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New Educational Apps from PBS Kids

February 26, 2013 by Lauren Leave a Comment

PBS KIDS had just released two new educational apps for kids from their hit TV series DINOSAUR TRAIN and THE ELECTRIC COMPANY! These educational apps encourage math and literacy skills through engaging games so kids can practice skills such as counting, measurement, geometry, telling time and much more!

PBS Kids App


The Electric Company Party Game: Lost on Prankster Planet   (FREE; iPad, Kindle Tablet)

HEY YOU GUYYYYYS! – The Electric Company gang needs help! In The Electric Company Party Game: Lost on Prankster Planet, the newest app from PBS KIDS and Sesame Workshop, children use their math and literacy skills to help Marcus and Jessica escape from Prankster Planet and get back to Earth!  Based on the multi-Emmy award-winning TV show, THE ELECTRIC COMPANY, The Electric Company Party Game: Lost on Prankster Planet app for iPad and Kindle Tablet allows kids to complete wacky challenges, counting races, silly brainstorms, math questions and more.  They will add, draw, discuss, think, act, problem solve, and dance their way back to Earth, all while practicing skills in subjects including geometry, data analysis and graphing, telling time and more!

  • Key features include: Collaborative play, digital board game, hours of unrepeated fast-paced games, physical challenges, group activities, and more!
  • Educational goals, which are part of 1st and 2nd grade math and literacy curricula, include: Geometry, addition and subtraction, data analysis and graphing, telling time, coin value and recognition, and more!

PBS Kids Apps

DINOSAUR TRAIN Classic in the Jurassic, Jr.!   ($1.99 iPad)

In this app, based on the hit PBS KIDS science-focused series, DINOSAUR TRAIN, kids play through three math-based games focused on sorting, balance and counting to help Gilbert get Troodon Town ready for the big event – the Classic in the Jurassic, Jr games!

Games:

  • Bridge Builder: Help build bridges so the dinosaurs can get around Troodon Town!  Drag your finger to measure the distance between two points, then choose the two sets of logs that equal the right length to complete the bridge.
  • Chow Time: The dinosaurs are hungry! Add food to the scale until it’s balanced. When you’ve got it right, watch them chow down!
  • All-Star Sorting: Put the dinosaurs in order by height.  When you’ve got them in the right order, drag them to the house they belong to!

I wish there were fun educational games like these when I was a kid!

Connect with PBS Kids:

http://pbskids.org/ and http://pbskids.org/mobile

Filed Under: Entertainment, Technology Tagged With: addition and subtraction, bridge builder, dinosaur train, educational apps, emmy award winning tv, game hours, geometry data, grade math, kids science, literacy skills, math questions, measurement geometry, paced games, PBS Kids, physical challenges, sesame workshop

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Comments

  1. Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says

    February 26, 2013 at 3:19 pm

    I like the sounds of that Electric Company one!

    Reply
  2. Crystal @ Simply Being Mommy says

    February 26, 2013 at 4:14 pm

    I really like educational apps.

    Reply
  3. Meghan @JaMonkey says

    February 26, 2013 at 6:26 pm

    We love all these shows! We’ll have to check them out.

    Reply
  4. Jenn says

    February 26, 2013 at 7:35 pm

    We’re big PBS kids fans here.

    Reply
  5. Jennifer The Quirky Momma says

    February 26, 2013 at 8:42 pm

    We are huge PBS fans in our home. My kids still play the PBSkids.go games all the time.

    Reply
  6. Tricia Nightowlmama says

    February 26, 2013 at 9:14 pm

    looks like a lot of fun for kids

    Reply
  7. Tammy says

    February 28, 2013 at 12:13 pm

    oh oh oh – TEC app looks like so much fun for kids and FREE! (well you had me at free, I love my free apps 🙂 )

    Reply
  8. Donna says

    February 28, 2013 at 2:20 pm

    Even though my son is too old for most of the PBS shows for kids, I still watch PBS… Downton Abbey! PBS is wonderful!

    Reply
  9. Theresa says

    February 28, 2013 at 9:52 pm

    My kids love PBS.

    Reply
  10. Emily says

    March 1, 2013 at 6:43 pm

    I’m always looking for free educational apps. Thanks so much!

    Reply
  11. Penelope (NYC Blogger) says

    March 3, 2013 at 1:13 pm

    PBS offers wonderful educational products for children, thank you for the heads up about these!

    Reply
  12. Kathleen says

    March 3, 2013 at 5:00 pm

    These are definitely some great apps for kids.

    Reply
  13. Vanessa: the queen of swag ! says

    March 10, 2013 at 7:47 pm

    those are such cute apps.

    Reply
  14. Juliana says

    May 7, 2013 at 10:06 am

    We love these apps and my kids love the Electric Company. In fact, I’m desperately seeking ideas for an Electric Company birthday party, which is how I stumbled onto here. Fellow PBS parents, any ideas would be ever so welcome. PBSkids.com has nothing in the ways of The Electric Company merchandise or even printables! — Juliana V.

    Reply

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