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Carissa's App Picks for Kids

High-quality apps you can feel good about using with your child.

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Featured App

Reviewed on 7/31/23

With all of the hype about the recent Barbie movie, why not try out a Barbie coloring app?  In the free version of this app, users can color a limited number of Barbie illustrations (including a Barbie with an artificial leg and vitiligo). There's a wide variety of colors, tints and shades as...

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Reviewed on 11/28/14

Create Rube Goldberg-like machines in increasingly complex puzzles with multiple...

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Reviewed on 11/21/14

Build a rocket (or castle or pirate ship or bunny rabbit or hamburger) from "blocks" or mix and match the blocks to create your own wacky tower! As an extra bonus, the blocks are moved into place (and eventually knocked down) using a giant construction crane. There's some minor physics lessons...

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Age group: Preschool
Reviewed on 11/16/14

Kids love dramatic play that allows them to step into different roles and pretend. Toca Store provides an on-screen opportunity for player to pretend that they are a shop keeper.  First, they must decide what five products their store sells (dolls? carrots? laundry soap? There's a whole catalog...

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Age group: Preschool, Grades K-2
Reviewed on 11/15/14

The creators of Endless Alphabet and Endless Reader turn their talents to the realm of numbers.  This app sneakily teaches so many different math concepts (counting by ones, twos, threes; addition; place value, etc.) and yet it's simple enough for a preschooler to navigate without problems. Each...

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Age group: Preschool, Grades K-2
Reviewed on 11/11/14

This app should really be labeled "all ages" because it has so many  different options to explore on so many different levels.  Babies will be entertained by the kaleidoscopic swirls, toddlers will love the opportunities to create swirls of color using the slightest of touches, older kids will...

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Age group: Baby/toddler
Topics: Art, Math, Science

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