Tag Archives: early literacy

App suggestions for kids from CCPL

It can be difficult for parents to find quality apps for their children. We are here to help!

Please be mindful of the price of the app and whether the app offers in-app purchases which could be costly if not managed with parental controls.

Ages Title Description & Lesson Price
0+ 1000 Books Before Kindergarten

iOS

 The 1000 Books Before Kindergarten app lets you keep track of your reading activity quickly and easily.

– Scan books into your library
– Keep track of reading activity for multiple readers
– Track your progress to 1000 books!

 Free
1+ Kid Weather

iOS

Android

 A true weather app for kids designed by a 6-year-old boy (and his meteorologist dad). Real-time weather conditions, forecasts, science and fun facts about the weather.. $1.99
1+ Fairlight

iOS

Android

Farlight lets you create captivating animated art.

 Free
1+ Peekaboo Barn by Night & Day Studios

iOS

Android

 Simple app features clean design. Tap on the barn door reveals illustration of a farm animal making sound. Name of the animal appears in text and child or adult voice says name. Includes option to record voice. $1.99
1+ Go Away, Big Green Monster

Android

 Based on the popular children’s book, this interactive app builds upon the book experience by progressively revealing each piece of the monster, putting the power in the child’s hands. $2.99
1-7 My A-Z by Night & Day Studios

iOS only		 Customizable Alphabet Flashcards help kids learn the alphabet and print recognition in a way that reflects their world. Use phone camera to take photos of things in their life as well. Free
1+ Bebot

iOS 

 Bebot is a great puppet app for talking to your child. You can make him talk, sing & laugh. Works great with Boy + Bot book. $1.99
2+ First Words Spanish

iOS

 Animals build words in Spanish one letter at a time. It includes five categories: vehicles, colors, shapes & words from around the house. $4.99
0-5 Doodle Critter Math: Shapes

iOS 

 Interact and play with basic shapes. Various motivational activities will inspire your children! $2.99
0-5 Wee Sing ABC

iOS

 Sing your way through the alphabet! This app combines music, animals & instruments from A to Z. $2.99
2-5 Toca Life: Town

iOS

Android

 Kids rule in Toca Life: Town, a play world where anything and everyone is welcome! Free
2-5 Bunny Fun: Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes

iOS

 Get ready to sing, dance, create and learn on the iPad! $1.99
2-5 Felt Board – Mother Goose on the Loose

iOS

 This app offers fun, crisp graphics in each felt piece that can be placed, nursery rhymes to sing along with and musical instruments to play. This child-safe application offers children an engaging, multi-sensory approach to learning early literacy concepts. Free
2-5 Lingo Zoo

iOS 

 Your child will quickly pick up both written and spoken words with this animal jigsaw game. $0.99
2-5 Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame

iOS

Android

 Teaches kids to name their uncomfortable emotions and then prescribes a three-step process for dealing with those emotions. Free
2-5 Endless Numbers

iOS

 Kids will have a blast learning number recognition, sequences, quantity, numerical patterns, and simple addition with the adorable Endless monsters. Free
2-5 Montessori – Things that go together

iOS

 With the Montessori Things That Go Together app, you get six interactive workbooks and games to help your child develop their analytic and critical thinking skills. Free
3+ Team Umizoomi: Math Racer

iOS

Android

 Your child can customize and race their own car while enjoying fun pit stop math challenges so they can learn as they play! $4.99 – $6.99
3+ Little Writer

iOS

 Teaches upper and lowercase letter tracing, along with shapes and words. Free
3+ YouTube Kids

iOS

Android

 The official YouTube Kids app is designed for curious little minds to dive into a world of discovery, learning and entertainment. Free
3+ ABC Mouse Books

iOS

Android

 This is an original ABCmouse.com story intended to help your child learn to recognize and read simple words in the -en word family Free
3+ Toca Hair Salon 2

iOS

Android

 Operate hair salon in this free play game. Includes four characters and tools to creatively cut, color, and style hair, even beards. $2.99
3+ Endless Reader

iOS

 This app introduces sight words. Kids need to recognize these words by sight in order to achieve reading fluency. Kids will have a blast learning from the adorable Endless monsters. Free
4+ Blue Hat, Green HatiOS

Android

 Three earnest animals and one misguided turkey learn colors and clothes. $3.99
4+ Quiver- 3D coloring app

iOS

Android

 Color pictures and then animate them in the app. Requires special coloring sheets that you print out. Free
5-8 Marble Math JunioriOS Solve a variety of math problems by collecting numbers as you roll or drag your marble through a series of fun mazes. $2.99
7+ LEGO Movie MakeriOS Help your child bring their LEGO characters to life with the LEGO Movie Maker App. This fun, kid-friendly app brings the whole family together to create a custom LEGO stop-motion movie. Free
7+ MoMA Art LabiOS only Digital art activities inspired by works of art by Matisse, Calder, Murray, etc. Projects include sound compositions, shape poems, group drawing collaborations, chance collage and more. Free
8+ World of GooiOS
Android		 Physics-based puzzle game which features globs of goo that build and construct bridges and structures, among other objects, in a world of their own. $2.99-$4.99
12+ YALSA’s Teen Book Finder by American Library AssociationiOS only Reader Advisory app for teens, parents, librarians and library staff, educators. Includes access to past three years’ of YALSA’s awards and lists. Create reading lists & share picks on Facebook/Twitter. Free