Smart Apps For Kids

Let Your Child Explore Marine Life with MarcoPolo Ocean! - Free for a Limited Time (Save $2.99)

MarcoPolo Ocean offers children hours of educational fun, all with a bright and interactive ocean theme! Kids will enjoy the 6 building activities, which include a coral reef, several different types of octopuses, marine mammals, fish, a boat, and a submarine or submersible. Visual hints are given when needed, and the narrator teaches children all about ocean life as they are building. This option can be changed in the parent section, if desired. Once an item, fish or mammal has been built, it is placed in the ocean scene, and children can interact and play with it!  

 

 

Best Minecraft apps for your obsessed kid!

Dear daughter: I know you find this hard to believe, but there are apps out there that you would enjoy that are NOT related to Minecraft. What? What's that you say? You have no interest in anything that's unrelated to Minecraft? Such as dinner or the dog or YOUR MOTHER? Sigh. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. 

If your kid, like mine, is completely obsessed with all things Minecraft, here's a list of apps he or she might find interesting. And if you have yet to introduce your kid to this addictive and educational game, start with the Pocket Edition and then jump head-first into the Minecraft well. Be warned: it's deep. VERY deep. And a bit on the expensive side -- most of these apps have an up-front price, as well as in-app purchases for extras. But what price peace and quiet?

Happy Holidays from Toca Boca! - Toca Nature is Free for 48 Hours! (Save $2.99)

How would your child like an early Christmas gift? We all know the answer to that. Well, we have one from Toca Boca. Toca Nature is free for a limited time!

Toca Nature gives your child the ability to design their own vision of nature and watch it flourish, as they interact with it. This app is full of open-ended, pretend play. Children use their problem solving skills, while being creative in perfecting their own personal natural wonderland. Of course, they can snap a few photos as well. Be sure to grab this app before the price goes back up!

 

New 5-star app is FREE! Download Zap Zap Math today! Must have app!

 

 

Bottom Line: Wow! A math app for kindergarten through sixth grade with excellent graphics and interface is enough to get me excited. Make it FREE, and I’m going to insist everyone reading this download the app NOW. It’s a must-have math app for elementary!

Traffic -Programming for Beginners is a new Top Pick!

 

 

Bottom Line: Traffic is an introduction to coding app that hits the mark for fun, educational content and keeping kids motivated to pick up this invaluable technology skill before their brains get too old and crotchety (like mine) to think in a complex way.