History Apps
Our moms have reviewed some awesome history apps over the years and below is our list of favorites. Compiled a list of our favorite history apps, suitable both for general interest and for helping teach your kids everything they need to know.
Romeo and Juliet’s Secrets
Romeo and Juliet’s Secrets is a creative and entertaining interactive ebook that makes the famous Shakespearean play more accessible with modern language narration and historical background and information.
Gold Rush 2
Gold Rush 2 is a fun role-playing game set in the old west around the time of the California Gold Rush. Players take the role of the lead character as they try to right wrongs and solve mysteries.
Malama Honua My Voyage
Malama Honua My Voyage is an outstanding app that will fascinate kids and adults alike with a detailed and engaging description of Polynesian and Hawaiian history and culture, interspersed with interesting and varied interactive activities and laced with positive core values.
World of Liberty: Paintings, Planes, and Pioneers
World of Liberty: Paintings, Planes, and Pioneers is a great app to encourage young elementary children to learn more about specific aspects of our country’s history and geography while encouraging the overall values of love of learning, research, and finding connections with other times, places and peoples.
Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab
Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab is an exciting app full of great educational material shared through fun music videos, interactive games, and entertaining lab experiments that kids will love.
At a Glance: History Apps for Kids 2015
Thanks to the advances in technology educators and parents have more options available to them to make learning history fun. Apps can be a great tool to present material in an interactive and entertaining way. The apps included in our recommendations are not only educational, but also entertaining. Some apps may be rated age 9+.
History For Kids
Travel back in time and get an overview of the major time periods and events in world history with History for Kids, an animated eBook narrated by kids for kids.
2015 Edition: Best Apps for Back to School – 7th Grade
The seventh grade year is often a year of big changes-changing classes, new teachers, and higher educational expectations. It’s also time to begin planning ahead for high school challenges. These recommended apps will help your student learn and grow with the best. iBiome-Wetlands iBiome-Wetland is a hands-on, experiential look at three types of wetlands. Players …
Khan Academy
Khan Academy’s app provides a comprehensive library of topics and skills that support Common Core goals. It includes a wealth of information particularly on middle school and high school classes, as well as useful topics for college students and adults.
JFK Challenge
JFK Challenge is a wonderful and well-designed app that may spark a life-long love of history in children. It also is a great source of information about two very important milestones in U.S. history.
The Great Inventors
The Great Inventors will help kids from preschool through early elementary school learn basic information about the history of common inventions and their inventors. Children will enjoy the engaging graphics and animations, the narrated information, and the learning games.
President’s Day Apps for Kids 2015
Reviewed and recommended, these apps are a fun way for kids to learn about our American presidents anytime of year. Presidents vs Aliens Presidents vs Aliens is a game-like app that takes learning to the next level. This fun, interactive app teaches children fun facts, names, quotes, and so much more about presidents and includes …
Learning ABCs Has Never Been Easier With These Alphabet Apps For Kids
10 Amazing Alphabet Apps For Kids New alphabet apps are popping up every day. Some are best for younger kids around preschool age and others are for kids who are ready to read and learn their alphabet. We searched far and wide and found some great alphabet apps that are unique and fun. Here are 10 Amazing Alphabet Apps For Kids! Our …
Presidents Challenge
Presidents Challenge is a fun and diverting way to memorize the names of the presidents of the United States in order. Users can choose to tackle specific eras or the entire list at once. There is a blank timeline with the year of election on one side of the screen, and a tray of presidential portraits with names on the other side. Users drag pictures from the tray to the correct place on the timeline. The app also provides a little biographical and background information about each president.
Alphabet of Dinosaurs
Another wonderful Oceanhouse Media digital book that teaches children all about dinosaurs with a variety of fun facts, rhyming passages, and vivid illustrations.
Moose & Zebra: Dinos
Moose & Zebra are back again and this time they are teaching children about dinosaurs. This is a great app with lots of fun and educational activities children will love.
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears is a history app that is full of great information, pictures, and timelines that reviews the events affecting various Indian tribes from 1815-1860.
Disney American Presidents
Users of all ages will appreciate learning American history with the Disney American Presidents app.
at-a-glance President’s Day Apps 2014
No need to wait for President’s Day to enjoy these apps, kids love learning about our American presidents anytime of year. We have a little something for everyone. Have fun! Fun & Game Apps for Kids Read our review. Read our review. Book Apps for Kids Educational Apps for Kids Read …
Presidents vs Aliens
Presidents vs. Aliens is a great app for learning all sorts of facts about our American presidents. Learn the facts while protecting the planet from an alien invasion in this part-game, part educational app.
Timeline Civil War
Timeline Civil War is a highly interactive tool for those wanting to learn about an important time in American history.
Ansel & Clair: American Bowl
Another great Ansel & Clair app that focuses on fun facts about American history, government, geography etc. with an entertaining bowling game.
Bean Bag Kids Apollo 11
A cast of bean bag characters and numerous interactive activities make learning about the historical trip to the moon aboard Apollo 11 entertaining.
Civil War Interactive
Civil War Interactive provides a good overview of the American Civil War that will be useful to students and to hobbyists. Its multimedia nature makes it a good learning tool.
Timeline Battle Castles
Timeline Battle Castles is a highly interactive reference app featuring history of more than 500 years of castles, battles and life during medieval times.
Ansel and Clair: Paul Revere’s Ride
Paul Revere’s Ride is another fabulous Ansel & Clair adventure.
Timeline World War 2
Timeline World War 2 is a well-designed, high-quality learning tool for students and adults who are interested in the World War 2 era.
Ansel and Clair Cretaceous Dinosaurs
A must have for dinosaur lovers or anyone wanting a fun and interactive way to learn more about dinosaurs of the Cretaceous period.
kids apps PRESIDENT APPS
For some of us Presidents Day is just another random vacation / shopping day. But that could also be that I’m not American – so what better way to brush up on my American history than downloading a couple of Presidents Day apps. A personal favorite is Presidents vs. Aliens by Dan Russell-Pinson (developer of …
kid apps GOKIDS APPS: SAVE PARIS
GoKids Apps: Save Paris! is a best app for kids because it teaches children about France, French culture and French language in a factual, but fun way.