20 of the Best Educational Apps for Preschoolers

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20 of the Best Educational Apps for Preschoolers

Are you looking for educational apps for young kids? There are so many apps for preschoolers to choosefrom, but how can you be sure they are any good? Here’s 20 of the best educational apps forpreschoolers, recommended by Mykidstime parents, that will entertain and educate your little ones.

1. GS Preschool Games

GS Preschool Games provides 20 colorful & engaging kids games designed tocover preschool basics, and includes games in Numbers, Alphabets, Shapes,Sizes and Colors. The games encourage kids to play at their own pace. Nowinning and no losing keep the kid enchanted with the experience of the game.Rewards and appreciation (lovely stickers) earned at the end of each gameboost the kids morale. Suited for 3-6 yrs.

Free on iTunes & Android

2. PBS Parents Play & Learn

This app is designed specifically for parents, but there are interactive games for the kids to enjoy. PBSParents Play & Learn provides more than a dozen games parents can play with their kids, each themedaround a familiar location – including at the grocery store, at home, in the kitchen, and many more. The appis designed to build on a child’s natural curiosity about his or her everyday world and to encourage dialogue

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3. Switch Zoo

Make new animals in Switch Zoo by switching the heads, legs and tails of 28diverse animals. You can also just shake your tablet to make animal fromrandom parts. Name the animals, write stories about them, and save them inyour collection, and also learn interesting facts about the animals in the zoo. It’ssimple to make your own “switcheroos” by clicking the animal buttons on thefence, so Switch Zoo is perfect for young players who haven’t learned to readyet.

Free on iTunes & Android – Tablet only.

4. Starfall Education Apps

The Starfall education apps are all worth considering(with apps for older kidstoo), but the Starfall Numbers and Starfall ABC apps are best suited forpreschoolers. In Starfall Numbers app, your child will learn to recognizenumber symbols and values by connecting them to real-world objects (such as1 sun, 5 fingers, and 10 toes), and can then apply these concepts with countinggames!

In Starfall ABCs children learn to recognise letters and develop skills that willensure they become confident leaders. All children, and especially Englishlanguage learners, benefit.

Starfall Numbers - iTunes & Android

Starfall ABCs – iTunes & Android

5. AniMatch – Animal Pairs & Sound Matching Game

With its super-cute animal graphics and funny animal sounds, AniMatch isperfect for kids, but loved and played by grown-ups as well, who often get it fortheir kids and then end up playing it themselves! AniMatch will keep your kidseducationally entertained, all the while developing their concentration, memory,and cognitive skills, and teaching them what sounds animals make. There areno complicated menus, making it perfect for all ages.

“My 3yr old son adores playing AniMatch – he thinks the funny animal soundsare hilarious!” – Janet

Available on iTunes & Android



6. Funbrain Jnr

Funbrain Jr. is a collection of unique and vibrant games for preschoolers andkindergarteners that helps jumpstart their journey of learning. Offering fiveseparate fun and engaging games, Funbrain Jr. introduces little learners toseveral important skills while they play. With the help of colorful and quirkyFunbrain Jr. characters, preschoolers will love practicing skills in early literacy,math, and problem solving.

Free on iTunes

7. Cars Memory Matching

Cars Memory Match 4 Kids is a fun and educational game for young kids,specially designed to be appropriate for autistic children. This free game helpsyour kids develop their IQ and improve their memory, as well as their cognitiveskills while matching 20 different transport vehicles and listening to theirpronunciations. Versions of this game also available in food and animal formats.


8. Fisher Price Apps

The Fisher Price range of apps for babies and toddlers, encourage learningthrough play – kids can learn their ABCs, Numbers, Shapes, Colours, AnimalSounds & Storybook Rhymes.

In Storybook Rhymes (Vol 1), there are dynamic characters, engaging music,songs, animations and two great classic stories: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe andItsy Bitsy Spider. There are 2 modes of play – Sing to Me is for younger baby,where narrator signs stories, and any touch advances content, and Read &Learn is for toddlers, where the narrator reads the stories and the interactive touch points reveal additionalanimated content.


9. PlayWorld Wiggles

A fun and easy-to-play Wiggles adventure for children age 3+. Kids can join theWiggles and friends as they travel through an interactive world filled with music,games, and Wiggly fun! Host a Wiggly birthday party, help Dorothy grow hergarden, search the beach with Captain Feathersword, and lots more greatadventures. Hours of fun for children with great educational value.

Free on iTunes

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10. Toca Town

From the makers of Toca Hair, and Toca Food, Toca Town is made for kids asyoung as 3 yet can capture the imagination of those much older. It’s filled withsurprises and exciting things to do – there are no limits, just fun! Explore TocaTown, buy some groceries, cook at the restaurant, head home – you decide.Kids can use their imaginations to create their own worlds, while discovering thetreasures of Toca Town, and interacting with everything.

“My 3 year olds loves the Toca Boca apps, especially Toca town. She lovesbuying the groceries best of all “- Sandra


11. The Monster At The End of This Book…Starring Grover

The Monster at the End of This Book enhances the classic Sesame Street bookwith a completely immersive experience that draws children right into the story.Join lovable, furry old Grover as he tries his very hardest to tie down pages andbuild brick walls— all to keep readers away from the monster at the end of thisbook. With interactive play, plus touch-point animation children will ask to readthis again and again.

Available on iTunes

12. Breathe, Think Do with Sesame

Best suited for 3-5 yrs, this bilingual (English and Spanish), research-based apphelps your child learn Sesame’s “Breathe, Think, Do” strategy for problem-solving. Tap and touch to help the monster friend take deep breaths, think ofplans, and try them out! Your child will enjoy silly animations and playfulinteractions as she is exposed to important emotional vocabulary, a calmbreathing technique, personalized encouragements, and more!


13. Beck & Bo

Beck and Bo is a fun educational app that is sure to engage your little kids in acreative way, while helping them build their early vocabulary. Follow theamazing adventures of Beck and Bo as they go on a train trip with their beloveddog, swim in the ocean with a giant whale, go on safari and run into noisygorillas, win prizes at the theme park and do a whole lot of exciting activities!


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14. Splingo’s Language Universe

An exceptionally high-quality, interactive game designed by Speech andLanguage Therapists/Pathologists to help children learn listening and languageskills. With thousands of different word and sentence possibilities, Splingo thealien’s spoken instructions will guide your child through a galaxy of languagelearning, helping them practice their listening and language skills. Kids will lovehelping Splingo build a space ship and complete the tasks in order to get himhome. His hilarious animated responses will capture your child’s imagination.

“My kids, 3 and 5, love Splingo’s Language Universe” – Erin


15. Dr. Panda’s Hospital

What kid doesn’t think about being a vet or doctor? Here’s their chance to helpDr. Panda take care of animals at Dr. Panda’s Hospital. Your child will greetdifferent animals in the waiting room, help them to their hospital beds, discoverand treat their ailments – all while learning sequencing! Dr. Panda’s Hospital isideal for kids ages 2 – 6 that are naturally curious about basic medicalprocedures and anatomy.

There is a Lite version of this app available free, with 3 of the minigames, soyou can try the app before deciding to purchase.


16. LEGO® Juniors Create & Cruise

In LEGO® Juniors Create & Cruise, children age 4-7 can use their imaginationto create their very own LEGO® vehicles and minifigures. Create & Cruiseprovides plenty of inspiration for real-life LEGO® builds and imaginative playscenarios you can talk to your child about – like why the pretty princess isdriving a police car that has legs instead of wheels.


17. LetterSchool

LetterSchool is an amazing, intuitive game to learn all about letters andnumbers: writing, counting, phonics and more, and has been muchpraised. Recommended for ages 3–7. Kids practice essential skills as they playfour exciting games per letter/number. In INTRO, discover the letter’s shape,name and sound; TAP, learn where to start, change direction and finish bytapping the dots; TRACE, learn the letter trajectory by tracing it;WRITE, testyour knowledge by writing from memory

There is a Lite/Free version available, with all the features of the full version fora subset of letters and numbers.




18. LEGO® DUPLO® Food

The LEGO® Duplo apps appeal to toddlers, and are free. In DUPLO Food, yourchild will build ice creams, cakes and burgers for the store’s friendly customers– and be rewarded for getting the order just right. It focusses on matching thecustomer’s order by trial and error, and helps the early development of yourchild’s reasoning skills. Preschoolers can learn about shapes and colors hands-on, and improve their fine motor skill development.


19. The Lonely Beast ABC

The Lonely Beast ABC is an alphabet adventure from the world of Chris Judge’smuch loved children’s book, The Lonely Beast. It’s got easy, no-fuss controls,simple interactions and lots of funny stuff to keep your little one giggling whilethey learn.

If you’re a fan of Chris Judge’s books, then you and your little one will love thisapp.

Available on iTunes

20. Richard Scarry’s Busytown

If your child is a fan of the Richard Scarry book series, then they will loveRichard Scarry’s Busytown app – the memorable storybook world, filled withadorable animal families, outrageous pickle cars, and endless items to discoverand examine! Join Huckle Cat, and find Goldbug, in this imaginative andinteractive picture book. Each scene and mission will be different every time youplay, and curiosity pays off!

Available on iTunes

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