Showing 1–50 of 91 titles
-
ABC Kids-Tracing and Phonics
A phonics and alphabet teaching app that features a series of tracing games to help kids recognize letter shapes, associate them with phonic sounds, and put their alphabet knowledge to use.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2018
- Younger
- ISBN: 999944
-
Animal Antics (for Families)
Animal Antics is a free app designed to give children and their caregivers the opportunity to create a story together. Each participant chooses a character and records their voice. Prompts are given along the way to model conversation between child and caregiver, and to encourage joint media engagement while building early literacy skills. Available in English.
-
Apart of Me
A small but open-world role-playing game (RPG), in which players connect with real stories of love and loss while working through their own grief. Includes journaling and real-life "assignments," mindfulness exercises, and resources for further support. Available in English.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2020
- Middle, Older
- ISBN: 999901
-
Aquation: The Freshwater Access Game
Produced by the Smithsonian, this simulation game educates children on water equity and challenges players to distribute resources and humanitarian aid around the globe. Available in English.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2020
- Middle, Older
- ISBN: 999902
-
Arithmagic - Math Wizard Game
Use addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and other math skills to help a wizard cast math spells to defeat enemies. Available in English.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2020
- Middle
- ISBN: 999903
-
Artie's Magic Pencil
Children join Artie on an interactive and creative drawing adventure as they learn how shapes can combine in a variety of ways to form objects. Downloadable worksheets for continued learning off-screen are also included.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2019
- Younger
- ISBN: 999928
-
Bandimal
This open-ended music composition app lets kids create drum loops, compose melodies, and add effects onto songs. Compositions can be saved to the collection. Available in English.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2020
- Younger
- ISBN: 999904
-
Breathe, Think and Do with Sesame
Emphasizing meditation, this bilingual app teaches emotional control. Despite some navigational issues, the app features useful resources for parents on handling everyday issues, from learning patience to managing sibling rivalry.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2018
- Younger
- ISBN: 999945
-
The Cat in the Hat Builds That
This companion to the PBS KIDS series The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot about That explores a variety of engaging STEM mini-games and activities. Includes supplemental materials and suggestions for caregiver/child interaction. Available in English and Spanish.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2020
- Younger
- ISBN: 999924
-
Coral Reef
Part of Tinybop's Explorer's Library series, Coral Reef encourages children (4-8) to learn about marine life and explore the reef ecosystem. With impressive sound effects and crisp, clean graphics, children have ample opportunities to explore the gritty, gross, gorgeous and wondrous aspects of the reef ecosystem. The app offers vocabulary in 20+ languages and includes a handbook for caregivers to use as they support children’s discovery of ocean life.
-
The Creature Garden
Imagine and create real or original fantastic animals by hatching eggs, adding animal qualities, and testing their skills. Children can name their animal creations, feed and groom them, and have their different creations race each other. Available in English.
-
Daniel Tiger for Parents
Songs and videos from the popular children's show guide parents to help their children develop social and emotional skills.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2018
- Younger
- ISBN: 999946
-
Dr. Panda Train
A semi-guided simulation game in which players move a train from stop to stop, dropping off and picking up animal passengers along the way.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2018
- Younger
- ISBN: 999947
-
Droplets - Drops for Kids
As a language learning app created specifically for families, parents can make Kid Profiles for multiple children of varying skill levels. Users can choose from over 30 languages to learn vocabulary, spelling, and word recognition. Available in multiple languages.
-
Drops
Using simple navigation rather than relying on native language, this app and website teaches over 30 languages through audio/visual cues and mini-games. Available in multiple languages.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2020
- Middle, Older
- ISBN: 999906
-
Duolingo ABC: Learn to Read
Duolingo ABC: Learn to Read is a free app designed to help beginning readers explore the alphabet and build early literacy skills. The app’s games focus on letter recognition, writing skills, and comprehension skills. High-quality graphics and user-friendly gameplay make this app a fun and engaging way to learn the alphabet. Available in English
-
Ed and the Curious Crew at The Royal Children's Hospital
Designed by the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, this app uses videos and games to give kids a behind-the-scenes "tour" of the hospital and lets kids explore the hospital's different departments and careers.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2019
- Middle, Older
- ISBN: 999931
-
Funexpected Math
This app leads kids through a beautifully animated world using a wide variety of mathematical games and activities. Challenges increase noticeably in difficulty, and replay value is moderately high as users continue to build skills. Available in English.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2020
- Middle, Younger
- ISBN: 999907
-
GoNoodle - Kids Videos
This app and website is full of short videos that provide music, movement, dance, stretching, yoga and mindfulness. A simple way to get kids moving in a safe and fun environment. Available in English.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2020
- Middle, Younger
- ISBN: 999908
-
Google Arts and Culture
Google Arts & Culture is a comprehensive high-quality resource of primary source materials for families, students and teachers. The website, and it's companion app, allow for the exploration of a wide range of content from over 2,000 museums and archives across 80 countries. Music, art and culture from around the world is accessible through interactive exhibits, tours, and games. Enjoy a wide range of activities in 3D, augmented and virtual reality. Available in English.
-
Grasshopper: Learn to Code for Free
Grasshopper is a free coding app for beginners developed by a team of passionate coders from Google. Using your smartphone, learn JavaScript coding fundamentals like functions, variables, ‘if’ statements, operators, and more in progressively challenging levels. With a few taps get started programming with these fun, quick games. Available in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
-
Hopscotch
Hopscotch is a visual coding language that allows kids to create their own games and apps via drag and drop. Video tutorials and lesson plans for educators are also available.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2019
- Middle, Older
- ISBN: 999932
-
Hopster Coding Safari
This drag-and-drop coding logic game teaches basic computational thinking. The controls are easy to use and the puzzles increase in difficulty to build skills. Available in English.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2020
- Middle, Younger
- ISBN: 999909
-
How Do Animals Work?
Interactively explore the biology of seven animals from the Amazon Rainforest and learn what makes each animal unique, from the pink river dolphin’s use of echolocation to the extraordinary night vision of the jaguar. Available in seventeen languages.
-
How It Works?
Interactive animations and texts read aloud teach kids how natural phenomena work. Kids learn about energy, the water cycle, the parts of a plant, the Earth, earthquakes, and volcanos. Each lesson includes experiment and demonstration ideas for hands-on learning, as well as puzzles, sorting games, and drawing activities. Available in multiple languages.
-
The Imagine Neighborhood
The Imagine Neighborhood podcast invites children and their grownups to engage in social-emotional learning through interactive storytelling, imaginative play, music, and mindfulness activities. Each episode features host Scotty Iseri and a cast of wacky characters, such as Count Vacula and Tantrumus Maximus, as they explore big feelings through the lens of imagination and invite families to play along.
-
Inventioneers
Explore physics concepts in a fun, game-based environment. Complete levels to earn additional objects to use in building your own invention.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2019
- Middle, Older
- ISBN: 999933
-
Jet's Bot Builder
Children build and personalize their own robot as they travel through outer space with Jet and his friends in this adaptive STEM app from PBS KIDS. Closed captions available. Available in English.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2020
- Middle, Younger
- ISBN: 999910
-
JigSpace
Curious seekers of all ages can explore dozens of interactive 3D educational presentations, or "Jigs". This simple and easy-to-use app uses augmented reality (AR) to bring hands-on learning through step-by-step instructions on a variety of topics and concepts. Available in English.
-
Khan Academy Kids
Whimsical characters guide early learners through a multitude of interactive songs, videos, and activities in the areas of literacy, language, math, and logic. Caregivers can also track their child's progress through a report card feature.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2019
- Younger
- ISBN: 999934
-
Knowin - Learn Coding
Children will learn basic coding knowledge at their own pace with this app that has the user tapping their answers instead of typing. Easy to navigate and no prior knowledge of coding required. Available in English.
-
Krystopia: A Puzzle Journey
In this science fiction puzzle game, help Nova Dune explore and learn about a civilization on the planet Krystopia where all the people have vanished. Available in multiple languages.
-
Learn Chess with Dr. Wolf
Learn to play chess with Dr. Wolf, the coach who teaches, points out strategic ideas, and helps with mistakes. Players who subscribe to paid coaching receive some additional individualized coaching (acknowledgment of application of skills) and receive unlimited access to twenty five lessons. Best for beginners and intermediate players. Available in English.
-
Lego Duplo World
Based on the popular real world Duplo Legos, young children are invited to explore, discover, pretend, and create. Multi-touch functionality allows parent and child to engage together in side-by-side play. Children from all backgrounds will see themselves represented in this open-ended, play-based game. Free, but with paid add-ons. Available in multiple languages.
-
Lexi's World
Explore Lexi’s World, an enchanting app that provides a gentle introduction to letters, words, animals, and actions. The playful landscape allows young children and caregivers ample opportunities for rich interaction with each other. Surprises abound as children bring words to life and reveal discoveries about cause and effect.
-
Little Chickies / Los Pollitos
Listen to the traditional Spanish lullaby accompanied by cute animated chicks from the Canticos board book. Other interactive activities include chick-related art projects that can be saved in a digital scrapbook. Available in multiple languages.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2020
- Younger
- ISBN: 999911
-
Little Mouse's Encyclopedia
Explore beautifully illustrated European habitats while learning details about various animal and plant species. Detailed biomes include forest, underground, and underwater. Available in multiple languages.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2020
- Middle
- ISBN: 999912
-
Living Paintings: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Learn about the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum's most famous works of art through interactive games. Young artists can also upload or create their own masterpieces in the art studio, using 20 different colors and four artistic mediums.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2019
- Middle
- ISBN: 999936
-
Martha Speaks Word Spinner
An interactive game for up to 6 players, based on the Martha Speaks books. Players choose a dog as their game piece, spin a wheel, and complete the task (most involve sorting activities) in order to move along the board.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2018
- Middle, Younger
- ISBN: 999948
-
Math Land
Kids and adults can practice math, everything from simple addition and subtraction equations to more complex equations, with the use of different strategies in a pirate game setting. Available in multiple languages.
-
Mathigon
This free app for mathematics makes learning fun. Available in English only, the interactive platform offers a captivating narrative along with animation and colorful illustrations. From multiplication flashcards, fractals, to prime and Fibonacci numbers, this "Textbook of the Future” allows students to explore math in a new and exciting way. Best used as supplemental learning.
-
Me: A Kid's Diary
This digital journal app provides a guided introduction to multimedia storytelling and encourages self-expression. Users of different ages can create pages about themselves with prompts for silly drawings, self-portraits, gifs, photos, and sound recordings. Available in multiple languages.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2020
- Middle, Older
- ISBN: 999913
-
Mindful Powers
Mindful Powers is a free, kid-first, holistic approach to building social-emotional learning through play. Through mindful play and focus time, the Mindful Powers app empowers kids (PreK-Middle School) to bring calm to their lives and build a healthier relationship with life, stress, and anxiety. Available in English.
-
Molly of Denali
In Molly of Denali, children join Molly, her dog Suki, and her friends Tooey and Trini in the Alaskan village, Qyah. Children use diagrams, pictures, field guides, and utilize maps, charts and informational text to help them solve problems and accomplish tasks. The app’s games, adventures, and explorations of Native language, art and music engage users while developing foundational skills in informational literacy.
-
Moose Math
Builds early math skills through five interactive games. Players are rewarded for mastering skills with the ability to add new features to their fictional town.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2018
- Middle
- ISBN: 999949
-
Moshi Twilight Sleep Stories
Relax into bedtime with calming stories, specifically created to help children drift off to sleep with soothing music, audio effects, and narration.
-
My Child Lebensborn
Set in post-WWII Norway, this engrossing life-simulation game puts the player in the shoes of a foster parent. Players must make tough choices to guide their child through painful experiences like poverty, bullying, and shame. Available in multiple languages.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 999914
-
NAMOO - Wonders of Plant Life
Combining engaging and interactive 3D animation with enriching encyclopedic content, children can explore and discover the life cycle of a plant. Available in multiple languages.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2020
- Middle, Older
- ISBN: 999915
-
NFL Play 60
NFL Play 60 is a free app that encourages and challenges kids to get at least 60 minutes of physical activity per day. Kids can choose their own avatars and then earn coins to buy cool avatar gear by jumping, running, and turning while holding onto a device to log their movements. Available in English.
-
Nighty Night
A calming bedtime app, Nighty Night allows children to interact with the short story by turning off lights and putting animals to bed, accompanied by music and narration.
- Notable Children's Digital Media 2019
- Younger
- ISBN: 999938