RelationShapes
© 2016 VizuVizu
iPad
Teaches: shapes, spatial relations, logic, problem solving, memory, geometry, fine motor skills
CTR Rating: 92%
Editor's Choice
Montessori Numbers: Learn to Count from 1 to 1000
© 2012 L’Escapadou
$2.99, iPad, iPhone
Teaches: math, counting, math facts
CTR Rating: 96%
Editor's Choice
Boum!
© 2016 Les inéditeurs
$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android
Teaches: art, illustration
CTR Rating: 94%
Editor's Choice
CHOMP by Christoph Niemann
© 2016 Fox and Sheep GmbH
$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android
Teaches: creativity, using the camera, cartoons
CTR Rating: 96%
Editor's Choice
Toca Blocks
© 2015 Toca Boca
$2.99, iPad, Android, iPhone, Apple TV
Teaches: creativity, logic, spatial relations, art, blocks
CTR Rating: 96%
Editor's Choice
DragonBox Numbers
© 2015 WeWantToKnow AS
$7.99, iPad, iPhone, Android
Teaches: comparing quantities, addition, subtraction, measuring, interpreting data, counting, Mathematics
CTR Rating: 96%
Editor's Choice
Loopimal
© 2015 Lucas Zanotto
$2.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
Teaches: music, rhythm, melody, math, counting, computer sequencing
CTR Rating: 98%
Editor's Choice
Endless Spanish
© 2015 Originator
$4.99, iPad, iPhone
Teaches: Spanish, ESL, English
CTR Rating: 100%
Editor's Choice
Thinkrolls 2
© 2015 Avokiddo
$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle
Teaches: logic
CTR Rating: 98%
Editor's Choice
YouTube Kids
© 2015 Google, Inc.
$10, iPhone, iPad, Android
Teaches: all school subjects, language, a video delivery system, spoken English
CTR Rating: 98%
Editor's Choice
Quick Math Jr.
© 2015 Shiny Things
$2.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 7.0 or later)
Teaches: counting, whole numbers up to 100, equivalencies, sets, writing numerals, fine motor skills, memory, logic
CTR Rating: 100%
Editor's Choice
My Very Hungry Caterpillar
© 2014 StoryToys
$3.99, iPad, Android, iPhone
Teaches: virtual life, simulation, insects, bugs, taking care of things, metamorphosis
CTR Rating: 95%
Editor's Choice
Bubl Gelato (also called Bubl Ice Cream)
© 2014 Bubl
$1.99, iPad, iPhone, Android
Teaches: language experience, musical genres, art, creativity
CTR Rating: 88%
Editor's Choice
Astropolo
© 2014 Edoki Academy
$2.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 7.0 or later)
Teaches: creativity, auditory discrimination, vocalization, fine motor skills, timing, rhythm, temporal relations, logic
CTR Rating: 92%
Editor's Choice
Osmo
© 2014 Tangible Play
$80, iPad 2 or later (with camera), iPad Mini
Teaches: spatial learning, logic, art, science, socialization, large group, huddle
CTR Rating: 88%
Editor's Choice
Toca Life: Town
© 2014 Toca Boca
$2.99, iPad, Android, iPhone
Teaches: causality, shapes, colors, memory, spatial relations, logic
CTR Rating: 98%
Editor's Choice
Bubl Draw
© 2014 Bubl
$0.99, iPad (37MB)
Teaches: art, creativity, music, temporal relations
CTR Rating: 90%
Editor's Choice
Reader Bee and the Story Tree
© 2014 Learning Circle Kids LLC
$1.99, iPad (497 MB)
Teaches: reading skills, phonemic awareness, fine motor, CVC words
CTR Rating: 90%
Editor's Choice
Busy Shapes
© 2014 Edoki Academy
$2.99, iPad
Teaches: classification, logic, shapes, colors, motion, spatial thinking
CTR Rating: 97.5%
Editor's Choice
Touch, Look, Listen: My First Words
© 2013 Storytoys
$1.99, iPad, Android
Teaches: vocabulary, reading, ESL, German, French, Spanish, Chinese
CTR Rating: 94%
Editor's Choice
Toca Hair Salon Me
© 2013 Toca Boca
$3.99, iPad, iPhone, Android
Teaches: creativity, photography, visual arts
Editor's ChoiceEthical
The Playroom for PlayStation 4
© 2013 Sony Computer Entertainment America
PlayStation 4*
Teaches: memory, creativity, fine motor, gross motor
CTR Rating: 90%
Editor's Choice
Quiver (formerly ColAR Mix)
© 2015 Puteko Limited
$2.99, iPad, Android
Teaches: creativity, visual relationships
CTR Rating: 90%
Editor's Choice
Human Body, The
© 2013 Tinybop, Inc.
$2.99, iPad, iPhone
Teaches: science, human anatomy, biology, health
CTR Rating: 98%
Editor's ChoiceEthical
Jungle Book, The
© 2013 StoryToys
$4.99, Android, iPad
Teaches: reading, classification, logic (English, French, German or Spanish)
CTR Rating: 92%
Editor's Choice
Petting Zoo
© 2013 Fox and Sheep GmbH
$0.99, iPad, Android, 41.6 MB
Teaches: art, visual relationships, spatial relationships
CTR Rating: 90%
Editor's Choice
Curious About Shapes and Colors
© 2013 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
$2.99, iPad, Android
Teaches: logic, colors, shapes, sorting, matching, fine motor development
CTR Rating: 98%
Editor's Choice
Sago Mini Forest Flyer
© 2013 Sago Mini
$1.99, iPad
Teaches: spatial relations, language, causality
CTR Rating: 90%
Editor's ChoiceEthical
StoryBots Tap & Sing
© 2013 JibJab Media Inc.
iPad, iPhone
Teaches: music, pitch, note recognition
CTR Rating: 96%
Editor's Choice
Pitch Painter
© 2013 Morton Subotnick
$3.99, iPad
Teaches: music
CTR Rating: 90%
Editor's Choice
Endless Alphabet
© 2013 Originator
$6.99, iPad, iPhone
Teaches: the alphabet, ABC song, reading, letter recognition, music
CTR Rating: 96%
Editor's Choice
Temple Run: Brave
© 2012 Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media
$0.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android
Teaches: fine motor control, spatial relations
IMAG•N•O•TRON
© 2013 Moonbot Studios
$0.99, iPad, iPhone
Teaches: reading, language
CTR Rating: 90%
Editor's Choice
Don't Open Before Christmas
© 2012 Crab Hill Press
$2.99, iPad
Teaches: language, causality
CTR Rating: 95%
Editor's Choice
Arthur’s Teacher Trouble
© 2012 Wanderful, Inc.
$4.99, iPad, iPhone
Teaches: reading, language, spelling, school, Spanish
CTR Rating: 90%
Editor's Choice
Rounds: Franklin Frog
© 2012 Nosy Crow
$4.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 3.1.3 or higher)
Teaches: science, life cycle of frogs, biology, reproduction
CTR Rating: 86%
Editor's Choice
Wii U
© 2012 Nintendo
$250, Wii U
Teaches: a game console from Nintendo
CTR Rating: 95%
Editor's Choice
LetterSchool
© 2012 Boreaal Publishers
$50, iPad, iPhone, Android
Teaches: Handwriting, letter formation, numerals, upper/lower case, D'Nealian, HWT and Zaner-Bloser, reading
CTR Rating: 96%
Editor's Choice
Bugs and Buttons
© 2012 Little Bit Studio, LLC
$2.99, *iPad, iPod touch, iPhone
Teaches: fine motor coordination, racing, classifying, counting, letter recognition, science, math, logic
CTR Rating: 94%
Editor's Choice
Noodle Words
© 2011 NoodleWorks Interactive
$2.99, iPad
Teaches: reading, language
CTR Rating: 94%
Editor's Choice
DoodleCast for Kids
© 2011 zinc Roe Design
$1.99, iPad
Teaches: creativity, art, language
CTR Rating: 95%
Editor's Choice
Cinderella – Nosy Crow Animated Picture Book
© 2011 Nosy Crow
$7.99, iPad
Teaches: reading, some creativity
CTR Rating: 98%
Editor's Choice
Word Wizard
© 2011 L'Escapadou
$7.99, iPad, iPhone, Android
Teaches: Reading, spelling, language, phonics, letter recognition, decoding, writing
CTR Rating: 95%
Editor's Choice
Toca Doctor
© 2011 Toca Boca
$0.99, iPhone, iPad
Teaches: health, doctors, logic, matching
CTR Rating: 96%
Editor's Choice
Monster at the End of This Book, The
© 2011 Callaway Digital Arts
$4, iPad
Teaches: reading, dealing with your fear, monsters, language experience
CTR Rating: 90%
Editor's Choice
Helicopter Taxi
© 2011 Toca Boca
$0.99, iPhone, iPad 2 (camera required)
Teaches: spatial relations
CTR Rating: 86%
Editor's Choice
Toca Tea Party
© 2011 Toca Boca
$2.99, iPad
Teaches: classification, role play
CTR Rating: 90%
Editor's ChoiceEthical
Three Little Pigs, The
© 2011 Nosy Crow
$5.99, iPad
Teaches: language, reading, fun with language
CTR Rating: 92%
Editor's Choice
Montessori Crosswords
© 2010 L’Escapadou
$2.99, iPad, iPhone
Teaches: spelling, phonics, reading, writing, language, upper and lower case
CTR Rating: 96%
Editor's Choice
ABC Wildlife
© 2011 Peapod Labs
$2.99, iPad
Teaches: letter and word recognition, animal facts
CTR Rating: 96%
Editor's Choice
Magic Piano
© 2010 Smule, Inc.
iPhone, iPad, Android
Teaches: music, rhythm
CTR Rating: 96%
Editor's Choice
Cat In The Hat, The
© 2010 Oceanhouse Media
$2.99, iPhone, iPad
Teaches: reading, word recognition
CTR Rating: 88%
Editor's Choice
iPad
© 2010 Apple
$400, iPad
Teaches: a multi-touch tablet
CTR Rating: 100%
Editor's Choice
Sound Shaker
© 2009 zinc Roe Design
$1.99, iPhone/iPod touch (Universal)
Teaches: music, scales, causality, logic, fine motor skills
CTR Rating: 96%
Editor's Choice
Wheels on the Bus
© 2009 Duck Duck Moose Inc.
iPhone, Android, Kindle
Teaches: reading, fine motor coordination, word recognition
CTR Rating: 96%
Editor's Choice
Scoops
© 2008 Nimblebit
$1.99, iPhone
Teaches: classification, logic, gross motor coordination (tilting the iPhone)
CTR Rating: 88%
Editor's Choice
Tag Reading System
© 2008 LeapFrog
$50, Windows, Mac OSX
Teaches: Reading, comprehension, word recognition
CTR Rating: 92.5%
Editor's Choice
LeapPad
© 1999 LeapFrog
$79.99, LeapPad
Teaches: reading, science, geography
Reader Rabbit
© 1985 The Learning Company
$24.95, Apple, IBM, IIGS
Teaches: reading: 200 simple sight words, memory.
Color Me
© 1986 Mindscape, Inc.
$55, Apple II, IBM, C64
Teaches: Creativity, drawing
Gertrude's Secrets
© 1982 The Learning Company
Apple II, IBM and Commodore 64
Teaches: logic, classification, attributes
Wii Sports
© 2006 Nintendo of America
$50, Wii
Teaches: movement, sports, gross motor skills
CTR Rating: 96%
Editor's Choice
Wii
© 2006 Nintendo of America
$250, Wii
Teaches: a game console
CTR Rating: 100%
Editor's Choice
Nintendo DS
© 2004 Nintendo of America
$120, Nintendo DS
Teaches: a portable game console
Leapster Multimedia Learning System
© 2003 LeapFrog
$6080, Leapster
Teaches: reading, math, logic, music, memory
LeapPad
© 1999 LeapFrog
$79.99, Smart Toy
Teaches: reading, science, geography
Playroom, The
© 1989 Broderbund
$49.99, IBM, Mac, Apple II, Windows, Mac OSX
Teaches: counting, clocks, combining parts, letters, upper/lower-case, and words.
Game Boy Advance
© 2001 Nintendo of America
$99.95, Smart Toy
Teaches: a hardware game system
Stickybear's ABC
© 1981 Optimum Resource, Inc.
$59.95, Win, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: reading, letters, phonics
Orly’s Draw-A-Story
© 1996 Brøderbund (The Learning Company)
$15, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM) Not Windows XP
Teaches: writing and creativity
Kid Pix
© 1998 Brøderbund
$39.99, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: creativity, art
Let’s Go Read! An Island Adventure
© 1997 Riverdeep, Inc. (Edmark)
$39.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: reading, letter recognition, phonics, spelling
Just Grandma and Me
© 1997 The Learning Company
$13, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: early reading, French, German, Spanish
Reader Rabbit Toddler
© 1997 The Learning Company
$29.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: colors, shapes, counting, alphabet
CTR Rating: 92%
Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo
© 1995 Humongous Inc.
$18, Mac CD-ROM, Windows CD-ROM
Teaches: problem solving, logical thinking, animal facts, shapes
CTR Rating: 88%
Editor's Choice
JumpStart Kindergarten
© 1994 Knowledge Adventure, Inc.
$9.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: reading, letters, numbers, clocks, patterns, colors, shapes
Ruff's Bone
© 1994 Brøderbund (The Learning Company)
$19.95, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: reading: story elements
Harry and the Haunted House
© 1994 Brøderbund (The Learning Company)
$13, Win 95, Win 3.1, Mac OS (CD-ROM)
Teaches: reading
Thinkin' Things Collection 1
© 1993 Riverdeep, Inc.
$29.95, Mac CD-ROM, Windows CD-ROM, Mac, Win, DOS (dual platform CD)
Teaches: creativity, critical thinking, memory, problem solving, patterns
Backyard, The
© 1993 Brøderbund (The Learning Company)
$34.95, Mac
Teaches: science, animal habitats, mapping, matching, creativity
Kindercomp
© 1982 Spinnaker, Inc.
$29.95, Apple II, Old DOS
Teaches: matching, drawing, letter and number recognition
Putt-Putt Joins the Parade
© 1993 Humongous Entertainment
$39.95, DOS, Mac, DOS CD-ROM, Mac CD-ROM
Teaches: spatial reasoning, matching, following directions
Millie's Math House
© 1995 Edmark
$13, Mac, DOS, Windows (disk or CD-ROM)
Teaches: math, counting, sets, sequencing by size, shapes
CTR Rating: 94%