Educational Apps For Kids

Good Free App of the Day: Brain Quest!

I know many people don't particularly care for kids' apps with in-app purchases, but if that's a big concern, you should turn in-apps off in your settings and teach your kids that they need to be happy with the free version unless Mom or Dad decide to buy the rest. The freemium model is working very well for a lot of developers in the app store, so it's here to stay...and you'll be able to fill your device with a lot more good, free apps if you work with it.

Simple Learning 123

 

 

Bottom Line:  A basic but somewhat effective multilingual counting tool for Apple’s youngest customers.

Good Free App of the Day: Kung Fu Panda 2 Storybook!

I loved Kung Fu Panda and enjoyed Kung Fu Panda 2 even more because my daughter is adopted. (Po the panda finds out in the second one that he's adopted.) It's awesome to have such a prominent kids' character dealing with that situation, even if it was fairly obvious to everyone else, since his father is a goose.

So, I'm very exited about today's Good Free App of the Day!

The Social Express GIVEAWAY! A $90 social skills management app!

If there is a site with better giveaways than us, I'd like to see it!

(Not really, that would be a real downer for me.)

Today we're starting a giveaway for FIVE copies of the app everyone wants...The  Social Express!

Squiggles!

 

 

 

Bottom Line: Free...and a great way to get toddlers, preschoolers and those with fine motor difficulties to enjoy creating interactive art.

Good Free App of the Day: Rocket Speller!

I read Deanne's recently-posted Top 10 Free Apps For ASD Kids like this:

Got that.

Got that one.

Apraxia Picture Sound Cards APSC GIVEAWAY ($180 app!)

We just finished giveaways for four iPads and a $200 AAC app and today we're starting one for a $180 app - Apraxia Picture Sound Cards! We've got three copies!

Children with Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, and others that have motor speech disorders can benefit from this app.

Feed the Animals

 

 

Bottom Line: This is a cute, simple app for toddlers. The educational content is spotty, though, and it probably won’t keep your child’s attention for too long. There is a free version to try.

Good Free App of the Day: Preschool - 15 in 1 Kids Pack

 Today's Good Free App of the Day is nice little find, if I can say so myself. Preschool - 15 in 1 has 15 minigames that can be found in a lot of other apps costing 99 cents each or more: word scramble, writing letters, animal names, hangman, memory match, etc.

Good Free App of the Day: Articulation Station!

I've chosen the free version of Articulation Station as our Good Free App of the Day today, even though it contains only one free sound program (the /p/ sound deck) and the rest have to purchased, for two reasons:

Top 12 FREE Apps for Moms on Mother's Day!

If you're a Mom, today is your day. The day when everyone should be appreciative of all that you do.

Although our main focus is kids' apps, we at smartappsforkids.com want to do our part to make this a special day, so here is our virtual bouquet of 12 hand-picked FREE apps that should you download JUST FOR YOU. 

The Prisoner of Carrot Castle

 

 

Bottom Line: Solid ebook with nice interactive elements but the healthy-eating message could have been made more clear.

Each winning iPad to come with two Marcel Widarto apps!

One our great site supports, Marcel Widarto, has sent word that he would like to send promo codes for each of his apps (Sight Words & Spelling with Pixopop and Sight Words Hangman) to each winner of an iPad 2 in our current giveaway!

Good Free App of the Day: Little Bird's Internet Security Adventure! (internet safety!)

Our good friends at digital-storytime.com, sent us another great idea for our Good Free App of the Day! Little Bird's Internet Security Adventure helps teach kids all about basic internet safety, including how to deal with several significant online issues.

"I was on my computer and someone asked me for my name and address. They asked me how old I am if I wanted to play. Little Bird, what do I do?"

Downloading now...Thanks Carisa!