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The Answer to Why-Questions Kids Ask about Writing Letters

March 22, 2015

If your kids are at the age of wonder you know it like no one else what type of questions they ask several times per day. Why-Questions! 

We, parents, can sometimes explain it to them how a rainbow appears and how birds fly. We also trick them into believing that kids are brought with storks and that Santa Claus really exists.

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Free Gift from Kid's Academy

March 15, 2015

This year the Advent Calendar is “piggy-themed” and features the three little pigs from our story book app. We thought kids would love to see them again, this time on paper. The calendar can be printed out to either A4 or A3 paper size, but we would highly recommend a bigger paper size for a greater visual impact.

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Use Big Muscles to Develop Fine Muscles

March 8, 2015

It’s good to remember that we have better muscle memory in our larger muscles and joints, such as the ones in arms and legs. Do you know that we can use them to learn writing letters?

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Spending Spree

March 1, 2015

It’s time for our regular post… but hey! Is there anyone here to read it? I bet you’re all gone …shopping!

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Writing Skills: Going Beyond Writing

Feb. 15, 2015

Some of us may think that in order to know how to write kids need to know how to draw straight lines, curved lines, and circles, as well as to have a correct pencil grasp. However, these are not the only things we need to teach our children.

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Keyboarding or Writing - Which Skill to Teach?

Feb. 8, 2015

In the era of smart devices and digital communication we spend most of our days with laptops, tablets, and smart phones. We communicate mostly via e-mail or texting, which requires keyboarding skills.  However, we can easily live through the day without writing a single word with a pen. Does this mean that we should dump writing as a useless activity and teach our kids to type?

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How to Use the Listen & Play Mode in Reading with Kids

Jan. 25, 2015

Listen & Play mode is created especially to foster children's creativity. They listen to the story and animate the characters themselves. There's no particular order to bring the characters to life, kids can experiment and do this according to their own liking.

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How to Use the Autoplay Mode in Reading with Kids

Jan. 18, 2015

It's a well-known fact that before kids start reading themselves they need to be read to as often as possible. They don't mind if you read them the same story several times because they like routine.

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The Three Little Pigs: Post-Reading Activities

Jan. 11, 2015

Have you ever felt that when stories finish with these words (and most of them do), they sound very straightforward and abrupt. They sound as if we came to the point of no return, and we’ll never meet the characters again. We’ll never meet the characters we started liking…

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Promo Codes Giveaway

Jan. 4, 2015

Today we are giving away 6 promo codes for our ABC teaching app - Interactive ABC HD!

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