New iPad Apps to Entertain Your Children during the Holidays

27 Dec 2010 | Apps | Ria Absin-Viente on Google+

Almost all of us think that Christmas is the time for the family members to stay together. This can be exciting, but hard when you have many children to handle.

To alleviate your little ones, here is a list of iPad apps that can help you to entertain your children during the holidays. These iPad applications for kids are expected to attract the attention of your children, and hopefully keep them in one place.

1. Sesame Street iPad app for children

Younger kids are more difficult to handle because of their tantrums. They are also the most stubborn creatures that don’t have worries in testing your patience.

To stop their energy level from increasing, give them the Sesame Street iPad app. This iPad application for kids will surely get their attention because of Grover’s interesting and effective narration.

Grover uses reverse psychology that is proven to work with younger kids. This app for iPad is intended to develop the reading and comprehension skills of you little ones.

2. Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Really Big Adventure

This is an entertaining app that will sell to audiences of any age. This is great for parents and kids’ bonding time.

This app will let you wander into the world of Sir Charlie, and will let you encounter terrible beasties and monstrous trees that can only be found in Sir Charlie’s world through the iPad application. It also includes coloring tasks that can develop the imagination of your children.

If you’re wondering on how to enunciate a word, you can touch it and actor Michael Moloney will read it for you. This app is based on Kristina Stephenson’s award winning book. It is available in the App Store for £2.99.

3. Guinness World Records: At Your Fingertips

You may want to make your older children stay during the holidays with this app for iPad. Guinness World Records: At Your Fingertips costs £2.99 has so much to offer when it comes to learning.

This app gives the young-adults access to thousands of world records that include photos and description for more effective learning. It will also work with more than one user. You can test their memories by asking questions on what they have learned or let them compete for the title of the fastest typist by letting them type the letters backwards.

This children’s application for iPad is enough to keep everyone busy and in place for hours.

4. Solar System for iPad

You and your children can explore the objects in our solar system without taking even a single step.

You can do the tour before bedtime with the Solar System app for your iPad. The app includes 150 pages of detailed information made more effective with colorful illustrations. This app is something you should purchase for your children. You can download it for £7.99.

5. Sky+ for iPad app

This is app is definitely intended for adults and not just their children because it’s not an entertainment app.

What it does is let you set up your recording remotely so you that you and your family can watch your favorite TV shows during the holidays. In addition, this app is free so there is no need to count on how much you’re going to spend this Christmas week.