Smart Apps For Kids

Tynker for School- Learn to Code is Free for a Limited Time!! (Save $5.99)

Welcome to Computer Science Week! In celebration of this week, Tynker for school, the full version, is free! What a wonderful app to get kids interested in coding. Perfect for both for use at home and use in the classroom, coding apps do not get better than this. Can your kids code Sphero so that it does not fall off a stack of blocks? Can they help a dragon walk, eat a firefly, and breath fire to remove an obstacle to get to gold? The possibilities are truly endless with Tynker, especially once kids master the basics of visual programming through the amazing variety of puzzles.

Best apps for early elementary kids: Moo Said Morris teaches a lesson on being different

 

 

Bottom Line: Moo Said Morris has all the ingredients for a good story time with young children, including highlighted narration, a seek-and-find task, interactivity on every page and a great story about being different to boot. This is not a flashy app with loud music, games and animations, and that’s just fine because it’s a solid story with absolutely no ads, in-app purchases or external links that parents will love sharing with their children. 

Good Free App of the Day: Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame

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Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame is a new app from the folks at Sesame Street intended to help little ones learn tools to deal with everyday situations and stressors. The app teaches kids methods to cope with problems big and small by coming up with their own plans for resolution (or knowing when to go to an adult for help.) 

This is a very useful app during the busy holiday season! 

Alicia Keys Presents The Journals of Mama Mae & LeeLee — Review

 

 

Bottom line: An animated storytelling app by Alicia Keys. A lovely story about an eight-year old girl in a new city, and her relationship with her grandma. For middle-school aged children. Free lite version available.

What Will I Be? - Review

  

  

Bottom Line: an interactive story that is the perfect medium to fuel a child's dreams of what the future may have in store for him or her.