iPad for Kids: A Fun Tablet Teacher for Toddlers and Preschoolers

A lot of people are obsessed with iPad nowadays. Why? This is a cool device for playing games and applications, reading books and studying. It is a nice educating and entertaining gadget for parents and their toddlers as there are many children's books and educational programs that will improve your child's critical thinking, reading skills and ability to make decisions.

A lot of iPad apps are free. That is why I think it's important to mention some of the advantages for those who have this tablet and explain how your iPad can become a teacher for your kids.

Fun Games That Make Kids Think

If you want your child to have fun and study at the same time, you can let him play high quality games and apps. There are a lot of programs for preschoolers and toddlers that help children to study new words, enrich their vocabulary and develop a good sense of humor.

Chuzzle, Soosiz and Slide-a-ma-jig are addictive games that are appropriate for all ages. You can protect the world from bad guys, explode funny chuzzles with a giggle and create hilarious creatures by mixing and matching the ones you get together with your child.

You can also play Bookworm and Word Magic games to help your children study words and develop intuition and word search experience. There are many other fun applications for children that you can install on your iPad to educate them, including illustrated apps for learning the alphabet, studying foreign languages, improving their typing skills and learning grammar basics.

Children's Books and Lullabies

Books are the source of wisdom. Thus we should read books to our children, and let them read themselves. The most popular free eBook for kids is Winnie-the-Pooh available through iBooks application. You can also find Alice in Wonderland and Toy Story and download it for free.

If you are ready to pay for the children eBooks, you can get Miss Spider's Bedtime Story, Violet-Interactive Children's Storybook and Miss Spider's Tea Party. These are interesting colorful stories with amazing illustrations that your child might love.

In case your kids enjoy listening to lullabies before going to bed, you can also use iPad to sing sweet songs and wish a good night to your child. You can download Hush Little Baby, Rock-a-Bye Baby and Sleep, Baby, Sleep applications to listen to professional recordings, read the words of the song together with your kid and record your own lullaby for your dearest angel.

Music and General Education

Many iPad applications allow your kids to explore music, art and different life skills. With Preschool Music your little ones can learn to play a virtual piano and make up their own songs. Art application can teach your child about the world's most famous artists including Jackson Pollok and Leonardo da Vinci. They can test their knowledge with quizzes and recollect all the information via a slideshow.

iPad also allows you downloading many great apps on history, math, astronomy and other sciences. Games on matching and solving puzzles help young people to practice and improve their problem solving skills and ability to think critically.

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