Tag Archives: educational apps for kids

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Guess How Much I Love You – Interactive Episodes

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Guess How Much I Love You

FREE for a limited time – Guess How Much I Love You – Interactive Episodes. From Australia comes this wonderful app based on the book Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and inspired by the animated TV series created by SLR Productions Pty Ltd. The book is beautiful – one of my all time favorites. Originally published in 1994 in the UK, it has sold more than 20 million copies in 37 languages. It is truly a book not to be missed!! That being said, this app conveys the same sweetness that makes the original story so special.

Kids join Little Nutbrown Hare in 2 interactive episodes – Can You Touch the Stars and Snow White Hare. Designed for 3 – 5 year children to explore with their parents, the episodes are integrated with simple games & puzzles. At the end of each episode, Big NutBrown Hare and Little NutBrown Hare express their love for each other. Don’t miss this one – it is SO sweet!

Guess How Much I Love You - Interactive Episodes - SLR Productions Pty Ltd

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Kids Puzzles Puzzingo – Learning Puzzle Games for Toddler

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PuzzingoVoted one of the best kid’s apps by the Chicago Tribune, Kids Puzzles Puzzingo (for the iPad/iPhone & Android) is a FREE app that offers additional puzzles as in-app purchases. Kids build 3 interactive puzzles (picnic, jungle animals, dune buggy) that teach vocabulary, colors, shapes, etc. The names of the animals and objects that are pronounced as the child moves each puzzle piece into place. When each puzzle is completed, kids are rewarded with a mini-game! Great fun for little ones.  :)

PUZZINGO Kids Puzzle Game for Toddler and Preschooler with Animals, Shapes, Numbers, and More - 77SPARX Studio, LLC

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Good Night

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Good Night

Good Night is FREE for a limited time. This interactive bedtime book is most suitable for 2 – 4 year olds. Paul, a little bear, rides a scooter through the pages of the story to say goodnight to his animals friends – one mouse, two sheep, three rabbits, etc. Kids help by find and count the 55 + animals that are hiding in the scenes. Cute story to read to your little one at bedtime!

Good Night - B. & J. Moßmann

 

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Khan Academy

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Khan Academy

For my 500th post, I wanted to write about an amazing app and this one certainly meets that criteria. Whoever said the best things in life are FREE was absolutely correct. With Khan Academy you can learn almost anything and the app is completely FREE! It has a library of over 4,100 videos which covers a wide range of subjects such as K – 12 math, biology, chemistry, the humanities, and more. You can use the app to review a subject that you have already studied or to learn something completely new! You can watch the videos online or you can download  them to watch offline at your own pace. The videos are subtitled so that you can read along, skip ahead, or go back. If you log in with your Khan Academy account, you can track your progress. The app gives you credit for watching the videos and allows you to see your achievements. Badges and points are earned for learning. Teachers can access their students’ data – as a class or individually. Khan Academy is an incredible resource for all kinds of learners – students, teachers, principals, home-schoolers, adults returning to school, and anyone committed to be a lifelong learner. It is truly one of the best apps available – at any price!

Khan Academy - Khan Academy

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Sago Mini Sound Box – Fun sounds for infants, toddlers and preschool aged children

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Sound Box

New & Noteworthy and currently FREE – Sago Mini Sound Box – Fun sounds for infants, toddlers and preschool aged children. Toddlers choose from nine different sound makers such as chimes, horns, drums, animals and more. Notes are represented by dots that can be bounced around the screen. Kids can tilt the screen to hear sounds bump into each other, move sounds around the screen with their fingers, or tap and hold sounds for a silly surprise. The app works with multi-touch so that you can play with your child. There are no in-app purchases or third-party advertising so you and your child are free to play & discover without interruptions! Colorful, musical, and full of surprises – this app is great for little ones!

Sago Mini Sound Box - Fun sounds for infants, toddlers and preschool aged children - Sago Sago

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Backyard at Twilight: A Stella and Sam Adventure

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Backyard at Twilight

FREE for a limited time – Backyard at Twilight: A Stella and Sam Adventure. Stella and Sam apps are based on the television show and the bestselling picture book series by Marie-Louise Gay. The books have been translated into fifteen languages & have sold over one million copies. In this adventure, kids play along with Stella, Sam, and their dog Fred as they spend the night camping out in the backyard. They look for bugs, learn about shapes from fireflies, and discover the constellations. Beautifully done and fun for preschoolers!

Other Stella and Sam Adventures that are available on iTunes for $2.99 each include:  Into the Snow We Go, Rainy Days and Rainbows, Cocoons and Caterpillars, Go There Square. Or, you can purchase the Stella and Sam Story Pack which includes all 5 titles for $6.99. All Stella and Sam apps are supported in English and French. You can easily change from English to French/French to English in the app’s settings. Great apps for kids!

Backyard at Twilight: A Stella and Sam Adventure - zinc Roe

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Bingo Song

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Bingo Song

FREE – a cute interactive version of the popular children’s song – Bingo. This app would be fun for little ones to sing along with! The other features of this app (karaoke mode, farm animal cards, etc.) are available as in-app purchases. Try this FREE version to see if this app is something your child might enjoy.

The Bingo Song - Interactive Nursery Rhyme with Karaoke and Fun Activities for Kids - Kids Academy Company

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ZoLo

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ZoLo

“ZoLo – knobby, blobby, skinny, squatty, square and round, plain or spotty!”

Chosen as New & Noteworthy in the App Store and FREE – ZoLO•ooLo™  ZoLo play sets were first introduced to the world by the Museum of Modern Art in NYC in 1986. Now 20+ years later, ZoLo has been recognized by the Toy Industry of America in their book – 100 Years of the Power of Play. The app is a virtual ZoLo play set with a palette of colorful shapes. Kids (and adults) can mix, rotate, resize, or shift them to make a unique creations. Creations can be saved in “my gallerio” – a personal gallery and in “globo” – a shared gallery. Once a creation is saved it can be shared via email, Twitter, and Facebook. Love this app but I wish there was an option in the settings to disable some of the sharing. ZoLo is a great app for open-ended, imaginative play!!

ZoLO - UZU Ltd

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Puppet Workshop

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Puppet Workshop

FREE again for a limited time (normally $2.99) –  Puppet Workshop. Kids use their creativity to turn a sock or a glove into a virtual puppet using this app. They first choose their sock or glove. Then they create the puppet’s eyes, nose, mouth, & hair from an assortment of buttons, ribbons, strings, etc. The puppet can be placed on a background from the app or a background from your camera roll. Or… your child can also create his/her own background! You can also save a picture of your child’s puppet to your camera roll or it ca be stored in the application. The app includes 20 different socks & gloves, 150+ enhancements, and 18 different backgrounds – enough “stuff” for a whole lot of creating!! Very fun 🙂

Puppet Workshop - Creativity App for Kids - Sebastian Bachorzewski

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AzawhistleKids

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everything has a home

FREE again for a limited time, Everything Has a Home by Azawhistle Kids is the story of two friends who tackle the problem of a very messy room. Narrated by David Dayan Fisher, it is the story of Tejas who wants to clean up his room and surprise his mom. But… he is overwhelmed by the magnitude of the mess that “someone” has created. His best friend, Lollipop, helps him to organize his environment. Kids lend a hand as they place interactive objects in the correct place. Tejas and Lollipop use yoga & meditation as they inspire kids to tidy up.

AzawhistleKids - Leslie Hendry