Educational and Fun iPad Apps for Kids {Giveaway}

September 6th, 2013

If only I could have the money back I’ve wasted on “educational” apps for kids.  Honestly, I’d pretty much thrown my hands in the air and given up on finding anything that combined learning and entertainment well. A really engaging age-appropriate game seemed to have little to no educational value. Meanwhile, other apps that promised to provide a “fun” learning experience, seemed to bore us all to tears.  Or time and time again, they weren’t properly programmed for the age group – a math game for a preschool/kindergarten level required 3rd grade reading skills, a phonics game wasn’t challenging at all, etc.

Needless to say, I was a tad skeptical when my friend Lindsey contacted me about reviewing some of their games that Evanced Games was getting ready to launch over the summer. However, I trusted Lindsey as a former solid teacher I used to collaborate with pre-quads.

She introduced us to some of the games developed by Evanced Games that are developed not only by some amazing artists, programmers, and designers but EDUCATORS as well. I hugged her. Really, I did.

And the boys?  Well they had an absolute blast and couldn’t wait to download them at home.  See for yourselves!

Here’s More About Our Favorite Educational Apps from Evanced:

> Froggy Phonics

Leaping from lily pad to lily pad, Froggy uses simple phonics patterns to gulp down fireflies! The more fireflies Froggy collects, the more rewards earned for the Fascinating Firefly Festival! Based on a popular, award-winning Edupress board game, Froggy Phonics combines multiple aspects the relationships between letters and their sounds as he hops through delightful outdoor surroundings.

Features

• Based on an award-winning Edupress board game
• Parent and teacher approved
• Ranging from age 4 to 8
• Associates letters and letter groups with their sounds
• Over 500 different words for Froggy to discover
• Reveal levels and characters through hopping good play

Why My Kids Loved It: The graphics are phenomenal,it’s engaging, and they loved each level leading up to the Firefly Festival.

> Tic-Tac Bananas

Using letter patterns, decoding skills, and word recognition, players merge with the original Tic-Tac-Toe enjoyment. Players select an entertaining monkey portrait, revealing a partial word for participants to complete. The player marks a spot on the grid with an accurate word match. Tic-Tac-Toe, earn three in a row!

Features

• Based on award-winning Edupress board games
• Parent and teacher approved
• Ranging from age 4 to 8
• A focus on word recognition, phonics and decoding
• Over 100 original artworks to stimulate thinking
• Single and multiplayer, featuring pass-and-play capabilities

Why My Kids Loved It: Again, engaging graphics, easy to operate, and fun dual competition.

> That’s Baloney

Hungry for knowledge? That’s Baloney! is the delicious trivia game that challenges your brain. Devour multiple game modes spanning grades 2 through 6 and five compelling categories – language arts, math, science, social studies, and mystery meat. Each round players are given statements and they must choose if these statements are true or if they’re just a load of Baloney!

Features

• 2,500-thought provoking quiz questions that spark conversations between parents and kids!
• 5 diverse categories to learn about: Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, or Mystery Meat
• 5 Grade levels to choose from: Grades 2 to 6
• Parent and teacher approved Edupress content
• Earn trophies by showing off trivia skills
• Questions are compatible with common core standards

Why My Kids Loved It: It’s a great group game, simple concept but fun interactive facts, tons of questions make for a different game each time.

{Froggy Phonics, Tic-Tac Bananas, and That’s Baloney are available on both the Apple and Droid markets.}

Some of our other Favorite (not Evanced) Educational Games?

• Maths with Springbird HD – Curriculum aligned mathematics for young children – Broccol-E-Games  {Free} – Fun interactive math games with age-appropriate levels
• LetterSchool – Sanoma Media Netherlands B.V. {2.99} – makes letter tracing and formation practice a game instead of a chore
• Eggy 100 HD Sight Words – Blake eLearning {Free} – Sight words have never been so fun

>>> Evanced Games has generously given 5 FREE downloads of Tic-Tac Bananas to share with 5 of my readers.

So Tell us What’s YOUR Favorite Educational App?

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Thank you to Evanced Games for providing the 5 free downloads along with downloads for our iPad, and sponsoring my efforts on this post.

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