Four great educational apps for kids
Looking for educational material for your children? Here are great apps that are both fun and educational.
We live in a digital age where most children from the tender age of two are already exposed to gadgets. Some children even own tablets from the age of three.
What's great with gadgets is that teaching can take place from the comfort of your home. You can download educational content on the gadgets which will help your child learn even while they are playing. This also helps keep them busy while you can focus on other things.
Let us look at four educational apps that are free and can be downloaded on iOS and Android phones.
Khan Academy Kids is a fun and educational app designed for kids from the ages of two until eight. The good thing with this app is that is it 100% free with no ads and no subscriptions. You can download it from most app stores.
Nick Jr. app features all your kid's favourite characters such as Paw Patrol, Shimmer & Shine, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Nella the Princess Knight, Peppa Pig, Dora the Explorer, and Bubble Guppies. It is for children aged two until seven and is free.
Quick Math Jr. is an award-winning app. It helps kids to develop a strong number sense and focuses on areas such as counting, ordering numbers, and addition. It is free and only available on iOS. The age group for this app is between four and eight.
Starfall ABCs is a great app that teaches children the alphabet and letter sounds. It is a free app which has educational games, ABC animations, animated interactive books, and other reading exercises. It is designed for children who are two years until five and is to be downloaded on iOS or Android.
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