Kids Academy Apps Review

The kids and I spent a lazy Saturday morning doing some learning.

We sat on the couch together, pulled out the iPad and learned while playing games.

I love when my kids learn without even knowing it!

We cuddled and played around with 3 new games:

This app helps kids recognize their letters with tracing and games. It allows you to chose which letters you want to work on, uppercase or lowercase. While working on the letters it tells you a word that starts with that letter and then helps the child trace the letter showing where to start and where to draw the line. Then it gives your child the opportunity to trace the letter on their own. 

My 19 month old loved having moms help with this game in guiding her finger as she traced the letters. She loved the sounds and pictures the app made as she traced the letters.

My 4 year old enjoyed tracing the letters too but she enjoyed playing the other games more. Her favorite game was helping the doggy get through the mazes.

This app is also great for my 6 year old. He can recognize and write his letters so it was good for him to play with the other games it offers. He liked playing the game where you help the dog match the rhyming words.

This app has fun graphics that kids love interacting with. Our only problem was tracing and keeping your finger right where they wanted it to be (in the maze games, especially). 

This was my 4 year old's favorite game. Being a bug lover she loved tracing the numbers and collecting a jar of lightning bugs. 

As mom I like how the app says the number before the kids trace with their finger, so they are hearing the number, seeing the number and using their finger to trace the number. This app allows you to trace the same number a few times before moving onto the next number. My daughter would say the number while tracing it. As mom I also liked how it didn't just let her sloppily rub her finger across the iPad, it held her accountable for staying within the lines and tracing the number correctly.

Excellent app for your preschooler learning their numbers.

This app has both of the previous games plus more.

My 4 year old enjoyed playing around with the alphabet game. It introduces the uppercase and lowercase letter and then has pictures that begin with that letter that your child can click on. This game allows your child to hear the sound of each letter many times.