What We Love Right Now February 2, 2011: iPad Apps for Kids
When the iPad came out it was a must have item for lots of folks. Then, the next question, if you had kids, was “What apps should we get for our kids?” There are tons of options. We’ve searched and searched and found some, of what we think, are the cutest and most fun iPad apps for kids. Sorry moms, we’ll cover what we think is fun for you in another post 
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So, in no particular order…
1. The Monster at the End of This Book – Sesame Street As a child I loved the hard copy of this book. As kids, my kids love this book. They love using the iPad and will love having this on it. I have downloaded a ton of books and this one is by far a favorite.
2. Ladybird Baby Touch: Peekaboo – Penguin Books This is probably geared more for the toddler in your house. From the makers of Ladybird Books. This is a simple picture peek a boo app with soft sounds and simple pictures. Your child can use it by touching the screen to get the pictures to change change or by just watching it like a movie.
3. Fun Cards: Personalized flash cards make learning time fun!
4. These are some Math Apps best for primary school age children:
My Underwear – Thumb Arcade [Universal
$2.99]
Intro to Math, by Montessorium – Montessorium, LLC. [Universal
$4.99]
Park Math HD – by Duck Duck Moose – Duck Duck Moose [iPhone\iTouch
$1.99] & Park Math HD [iPad
$1.99]
iTouchMath – KONSTRUCT LLC [iPhone\iTouch
FREE]
Audio Slide A Math Learning Subtraction – WILLHALL SIAU [iPad
$0.99]
First Calculator – Talking Calculator for Kids – St. Madeleine Sophie School [Universal
$0.99]
Math Step123 – wxyzsoftware.com [iPhone\iTouch
$0.99]
Coin Math – Recession Apps [iPhone\iTouch
$1.99]
Kid Klok – Animated Speech Corporation [Universal
$0.99]
Telling Time HD – My Turn Mobile [iPad
$2.99]
5. Glow Draw! – Indigo Penguin Limited Alright, this is just an all around fun drawing app and will really help your child develop prewriting skills such as vertical and horizontal strokes as well as imitating simple shapes.
6. Alphabet Tracing – Oncilla Technologies Inc Great for refining fine motor skills, letter formation, and identifying letters.
7. Baby Sign Language for iPad! – EverydayASL.com Using Sign Language with your baby is a great way to communicate before they can use words. This app is all about using ASL with your little one.
8. Solar System for iPad This is set up in book format, but it’s kind of cool for the middle schooler looking to explore through pictures and interaction.
Do you have some iPad Apps downloaded that your kids love? Leave us a comment. We’d love for you to share some of your favorites with our readers!
Ryan Taft on Thu, 3rd Feb 2011 1:11 pm
Great article! Solar System for iPad looks really cool! The edutainment for kids industry is really booming. People are making a great impact on educating our youth through new technologies like the iPad. I just read about a cool study going on in Houston with the iPad and kids ages 2-6.
Spooky Playtime is a fun edutainment app that kids seems to really like.
Thanks again for the great article.
Best,
Ryan T.
What We Love Right Now February 23, 2011: SharpMoms Top iPhone/iPad Apps for Moms : SharpMoms on Wed, 23rd Feb 2011 9:52 am
[...] launched our list of kid friendly iPad apps a few weeks ago and we promised we wouldn’t keep you waiting on the best apps for moms too [...]
Candace Hutton on Tue, 29th Mar 2011 2:23 pm
Swapsies
Make a doctor, an astronaut or even a “doc-tronaut” in this fun matching game, designed to help little learners improve their motor coordination and empirical reasoning skills. With a simple swipe of the finger, you can mix and match hats, shirts and pants to create one of several fun occupations. And because it’s designed for young minds, it’s built to explore, with large, buttons and fun sounds that reward children each time they make a match.