(Also check out our GFAOTD #2 here)
Chalk Walk has gone free again!! It's a great app that Heather rated 4 Stars and said it's "An innovative app designed to help develop the pincer grasp skill and is also helpful for preparing for cursive writing. Pay close attention to this one."
iPad only
** Only the app's developer can control when an app is free or not. All apps that we post as Good Free Apps of the Day are verified to be free at the time of this post. We make no guarantees otherwise. **
From iTunes:
The video playback feature offers children a chance to study their own moving "chalk lines" and motivate them to try again, just for fun!
- encourages fine-motor flexibility/exercise
- builds awareness of hand positioning
- left-hand icon option is included in settings menu
- clearly demonstrates/reinforces thumb-finger pincer grip
- alphabet puzzle pieces create an emerging literacy task
- animated tracing lines promote left-to-right progression
- photos of unique sidewalks inspire an awareness of beauty and diversity in our world
- fanciful maps point the way to pretend worlds and imaginative thinking.
- endless opportunity to revisit, and refine one's work
- video play-back motivates a child to study their progress in an active way
- reset button offers teachers and parents the option to give new players a fresh start
Lisa M lives in Australia with her three kids aged 3,4,6, & 7. She wishes one day to have a pet teacup pig running around her back yard.
Every day we pick what we affectionately call the Good Free App of the Day, an app that we have downloaded, tested and certified: It can't have a ton of ads or just a little content with in-app purchases.
We then present them to you to read, download, and share. So, based on which ones got the most hits from you, here are your Top 100 Free Apps for Kids! Enjoy!
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For older kids (6+) please see our Top Free Apps for Older Kids list. For parents/teachers please see Our Top Free Apps for Parents/Teachers list.
(** indicates that the app contains in-app purchases/is very closely tied to a purchase or has ads)
1) LEGO App 4+ (build a vehicle and then use it in activities)
2) Open Wide Snap (we rated five stars)
4) ** Toddler/Preschool Flash Cards (warning! now has ads!)
6) Little Stars - Toddler Games (letters, numbers, shapes, colors, words)
7) Hide Run Growl (we rated five stars)
8) Play 123
10) Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally Appisode
11) Little Writer - Tracing Letters, Numbers, Words and Shapes (awesome app)
12) ** Build a Word Express
14) ** Learning Games for Preschool to Kindergarten
15) I Can Write 2 (make sentences about images)
16) Disney's Jake's Never Land Pirate School
17) Rover (flash-enabled web browser for kids)
18) PBS Kids Video (all their favorites, U.S. only)
19) Miss Spider apps (Bedtime Story and Tea Party)
20) Toca Kitchen Monsters (all kids need Toca Boca)
21) Rocket Speller
22) Touch the Sound
23) Easy Bake Treats (Easy Bake Oven)
24) ** Goodnight Safari (baby animals!)
25) Lego Duplo Jams
26) ** Puzzingo
28) ** Let's Color (drawings come to life)
31) ** Alphabet Tracing
33) eggzoo
34) Hungry Hungry Hippos (now with balls you can't lose!)
35) Kids Learning - Photo Touch Learning Concepts
36) Madagascar Storybook Collection (book one for free)
38) Lego Duplo Zoo
39) ** MeeGenius (six ebooks for free!)
40) Hickory Dickory Dock
41) ** Buzzle (11 free puzzles)
42) Scooby-Doo Whos Are You? by Hallmark (Zoinks!)
43) Mindshapes (three apps, including Bobo's Birthday Challenge)
44) 6-in-1 Children's Games (lite version)
47) ABC Mouse Zoo Sets 1, 2 and 3
48) Feel Electric (The Electric Company is back!)
49) Tim and Tom
52) Fisher Price's Lets Count Animals
53) Super Monkey Jr. - Mini Games (excellent)
55) Jack and the Beanstalk (modern version of the classic tale)
57) Sam Phibian (count to feed the frog bugs!)
61) Stewie The Duck Learns To Swim
62) Hallmark's Jingle All the Way
63) A Not-So Fading Light (two kids worry about the sun burning out in 4.8b years)
64) Little Stars - Word Wizard
65) ** BrainPop Jr. Movie of the Week
66) Tooney Tunes
67) JibJab Jr. Books
69) Sprout's Good Night Star (nighttime routine, brusha! brusha! brusha!)
70) Barney's Storybook Treasury (first book is free)
71) Squiggles (bring scribbles to life, one of our Top Picks)
72) Chipper's Rainy Day Adventure
73) Astrid & Siri (A fashion designer whose assistant is an Arctic fox?)
74) Zoobert's Big (or Bigger Day)
75) The Icky Mr. Fox/Mr Fox and Mr. Rabbit (two ebooks)
76) ** i Learn with Boing - Ice Land Adventures HD (now only one section free)
77) Bean Bag Kids present Little Red Riding Hood (bean bag characters!)
78) Fisher Price's Laugh & Learn Animal Sounds
80) i Luv Drawing Santa (awesome holiday app)
81) There is a Star (lovely animated video)
82) Little Bird's Internet Security Adventure (help teach online safety)
83) 2 Tigers (sibling rivalry of sisters)
84) Bamba Ice Cream (build desserts and eat them!)
85) PaddleDuck Color and Story App (a duck with a backpack!)
86) Spot the Jungle Animal (spot the jungle animal)
87) Jellytoons (two apps including Birthday Countdown)
88) Gymtastic! (American Girl app)
89) Elfishki Halloween Spooky Decorate Cake Game
91) Christmas Eve (awesome book app)
92) ABC Theater
93) Henry Motlies' Christmas Adventure
94) Treetop Ted (Ted gets itchy, twitchy, scritchy, scratchy from bugs)
95) Toca's Hair Salon - Christmas Gift (one of only two free Toca Bocas)
96) Disney Movies
97) Become Santa Claus in 24 Days
98) Macleans Nurdle Time (Australia only)
99) Preschool Fun
100) Play Hospital
We've done our best to only include apps that are permanently free, but sometimes developers do change their minds, so please leave a comment if you find an app that's no longer free.
(** indicates that the app contains in-app purchases/is very closely tied to a purchase or has ads)
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