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We are super proud. Big Baby has been shortlisted in the 2015 ACCAN Apps for All challenge. Apps for All acknowledges Australian developed apps which are most accessible for all consumers, including consumers living with a disability.

Wishing you all a wonderful holiday with family and friends this Christmas. http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/publication/family-time-with-apps/

Joan Ganz Cooney Center - Family Time with Apps: A Guide to Using Apps with Your Kids When we think of apps for kids, we often think of games for either entertainment or learning. But apps aren’t limited to just games or books—apps can provide important social, emotional, and physical experiences too. Family Time with Apps is designed to help parents better understand the variety of…

Kids can call their parents from their wearable voice controlled phone. In my day you had to put coins into a gold Telstra pay phone and talk really fast before the credit ran out. http://www.springwise.com/wearable-phone-young-kids-straps-wrists/

Wearable phone for young kids straps onto their wrists Sweden-based Tinitell is a wearable, voice-controlled phone for kids that are too young to own a smartphone.

The best part is at 4mins 12 secs "This one is all fashioneee and she thinks she's better than everyone else".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jue_JlxnPGM

Second Graders React to Lammily and Other Fashion Dolls This video was filmed at St. Edmund's Academy, an independent, preschool - 8th grade day school in Pittsburgh, PA. A Special Thanks To: Second Grade Students...

Happy Anniversary, Sesame Street! If you happen to be in New York...come and play!
http://www.nypl.org/sesamestreet

| New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Shelby Cullom Davis Museum, Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery

Just in time for Halloween…Big Baby is FREE all weekend. http://bit.ly/1rZMY0M
Have a fabulous weekend from the team at Big Ice Cream x

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We are proud to be part of the new launch , a great site for parents to search for apps with features that matter to them: www.momswithapps.com

We have been busy working on a super fun new game, due for release at the end of the year. Check out one of our new characters. She’s a ball of energy. She can jump, climb, swim and more. Stay tuned folks...

Ever wonder why children can so easily figure out how to work the TV remote? Or why they "totally get" apps on your smartphone faster than you?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/06/30/325230618/preschoolers-outsmart-college-students-in-figuring-out-gadgets

Preschoolers Outsmart College Students In Figuring Out Gadgets When researchers asked young children to figure out an experiment using cause and effect, they did a much better job than young adults. That may be because their thinking is more flexible and fluid.

An interesting blog on the use of the word "failure" and creating a more positive environment for children to engage in trial and error or problem based learning. http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/05/instead-of-framing-failure-as-a-positive-why-not-just-use-positive-words/

Instead of Framing ‘Failure’ As a Positive, Why Not Just Use Positive Words? The importance of positive language within how society conceptualizes learning is evident for the growth of student potential and learning.