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Free App Friday – September 16, 2016 – Free Preschool Apps
Welcome to another Free App Friday! This week we’ve found some great free apps from the company Step By Step. Step By Step produces apps for children that allow for the different stages of learning development kids go through rapidly between the ages of 1 and 5. The will practice visual perception, cognitive and language skills …
Trilo Spelling
A series of unique spelling activities that naturally progress in difficulty will help kids build basic spelling skills in Trilo Spelling.
Highlights Shapes – Learning Puzzles for My Preschooler Review
See the app in iTunes Highlights for Children, Inc. Price: Free, additional packs available to purchase in-app for $2.99 Look at the world around you. Can you spot the shapes in the things you see? Perhaps you can see a green triangle in a tree or a yellow circle in the sun. Highlights Shapes – …
Mulle Meck’s cars
Kids design their own cars and then test them out with Mulle Meck’s Cars.
Inclusion Bridges
Inclusion Bridges is a simple game that requires players to raise a tower that will fall across a gap to bridge it. The app is intended to raise awareness of social injustices and potential solutions, but it does not do much toward that end.
Getting A Picky Toddler To Eat: 6 Tips
Can’t seem to get your toddler to eat dinner every night? Picky eaters are common problems for many parents, and rather than allowing pickiness to become a lifelong problem, deal with the issue now. There’s plenty of little ways to encourage your toddler to eat what’s on his or her plate without using threats. Review …
Free App Friday – September 2, 2016 – Monsters and Fireworks
Welcome to another Free App Friday! This week we’ve found some great free apps that will quench your child’s desire to play with monsters and blow things up. Starting off we have Let’s Find It!, an app that tests your child’s observations skills. Playing doctor has never been so fun with Toca Doctor and Monster …
7 Back-To-School Clothes Shopping Tips
Buying back-to-school clothes do not have to cost you a small fortune. Purchasing new clothes every single year gets tiring, especially if your kids are on the smaller side and outgrow things quickly. Use the following tips to make back-to-school clothes shopping easy…and much less expensive. Cull First Go through what you already have with …
5 Creative Backyard Ideas For Your Kids
Your backyard is a sanctuary, and one that presents a world of wonder for children. Encourage their creative sides by setting up your backyard in such a way they’ll want to spend hours playing outside instead of inside in front of the television or computer screen. Secret Garden Construct your very own secret garden for …
Best Apps for Back to School – Preschool
There are many choices of apps for preschoolers in the App Store, so here are a few suggestions of the best of the best from our reviews. These apps will help your preschooler develop important skills such as sequencing, patterning, building language skills and developing problem-solving skills. Our list of reviewed and recommended Preschool apps …
Ultimate List of the Best Lego Car Kits
12 Best Lego Car Kits for Auto-Obsessed Kids (& Husbands) The team members here at Best Apps for Kids are huge fans of all things LEGO. Apps recommended in our popular best LEGO apps list are perennial favorites amongst our readers and their children. It was a blast putting together this list of the 12 best LEGO vehicles. We were surprised at …
Free App Friday – August 12, 2016: Getting Back to Nature
Welcome to another Free App Friday! This week week we’ve found some great free apps that will get your child excited about the outdoors without the heat that goes with it. If you are having trouble motivating your kids to help out around the house, check out Chortopia. Are your little ones learning shapes? Don’t miss …
Healthy Habits To Teach Kids
Helping your children learn healthy habits is one of the most important things you can do as a parent along with teaching them to be kind, respectful, and confident. Instilling healthy habits in kids from a young age sets them up for a lifetime of radiant health, something they’ll thank you for when they’re 40 …
Free App Friday – August 5, 2016: School is around the corner, let’s get ready!
Welcome to another Free App Friday! This week we’ve found some great free apps that will quench your child’s desire to play hours of games during this heat wave. With school just around the corner, use the apps to let them pretend and learn at the same time. JuniorTube Are your kids addicted to watching …
10 Cool Toy Storage Ideas
Do your kids’ playroom and bedrooms always look like bombs hit them? Help yourself out by putting a few awesome toy organization tips into practice. This assists your kids in where things are kept and prevents you from getting stabbed in the foot by a rogue LEGO or action figure. Check it out: “Bird’s Nest” …
Top Lists: 10 Kid Friendly iPad Cases
Have you got a high-tech kid? Keeping up with electronics for your preschool or school-aged child can be expensive, so you need to protect that investment. Here are some of the best cases for iPads for you to check out. What’s Here: 1. AVAWO Apple iPad 2 3 4 Kids Case 2. HDE Shock …
6 Spectacular Summer Birthday Party Ideas
Was one or more of your children born in summertime? You may remember sweating like a racehorse while pregnant in summer, however it’s a great time for birthday parties! Check out a few fantastic summer birthday party ideas, any of which your children will remember for a long, long time. Fish Bowl Gelatin Create an …
New & Noteworthy – July 5, 2016: Hot New Apps for the Summer
Welcome to another New & Noteworthy, where we bring you all the cool new apps available for your kids. This week we’ve found some great new apps that will keep your kids entertained during these dog days of summer. Your child will be able to go on vacation, learn a new language, brush up on their …
Nano Bear Rainforest Animals
Nano Bear Rainforest Animals offers a fun way for children to learn a variety of rainforest animals and their sounds through exploratory play. Easy to use and great for young children.
Free App Friday – May 27, 2016: Learning Through Play
Welcome to another Free App Friday! This week we’ve found some great free apps that will take your kids to the race track, feed sushi to monsters, plus practice fire safety. With summer around the corner, these apps will provide fun play while they continue learning. Montessori Early Childhood Activities Train 2 Using the Montessori method …
The Best End-of-Year Teachers’ Gifts
Teachers are unquestionably some of the most important people in our children’s lives. Not only do they teach our children, but they love and nourish them every day, just as we do. Teachers don’t choose this career path for the salary or the recognition. They do it because they love our kids, and they love …
Dr. Panda Racers Review
See the App in iTunes Dr. Panda Ltd Price: $2.99 Dr. Panda Racers is a great addition to the Dr. Panda app collection. With Dr. Panda Racers, kids can build their own race car, as well as their own race track, and speed to the finish line! My son loves the Dr. Panda apps and …
Spelling Bug Word Match
Practice your spelling words with a fun matching game in Spelling Bug: Word Match.
Free App Friday – May 6, 2016: Let’s Get Excited.
Welcome to another Free App Friday! This week we’ve found some great free apps that will quench your child’s desire to visit their favorite animals and they will learn foundational reading concepts so they can soon read their own adventures. Plant Lettra, First Words for Kids and Toddlers, and Little Match ups ABC will teach …
Best Toddler Apps
My PlayHome This app is like a giant interactive doll house. Toddlers love to click on each item to see what it does. You can do anything from cooking dinner to jumping on the bed. Kids love to turn the lights on and off, send the baby down the slide, push mom on the swing, …
Free App Friday – April 29, 2016: Create and Explore
Welcome to another Free App Friday! This week we’ve found some great free apps that will quench your child’s desire to explore space and build cool trucks. We also have apps that will introduce math and science concepts while your child learns about yummy fruit and drives down the country road to the big city. Words Jumble!!! …
Free App Friday – April 22, 2016: Learning is Fun.
Welcome to another Free App Friday! This week we’ve found some great free apps that will introduce thinking and problem-solving skills that are foundational to your childs’ success. Ready to Print will build letter awareness skills. Matrix Game 3 reinforces visual discrimination and spatial orientation. Let’s Name Fun Things introduces vocabulary. ABA – Problem Solving and Amazing …
Ready Jet Go! Space Explorer Review
See the app in iTunes PBS Kids Price: Free Ready Jet Go! quickly became a cartoon favorite at our house and now my kids can take their love of the show one step further with an all new space exploration game. Join Jet and his friends as they introduce your children to the constellations and …
Matching! My First Brain Training
Matching! My First Brain Training offers children the opportunity to see and hear letters, numbers, and colors in four languages, then play a matching game based on choosing a response that includes the targeted three attributes. The game seems difficult for young children, and could use some tweaks to make it more entertaining.
Play and Learn with Corabelle
Play and Learn with Corabelle is an easy to use, early learning app with lots of fun and engaging early-learning activities that children will love. Fun, educational, and perfect for the little one in your home.
Top 20 Free Apps for Toddlers
There are so many apps out there for children, but finding ones suitable for toddlers can be challenging. Take a look at these fun and educational apps geared towards keeping toddlers entertained while they are learning. Busy Shapes This app helps sharpen toddlers problem solving skills through different levels of activities. Five Little Monkeys Learn …
Free App Friday – April 1, 2016: Great Free Apps For April Fools
Welcome to another Free App Friday! This week we’ve found some great free apps that will get them ready for learning, learn all about their favorite animals, and dance the night away. The Montessori Preschool App will introduce your preschooler into a number of different learning concepts. Three different puzzle apps are available for truck …
Tiny Play Box
Toddlers and preschoolers gain confidence and build basic skills through the games in Tiny Play Box.
Absolute Best Apps for High School Students
Updated October 2017 Ah, high school…sometimes we adults look back on it through rose colored glasses with our fond memories, but today’s students will be quick to tell you that it can be very stressful and involves a lot of hard work. Fortunately, there are many apps that can ease the load and make studying …
Use Your iPhone’s Camera to Remember Just About Anything
Have you ever forgotten your license plate number as your family checked into a hotel and had to run out to the parking lot and write it down just so you could get a room? When was the last time you went shopping for new colored pencils only to space out which brand or colors …
Math Tales – The Jungle: Nursery rhymes and math games for kids
Math Tales – The Jungle combines fun math games with a cute nursery rhyme. Are you ready to party with the jungle animals?
Charlie & Company Videos II
Charlie & Company Volume II is a great app to present educational episodes and related music videos to preschool children. Kids will love the varied themes and will learn from each episode.
Your Child’s Playroom: A Few Organizational Tips
Is your toddler’s playroom always something of a disaster area? You’re hardly alone, however there’s lots of little things you can do to organize the space so it doesn’t resemble a toy explosion. Check out a few tricks to help you out: Laundry Baskets & Bins Rather than using shelves and constantly having to keep …
7 Excellent Boredom Busters For Kids
Bored children are restless children, so rather than dealing with whiny kids all summer or during a long holiday break, find ways to keep them laughing and otherwise entertained. Check out some of our favorite boredom busters and ensure little ones stay occupied: “Sumo Wrestling” Pair extra-large t-shirts with old pillows and have your kids …
Domi Domi Nature Shapes
Domi Domi Nature Shapes is a high-quality, fun app that young children will enjoy as they practice matching by shape and color, sorting by size and type, using fine motor skills, and much more.