The best educational apps for kids on iPhone / iPad

Especially at school, children can learn playfully on the iPhone or iPad with the right learning apps. We introduce you to the best children's apps for school.

Cramming math on iPhone and iPad

Math is often rather boring. But it is easier to learn with the following apps, which combine learning with fun and games.

• With the learning app "Learning success primary school: math class 1" for iOS or Android, children can learn the arithmetic in a playful way. The math exercises that are packaged as games make it easy to practice. The kids and you as parents see through a star system in which areas things are going well and in which topics there is a need to catch up.
• Visually a little simpler are "Math Master" for iOS and "AB Math" for Android. For this, your children can practice the arithmetic together with you through good math games.

Practice writing on your smartphone and tablet and discover letters

When children come to school, they first have to learn the letters and then write. With good literacy apps, children can practice before and during the game and become safer with educational games.

• With the children's app "JanoschABC" for iOS, your children can learn the alphabet in a playful way. Combining a story with pictures makes it easier for children to learn and to memorize what they have learned. That works just as well with the alternative app ABCMaschine.
• With "Learn German ABC" for Android, your children learn the letters through colorful pictures. Your children then write the words in scrabble style. A good learning method for kids to memorize the words.
• If you have an iPad and you want your child to practice reading, we recommend the learning app The Little Dragon. Here your children learn to read with the syllable method, because the syllables are marked in color in the eBook. So children can easily practice reading.

Get to know life on the iPhone / iPad

It is important for children that they get to know the world: Research, understand and develop themselves - This is how children develop a feeling for their environment.

• With the "The Little Market" app for iOS and Android, children can have fun in a virtual weekly market. You can get to know fruits and vegetables, meat and fish here. You will also learn how to weigh and pay properly. The child also practices how to create a shopping list.

It is also worth taking a look at the Capt'n Sharky learning apps from Lerner success primary school for iOS and Android.