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10 Fun and Educational Learning Apps for Kids

10 Fun and Educational Learning Apps for Kids

Supplement your kids schooling—whether it's online or in person—with these learning apps for kids that they'll love.


As parents face schooling challenges this fall, learning apps for kids can help support your child's learning through fun games and activities. The "COVID-slump" could become a reality as our kids figure out how to learn in new ways in the fall. Check out Common Sense Media's recommended list of math and reading learning apps for kids that won't feel like school to them but can help decrease that academic slump. 

Learning Apps for Elementary School Kids

PBS KIDS for Parents Play & Learn Engineering

Recommended ages: 3-4

This parent-child engagement tool was created in collaboration with early childhood experts and allows users to design and test roller coasters, use simple tools to problem solve their way through an obstacle course, build clever contraptions to deliver food to hungry animals, and construct boxy towers to rescue a kitten from a tree. 

Epic! - Kids’ Books and Videos 

Recommended ages: 4 and older 

A digital reading club for kids ages 2-12, which includes quizzes and learning videos, plus materials for parents. 

DIY.org 

Recommended ages: 5 and older

These inspired multimedia projects are not overtly academic, but reading and math skills are required for each challenge.  

Libby, by Overdrive 

Recommended ages: 5 and older

Get free and easy access to your local library's entire selection of digital kids (and adult) books. And for reluctant readers, there are audio versions available.  

DragonBox Big Numbers 

Recommended ages: 6 and older

Quirky games that require early elementary arithmetic so kids can practice math as they explore a virtual?world. 



Jump Numbers

Recommended ages: 6 and older

Kids jump between different math equations and techniques in an attempt to rescue an imaginary animal family. 

BrainPop Featured Movie

Recommended ages: 8 and older

Daily videos about a wide variety of topics, from Mars to Frida Kahlo, will get kids thinking—and hopefully lead to further exploration. 

Slice Fractions

Recommended ages: 9 and older

In this interactive game, kids slice though lava and ice to learn about fractions. 

RELATED: Where to Find the Best Math Videos for Kids

Learning Apps for Middle and High School Kids 

DragonBox Algebra 12+

Recommended ages: 12 and older

Designed by a math teacher, this game makes advanced algebra skills seem simple. (Other versions and levels are also available.)  

Jour-Guided Journaling

Recommended ages: 13 and older

A prompted journal-writing opportunity that encourages kids to reflect and write on their own. 

Teen & Adult Phonics Library

Recommended ages: 15 and older

For teens who struggle with reading or dyslexia, this app provides age-appropriate reading selections using decodable words.  

RELATED: Where to Find the Best Creative Writing Prompts for Kids

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Melissa Wickes

Author: Melissa Wickes is a graduate of Binghamton University and the NYU Summer Publishing Institute. She's written hundreds of articles to help New York parents make better decisions for their families. When she's not writing, you can find her eating pasta, playing guitar, or watching reality TV. See More

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