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Writing Letters

Writing Letters

Posted in Education on January 29, 2012 by

Writing Letters is a simple app that allows kids to practice writing their letters on the iPad. I would say it’s more of a digital workbook sort of an app with some multi-sensory features. You have one letter at a time, the app has an audio prompt “The letter A, the sound ‘a’, Apple.” to teach the sound each letter makes and associate it with a word, it also has a picture of the example (see screenshots below). You then trace the letter (which has arrows to show you... Keep Reading »

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Wee Pray – Pray with me

Wee Pray – Pray with me

Posted in Special Interest on October 21, 2011 by

On first glance, this app looks like an exclusively Christian app. I hadn’t paid it much attention before because of that, however when I was asked to review it, I took a closer look at the review videos and saw that it could easily be adapted to work for a Muslim (or even non religious) family. I decided not to tag this as “No Religion” because it is intended as an (albeit non denominational) religious app and there are religious messages in it’s name, imagery and default... Keep Reading »

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Zain Al-Islam: Learn to Pray

Zain Al-Islam: Learn to Pray

Posted in Arabic, Islamic on October 10, 2011 by

Zain Al-Islam is a simple animated app aimed at teaching salah (Muslim prayer) and wudhu (ritual washing before prayer). It’s designed for iPhone but works well on the iPad as well. The entire app is in Arabic and while I’d like to see the instructions in other languages (not the actual prayer, obviously, although text translation and transliteration would be a great addition) so that non Arabic speakers new to salah and wudhu could benefit further from it, I could understand it easily... Keep Reading »

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