Education Apps for Kids
Children learn best when they are open-minded and having fun. That’s why we’ve developed a list of the Best Educational Apps for Kids. This collection allows your child to grow and develop important analytic and cognitive skills while playing games and having fun. These apps build on the foundation laid in the classroom to help your child excel in learning outside of the classroom environment.
Math Apps
Mickey’s Magical Math World
Ages: 3+. Toddlers can practice counting skills, learn shapes, explore numbers and more all alongside their favorite Disney friends. It’s an amazing space adventure filled with the opportunity to be introduced to the most simple of mathematic concepts.
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Mystery Math Town 
Ages: 7+. This gaming app is the perfect way to fulfill daily math practice. Solve the problems, explore the town and solve the mystery!
Math 42
Ages: 13+. Instead of a private tutor, download Math 42 to help you middle school, high school and college-aged student with their skills. And it does so with only a fraction of the cost.
Science Apps
GazziliScience
Ages: 4+. Featuring several apps and several different topics, GazziliScience is the perfect introduce to the wonders of science. And you’ll be pleasantly surprised with the amount of new vocabulary the little ones will learn after an evening with this app.
DK The Human Body
Ages: 10+. Learn all about the human-body within this award-winning app that provides stunning visuals and lots of great information too. Kids will have fun while learning about all the ins and outs of their own body.
Solve the Outbreak
Ages: 14+. Your teens become “disease detective” in this fun and innovative app. Developed by the CDC, the game puts kids at the center of the chaos, solving new scenarios and using clues to build connections.
Special Education Apps
Bugs and Buttons
Ages: 2+. With 18 mini games and activities to choose from, kids will get to explore, count, recycle, get through mazes and more with their insect friends. There are lots of fun challenges within this app but without all the frustration.
1 on 1: Communicate Easy
Ages: All. Providing visual prompts, pictures, sounds and more to help with decision making and schedules, this app targets those with on the autism spectrum as well as those ADD, ADSD and other special needs conditions.
Doodle Buddy
Ages: All. There’s so much to love and get creative with throughout Doodle Buddy. Which is its purpose, allowing kids to stretch them imagination and get outside their comfort zone with play.
Learning Time Apps
Zcooly Time Ranch
Ages: 5+. Learning to tell time becomes lots of fun with this app filled with lovable characters. Help care and feed the animals on the farm by keeping the schedule just right.
Charlie Jumped Out of the Clock
Ages: 6+. Follow along with the charming story and learn how to tell time too! With this app, kids will be entertained while learning all there is to know about the clock.
Todo Telling Time 
Ages: 6+. Follow along with the charming story and learn how to tell time too! With this app, kids will be entertained while learning all there is to know about the clock.
Learning Money Apps
Gozoa Goes Shopping
Ages: 5+. Solve problems and cash out some gold coins before you go shopping! Find the perfect outfit, mix and match and have a blast with Gozoa.
Roxy and the Ballerina Robot 
Ages: 6+. Follow along with Roxy as she saves up to buy her dream toy. Kiddos will have a lot of fun learning about money and the value of earning.
Keep the Change
Ages: 6+. Within this puzzle app, kids will learn how to start recognizing coins and quick counting skills. Have your little one dive on into the fun and start learning about money today.
Phonics Apps
Super Why!
Ages: 3+. Your kiddos get to go on an adventure with this one. Fine tune fine motor skills, use a bit of imagination and test out some vocabulary as well!
Speech with Milo
Ages: 5+. This app was designed to help children practice their language. Developed by a licensed speech pathologist, children with language delays will benefit greatly from little Milo..
Duolingo
Ages: All. You can learn a new language with this fun and free app. And there are lots of different languages to choose from including French, Italian and Spanish.
Reading Apps
Ages: 6+. Safari Tales follows in the fossilised footsteps of the award-winning Dino Tales and opens up a world of exploration, learning and story-telling across the African savanna. Seen through the eyes of five cute baby animals, Safari Tales sets young safari adventurers free to explore a fertile African world. There is a multitude of games. Read Review,
Ages: 8+. This reading comprehension app has twenty stories about social studies. You can also create and add your own stories to the app. Each story has about 800-1000 words. Each story introduces new vocabulary and concepts, and is followed by a set of exercises that measure the student’s comprehension. The exercises include multiple choice questions, true/false questions and matching exercises. Read Review,
Clue Story – Interactive Novel with Riddles
Ages: 10+. Make reading and comprehension a bit more fun with Clue Story. Kids won’t even realize that they’re testing and flexing their literary muscles within this interactive storybook. The user reads but also becomes the main character – and investigator – which makes that them much more invested in the plot. Read a chapter, watch a video, solve a riddle and repeat; you’re in a control of the entire story.
Spelling Apps
Avokiddo ABC Ride
Ages: 5 & under. Have you ever seen the letter E hatched from an egg? How about a K popping out of a kangaroo’s pouch? Bike with characters. Read Review
Ages: 6+. Grab some friends and an iPad, and get ready for a fast-paced and unique word-building game for 2-4 players. Collect letters from the circling sushi boats and build words to serve hungry customers and score points. Learn phonics and spelling through collaborative play, or get competitive with up to four players! Work with a friend to complete objectives, such as building five words using the letter Z – harder than it seems. Read Review,
Ages: 9+. A fun word game for nearly all ages, Word Ball challenges players to build words. Three letters and up, you’ll be learning and fine-tuning new and old vocal as you play.
Writing Apps
Write My Name
Ages: 4+. Write My Name is a really fun way to practice handwriting! Perfect for kids 4 – 6, sight words are also sharpened throughout the activities.
Ages: 6+. Makesto is an incredibly creative story building app that allows children to be the author, illustrator, and producer of their own creations. With loads of features including pictures, drawing, voice record, and the ability to share their creations with others, this app offers loads of creative freedom for children of all ages. Read Review, Read Review,
Ages: 9+. Word Creativity Kit is a creative writing App for the poets and writers of the future. It gives the user a chance to think outside of the box, create found poetry, fill the head with new ideas, laugh at silly sentences and have fun. Word Creativity Kit is based on the concept of random stimulus in creative writing, such as Random entry technique for lateral thinking. Open-ended activities meant to stimulate creative thinking. Read Review,