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Free
Simply tap or slide a finger across the screen to trigger fascinating, rippling swirls of color. Soothing music makes it a multisensory experience. The free version of Color Ripple for Toddlers has only one background and one song, but upgrading to the paid version gets you six more backgrounds and three additional songs. Despite the app’s name, it’s suitable for all ages.
Great for babies and toddlers
Works on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android, Kindle
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Interactive Alphabet ABC’s exposes kids to alphabet sounds, then turns each letter into an animated toy that begins with that letter. Baby mode auto-advances so little ones soak in the sounds, even if they can’t tap and swipe the screen themselves. Kids can practice tracing and typing letters, and families can add words and upload photos to illustrate them.
Great for toddlers and preschoolers
Works on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
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Free
Cute, colorful monsters and fun rhyming patterns reinforce beginning spelling and phonetic patterns. Endless Wordplay comes with nine spelling words for free, and extra spelling lessons can be purchased.
Great for toddlers and preschoolers
Works on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android
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Zoo Train’s five engaging games help kids practice letter, word, and pattern recognition to set the stage for reading. Kids can drag and drop images to complete scenes or rearrange letters to spell simple words. They can also listen to songs or make up tunes on colorful train whistles, and build their own trains and run them through favorite scenes.
Great for toddlers and preschoolers
Works on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android, Kindle
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Practicing letters is never dull with Writing Wizard! Beginners can start by tracing shapes before moving onto letters. Your child will also love playing with the animated letters when they’ve finished tracing them – and you’ll appreciate being able to customize options to match your child’s skills and needs. You can add custom word lists, record audio prompts, and print out worksheets.
Great for toddlers and preschoolers
Works on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android, Kindle
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Sago Mini Monsters is a digital build-a-monster kit that offers plenty of options for creative, open-ended play. In other words, it’s perfectly designed for young children! Kids first design and color their monsters – and then get to play with them, feed them snacks, and brush their teeth. Kids can even save their creations to the camera roll. And yay, no in-app purchases needed to play!
Great for toddlers and preschoolers
Works on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android, Kindle
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Memory King offers a smart take on the classic card game and is terrific for all ages. You can set up as few as two pairs for very young children, create your own cards, and record your own voice. Children can play solo or with up to three other people. The free version comes with more than 60 cards featuring toys and animals, and hundreds more cards can be purchased in separate collections.
Great for toddlers, preschoolers, and big kids
Works on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
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It’s hard to believe BrainPOP Jr. is free. Every day, it posts a new educational video that explains a concept (could be in social studies, math, art, health – anything) in a simple way. There are animated video clips on such diverse topics as the Iroquois, plant adaptations, author Jon Scieszka, and the parts of a computer. Parents can learn a thing or two from this app too.
Great for preschoolers and big kids
Works on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android, Kindle
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This digital version of the classic story has characters that respond to touch. (When you tap the bunny, it giggles.) And unlike so many kids’ apps, it’s gorgeous. The app reads the story aloud for kids, highlighting each word as it goes, and repeats any word they tap on.
Great for preschoolers and kindergartners
Note: For more recommendations of the best digital kids’ books, check out Kirkus Reviews.
Works on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android, Kindle
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In our opinion, using silly, clucking chickens and flying feathers to get kids to improve their spelling and word skills is pretty genius. Chicktionary is a highly entertaining game that lets kids spell out as many words as they can from the letters displayed on chickens’ bellies. (Trust us, it’s funny.) Every time a word is spelled correctly, the chickens cluck, and the word gets packed into an egg crate. Kids love it.
Great for big kids
Works on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android, Kindle
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