iPad Apps for Kids

Enjoy these Librarian-tested educational apps at one of our iPad stations in the Children’s area.

eBooks

	Barnyard Dance: Enjoy this fun and interactive musical version of Sandra Boynton’s much-adored board book.		Blue Hat, Green Hat: This interactive book app has all the magic and appeal of a traditional pop-up book, offering lively interactivity and nifty discovery.
	Goosed-Up Rhymes: Mother Goose will read to you while you have fun watching the characters come to life in full animation		The Monster at the End of this Book…Starring Grover: This app enhances the classic Sesame Street book and draws children right into the story
	Go Away, Big Green Monster: Read along with the author, sing along, or read by yourself with this interactive story.		Moo Bass La La La: This app succeeds in retaining the original board book experience, while adding multi-sensory dimension.
	Nursery Rhymes with Storytime: Play with Humpty Dumpty, Jack & Jill, Three Blind Mice and other classic nursery rhyme characters in this interactive app.		Olivia Acts Out: Enoy this new and interactive story based on the top-ranked TV show character and star of the best-selling Olivia book series.
	Open, Wide, Snap: The story uses effective repetition and rhyme to deliver subtle messages about trust and friendship and also features fun, interactive puzzles.		PopOut! Peter Rabbit: This app combines the class tale with realistic pop-up pictures and interactive fun.
	3 Little Pigs: This app is one of the best versions of the classic story. It’s very interactive; you can “blow” the house down yourself through the microphone.		Don’t Let the Pigeon Run This App!: Create your own story based on this famous bird. The author, Mo Willems, helps you create your very own pigeon.

Problem Solving

	Bugs and Bubbles: Learn and practice balance, counting, patterns and other critical thinking skills in this fun and interactive app.		eliasMatch: Test memory, improve thinking and help your child learn their numbers and alphabets
	Sort It Out: Teach your child about sorting and arranging with this fun, sorting app.		Spot the Dot: Learn colors while creating different shapes and patterns.
	Tappie Colorit: Great way to figure out figure out simple cognitive puzzles based on shape or color.

Musical

	Itsy Bitsy Spider: A musical book based on the popular song, with fully interactive, original illustrations.		Musical Me: A music learning app that teaches children about notes, rhythm, pitch, and instruments.
	ABC Alphabet Phonics Song: Learn the alphabet song, the name of each letter, and have fun placing the dancing letters in order.

Phonics and Early Readers

	ABC Pocket Phonics: This interactive app teaches the basics of reading and writing to young kids.		ABC Food: Children learn new words about food through sight, sound & touch.
	Bob Books #1-Reading Magic: Learn how to make the connection between letters and sounds, sound out simple words and spell them.		Look and Learn: Animals (National Geographic): Through beautiful photography, animal sounds, and age-appropriate learning games, your child will learn animal names, sounds and beginning phonics.
	Intro to Letters Montassorium: Learn to trace, read, write and record letter sounds and names.

Multilingual

	Head2Toes: Get ready to sing, dance, and create. You can sing along to “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” in English, French, Spanish and Japanese		Lingo Zoo: This app uses a simple puzzle as a language learning game.Your children will quickly pick up both written and spoken words while having fun.
	Little Pim Spanish: This helps young children develop basic vocabulary about eating and drinking, playing and sharing, and sleeping and waking in both Spanish and English.

Counting and Numbers

	Hickory Dickory Dock: Learn numbers, the hours and their position on the clock face through interactive games.		Make it Pop!: Learn shapes, letters, colors, and numbers while popping bubbles, balloons, fireworks and popcorn.
	Montessori Counting Board: An exciting educational game that helps your child to rapidly learn how to count by sight, sound, and touch.

Resources for App Reviews:

School Library Journal:

http://www.slj.com/category/books-media/reviews/apps/touch-and-go/

Children’s Technology review:

http://childrenstech.com/blog/archives/category/hardware/ipad-hardware

Common Sense Media:

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/app-reviews