We all remember SpongeBob app that cost a fortune and was barely of use for our children. Technology is here to make our lives easier by taking our worries away or simply by giving us more free time for ourselves. And though there are a lot of parents who think that technology is useless for kids, your kids will inevitably need to know how to use it in order to succeed in future.
There are applications that are both entertaining and educational for our children. In addition, some applications exist for you to manage your child’s usage, school life, and more. Don’t miss out on these valuable opportunities to teach your child while still making sure they are safe with the following app recommendations:
Motion Math Games
The app is a fun and unique way to get your kids to love Mathematics. Trusted by over 40,000 educators it is one of the most popular math applications out there. Created at the Stanford Graduate School of Education it presents a complex series of games with a different difficulty levels. It stands out from the competition because of its fantastic approach and easy to understand material. In addition, the app was awarded “the best application for teaching and learning in 2015” by the American Association of School Librarians.
My Grades and Homework App
This is a comprehensive application that allows parents to keep track of their kids’ progress in studies. It has a clean interface, which allows you to easily navigate through the app. You can keep an eye on your child’s assignments and even receive a weekly or monthly grade reporting. A big plus of the app is that it syncs with Dropbox to make sure you never lose important data. Plus, it saves you a lot of time checking grades or verifying whether it is true that your child doesn’t have a homework to do.
Pumpic child phone monitoring
This is a must-have app to control your child’s Internet usage. It allows you to monitor social media websites like Facebook and Instagram to prevent contacts with online predators and cyberbullying. You can view all images/videos downloaded and taken and even block unwanted websites and applications. You can also track the real-time location of your child or even set triggers like “home”, school” etc. This feature then alerts you each time your child leaves or enters these geo-fences.
Lightbot programming
Learning programming has never been more valuable, especially for children. If you want to be the first to teach your kids coding you don’t have to have a degree in computer science. You can download a fun and easy set of games where kids navigate a cute robot to walk, jump and move blocks using programming commands. The commands are very easy at the beginning so you shouldn’t worry that your child won’t understand how to use it. The app is aimed for kids aged four to nine. Just like a game, the lessons become more complicated as the levels progress. Your child won’t even know they are learning!
Ear Trainer
Want to improve your child’s musical ear? Planning on sending your kid to a musical conservatory? Then look no further. Ear trainer is an excellent app for everyone interested in music. It has over 260 musical exercises, which cover relative pitch, chords, scales, intervals and melody. Plus, it has a studio sound quality keyboard and a note for visualization. The app is suitable for everyone from a curious four-year-old or a music school graduate.
Squiggle Fish Child Aquarium
This is a truly magical application for children. It is a digital aquarium that is absolutely empty at the beginning. Kids can draw as many fish as they want, then you can scan them and in about 10 seconds you will see them swimming in the app. Children are fascinated with this application. It is a great way to occupy them for a while if you can resist the temptation to join yourself.
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