Kindergarten friendly Search Engine

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Educational IPhone Apps

Your iphone can be a fun and easy learning tool for your Kindergartner (and your other children). Here is a list of free, fun, and educational iPhone Apps ranging from elementary through middle school. Below the list is a little research that I found interesting concerning cell phone use and children.

3D BrainABC Phonics Animals Lite Free
Balloonimals Lite
Brain Blaze Add
Brain Blaze Divide
Brain Blaze Multiply
Brain Blaze Subtract
Brain Blaze WhichWord
Convert Units for Free
Daily History
Dictionary.com
Doodle Buddy
Dragon Dictation
Dragon Search
Evernote
iDaily
iPDF
Learn Stocks
Masterpiece Art
Math Drills Lite
NASA App
Shakespeare: Macbeth
Word Spy - Free

Kids, Parents, and Cell Phones
The average 13 to 17-year-old sends 2000 text messages a month!
The average age to first own a cell phone is between 9 and 10.
The average age to borrow a cell phone is 8.
By age 12, fully three-fourths of all children have their own mobile phone.
Parental use of advanced data services mirrors that of their tween kids. If their children text, then 80% of parents will text as well.
Nearly 60% of parents of cell phone-owing kids have forbidden downloads of games, ringtones, and videos, the extra items that often incur a charge.