iOS, Android: 10 free applications to intelligently occupy your children during the holidays
During holidays or weekends, it is not necessarily easy to succeed in keeping your children occupied. Instead of abandoning them in front of the television, why not direct them towards educational and fun applications that will allow them to acquire skills while having fun? We have selected about ten of them, intended for kindergarten and primary school students.
During the successive confinements, we had to occupy our children even though we also had to ensure our days of teleworking. To help you, we had laid a list of 10 educational applications. And these are obviously always suitable for off-peak periods such as school holidays or weekends. Available on iOS and Android, these applications provide content suitable for all ages, likely to entertain the youngest while transmitting knowledge to them. A good complement to school education, in short.
These applications are obviously to be used sparingly, the prolonged exposure of the youngest to screens being harmful for their development. At the same time, outdoor outings, walks, board games or even reading are all recommended activities.
Celestia
Celestia is a desktop software and a mobile application for astronomy enthusiasts. 3D animations and spectacular photos, relevant and recent information will inspire budding astronauts to explore the stars and learn more about the solar system and its planets. They will also be able to visualize the course of the stars in order to know their trajectory and know everything about lunar eclipses. Space shuttles, satellites and the international station will be visible, as well as other vessels from science fiction films and series.
Whisperies
To give them a taste for reading, you can download the Whisperies application with your eyes closed. This provides access to a myriad of stories for children. In the free version, it is possible to listen to them and/or read them by viewing an ad upstream. Animations and sound effects dot the illustrations and a voice (which can be mutated) declaims the text displayed on the screen. In addition to the disappearance of advertisements, the premium offer allows you to download content and then view it offline. 487 stories are available: tales, fables, princesses and knights, funny stories, pirates and ships, bedtime stories... There is something for all tastes and all ages (up to 10 years old).
Math Kids
Learning math isn't always fun, but with the Maths Kids mobile app, it's possible to revise your math while having fun. Intended for children in kindergarten or CP, this free application offers a colourful and fun interface that offers a fun and attractive environment for the youngest. Parents can also adjust the level of difficulty according to the section and the age of the child. And for older children, it is possible to change the settings in order to learn the numbers in English.
According to several studies, children have the ability to quickly assimilate a foreign language. Hence the importance of initiating them as soon as possible. For this, the free Duolingo app is quite suitable. English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian: it offers fun language lessons for children according to their level. Ideal for enriching your vocabulary step by step without having the impression of working. Speech recognition of a word, image recognition, translation¦ The modules are varied and perfectly suited to young learners.
Available on iOS, this application allows primary school students to revise fundamental subjects through playful lessons and exercises (grammar, spelling, conjugation, vocabulary) but also mathematics (numeration, mental calculation, geometry, problems). All on a simple, intuitive and pleasant to use interface. Children are particularly invited to complete challenges in order to win stars, a good way to motivate them. The application is free, but it is possible to pay to have access to more content.
iTooch Primary School
Primary iTooch includes many modules, which downloaded individually. They are aimed at students from CP to CM2. Their objective? Revise French and mathematics, thanks to courses and exercises (25,000) well done. Enough to complete school learning by going back to notions that are not necessarily acquired.
Applause
Applaydu brings together several mini-games that will allow the child to work on mathematics, revise his geography, enrich his general knowledge and learn while having fun. Apart from its interesting mini-games, it's the immersive environment and the system for monitoring your child's progress that are interesting. Indeed, the child has represented by a customizable avatar who will then choose the games he wants to play. The various rewards and plush gifts make you want to come back to win even more. Finally, parents will be able to follow in the parental zone, the different statistics to know the time spent on the games as well as the skills acquired.
find the differences
This app allows children to work on their observation skills. This little game displays two copies of one of the 750 images available, with some subtle differences, on which you just have to click to highlight them. If we stall, the magic wand gives you a clue. When all the differences are found, we go to the next image. Simple and efficient.
Piano Kids “ Music & songs
Even if the interface of this app, available on Android, has in English, its principle has so simple that the very young child has not likely to be confused. All you have to do is choose the type of instrument at the top of the screen and type on the keys. A good way to learn about the joys of music. Two other sections allow you to hear songs or many sounds (animal cries, transport noises, cosmic sounds, etc.) A learning module also allows you to work on your pronunciation of colours, numbers and letters of the alphabet.
PowerZ
Released in February 2021, PowerZ is one of the most interesting educational games of recent years. Enriched each year with new content and new chapters. PowerZ invites children aged 6 to 12 to think and learn a lot through a fantastic adventure in a colourful and very friendly universe. They will not only be able to work on school subjects (maths, French, science, etc.). But also solicit their thinking, their logic and their sense of observation to solve puzzles and continue the adventure. They will also have the opportunity to learn about astronomy, sign language, yoga and many other subjects.
