Smart Apps For Kids

UPDATED! TWENTY favorite YouTube channels for educational songs and more!

Every week I do a language lesson with my early childhood and Pre-K friends. The classroom teacher, Mrs. P, plans awesome themes for each week of the year and I try my best to work the weekly theme into my language lessons. I love to incorporate music and a little bit of movement into the large group portion of my lesson.

I have several YouTube channels that I use to find songs and stories that are educational and fun. I can almost always find a video that relates well to our theme. I just click share and email the video link to the teacher and we play the videos on her ActivBoard. The kids love it and Mrs P can reinforce and review past lessons by repeating the videos throughout the year. We can also share the links with parents so the kids can enjoy the songs and stories with their families. Check out my TWENTY favorite YouTube channels below and get ready for some seriously fun singing and dancing!

Review: Animal Toonz lets your toddler have a musical adventure.

 

 

Bottom line: Animal Toonz is an open-ended play app that lets kids aged one to four musically explore the worlds of some pretty cute cartoon animals. Lots of interactive elements give your kiddo the tools to create their own tunes to play along with the background songs (or on their own). 

Have an interactive sing-a-long with KidloLand: Nursery Rhymes!

Kidloland: Nursery Rhymes offers preschool aged kids an extensive library of fun and educational songs to keep them entertained (and help them learn along the way). The app is free for download and has dozens of songs available to try, but with the subscription you can open up a library of over 1,000 songs, games, and activities for your kiddo!

Review: Flute Master- a fun gaming app that teaches kids how to play a real recorder.

 

 

Bottom Line: Don't hate me for recommending a musical instrument app for your kids. Yes, I know it's painful in the beginning, but this app really works because I could use it and if it can teach me how to play, it can teach your kiddo how to make beautiful music instead of sounding like screeching cats meowing in an alleyway. The app is fairly simple to use and for just $4.99, you can't go wrong.

Changes Are Coming to the App Store - Get Ready for New Subscription Terms and Search Ads

With all the news coming from Apple lately, I missed a big and important piece regarding the Apple App Store. The App Store has never been perfect, to say the least, but the upcoming changes may receive a very mixed reception. You will need to decide for yourself.