ChoreMonster
Getting our kids to do their chores is probably one of the trickiest tasks for any parent. Kids just plain don’t want to do them. That, or they constantly forget. And honestly, who can blame them? Kids don’t mind it if their bed sheets are in a crumpled mess on the floor, or if their teeth rot from not being brushed regularly. And they’re too preoccupied with play and other fun activities to remember to do them in the first place.
Making chores fun and rewarding is key to getting your kids to build a habit of doing them. That’s what ChoreMaster is for.
ChoreMonster makes it easy for you to assign chores and provides incentives for your kids to do them. Whenever your kids complete a chore, they can log it to earn rewards. Kids are naturally competitive, and ChoreMonster uses that to encourage your kids to build positive habits.
PBS Parents Play & Learn
Keeping your kids entertained isn’t always a walk in the park. Sitting them in front of a TV or handing them your tablet or smartphone to play with is certainly convenient, but it isn’t the best parenting. That is, unless you can somehow make the experience educational for them.
PBS Parents made an app precisely for that purpose. PBS Parents Play & Learn provides more than a dozen mini-games that parents can play with their kids. Each mini-game is designed to build on your child’s natural curiosity and to encourage dialogue between you and your kids. PBS Parents Play & Learn can also help build early math and literacy skills in your child.
Canvsly
Kids draw a lot, which they should. Drawing is a fantastic way for kids to express their creativity. That said, it often becomes harder and harder for you, the parent, to keep track of your kids’ many drawings.
Canvsly is an iPhone app whose goal it is to encourage parents to photograph, save and share their children’s artwork. Your kids will each have their own profile, from which you can build galleries of their work.
Unlike Artkive, a similar app, Canvsly is more of a social experience. Family members and friends can view and then comment or like (“high-five”) your children’s art.
Dormi
Many recent products for baby monitoring allow you to access them through your smartphone or tablet. While that’s certainly very convenient, Dormi offers an even more simplified approach.
Instead of purchasing a baby monitor and connecting it to your smartphone or tablet, Dormi allows you to use any Android device to remotely monitor your baby’s room. In other words, if you have an old smartphone or tablet lying around, you can use it in place of a regular baby monitor. There’s also nothing stopping you from using your main device if you want to.
Previously audio-only, Dormi now offers video monitoring and a voice transmission feature too, and all for an incredibly competitive price compared to most traditional baby monitors.
PhotoMath
If you have a kid in grade or middle school, depending on how well you remember your arithmetic and algebra, helping them with their math homework can be a dreadful task, at least because you might feel a little embarrassed after.
PhotoMath can be a saving grace for those of us who can’t recall what their math teachers taught them or those of us who weren’t very good at it, to begin with.
Based on a very simple idea, PhotoMath lets you snap a picture of a math equation, and instantly solves it for you. But don’t worry, it also provides step-by-step instructions on how it got its answer, which makes explaining it to your kids a piece of cake.
Breathe, Think, Do With Sesame
Kids aren’t the most patient bunch and can easily get emotional when faced with a problem. While this is a normal part of growing up, it’s a habit that can easily carry over into adolescence or even adulthood.
Proactively teaching your kids how to face day-to-day challenges without them getting terribly upset is key to proper parenting. Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame is an app that helps you do just that.
Develop your child’s creativity and problem-solving skills with interactive challenges. This app will also teach your kids basic tips for keeping calm and cool, like taking deep breaths and counting. As a bonus, Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame also comes with a robust collection of resources for parents, with tips and strategies for using the app with kids.
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