Apps to Help Kids Stay Entertained while Learning

With an ever broadening marketplace online and offline, it is hard to stay focussed even for a whole minute on whatever we want to. The number of wide banners, fluorescent colors, LED screens and a constant electronic device in front of our eyes—all have a part to play in this “scatter brain” phase. This could increase lack of attention in children.

Below are a variety of apps to assist with developing the basic skills in children to keep them focused, while learning and having fun at the same time.

Apps to Help Kids Stay Entertained while Learning

For language skills:

Endless Reader

This is an app promotes good reading skills. It uses the perfect combination of sight through colours, sounds and interactivity to keep children focussed on learning and grasping the basics of the English language. This targets a younger age group.

Read2Go Learning Ally Audio

There are multiple apps supplying audiobooks. But this is not helpful who are visual learners. This app provides a combined e- book that both reads (audio) and displays words on screen. It encourages the child to follow through and learn the meaning of it all.

MindNode

Communicating verbally is one way. And there is the ability to communicate through written means. This app creates mindmaps of the ideas your child forms and assists with forming a coherent compositions. Using colours and connecting lines between ideas crafts a beautiful masterpiece in the end.

 

For mathematical skills:

MathNinja

With a combination of basic mathematical skills and timed stages, this app can improve the logical side of your child’s brain.

Motion Math Games is a company producing apps for each topic in mathematics to create a strong foundation for children with learning disabilities in particular. So they provide a variety of apps. The list below is only a few.

Hungry Guppy

Targeting the younger children, the “Guppy” fish swallows bubbles. The child has to drag bubbles together till it adds up to the limit displayed on the screen is reached. This covers recognizing numbers and the basic addition methods.

Zoom

This app helps with understanding place value. Using a variety of animals designated to a certain value, learning about this concept is simplified.

Cupcake

This app is to take learning to the next levels. Although the basic idea is to understanding and analyzing word problems, proportions and develop mental arithmetic skills, this can bring out the business acumen in your child. The child also has opportunities to “buy ingredients” to make cupcakes, “design cupcakes” and “set prices” for them.

 

For creativity:

Monument Valley

Shape- shifter images are presented to the player in this adventurous game app. Music is provided as well. This develops the artistic side of the child on multiple counts.

 

For managing school:

myHomework

This app helps with organizing the child’s school life independently. Everything from scheduling their class times to assignment due dates on a calendar can revolutionize their school days. They can focus on more important things like actually learning all the subject material.

 

For parents:

Epic Win

Parents have a big role to play in a child’s nurturing. They have to create an independent individual to face tomorrow’s world. This app lets the parent set the chores the children have to complete as challenges. The child can pick their preferred character and complete the challenge to win the rounds. This makes perfect use of technology.

iDetective

Providing children their freedom is also key to parenting. But it is hard not to worry about how they are using their time and if in fact the methods they are using is having a positive effect on them. This app can help track this activity on their devices. The parent would have the capability of sending prompts to their child to get back to their work if they are not focussing as expected.

A variety of apps are presented here to identify your child’s interests and skills. Work with them to aspire and reach higher heights!