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Cool iPhone App’s for Toddlers: Critical Matter’s ABC Animals
After recently featuring the Peekaboo Farm and Peekaboo Wild app’s, I got tipped off by BG reader Zoe about ABC Animals by Critical Matters.
“Our 2 year old loves ABC Animals (not to be confused with any that have phonics in the title) by Critical Matter. Really enticing graphics, speaks the letter with an animal and makes the animal sound. The best bit, is a double tap turns the card over and allows them to practice writing the letter. Brilliant. Obviously with the 2 year old it is more and excuse to scribble on the phone!”
The bambino, who seems to think that both of her parents iPhones belong to her, also took an instant liking to this app for pretty much the same reasons. The big eyed animals are adorable including a couple of quirky choices like ‘vampire bat’ and ‘unicorn’, with some of the animals changing on their next turn to keep it fresh and interesting. It’s intuitively designed so that they can scroll between cards and has great appeal for both younger and older toddlers – we likey this a lot!
£1.19 and also available for the iPod Touch.
Thanks to Zoe for the tip off who you can follow on Twitter.
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Tagged iPhone apps for preschoolers, iPhone apps for toddlers
Sophie MillerDecember 22, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Oh I LOVE this….. Brilliant!
Claire LancasterDecember 28, 2009 at 9:36 pm
I have a couple of iPhone apps for my 2.5 year old plays with them, really useful if stuck in a queue somewhere with no toys & a requirement to entertain toddler! I am pretty sure all mine were free apps too – I have Hatch by Grocery Store Games at Phodder.com, kids have to tap the egg to crack it and inside is an animal, thats it easy as but my H loves it! I have also have “Colours” by Toddler Teasers and also “Shapes” by the same people – this presents different colours or shapes and asks the child to pick the “blue one” or the “square” etc. when they get it right they get a round of applause and then get to pick a sticker and put it on the page. I also have Bug Squash by Faster Than Monkeys – bugs crawl across the screen and you guessed it the toddler has to the squash them!
NatalieJanuary 4, 2010 at 3:39 pmAuthor
These are excellent! Downloaded all and will feature and credit you with the tip off
tcDecember 28, 2009 at 10:22 pm
Oh, this is fab. Have to get some apps uploaded to DHs iphone immediately, so he can entertain them when we out together
The hedgepigDecember 29, 2009 at 12:09 am
Yey Jack loves this app and is particularly useful for car journeys or restaurants! It never ceases to amaze me though watching my 3 year old work my iphone – scary!
So yep this app is well worth it – when hes not using that hes asking me for the Barclaycard waterslide advert on YouTube!!
JoanneJanuary 7, 2010 at 10:09 pm
These are great! I’ve also got Crayon Doodle which is a simple drawing app which keeps the 4yo amused.
JoanneJanuary 9, 2010 at 8:34 pm
I’ve also downloaded “Preschool Music” (by 3DAl) which both my 18mo and 4yo love – the singing sheep are the 18mo’s favourite (and always make me laugh), and my 4yo likes the percussion fish. Can’t remember how much this was, but it’s been well worth it so far!
NatalieJanuary 12, 2010 at 11:10 amAuthor
Ooh another one! My list is growing rapidly! Look out for forthcoming reviews and of course you shall be credited with the find