA batteries.  Something like this comes in handy for anyone who wants to keep their mind sharp in this age of automatic spell-check. There are three Spelling Bee modes to [...]

Thank goodness there’s an app for the Dr. Seuss’ book, Fox in Socks.  It’s a tongue twister and of course, the story happens to be one of my preschooler’s favorites.  I don’t mind having someone else read it to her at all.  Have you read it? This is just another great family app offered by [...]

I was contacted about the Franklin Anybook Reader this past fall and I didn’t have to think twice about trying it out.  As soon as I found out that this electronic reader records YOUR voice, reading YOUR books, I was sold.  I thought to myself, how cool would it be for families who have loved [...]

Congratulations to our winner, commenter #125, Eileen! What you see pictured above is MobiGo, the brand new hand held touch learning system from VTech.  I was sent a MobiGo to check out and talk about here at ParentSphere.  What you read below is completely my opinion. There is a July 2010 release date for MobiGo [...]

Are you heading out to the theater tomorrow to see Shrek Forever After?  We’re going to wait for a nice, quiet afternoon matinee…during the week, so we can really enjoy the movie. Since we’re not going to opening night, in an effort to satiate our excitement over the last flick in the Shrek series, we’re [...]

I’ve played with a lot of toys over the past four years and can honestly tell you that my favorite brand is LeapFrog.  I really like the quality of their toys and I’m also very impressed by the technology they use in their products.  Not to mention they are an extremely generous company. We recently [...]

Earlier this summer, I was contacted by LeapFrog and asked if I would like to be one of their “Ambassadors of Summer Reading”.  Of course I was thrilled and jumped at the chance.  Ok, I didn’t exactly “jump”, as I was 8 months pregnant at the time.  I realize I’m a bit late on my [...]

UPDATE: CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR V-MOTION WINNER! *Sarah (#206) Our winner has been notified via email We’ve been playing around with the V-Motion for several months and have lovingly deemed it our “Vii” or “Wii for kids”.  This educational gaming system is geared toward the 3-7 year old age range.  Our three year old easily grasps [...]

UPDATE: CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PI KIDS BOOKS WINNER! *Cristie Our winner has been notified via email We have a good dozen or so Publications International Electronic Books lying around our house.  Wait, I take that back.  They are all in our daughter’s bedroom and she reads them in the morning when she wakes up.  She’s [...]

UPDATE: CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR LEAPFROG DIDJ WINNER! * Sarah H. Our winner has been notified via email I’ve “played” with enough LeapFrog toys over the past three years to tell you my honest opinion of this brand.  I think they make phenomenal products.  Any LeapFrog product that we have owned has more than exceeded my [...]

It’s out on the shelves now and Tag! You’re it! It’s time to head out to your nearest LeapFrog product retailer and pick up this brand new, sensational reading tool…for the kids of the next generation. I’m still amazed at how far technology has come even in the past five or so years. I sit [...]