Best iPhone and iPad Apps and Games for Kids

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    • best_toddler_apps_tecca.jpgWhile iPhone and iPad apps are certainly helpful for grown-ups who want to manage work, home life, or simply watch a movie over the web, these programs also offer kids diverse learning and entertainment experiences. Whether it’s teaching math or reading skills – or even some stealth elementary physics – iPhone and iPad apps have moved way beyond the grown-ups’ table, enticing kids of all ages to learn while also having fun.

    Here are eight iPhone and iPad apps that will stimulate kids’ reading, science, and even art skills – plus a few more just for kicks.

    left -300-cut-the-rope-300w.jpg1. Cut the Rope

    Price: 99 cents for iPhone, $1.99 for HD iPad
    Download: Cut the Rope for iPhone or iPad

    Tapping into the less “angry” side of physics-based games, Cut the Rope encourages kids to use their noggins as they figure out how to feed treats to a hungry little monster. Players need to cut a sometimes swinging rope to land a tasty piece of candy in the little guy’s mouth. As levels get more difficult, kids need to navigate floating bubbles, hungry spiders, and menacing spikes.

    2. Helicopter Taxi

    Price: $1.99
    Download: Helicopter Taxi for iPhone

    This creative app uses augmented reality to show an animated yellow helicopter flying around a child’s room. Simply hold up the iPhone, and the helicopter looks as if it’s hovering over your own bookshelves and dressers. The app also provides a game mode that lets kids pick up and drop off five different animated characters.

    3. Super Why!

    Price: $2.99 for iPhone, $3.99 for HD iPad
    Download: Super Why! for iPhone or iPad

    Kids can boost their vocabulary with this engaging and kid-friendly app. Just like the PBS Kids show, the Super Why! apps for the iPhone and iPad offer kids choices of words to place into fairy-tale stories. Boys and girls can also find letters and rhymes and earn sticker rewards.

    natural history.jpg4. Dinosaurs: The American Museum of Natural History Collections

    Price: Free for iPhone, $1.99 for HD iPad
    Download: Dinosaurs: The American Museum of Natural History Collections for iPhone or iPad

    What child does not love dinosaurs — or at least find them fascinating if not exactly cuddle-worthy? Both boys and girls will enjoy this paleontology-friendly app, which features a near encyclopedia of dino fossil facts and more than 1,000 photos from the archives of the New York museum.

    Laura Clark
    Laura Clark
    Laura Clark is a writer for Tecca. Her work also has appeared in Woman's Day, LA Weekly and Variety. You can follow her on Twitter at @la_story. Tecca is a next-generation personal electronics information and shopping service. We bring together the web's leading content, commerce, and community features to provide comprehensive solutions for consumers' ever-growing technology needs. Think of us as that tech savvy friend who helps you when you have questions about what to buy, what to  pay, how to make the most of you already have, and when it's time to upgrade. Get to know us on YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook.

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    • http://profile.typepad.com/bernstorff Leticia Bernstorff

      Strangely enough, since I make my kids save to buy the things they want–and I always forget how much they have put away in their piggybank–they now always grab my iPhone to check their balance and wish list in the TuppenceBank app. From the shear number of times they bug me about it, I’d have to say that is their favorite app by default.

    • http://profile.typepad.com/plathgregor Gregor Plath

      BrainJewel just got the kidSAFE Seal. You should check it out. Parents having feedback are always welcome to mail me directly. gregor /at/ tribeplay /dot/com. If you want check out BrainJewel@your appstore http://bit.ly/brainjewel

    • http://profile.typepad.com/diazrose Rose Diaz

      My kids love playing with the iPad and Super Why is actually one of their favorite apps. Another one of their favorite apps is the DISH Remote Access app through DISH. With the Sling Adapter hooked up to my receiver we can watch any of our channels live from the iPad. With a 3G or Wi-Fi connection I can go anywhere and watch my shows. I love this app when we are traveling or to keep the kids entertained while I am doing the grocery shopping. A co-worker at DISH even told me that I could access my Blockbuster@Home service through my iPad, which means more family movies. This is one of my favorite apps as well.

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    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003406347557 Aynur

      Will you add weather sodnus to videos? Like Wind, rain, thunder etcI bought it before I have my iPad, so I don’t know if you already have it. It would be nice touch! Was this answer helpful?