

This colorful app, aimed at the 2- to 5-year-old set, leads preschoolers through a variety of age-appropriate tasks including counting, recognizing colors, matching, recognizing letter sounds, solving puzzles, identifying shapes, and seeing differences. There's an autoplay option in which the story reads itself and advances automatically like a movie.ĭownload: Monkey Preschool Lunchbox for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch They can also tap a picture to hear the word spoken and see it shown on the screen, helping early readers make the association. Kids can listen to the story and read along each word is highlighted as it's spoken. Seuss's colorful, zany ABC book with audio narration and interactive reading features. Seuss's ABC for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch Bert's Bag is another counting game, while Elmo's Monster Maker lets kids get creative by selecting eyes, noses, mouths, and more to create unique monsters.ĭownload: Dr. A followup study by AVG technology revealed that 54 percent of the 6,000 kids polled think their parents are glued to their devices, and another 32 percent feel “unimportant” when their caregivers are on the phone.Grover's Number Special lets kids count and sort ingredients to help Grover weather a series of restaurant mishaps. A 2014 study conducted by the Boston Medical Center found that about 70 percent of parents are on their phones while out with their families at restaurants. “That way, hopefully, you can get the tablet back without a tantrum.” But it goes both ways! Parents should also be aware of the degree to which they’re ignoring the kids because they’re on their iPhones all the time.

If your toddler refuses to let go of the tablet or phone, tell her it’s time for the tablet to ‘go to sleep.’ It’s age-appropriate while also conveying that the tablet is off-limits now,” Elgersma says. But with toddlers, you may have to handle the situation differently. With school-aged children, it can be useful to talk with your family about how digital devices might be interfering with the way you enjoy time together, Gray says.
