I love to read books with my grand-kids and yes, it often means reading the same book again and again. I've lost count of the number of times I've read 'Where is the Green Sheep?' or 'Blossom Possum'. What books do you love to read aloud? Which books are you always asked to read again and again?

Over and again, studies highlight the benefits of reading to your kids.For example, a study was made in Rhode Island Hospital to compare two groups of eight months old – one group was read to often as babies, while the other was not.  It was shown that those who were read to have their “receptive” vocabularies (number of words they understand) increased 40 per cent since babyhood, while the non-reading group increased by only 16 per cent. 

Kimdoma is an app that enables you to read aloud with your grandchildren any night of the week, whether they live next door or kilometres away.

The app combines e-books with video calls which means that you can share the book on your individual iPads. You and your grandchild can choose a book together- there are 26 popular stories in the Kindoma library. The screen displays both the book and video of both you and your grandchild.
Either of you can turn the page and an indicator also pops up on-screen when one person is pointing to a particular word or picture. For a better understanding of how this concept works, check out the clip below.

I downloaded this app to check it out and I haven't seen my iPad since. My grandsons (6 & 8years) have been playing with it, laughing, and sharing what they have discovered about the antics of each animal.

And they are fun... Each line drawing of an animal can be dragged, flipped, rotated, changed and more. Play music on the teeth of a crocodile, change the colours on a chameleon, add spines to a porcupine and so much more.

If you're looking for an app that will entertain and intrigue your kids, then check out Petting Zoo by Christoph Niemann. He was looking for a unique app: 'How do you create an experience that neither frustrates users with its complex possibilities nor bores them with repetitive dullness? That goal was made even more complicated because I didn’t want the app to use any words to explain what users should do.' 
I think you and your kids will enjoy the outcome of what Christoph was hoping to achieve with his app.

Use the link HERE  to go to a movie clip of this app