Top 50 iPhone Apps for Kids
About a week after I began using my iPhone, I was in love. I had a calendar with me at all times, and I was able to stay on top of my family's schedule - even though there are six of us! I had email access while I was out, so I wasn't constantly playing catch up with PTO business in the evening. Then I discovered apps! There are many apps to help busy moms manage their lives, but there are also just as many exclusively for kids. My children can watch videos, interact with their favorite characters, and practice letter-writing and math. No matter where my family goes, they can be entertained and I can have peace of mind knowing they're learning even while they're having fun.
In January 2009 I began a website, The iPhone Mom, dedicated to helping moms find apps that could do the same for them and their children. Since beginning the site, I've seen both the quantity and quality of useful apps for kids grow.
Babble.com asked me to put together a list of my Top 50 iPhone Apps for Kids. Here, in descending order, are my favorites and the ones I think you'll find most useful.
--Heather Leister
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Emily’s Girl Talk
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It has been difficult to find apps for my tween daughters, but we discovered Emily’s Girl Talk, and it appears to hit the right notes. The app combines five classic girly games with cute graphics, a journal and stickers. One of the games that you can play is MASH, the fortune-telling game that will predict who you’ll marry, the type of car you’ll drive, the number of children you’ll have and more. The Lemon Game asks you to fill in five choices in five different categories: girl names, boy names, body parts, cities and things you can do with a lemon. The game will then randomly choose one choice from each category to create a very silly sentence. Next is the Cootie Catcher, which allows you to type in a yes or no question, then use the app’s Cootie Catcher to get the answer. No paper folding required! The Love game takes your name and the name of your crush and calculates your chances for love. Finally, the Compatibility test has you answer a few questions and then predicts your compatibility with your current crushee.
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