Winter and rainy days are fast approaching, or are already here for some… If you have already turned on the heating and you no longer have any ideas on how to keep your children occupied, here is a selection of intelligent applications that will distract them.
After the drawing workshop, the board games and the baking of cakes, you no longer know how to keep the children occupied during the rainy days. You also don’t want to see them glued to their smartphone or tablet all day and yet, they keep asking you for screens. Why not mix business with pleasure, thanks to this selection of 6 fun and intelligent applications.
Fun and intelligent digital activities with GCompris
GCompris is a 100% free, open source and ad-free application that offers different educational activities to children aged 2 to 10. The platform offers numerous thematic mini-games that adapt according to the child’s age: logic, fine arts, music, experimentation, history, geography, numbering, arithmetic, measurements, letters, words, vocabulary, etc.
They thus allow you to deepen knowledge, discover new concepts, test logic, and exercise memory, without the child even realizing it.
Programming while having fun with Scratch and ScratchJr
Scratch, for young people aged 8 to 16, and ScratchJr, for children under 8, is a platform for learning programming and computer development. It allows them to design interactive stories, video games and the movement of virtual “robot”, using a simple drag and drop of blocks.
They can thus create animated stories with characters, settings and sounds that they have personalized and whose actions, movements and dialogues they have programmed.
For Scratch, adolescents will also be faced with more complex problems to solve, but will also benefit from an online collaborative space, in which they will have the opportunity to share their creations.
Learn a language through songs with Lirica
Do your children love music and you also want them to work on their English? Lirica allows you to combine these 2 wishes in a single application. It thus offers its users the opportunity to learn English through Anglo-Saxon songs.
The songs provide rhythm, melody and story, which makes learning the language easier. They can thus sing and memorize lyrics, work on pronunciation and vocabulary without realizing it.
Listen to stories and play with Applaydu
Applaydu offers a wide range of fun and interactive activities, specially designed to awaken children’s creativity and curiosity. Through thematic islands, children can invent their own stories, take care of virtual animals, learn to preserve the environment, explore augmented reality worlds and many other experiences.
The app promotes the development of key skills such as logic, problem solving, memory, concentration, coordination and creativity. For younger children, Applaydu also offers listening to stories, ideal for quiet time.
Learn to play an instrument with Piano kids
Why not try developing your children’s musical sensitivity with a musical instrument app? Piano Kids can meet your expectations, and contrary to what its title suggests, this application is not focused only on the piano. Children can test several types of instruments, play songs, discover sounds and develop their musical creativity.
It also uses their memory by memorizing sequences of sounds to reproduce and their sensory abilities to compose their own pieces. They can even listen to and play popular songs by following the notes on the screen.
Building with Block Craft 3D
Does your child have the soul of a builder? He fills Kapla’s house and builds all kinds of structures with Lego? Open the doors to 3-dimensional construction with Block Craft 3D. He will be able to design buildings, towns, villages, but also furniture and all kinds of accessories. Many customization options are available and a collaborative space allows him to share his creations and discover what others have imagined. And to reinforce the fun side, he can also interact with living things by adopting pets, whether dogs or elephants, but also dragons.
