To tell you the truth I think that my iPad and iPhone are in use more by my 7 year old than by myself.
I have had many conversations with developers recently.
“Upload your app to an iPad – hand it over to a 5-8 year old and let them discover it”
If they like it ….well you have a good chance, if they don’t – go back to the drawing board.
There are a lot of apps out there for kids. There are catagories filled to the brim with free and paid apps, music apps, letter apps, reading apps, art apps, story apps, and the list goes on.
I will try and cover here some of the favorite apps in our house. (Being tested by a 7 year old who speaks both Hebrew and English, but Hebrew is her mother tongue)
Actually as a mother of a little one who speaks two languages – most of the apps that we have are in English – thus strengthening her language skills. We have a wide range of apps on our mobile devices but what I love the most and yes my MJ loves then too are the Sesame Street Podcasts – Word on the Street. (download on iTunes here)
Each segment spotlights a new word. Great words like : spectacular, minature, investigate, activate, volunteer. The podcasts are hosted by Murray the orange monster and of course a celeb guest host (Wanda Sykes, Collin Farrel, Sara Jessica Parker, Jason Bateman, Michel Obama and more A-List celebs)
Each episode ranges in length between 4-7 mins of well written light funny clear, expressive, understandable content.
The best was while walking my daughter to school, all of the sudden she said to me:
“Mom it is spectacular to volunteer and help others”
