Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
© 2017 Nintendo of America
$50, Nintendo Switch, Wii U
Teaches: logic, maps, spatial relations, problem solving
CTR Rating: 94%
Editor's Choice
Room, The
© 2012 Fireproof Games
$0.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle, Windows, Mac OSX
Teaches: logic, memory, problem solving, spatial learning
CTR Rating: 96%
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Pokémon GO
© 2016 Niantic
iPad, iPhone, Android
Teaches: geography, problem solving, logic, maps, reading, classification
CTR Rating: 96%
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Heads Up! Kids
© 2016 Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment
$0.99, iPad, iPhone, Android
Teaches: language, problem solving, social interaction
CTR Rating: 88%
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Infinite Arcade, The by Tinybop
© 2016 Tinybop, Inc.
$2.99, iPad
Teaches: creativity, game design, art, temporal relations
CTR Rating: 96%
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Stack the States 2
© 2016 Freecloud Design, Inc.
$2.99, iPad, iPhone
Teaches: US geography, social studies, spatial relations, state capitals, state shapes, maps
CTR Rating: 98%
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Boum!
© 2016 Les inéditeurs
$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android
Teaches: art, illustration
CTR Rating: 94%
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With a Few Bricks
© 2016 Vincent Godeau
$1.99, iPad
Teaches: language, fine motor control
CTR Rating: 90%
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DuoLingo
© 2013 DuoLingo
iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle, Windows, Mac OSX, Chrome
Teaches: English, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
CTR Rating: 97.5%
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World of Lexica, The
© 2015 Amplify
$12, iPad 3 or later, Android
Teaches: reading, comprehension, logic, spelling, English and Spanish
CTR Rating: 94%
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David Wiesner's Spot
© 2015 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
$4.99, iPad
Teaches: logic, spatial relations, fine motor (pincer grasp), memory
CTR Rating: 94%
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Fantasia: Music Evolved
© 2014 Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media
$60, Xbox One, Xbox 360
Teaches: music, rhythm, gross motor development, coordination
CTR Rating: 94%
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Bubl Gelato (also called Bubl Ice Cream)
© 2014 Bubl
$1.99, iPad, iPhone, Android
Teaches: language experience, musical genres, art, creativity
CTR Rating: 88%
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LittleBigPlanet 3
© 2014 Sony Computer Entertainment America
$60, PlayStation 4
Teaches: logic, creativity, game design
Monument Valley
© 2014 Ustwo Games
$3.99, iPad, Android, Kindle
Teaches: logic, math, spatial relations, art, mechanics, optical illusions, simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
CTR Rating: 98%
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Slice Fractions
© 2014 Ululab Inc.
$2.99, Android, iPad, iPhone, Kindle
Teaches: problem solving, math, fractions, logic
CTR Rating: 98%
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Hopscotch (3.0)
© 2013 Hopscotch Technologies, Inc.
iPad, iPhone
Teaches: programming, logic, creativity, coding
CTR Rating: 95%
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Tearaway
© 2013 Media Molecule Ltd.
$40, PS Vita*
Teaches: creativity, spatial realtions
CTR Rating: 94%
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The Playroom for PlayStation 4
© 2013 Sony Computer Entertainment America
PlayStation 4*
Teaches: memory, creativity, fine motor, gross motor
CTR Rating: 90%
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Pines to Vines - The Forest Biome
© 2013 Mobile Education Store
$9.99, iPad (378 MB)
Teaches: ecology, forests, ecosystems, maps, geography
CTR Rating: 87.5%
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Disney Animated
© 2013 Touch Press
$9.99, iPad, (1.7 GB)
Teaches: animation, creativity, visual arts, Disney history, computer graphics
CTR Rating: 97.5%
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Easy Studio - Animate with Shapes!
© 2013 Edoki Academy
$3.99, iPad
Teaches: animation, graphic arts
CTR Rating: 92%
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Petting Zoo
© 2013 Fox and Sheep GmbH
$0.99, iPad, Android, 41.6 MB
Teaches: art, visual relationships, spatial relationships
CTR Rating: 90%
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Scratch 2.0
© 2013 MIT Media Lab
Windows, Mac OSX
Teaches: programming, debugging, logic, math, science, STEM
CTR Rating: 97.5%
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Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
© 2013 Touch Press
iPad
Teaches: music, history, Beethoven
Stack the States
© 2010 Freecloud Design, Inc.
$0.99, iPhone, iPad
Teaches: geography, USA states
CTR Rating: 90%
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Orchestra, The
© 2012 Amphio Limited
$9.99, iPad
Teaches: classical music, orchestra
CTR Rating: 92.5%
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Super Mario Bros. U
© 2012 Nintendo of America
$60, Wii U
Teaches: logic, social play, video game history
CTR Rating: 95%
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Temple Run: Brave
© 2012 Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media
$0.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android
Teaches: fine motor control, spatial relations
War Horse
© 2012 The Red Green & Blue Co Ltd.
$13.99, iPad
Teaches: history, reading, horses, music, Word War I, Germany, England
CTR Rating: 94%
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Pyramids 3D—Wonders of the Old Kingdom
© 2012 The Red Green & Blue Co Ltd.
$13.99, iPad (1.1 GB download)
Teaches: history, ancient Egypt, pyramids, mummies
CTR Rating: 87.5%
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Skylanders Giants
© 2012 Activision, Inc.
$75, Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Teaches: collecting, logic
CTR Rating: 92%
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Wii U
© 2012 Nintendo
$250, Wii U
Teaches: a game console from Nintendo
CTR Rating: 95%
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X is for X-Ray
© 2011 Touch Press
$8, iPad, iPhone
Teaches: science, x-rays, exploration, mechanics, reading
CTR Rating: 88%
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Geocaching
© 2012 Groundspeak
$9.99, iPad, Android
Teaches: Geography, nature, maps, using a GPS, math, history
CTR Rating: 96%
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Bobo Explores Light
© 2011 GameCollage LLC
$4.99, iPad
Teaches: science, light, angles, Thomas Edison, physics
CTR Rating: 98%
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Where's My Water
© 2011 Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media
$0.99, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android
Teaches: logic
MadPad
© 2011 Smule, Inc.
$0.99299, iPad, iPhone
Teaches: rhythm, music, creativity
CTR Rating: 96%
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Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
© 2011 Moonbot Studios
$4.99, iPad
Teaches: reading, logic
CTR Rating: 94%
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Solar System for iPad
© 2010 The Red Green & Blue Co Ltd.
$9.99, iPad
Teaches: science, astronomy, the solar system, planets
CTR Rating: 95%
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Minecraft
© 2011 Microsoft Studios
$26.95, Windows, Mac OSX, Internet Site, iPad, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One
Teaches: social gaming, spatial relations, maps
CTR Rating: 96%
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Symmetry Shuffle
© 2010 Carstens Studios
$1.99, iPad Universal, iPad, iPhone
Teaches: math, geometry, spatial relations
CTR Rating: 94%
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Echo Smartpen
© 2010 Livescribe, Inc.
$150200, Windows, Mac OSX
Teaches: creativity, pen-based computing
CTR Rating: 95%
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Elements, The
© 2010 Theodore Gray
$8.99, iPad
Teaches: periodic table, science, chemistry
CTR Rating: 94%
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Star Walk HD: Night Sky Map
© 2010 Vito Technology
$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android
Teaches: astronomy
CTR Rating: 98%
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iPad
© 2010 Apple
$400, iPad
Teaches: a multi-touch tablet
CTR Rating: 100%
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Plants vs. Zombies (PvZ HD)
© 2010 PopCap Games
$2.99, iPhone, iPad
Teaches: strategy
CTR Rating: 94%
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Doodle Jump
© 2009 Lima Sky
$0.99, iPhone
Teaches: fine motor coordination
CTR Rating: 88%
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Sums Stacker
© 2010 Carstens Studios
$1.99, iPhone, iPad
Teaches: math, counting, quantities, numbers, money, Spanish
CTR Rating: 94%
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Angry Birds
© 2009 Clickgamer
$0.99, iPhone, iPad
Teaches: logic, strategy
We Choose the Moon (www.wechoosethemoon.org)
© 2009 John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Windows, Mac OSX, Internet Site
Teaches: science, space travel, history, astronauts
CTR Rating: 98%
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World of Goo
© 2008 2D Boy
$4.99, Windows, Mac OSX, iPad, iPhone, Android
Teaches: science, creativity, building, physics, forces, potential energy
CTR Rating: 96%
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LittleBigPlanet
© 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment America
$60, PlayStation 3
Teaches: creativity, logic, physics
CTR Rating: 90%
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Rock Band
© 2007 Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
$1703, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Wii
Teaches: cooperative learning, timing, rock music, timing, temporal relations, fine motor skills, pitch, rhythm
CTR Rating: 92.5%
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Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
© 1998 Brřderbund (The Learning Company)
$37, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: US geography, flags, facts, maps, logic
Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia
© 1995 Microsoft Corp. (Learning Group)
$69.95, Windows
Teaches: reference, research skills
SimCity
© 1993 Electronic Arts, Inc.
$54.95, DOS, Mac, Win 3.1, Win '95 CD-ROM
Teaches: planning, maps, gov., history, and city-related issues
Apple Logo
© 1982 Apple
Apple II, IBM
Teaches: math, problems solving, spatial thinking, angles, computer programming
Club Penguin (www.clubpenguin.com)
© 2012 Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media
$658, Internet Site, iPad, Android, iPhone
Teaches: language (typing), socialization, sorting, classification, creativity, logic
CTR Rating: 92%
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Guitar Hero
© 2006 RedOctane
$39.99, PlayStation 2
Teaches: hand-eye coordination, rhythm, music
CTR Rating: 92%
Wii Sports
© 2006 Nintendo of America
$50, Wii
Teaches: movement, sports, gross motor skills
CTR Rating: 96%
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Big Brain Academy
© 2006 Nintendo of America
$20, Nintendo DS
Teaches: "mental training" (logic, math, spatial thinking, memorization)
CTR Rating: 96%
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Wii
© 2006 Nintendo of America
$250, Wii
Teaches: a game console
CTR Rating: 100%
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Google Earth
© 2005 Google, Inc.
Windows, iPad, iPhone, Android, Chrome
Teaches: geography, science
CTR Rating: 100%
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Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life
© 2005 Natsume
$29.99, GameCube
Teaches: logic, economy
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LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
© 2005 Eidos Inc.
$4030, Win XP, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Teaches: cooperative play
CTR Rating: 94%
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Nintendo DS
© 2004 Nintendo of America
$120, Nintendo DS
Teaches: a portable game console
Legend of Zelda, The, Wind Waker
© 2003 Nintendo of America
$49.95, GameCube
Teaches: puzzle solving, spatial relationships, logic, strategy
Animal Crossing
© 2002 Nintendo of America
$49.95, GameCube, Game Boy Advance (Cable required)
Teaches: language, strategy
Pikmin
© 2001 Nintendo of America
$49.95, GameCube
Teaches: strategy, problem solving
Super Smash Bros. Melee
© 2001 Nintendo of America
$49.95, GameCube
Teaches: nominal educational value
Bejeweled & Alchemy
© 2001 Global Star Software
$19.99, Win
Teaches: strategy
Frequency
© 2001 Sony Computer Entertainment America
$49.99, PlayStation 2
Teaches: timing, music
Tetris
© 2000 Radica USA/Mattel
$19.99, Smart Toy
Teaches: spatial thinking
Legend of Zelda, The: Majora's Mask
© 2000 Nintendo of America
$69.95, N64
Teaches: strategy, logic
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
© 2000 Sony Computer Entertainment America
PlayStation
Teaches: logic, strategy, timing, memory
Google.com (search engine)
© 2000 Google, Inc.
Internet Site
Teaches: homework help, searching
Explorer Globe
© 2000 LeapFrog
$99.99, Smart Toy
Teaches: geography facts, capitals, statistics, time zones and more
Intel Play Me2Cam with Fun Fair
© 1999 IntelPlay
$69.99, Win 98 (CD-ROM), smart toy
Teaches: game play, virtual reality
Print Artist Platinum 8.0
© 1999 Sierra Home
$49.95, Win 95, 98 (CD-ROM)
Teaches: creativity, printing, publishing
Axe 3, The: Titans of Classic Rock
© 1998 Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
$29.95, Win 95, 98 (CD-ROM)
Teaches: music, creativity
Sims, The
© 2000 Electronic Arts, Inc.
$39.95, Win 98 (CD-ROM)
Teaches: social studies: interpersonal development
RollerCoaster Tycoon
© 1999 MicroProse Software
$29.95, Win 95, Win 98 (CD-ROM)
Teaches: running a business, creativity
SimCity 3000
© 1998 Electronic Arts, Inc.
$49.99, Win 95, 98; Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: economics, logic, social studies
Way Things Work: Pinball Science, The
© 1998 DK Multimedia
$19.95, Win 95, Win 98 (CD-ROM)
Teaches: science, physics
Microsoft Encarta Virtual Globe 1998 Edition
© 1997 Microsoft Corp.
$54.95, Win 95 (CD-ROM)
Teaches: geography
HyperStudio
© 1999 Knowledge Adventure, Inc.
$130, Win 95, 98; Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: creativity, programming
Myst
© 1993 Cyan
$19.95, Windows CD-ROM, Mac CD-ROM
Teaches: deductive thinking, problem solving
Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel
© 1994 Cyan, Inc.
$49.95, Mac CD-ROM
Teaches: problem solving
DinoPark Tycoon
© 1993 MECC (The Learning Company)
$59.95, DOS, Mac, 3DO
Teaches: dinosaur facts, business skills
TimeLiner 4.0
© 1995 Tom Snyder Productions
$89.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS, eMate
Teaches: history, time
Oregon Trail, The
© 1980 MECC (The Learning Company)
$29.95, DOS, Mac, Apple II, Mac CD-ROM, Windows
Teaches: US history, geography
Incredible Machine
© 1995 Sierra On-Line (Vivendi)
$35, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: science: logic, gravity, air pressure, mechanics, causality