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Carissa's App Picks for Kids

High-quality apps you can feel good about using with your child.

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View videos of Carissa's Top Five Picks for Apps in various categories.

Featured App

Reviewed on 7/31/23

With all of the hype about the recent Barbie movie, why not try out a Barbie coloring app?  In the free version of this app, users can color a limited number of Barbie illustrations (including a Barbie with an artificial leg and vitiligo). There's a wide variety of colors, tints and shades as...

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Reviewed on 2/15/16

Perfect for the construction site fanatic at your house! This app invites...

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Age group: Baby/toddler, Preschool
Reviewed on 1/18/16

A series of photos accompanied by text (nicely read by a child narrator and sprinkled with words from the local language) explore a day in the life of a child from one of five different countries. After your child hears about a day in the life of one of the featured kids, they are asked...

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Age group: Preschool, Grades K-2

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