Great IPhone Apps for Mom and Dad

We all know it's not easy being a parent. And with how hectic our lives can be, it's sometimes hard to figure out what you can do with or for your child that will best benefit them as well as the parent. We don't want to lose connection with our children throughout our busy lives, so here are some apps that just might make life easier as a parent and probably even make time with your child more fun.

Signing Time ASL Dictionary Flash Cards - This wonderful little app can help teaching your baby how to talk seem more like a game than anything else. You can flick through 145 different flash cards and learn signs for everything from an apple to a zebra. This colorful and fun app will not only help your child to speak through recognition of body language, but will seem more like a game and play time with mom and dad. You can even design quizzes where you can keep track of your child's progress. And can be reminded with a buzz when the child needs to guess again.

Kidtivities - It's not always the easiest thing to do, keeping your child entertained. But, with this app, help is on the way. There are 40 activities you can scroll through that can be played just about anywhere you are and are specifically designed for children from the ages of 2 to 6 years of age. You can search for indoor or outdoor activities or simply shake it and see what random activity appears. There is a special option for those who live in San Francisco Bay Area called Mom Map. This little option will map out playgrounds, museums, kid friendly restaurants and local parks.

ABC Animals - Reading can be fun and that's what this apps teaches kids. You child can learn to read and write with the help of these delightful, interactive flash cards teach your child to recognize, say and even print the alphabet. You can tap to hear the sound of the letter name, the animal represented on the flash card and phonetics of the word for ease of learning.

First Words - Animals - Another charming app to help your child how to read. With this app, your child can push letters together to form words. They can also bring alive a host of colorful animals like birds, lions and 32 other colorful and wonderful animals to interact with.

Bumble Bee Touchbook - This little app helps to make story time more interactive for you and your child. With this adorable story, your child is encouraged to touch the words so that they might hear them spoken and watch them come to life. Or you can simply sit bac

Epi - Now here's the ultimate cookbook for all cooks! With Epicurious Recipes and Shopping List you literally have over 25,000 recipes to choose from. Each recipe has been professionally tested and come from of top food magazines and recipe sources. If you are looking for some healthy recipes the Whole Foods Market Recipes option is full of healthy and mouth watering recipes, that feature a variety of organic and natural ingredients. If you are having trouble trying to decide on what to have for dinner, just shake the Allrecipes.com Dinner Spinner or Big Oven options and let the app pick out a delicious recipe idea for you.

Wine Ph.D. - This incredible app is great not only for the wine connoisseur but also the novice who just wants to find some delicious for their taste buds. You can search for wines from all over the world and can find ratings, winemaker notes along with their recommendations. This app also lets you stay up to date with the latest wine news, latest trends, winemakers, some of the best value buys as well as the more popular regions for wine.

Serious wine connoisseurs can actually manage their wine cellars with the option Velvet Vine Wine Pro. You simply tap to add or subtract bottle, you can track purchases and you can even search for new wines to add to your wine cellar. The app even allows you to organize your wine into categories and include pictures of the wine labels taken with your iPhone camera.

Weber's On the Grill - Are you the master of your backyard grill? Well if not, you soon will be with the help of this great little app. With this app you can choose from over 250 of Weber's famous recipes and 40 of their famous rubs, sauces, and marinades. You can tap your ingredients and they automatically turn into a list for your grocery shopping. The app even lets you tag your favorites. With this app you have access to Weber's grilling tips or you can watch instructional videos to help you master the art of grilling.

Grocery IQ - The ideal app for all those who just don't like writing that list every time you need to go shopping at the grocery store. All you do is type in the things you need and the app literally writes the grocery list for you. It gets it's information for search and a database that consists of 130,000 different items. You can also use your Favorites list and shopping history to quickly put together new lists for shopping. And you can even email the list to someone else to do the shopping for you.

All of these apps may be purchased and downloaded from the official iPhone site and are all very reasonable prices.