Looking for some new educational apps for your child? PBS KIDS has compiled a list of some of the top free educational apps for kids. Not only are they learning tools, but they are also fun, engaging and feature some of their favorite PBS KIDS characters. Here’s a look at what should be in everyone’s 2013 App Library….
Top Free Educational Apps for Kids:
*NEW* FIZZYS LUNCH LAB Fresh Pick: Search for the Next Lunch Labber
Professor Fizzy is holding a competition to see who has what it take to be the next Lunch Labber! Kids put math and problem solving skills to the test while navigating their way through the grocery store, coming up with the right amount of change in the check-out line, and successfully serving food to a room full of hungry customers. For iPad, Kindle Tablet and Nook Tablet for kids ages 6 – 8.
Watch videos from your favorite PBS KIDS television series anytime, anywhere (in the USA). “PBS KIDS Video” features more than 1,000 videos from over a dozen top PBS KIDS and PBS KIDS GO! television series, including Curious George, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That, Dinosaur Train, SUPER WHY!, Sesame Street and Wild Kratts. For iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch for kids ages 3-6.
FETCH! Lunch Rush is PBS KIDS’ first mobile app featuring Augmented Reality technology – a term for blending the virtual and real world into a truly engaging experience. The app will teach kids ages 6 to 8 math skills while blending a virtual world right on top of the real one. The multi-player app is designed as a 3-D game, which helps kids visualize the math problems they are trying to solve. In the app, Ruff Ruffman is making a movie and needs kids to help him to keep up with lunch orders from the movie’s crew. The challenge is keeping track of how many pieces of sushi everyone wants using augmented reality “markers” or printable hand-outs that prompt ac tivity within the mobile app. For iPhone and iPod Touch.
“Wordball” aims to help players 5 & up increase their ability to manipulate sounds in spoken words and then map those words to print. Discover the wonders of the silent E, the hard and soft sounds of C (as in “cat” and “ace”), the transforming powers of the letter H (the sounds ch, sh, th), and much more! Players look out for wordballs and catch them if they can as they groove to 9 game-enhanced music videos starring Ne-Yo, Jimmy Fallon, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and their favorite characters from The Electric Company. For iPhone and iPod Touch.
We haven’t tried any of these! Off to download!
The PBS Kids app is Baybah’s absolute favorite!
I’ll have to get the PBS kids app for Sweet T.
I have been looking for some fun, educational apps for my 8 year old. All of these sound like they would work for her. Thank you for sharing.
I’ll keep these in mind, for a year or two from now.
Thanks for sharing these. I need to download some new ones for my little guy.
I’m liking the PBS one especially!
Great picks thank you!
We love the PBS app!
Thanks for the great list! We’re always looking for great new apps- especially free ones!
These look great and like a refreshing change to our usual apps.
Fun apps. My kids would enjoy quite a few of those!
Thanks for sharing. Im going to try some of these.
These sound like awesome apps!
I seriously love all the education apps out for kids! I wish they had them when I was growing up.
Thanks for sharing this! We are always looking for fun new apps for our little one. I wasn’t aware that PBS had an app, he watches that channel often so we are going to download this one.