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SpongeBob is back with Bubble Party and Sponge on the Run
SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob SquarePants, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPAAAAAAAANTS... I still haven't tired of the SpongeBob SquarePants theme tune, even if my two sons appear to have moved on from...
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Adventure Time and Regular Show star in Cartoon Network Humble Bundle
I can't get enough of Adventure Time, Regular Show and other Cartoon Network shows at the moment. Thankfully, my children agree, or I'd have to find another excuse for watching them. If your kids are...
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There’s now an official YouTube Kids app in the US
Children are watching YouTube in their tens of millions, at least. From popular TV cartoons and characters to nursery rhymes to singalong Frozen songs to Minecraft gamers to toy-unboxers... And now...
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Chuggington returns to iOS with We are the Chuggineers
We miss Chuggington. Our sons have grown out of the pre-school TV show, so we haven't clapped eyes on Brewster and co for well over a year. Bah. If, however, your children are still loving the talking...
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Timmy Time app: a little lamb with a lot of English to learn
Aardman Animations' Timmy Time has become a firm favourite with pre-schoolers around the world. Now he's the star of a new app for learning English. Learning Time with Timmy has been released for iPad...
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Disney Color and Play app: Frozen, Big Hero Six and more
Disney is one of the companies exploring how real books and toys can interact with digital apps for kids. Disney Color and Play is its latest experiment. It's a colouring app featuring characters and...
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The Sooty Show (including Sweep and Soo) gets an app
We grew up with Sooty, Sweep and Soo on the telly – the mischievous puppets were still a staple of the children's TV landscape in the 1980s. Now they've been reinvented as an app. Well, the show is...
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Minigames galore in SpongeBob SquarePants Game Frenzy
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS! Sorry to leave you with the theme tune as an earworm for the rest of the day, but it's on our internal jukebox too. We thought it only...
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CBeebies Storytime app gets more stories – and Lauren Laverne
Back in August 2014, the BBC launched an app called CBeebies Storytime, which offered a collection of stories based on shows from its CBeebies pre-school TV channel. We really liked it. Now the app,...
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BBC to launch iPlayer app for children in 2016
Here in the UK, the BBC's two children's TV channels – CBeebies and CBBC – are staple viewing for many families. Meanwhile, the Beeb's iPlayer app, which you can use to stream or download shows that...
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Get kicking with Shaun the Sheep – Llama League
He's Shaun the sheep. He's Shaun the sheep. He's Shaun the SHEEP. He's Shaun the... Sorry sorry. But whenever we write about Shaun the Sheep, we get the theme tune stuck in our heads. And we'll be...
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Sesame Street Makes Music with a new app
Music has always been a big part of the appeal of Sesame Street, so it’s no surprise to see its latest app taking a musical turn. The app is called Sesame Street Makes Music, and it aims to get kids...
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Charlie and Lola return with I’ve Won! app
Will this app be your children's favourite and their best? The BBC hopes so: Charlie and Lola: I've Won is its second official app for the popular duo. Aimed at pre-schoolers, it's available for...
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New app helps kids make their own Doctor Who comics
Well, children are the obvious target for Doctor Who Comic Creator, but we think quite a few mums and dads will fancy a go on it too. Released for iPhone, iPad and Android by the BBC, it’s an...
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Express yourself with Gigglebug’s Face Race
Without a doubt, Gigglebug's Face Race is one of the silliest children's apps of 2016 – but that's an entirely good thing. The game, from developer Gigglebug Entertainment, gets kids to copy the facial...
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Teletubbies return with an app for each character
Tinky Winky! Dipsy! Laa-Laa! Po! Sorry if we've just put the Teletubbies theme song on your internal jukebox for the rest of the day... The famous preschool TV show returned in 2015 with a new version,...
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BBC launches iPlayer Kids app in the UK
Last year, people watched 2.9bn TV shows in the BBC’s iPlayer app here in the UK. Startlingly, a third of those – nearly a billion streams – were children’s shows. That’s why the BBC is launching a...
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Thunderbirds Are Go – Adventures blasts off
In a weird way, I feel as if I grew up with Thunderbirds, even though the original TV show was made more than a decade before I was born. Thanks to repeats (and a famously in-demand Tracy Island toy in...
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Teen Titans Go! spawns Teeny Titans game
Have you watched Cartoon Network’s Teen Titans Go! series? It’s good fun, following the adventures of a group of young superheroes from the DC Comics roster – Robin, Raven and more. Now the show has...
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Learning Time with Timmy 3 teaches English to kids
Children’s TV show Timmy Time has already been teaching English to children around the world across two Learning Time With Timmy apps. Now there’s a third. The appropriately-titled Learning Time with...
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Children’s TV show Bing gets its own baking app
Bing? Isn’t that Microsoft’s search engine? Well, yes, but it’s also an excellent pre-school childen’s TV show that airs on CBeebies here in the UK. Now there’s an app for that, created for iPhone and...
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Adventure Time gets new Card Wars Kingdom game
We were big fans of the Card Wars: Adventure Time game when it came out in 2014: it was a really fun card-battling game for kids based on the popular Cartoon Networks show. Now there's a sequel, and...
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Doctor Who gets an official colouring app for kids
Adult colouring books are all the rage, so I suspect the new BBC Colouring: Doctor Who app will appeal to Whovian parents as well as children. Developed by Scary Beasties and released by BBC Worldwide,...
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Shaun the Sheep gets augmented reality stickers
Can augmented-reality (AR) technology be cool for kids? Shaun the Sheep may be able to answer that question. What is AR? When it comes to smartphones and tablets, the simplest definition is this: it...
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Cartoon Network Superstar Soccer kicks up a storm
The football season is well underway now, and some of your children's favourite Cartoon Network characters are hoping to capitalise with their Superstar Soccer game. Released for Apple and Android...
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BBC CBeebies Playtime Island app has games and fun
The two apps from British children's TV channel CBeebies – CBeebies Playtime and CBeebies Storytime – have been firm favourites with pre-schoolers in the UK, with more than 9m downloads so far between...
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Adventure Time gets a virtual reality game
There’s a big buzz among adults around virtual reality technology at the moment, thanks to the launch of VR headsets like PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. You might not spend several hundred...
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The Powerpuff Girls get their own Story Maker app
The return of The Powerpuff Girls has been one of the most welcome stories in children's entertainment in recent years. The adventures of Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup are holding a new generation of...
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Llama Llama Spit Spit gets shooty for Game Shakers fans
Our children haven't got into Nickelodeon sitcom Game Shakers, but we've heard good things about it. Its latest spin-off mobile game looks fun too: Llama Llama Spit Spit. The twist here is that the...
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Netflix to launch interactive stories for kids
When I was a child, I loved the Choose Your Own Adventure and Fighting Fantasy, where you got to pick your own path through the stories. Now, in 2017, Netflix is trying something similar with TV shows....
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