Best iPad apps for kids
With its big screen and hundreds of thousands of apps, the iPad's like candy for kids--but finding apps that are age- and content-appropriate is the challenge. Here are the most educational and toddler-friendly apps some CNET editor-dads have found.
Great iPad digital books for kids
It's the time of year where we spread some family cheer, and share some of our favorite children-friendly iPad apps to keep your little ones entertained this holiday.
Editors' note: This post originally ran May 16, 2011 and was updated on December 21, 2011.Among the iPad's catalog of hundreds of thousands of apps there are a dizzying number of ones targeted at children--everything from interactive storybooks to learning apps to games. The question, as always, is finding the apps that are best for you (or, in this case, your kids).
That's where we come in. With the help of our sons, both 3 years old, we've sorted through dozens of these child-centric apps and have separated the wheat from the chaff.
We originally ran this story for Father's Day, and have since updated it for the Christmas season. New to this list is The Amazing Spider-Man: An Origin Story, Don't Let The Pigeon Run This App!, Beauty and the Beast Storybook Deluxe, Another Monster at the End of This Book, The Truly Great Noodle, and JibJab Jr. Books.
We hope you and your young ones enjoy them as much as ours did. Please feel free to recommend any apps we missed in the comments below, and happy holidays!
