Joyful Education: Educational Apps for Kids During the Christmas Season

Educational Apps for Kids During the Christmas Season

Christmas is fast approaching, and the breeze feels cold. It is only appropriate for people to begin to get ready and prepared for it.

Children should not be left out of the plan; parents should keep them constantly engaged with educational activities that will help their brains be active throughout the holidays.

If you are clueless about what apps to engage them with at home, this article will provide you with carefully scrutinized mobile apps suitable for your kids and toddlers.

Many families are beginning to stock their houses with a lot of goodies, snacks, drinks, and meat for that period. School teachers too will be occupied with their families and will not like to miss out on the fun to dedicate time to teach your kids.

Kids, on the other hand, shouldn’t be left to while away their time; rather, their brains should be constantly refreshed.

Kids, especially toddlers who are not old enough to take up chores around the house, should bathe, eat, play, sleep, and use the apps below, while the older kids should add chores to the list. That way, parents will have free time to also have fun this season.

The seven apps below will provide your oldest and youngest kids with the adequate educational content that they need for the Christmas holidays. 

Educational Apps for Kids During the Christmas Season

Learn to Read: Kids Game

It can be difficult for toddlers and preschool kids to learn how to read and properly understand words without pictorial illustrations.

This app made the effort you put in to make them call out words easier by incorporating sight word games, which are the foundation of reading and identifying phonic sounds. 

Kids will get to fill in missing letters by dragging the correct letter tiles to complete the blank spaces, listen to and match letters on sight word balloons,  and create sentences on their own. The game offers different levels, ranging from pre-k to grade 2. 

This app will greatly enrich your little child’s ability to recognize and pronounce words based on cues. It is an all-free app and only requires updating at intervals.

123 Numbers – Count & Tracing

123 Numbers app is designed to help young children play while learning. It is the best counting app featuring number matching, filling blank spaces, and tracing.

Children will have to trace the shapes of numbers with an arrow guide, a number will be displayed at the top of the screen and kids will be required to match the numbers below on the balloon with the one at the top, and also count several objects displayed on the screen.

There is no way those little children will not love the fancy graphics and blooming colors.

It is highly annoying to always encounter ads or in-app purchases when surfing an app so the creators of this app made it devoid of all of those, it is free and can be customized by parents.

Writing Wizard – Learn Letters

Does your kid know how to properly write? I mean even being able to outline a faint letter in a book. If not, then Writing Wizard can help. You do not need a book as faint letters will be displayed on the screen for them to sketch.

This app is used in many schools and is teacher-approved, kids get to learn how to write the block and small letters of the English alphabet, write numbers and phonic sounds, and trace shapes.

At the end of every learning activity, kids are then allowed to play games. Isn’t it awesome how they can become so engrossed with this app? There is a free and premium version of this app.

Baby Game for 2, 3, 4 Year Old

The baby game is designed for kids 2 to 5 years old. It is very kid-friendly and parents may not need any supervision. Additionally, this wonder app is free, like absolutely free.

Kids can hunt for treasure in an underwater theme, color objects, trace letters, match shapes, and a lot more.

Baby game features stunning animation and cartoon characters, and builds children’s fine motor skills at a tender age. There is more to this game for you to find out, it is available on every platform.

uLesson Educational App

If you have an older child/children preparing for a first school leaving exams or any national examination, the uLesson Educational App is best suitable for the event.

The platform has the best teachers who make learning fun and interactive.

Subjects like mathematics, basic science, physics, and biology are featured in the app. Children get to have their assignments and tests sorted out with uLesson Educational app.

Text messages are sent to parents every week to inform them of their children’s performances. It is commonly created for primary, Junior, and senior secondary children.

Sign up your child to join the multiple users exploring this app. A device with a minimum of 2 GB RAM is recommended for an exclusive learning experience, also this app only requires you to download and start using it as it is free.

Math & Science Tutor – Algebra

I will categorically agree with any child finding mathematics difficult, teachers sometimes may not like to come down to everyone’s level of understanding. This holiday should be used to thrash that issue.

Math & Science Tutor has over one thousand videos to tutor children on algebra, calculus, physics chemistry, basic mathematics, and Java programming languages.

Teachers carefully solve problems step by step and students are necessitated to do the same in the quizzes and exams.

This app can let you mark your favorite lessons and probably share them with friends on social media.

Most lessons on this app are free but with $19.99 monthly, your child can access all the videos on the platform and the the subscription automatically renews monthly.

Accave Educational Learning

The lessons taught on Accave Educational Learning were taken from the national standard curriculum and are designed for junior and senior secondary scholars.

There are fewer notes to help students remember what they are taught and quizzes are dished out after every lesson to keep the memory retentive.

The Accave Educational Learning was released in 2022, updated in October 2023, and has about one thousand downloaders. It is available to Android and iPhone users.

Final words

Learning never ends and shouldn’t break. After you have had the apps above installed on your phone and have engaged your kids to it, this holiday will be enjoyable and merry for you.

You will have time for a lot of newer and fun activities aside from being with the children all the time.

The children too will have their brains completely refreshed and won’t excrete what had been taught in school alongside Christmas Eve’s delicacies.

Remember, being a parent doesn’t make you anti-fun, you have every right to enjoy and still be good parents.

As a parent or guardian, if you have cartoon or educational apps that are capable of keeping kids busy for you to be busy, kindly state them in the comment section.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I balance screen time and other activities for kids?

Most apps have parental control over them, you get to set the duration of time kids will be on the screen and after the time elapses, the app closes. 

Are there Virtual Classes to keep Kids entertained?

Yes, there are a lot of apps above like the Writing Wizards and 123 Numbers are most suitable to make them learn and be entertained simultaneously.

What to do if my baby doesn’t find the kid’s app enjoyable?

Do not give up when you find out they don’t enjoy or understand what’s going on on that screen. Constantly playing children’s songs from apps like Baby Shark Kids songs with highly bright and colorful animation, and also nice sharp tunes will eventually make them listen.

What board games and puzzles are suitable for kids?

I know about three board games that kids can find really enjoyable; Scrabble, monopoly, and chess are age-appropriate for children.