6 Educational apps guaranteed to help your children with their schoolwork

Here are a few apps to help your child develop important skills in a fun way.

January 16, 2018

FC Pelser 2 minutes read

In a world where technology is ever changing, children hold the whole world in their hands and can access a wide range of knowledge with the touch of a button.

Here are a few apps to help your child develop important skills in a fun way by playing games and interacting with creative, colourful characters to guide them through their schoolwork or to prepare your preschooler for primary school.

1. Elmo Loves 123’s

– is a fun app for ages five and under where children learn to develop their math skills by playing number games with the beloved characters Neno (Elmo) and Zuzu (Abby Cadabby) from the popular program Takalane Sesame. Elmo loves 123’s can be downloaded on iTunes.

2. Fish School HD

– is an interactive game for preschool children that helps develop knowledge of numbers, shapes and colours, by playing around under the sea. Fish School HD can be purchased for your smartphone on iTunes.

3. Alfabetpret, Dieretuinpret, Skryfpret, Sigwoordepret and Hoofletterpret

– are Afrikaans apps developed by Solidariteit Helpende Hand to help pre- and primary school children develop word skills, writing abilities and their knowledge about animals. To download the apps free visit leesapp.co.za

4. U Talk classic Learn Zulu

– is an easy to use app developed by iTunes to help students and adults alike to learn the Zulu language by developing vocabulary and doing word excersizes.

5. Flow Free

– is a puzzle game that can keep children and adults entertained for hours while developing cognitive skills. The aim of the game is easy; match up different coloured dots to form a line. Sounds easy enough. The catch is that the coloured lines cannot cross and the puzzles increase in difficulty the longer you play. Flow Free can be downloaded for Android, iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

6. Endless Reader

– uses cool graphics and fun word puzzles that enable children to read words, sentences and paragraphs as they are playing. Download Endless Reader free for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.