High-quality apps you can feel good about using with your child.
Librarians have been giving advice about how to make choices in media forever! Books, music, movies... Apps are simply another form of media to hit the market and for families that are choosing to use apps with their kids, it can feel overwhelming deciding which apps to choose.
There are a number of great resources about using apps with kids. Here are a few favorites:
- Family Time with Apps
- Apps en Familia
- iPad apps and your Pre-Reader
- Tips for using screen media with young children from Zero to Three
Read to start browsing apps? Check out our most recent app reviews below:
Play hide and seek with sailor Fiete! In this…
Design your own robot, then take it for a walk in the great outdoors and see how it handles the environment! Will your robot, walk, stroll or roll? Will it have laser arms or a brain floating in a glass jar?
Is your child a fan of small, adorable furry animals…
Build a world for your favorite Sago Mini characters to explore! There are five types of building blocks to choose from (desert, road, grass, cobblestones and garden dirt) and each block…
Shake the tree and see what falls out!
I am a huge fan of Sago Mini’s play-based app…
A simple book app with charming, hand-sewn…
There are many apps for kids about cars, but most of them concentrate on building the car or on painting the car or adding extra wacky accessories to the cars. You might be able to drive the cars around a pre-determined track or you might drive on an imaginary road trip, but to the best of my knowledge, this is the first car-related app for kids that encourages kids to spend time…
Inspired by their book, …
If you loved to make tiny crafty things with your hands and household materials and you had the time to make a really elaborate doll house, it might look something like this. Luckily, even if you don’t have the time, skills or inclination to make your own dollhouse, you can play in this virtual doll house for as long…
This sequel to Busy Shapes adds a new dimension to…
This wordless, animated graphic novel book app takes…