iPad apps

StokedWifey

Okay, ladies.  We are breaking down and buying an iPad this weekend.  What are your favorite apps for the kiddos?

britbratjf

I don't let Dagny play with mine much but there are a bunch of free Fisher Price ones. And a music one called Storybots. She loves Doodle Buddy which is drawing. There are also some good Disney ones.

StokedWifey

britbratjf said:

I don't let Dagny play with mine much but there are a bunch of free Fisher Price ones. And a music one called Storybots. She loves Doodle Buddy which is drawing. There are also some good Disney ones.

I have the Fisher Price ones on my phone.  I'll look at the others.  Thanks!

singingirl96

There is one that my son likes called Sorting 3.  Only the first 3 levels are free.  He can only do level 1 by himself which baffles me since this is a 3+ app.  He loves it.

StokedWifey

KSKim said:

I second the pbs kids app.  Mine loves it even if he only listens to the opening songs of each show and he can control himself without much help from me.  We also have one called circle mania that is kind of fun.  It's a normal game, not for kids, and I play it also.  The fisher price are slightly different on the ipad than the phone.  Peekaboo Barn is also a favorite.  That is the only one I paid for. 

I'm in the "I don't see anything wrong with a little ipad time as long as it is not all the time and our only source of entertainment" camp. 

Same here.  Most days, he doesn't touch an electronic, but he's learned a lot of animals and letters with the apps we have on the other tablet and our phones.  

ThePinkSuperhero

Definitely look at the "Guided Access" feature, to lock LO into whatever app he's using at the time.

https://www.lifewithfingerprints.com/2013/05/child-proof-app-on-ipadiphone.html?m=1

StokedWifey

ThePinkSuperhero said:

Definitely look at the "Guided Access" feature, to lock LO into whatever app he's using at the time.

https://www.lifewithfingerprints.com/2013/05/child-proof-app-on-ipadiphone.html?m=1

That's exactly why we're going iPad instead of the other tablets.  We have a Verizon one, but he's obsessed with the home button and it doesn't have a guided access like feature.  He gets mad and ends up wanting our phones. ha