Choices, choices, choices. There are many apps that have been developed to teach children the alphabet. Each one uses a special theme for selecting words and pictures to highlight the letters. ABC:Animal Alphabet pairs each letter with a unique animal character that exhibits very human traits. Touching the animals bring them to life in unexpected and comical ways that are sure to entertain both you and your child.
Paint that fire engine any color (or texture) you want with Coloring Book from Apps Kids Love. Jump App invites us to engage in a little free play with knights and dragons in Sticker Play. Learn how to tell time with Quick Clocks. Plus, iDevBooks returns to teach the Order of Operations, Abitalk updates their popular Sentence Builder, and 4KidCal's Kidz Talk helps improve communication skills. Don't miss all the great apps this week from our family-friendly app network.
Digital map have revolutionized how children learn geography. USA Illustrated Atlas is a place to find information, facts, and lots of maps. It is an age appropriate resource for older elementary students (ages 7 and up) that will improve their geographical knowledge and understanding about the United States.
Children enjoy stories that contain elements of fantasy- meatballs falling from the sky or a talking train engine come to mind. Alph and Betty’s Topsy Turvy World is an amazingly complex, interactive story app that has the added feature of 40 mini-games that teach alphabet recognition and matching. It is specifically designed to appeal to children ages 3-8, although younger children may need an adult to help them navigate through the pages. With its whimsical and imaginative story, combined with its amazing graphic design, Alph and Betty’s Topsy Turvy World earns a TopPick from Fun Educational Apps.
Jonty the Dinosaur is a sweet bedtime story about a young dino trying to get to sleep. Help Jonty get ready for bed in this interactive tale. Looking for more than just a bedtime story? Users can actually add images and record themselves within the app.
Attention horse and pony lovers! If your son or daughter is fascinated by horses, there is a brand new app that offers fun facts and information about horses and their smaller cousins, ponies. Whatever your question is, this app can probably answer it, whether it is about the appearance, abilities, or habits of horses.
Imagine your child opening an art box that is filled with trays of paints, boxes of markers, tubes of glitter, and pages of stickers. PicoToons Coloring Book has an amazing collection of art supplies, and the best part is that they will never run out, never dry up, and never spill. Such a wide range of options encourages children (ages 3-9) to experiment with colors and patterns to create detailed pictures, limited only by their imaginations. PicoToons has earned a TopPick from Fun Educational Apps because it combines multi-featured project capabilities with sensible parental controls.
Sooner or later, most parents get the question, “Can I have a pet?” If it isn’t possible to get a real pet, you might suggest a “virtual pet.” Monki Animal Builder allows children (ages 4 and up) to put together combinations of eyes, ears, mouths, legs, arms, and even snouts any way they wish. The results are comical and unique, especially when they come alive through animation.
The Amazing Digestive Journey is a fully-immersive look at the digestive system and the process involved in eating and digesting food. This app turns learning the body system into a fun puzzle for kids to explore.
EhonKids joins the digital book world with All-You-Can-Read! World's picture books at your fingertips! “EhonKids” a subscription based app. This app features a variety of tales from around the world, laid out in video form, to engage children from age 2-8. With a selection of free books and a trial period, you can get a feel for the app before subscribing.
Fun Educational Apps is delighted to let you know that the 2nd app in the top learning iPad app series i Read With by Tribal Nova is now available in French and English via the iTunes App Store at a special launch price - $0.99/£0.69/€0.89. To celebrate, Tribal Nova is offering its first book, our latest top pick - Caillou: What’s that Funny Noise?FREE for a very limited time!
You might be wondering, “What makes this story app different from all the others?” Caillou: What’s that Funny Noise? combines the principles of shared reading (a language- based strategy widely used in schools) with cutting edge technology to create a high quality, easy-to-use story app, designed to captivate children as young as 2-3 years old. It features a little boy named Caillou, who also happens to be the star of his own show on PBS and Teletoon. Caillou: What’s that Funny Noise? is a definite TopPick for FunEducationalApps.
All apps reviewed are being tested by us first.
If you liked our reviews, please support us and link to iTune via our links, it does not cost you anything, but greatly help us to provide you more reviews. Thanks for your support.
