Please recommend child friendly / educational apps

[Lu Lu]

So we've bitten the bullet and got an iPad, but part of me being able to sell it to DH was that we can gets some apps to help J at school. He specifically needs some help with his reading.

Ive hunted around and just can't see anything that wil work and the descriptions on some things are too difficult to tell. I don't mind paying for really good apps but I don't want to buy loads of not great ones.

So, can anyone recommend any apps for kids, particularly educational ones?

[cheeky_biscuit]

How old is your eldest?
Monkey lunchbox is good for pre-schoolers
Maths bingo is great from simple addition to lOng-division.
Cut the rope is a logic one not totally educational but gets them thinking - same with angry birds.

[cheeky_biscuit]

Sparklefish is a fun story telling one - it gets them used to words like verb, adjective etc.
Textropolis & fishtropolis are good for kids and adults - making words from a city name or fish.
We also have lots of barbie, angelina & make up girls stuff on the iPod but your boys might not like it - There's a donut game that dd2 (4.5) likes where she makes and decorates virtual donuts.

[Elvisola]

Superwhy is a good reading one

[RealGoneKid]

Hairy letters is good for letter formation and cvc spellings and Scribblenauts is a good game for logic and spelling of longer words.

[Lu Lu]

Thanks for the replies all. J is 5 now.

I am going to have a look at all the ones you have suggested tonight.