Today's show is looking at a kit aimed at introducing kids to simple coding and electronics.  Our reviewer Kieran, aged 9, was slightly under the age that the kit is aimed at but had no problems by following the website guide.

The Arduino Student Kit is aimed at 11 year olds and requires no previous coding or electronics experience. It gives students fun, engaging, and creative electronics and programming projects to do at home - teaching and guiding them in learning coding and electronics.

To find out more about the Student Kit visit:  https://promo.arduino.cc/student-kit

Today five year old Ryan reviews Poio by Kahoot! This phonics and reading game has helped more than 100,000 children learn how to read. It's very similar in style to Teach Your Monster to Read, so if your child is a fan of that game, they'll love this.

https://poio.com/

It's available on both Android and Apple.

In today's episode of Kids Review Edtech our reviewer Ryan takes a look at Miner Birds which is a game to help learn addition and subtraction. It's made by Busy Things and is aimed at children aged 3 - 11. 

The app is priced at £1.99 and can also be purchased as part of a bundle for £5.99 which includes four games; addition and subtraction, times tables, fractions and mental maths.

The website also has lots of resources and free games, visit www.busythings.co.uk for more information. 

In episode seven which was about writing and reading apps we covered Night Zookeeper. My reviewer at the time wasn't sold on the app but fast forward to today and he's enjoying it a lot more, so I thought it would only be fair to revisit it.

We're also looking for more reviewers for the show so if you currently play an app we haven't covered and would be happy to review it, please drop me an email to [email protected] 

Next week we'll have a new app to review.

In today's episode my guests Cheryl and Alex, who is eight, talk about SplashLearn, which is an app to help with maths.  

SplashLearn is an award winning math learning program used by more than 30 Million kids for fun math practice. It includes unlimited math lessons on number counting, addition, subtraction and more.

It starts off easy and gradually becomes more difficult in line with the child's capabilities. 

www.splashlearn.com 

MathLand on the Nintendo Switch is being reviewed today by Ryan who is five years old. 

https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/mathland-switch/

In today's episode of Kids Review Edtech we look at Night Zookeeper which is an app that can help children with spelling, grammar and writing skills. 

Reviewed by Kieran who is eight years old. 

As a parent I can see great potential for the app to improve writing skills, but Kieran did need a lot of encouragement to play it. However, it did go down better with his younger brother Ryan. There is a free trial so it's worth giving it a try in any case.

www.nightzookeeper.com

In this episode of Kids Review Edtech we're looking at fractions and a game called Slice Fractions. It's reviewed by Elli and William.  You can learn more by visiting the website below:

https://ululab.com/slice-fractions/

This week we tried out a game aimed at getting kids into coding called Fuze4 Nintendo Switch. Guest reviewers were Kieran age eight and his dad Arran. 

Overall it's a really solid game and great for the price. You do need a little patience and to read the instructions if you're looking at giving the coding a go, especially for those who have never tried it before, but the video tutorials on the website and how to PDFs make it easy enough to get started with basic coding. Although Fuze4 Nintendo Switch also comes pre-loaded with some example games which the youngest in our household enjoyed playing.

Hope you enjoy the episode and please do leave us a review on Apple or wherever you get your podcasts from. If you'd like to suggest an app for review, or be on a future show, send us a message on Instagram @kidsreview_podcast or on Facebook @kidsreview 

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I should also add that some of the coding sequences represented in the review were slightly shortened in the recording and some sound effects have been added, but it's a fair representation of the experience.

Due to a few technical problems we had to take a short break, but we're now back to bring you more app reviews, which might help in the lead up to preparing for school starting again. 

In today's show, Kieran and his dad Arran review a game to help with Times Tables called TT Rockstars.  News on the edtech front is a little quiet of late so we'll be pausing that part of the show for the time being. 

We'd also like to feature more listeners on future shows. Send an email to [email protected] if your child would like to review an app or if your child plays TT Rockstars why don't you leave us a review of the game? We may even feature a few listener recordings in a future show. If you're listening on Anchor you can leave a message on its platform or send us a voicenote via email.

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