Strike, contact case, positive for Covid … you have to unexpectedly keep your children at home? Here are applications that will keep them usefully occupied during your telecommuting.
This is currently the double penalty for many parents: having to juggle teleworking and untimely trips back and forth between school and home to have children tested if they have been in contact, tested positive or even sent home because of absence of teachers (themselves sick or on strike). But how do you keep them busy between antigen tests and while you line up video meetings?
If they sometimes have homework to do and books to read, by some miracle, most of the time they finish their exercises and writing in the blink of an eye before wanting to throw themselves on the console or the television to watch the latest hot series til you thirst or spend the day on TikTok and tap YouTube videos. To prevent this, there are clever apps that will titillate your children’s neurons … while keeping them busy while you work.
Vocabulynx CP
Graphics that will appeal to children, a very easy-to-use application (long live autonomy), fun exercises to help children progress in a complex area: spelling and learning new vocabulary words. This lottery which allows you to improve your reading exists in 3 levels with 2 modes (reading or attention). Note that there are different apps depending on the school level (CP1, CP2, reading, CE2, etc.).
Available on Apple Store (€ 1.99) and Google play (free)
The Human Body – Tinybop
In this app, no word learning, no numbering exercises but an invitation to discover the human body. With its very well done and neat visuals, it allows children to discover all the details of the human body and the main functions. Designed for children aged 6 to 8, this is a great way to learn about anatomy for the first time.
Available on Apple Store (€ 3.99) and Android (7 days free then paid)
MyBlee Math
Learn to love math for 10 minutes a day? This is the bet of MyBlee Math, which is aimed at children from kindergarten to grade 6 (5 to 12 years old). Designed by teachers, they integrate the most famous teaching methods to facilitate the learning of math in a fun educational way. The app already has over a million downloads worldwide. A reference … free!
Available on App Store (iPad and iPhone)
DDay, The Odyssey
In this interactive experience dedicated to teens, immerse yourself in the discovery of the landing wrecks in a 3D universe. This application dedicated to the Normandy landings allows you to discover more about this major event of the Second World War. Designed as an adventure game, D-Day comprises different missions that we unlock one after the other in order to discover different facets of the landing. A mix of 3D games, archives and the discovery of scientific instruments, this “game” goes off the beaten track.
Available online on Chrome, Safari, Firefox …
The Solar System – Professor Astrocat
A cat, a jar on his head … you have the recipe for successful space exploration! With your child, he will go on an adventure to discover the solar system but also the stars, the principle of black holes, etc. A very beautiful graphics, a beautiful pedagogy and a touch of humor make this app a real crush. And this allows you to get out of classic learning apps. A side step on a rocket is also good.
Available on Apple Store (€ 3.99) and Android via Amazon ($ 3.99)
Florence Santrot is the editor of aufeminin. Geek and athletic, she has a particular appetite for tech and fitness / outdoor subjects. When she is not behind her screen, she runs …