Tuesday, March 19 2024

Whoever said that technology isn’t capable of creating moments rich in fun,
growth, interaction, and even connection between parents and their
children? Certainly, traditional games such as dolls for girls and soldiers
for boys retain their appeal and value. Yet in the age of internet,
multimedia technology can be helpful for the imagination as well. Just a
few clicks, some seconds of waiting for the download, and voila! Here is a
series of applications for having fun and educating our children, all
downloadable for iPad or iPhone. Have a great time!

My Little Cook

Will your child become a great chef? Put him to the test. Just download

My Little Cook

, an app for both iPad and iPhone that will inspire children with an
interest and curiosity for the world of the kitchen. With this app, they
are transformed into young chefs who prepare real recipes from beginning to
end. The game is educational because it teaches children the elements of
what they eat and the importance of certain food for their growth. The
recipes offered are each healthy and selected by a nutritionist. The app is
made for children between 4 and 10 years old.

Colorando


Colorando

is a multimedia palette for young artists. It is both simple and intuitive,
allowing kids to have fun playing with colors. It has 50 different images
divided into 3 categories: drawings, nature, and Christmas. It has many
colors for coloring and different sized markers to choose from. All
pictures can be saved to a photo album. In other words, it is a great
application for creative children with many pictures to color! Only for
iPad, it is available on Apple store.

Wombi

There is a whole series of apps you can play together with your children
directly downloadable from the website www.wombiapps.com.
They are fun, colorful, and relaxing. A few of the best would be Wombi
Tower, for becoming great tower builders, and Wombi Matt, for learning to
do early number calculations through play. It is available for both iPad
and iPhone, with a version for Android as well.

Dinosaur Zoo


Dinosaur Zoo

was created specifically for children who love the dinosaur world. The app
boasts a huge deal of information together with fascinating, interactive
cartoons made for learning and knowing these animals that went extinct
millions of years ago. In the same vein, we would also like to point out
Tyrannosaurs and Dinosaurs 360. All are compatible for both iPhone and
iPad.

Il Piccolo Pittore

Here is another lovely app for freeing the artist hidden in your child.
Designed for iPad and iPhone, it is a free application that is easy to use
for children around 5 years old. With

Il Piccolo Pittore

you can choose from 30 different types of markers, 50 personalized stamps,
and a selection of comics which add even more fun to your drawings. This
app allows you to save your pictures on the iPhone or iPad in order to look
at them again in the future, or to share them with your admiring friends
and parents through email.

Didakto Classic


Didakto Classic

is a funand educational game for school aged children. The goal is to
respond to different types of questions by dragging them to the box holding
the correct answers. A photo is displayed in the form of a puzzle, which
only comes together when the answers are correct. The game has a simple,
user-friendly interface, and there are no time limits or points. Children
can play and learn at their own pace. Only compatible with iPad.

Animal 360

By far, this is one of the apps most downloaded by parents. Lots of animals
come to your iPhone and iPad with high definition images, real sounds, a
series of environmental tours, recognition quizzes and puzzles of varying
difficulty level. Children and adults will both have fun browsing pictures
of their favorite animals and getting to know some they didn’t even know
existed. The zoom function in turn, helps you see every detail. There are
also 4 tours where you can “walk” among the animals in their different
habitats. With

Animals 360

, your child can truly learn about all the animals by having fun. He can
also test his own knowledge through a simple and intuitive visual/auditory
quiz as well as by putting together a puzzle image of each animal. The
possibility of changing your difficulty level makes this app great for any
age. Your children will never want to stop learning!

Sound Touch Lite


Sound Touch Lite

, one of the best, has over 2 million downloads to date. It allows you to
play with the simple touch of a finger. By touching a picture in fact, you
open up a real photo of the subject, which comes accompanied by its
characteristic sounds and noises. Playing with this app, you discover
something even more fun: every subject has not one, but five real images
and sounds! Finding something new with every touch is a fantastic way to
keep children’s attention alive. The section with musical instruments
offers famous melodies from classical music. Children can listen to up to
five different pieces by touching the piano or trumpet. Touching the drums
on the other hand reveals all the different types of drums. Between boats
and fire trucks, sheep and monkeys, accordions and violins, it will be a
while before children get tired of this game! For both iPhone and iPad.

Pettson’s Memory


Pettson’s Memory

is a memory game compatible with iPhone and iPad, aimed at developing and
exercising a child’s mind. It offers various ways to play and besides
training their memory, kids have the possibility to learn new things.

The Time Machines

Help young Filby find all the pieces of his machine and bring order back to
space-time!

The Time Machines

is an application for traveling in time and space to discover scenes with
an amazing realism. The places to visit are incredible: ancient Egypt, the
Middle Ages, and even a jump into the future.

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