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"Top Apps for Kids\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlaySquare: Tactile TV \n\nKids like to touch, and that goes double for screens.  PlaySquare is all about touching, tapping and dragging, with a colorful cast of animated characters.  Kids are encouraged to morph letters into an active world of words. Emmy Award-winning kids' TV producers created this app and dubbed it \u201Ctouchable TV.\"\nTry an episode for free. \nFor ages: 3 to 6Available on: iPad onlyCost: Free trial\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore \n\nThis isn\u2019t an app; it\u2019s an app-experience! MoonBot Studios won an Oscar for its short animation of the same story, and it\u2019s also available as a picture book. The app relies on clever interaction to move the story forward, from making sounds, to tapping, to tilting. A $0.99 add-on app provides another level of augmented reality, allowing you to take photos of the book\u2019s pages with your phone and explore the world of Morris Lessmore. The app is his journey through the magic of words and books. MoonBot has the cleverest use of multiple mediums ever. \nFor ages: 4+Available on: iPad only Cost: $4.99 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlayrific: A Channel for Kids to Call Their Own\n\nIf you\u2019re the parent who thinks picking an app is harder than picking up Legos, let a reputable source do the picking for you. Playrific doesn\u2019t create apps. It gathers them and offers them to parents as a channel. Well-curated and well-presented, the offerings change weekly so your children remain entertained and their play is tracked so you can see where their interests and explorations take them. I call it YouTube for kids.\nFor ages: 4+Available on: iOS and AndroidCost: Free\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCrowdsourced Play: Blu and SuperFugu\n\n\nBlu is Wemo\u2019s web-based world of underwater exploration and creation. The company calls it crowdsourced play. Its creatures are made by its community and together they explore the underwater habitat based on a very smart AI engine.\nThis week the company launches its first app for kids, SuperFugu HD. The app provides a luscious world for young explorers of the sea. Kids play the part of their fish, and it responds accordingly \u2014 eating things it should and staying away from dangerous predators. Kids can increase their fish\u2019s power as they play through levels and learn to maneuver.  SuperFugu is free, but you can pay to explore further.  This app makes simple for parents to choose everything from allowance levels to how long to play.\nFor ages: 6 to 12 for The Blue; 4+ for SuperFuguAvailable on: iOSCost: Free\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTinyTap Lets You Create Your Own Games\n\nFor parents tired of being uninvolved spectators while kids play with their electronic friends, there\u2019s Tiny Tap. It\u2019s easy to use, and you can create your own games using photos and the web. Then, add a few taps, music, colors and words. Matching games? Travel in the games? Point to your nose? Choosing good foods? These are some of the simple activities parents and kids have enjoyed for years, and TinyTap makes it easy to make, play and preserve such games. Feeling lazy? Go play another family\u2019s creation at the TinyTap app store. The app is downloadable for free but you\u2019ll pay $0.99 to download an app from the TinyTap store. \nFor ages: 4+Available on: iOSCost: Free\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEntertaining distractions for kids have come a long way since the early days of Concentration and Connect the Dots. That\u2019s especially true if you\u2019re an iPad user. \nTake a look at these masterpieces that highlight some game-changing graphics interaction and even how you buy them. You'll find apps that create a full TV-like interactive channel, encourage parents and kids to build and share games, use augmented reality and are produced by animators with award-winning pedigrees, heralding a new generation of kids' apps. \nSEE ALSO: The Top Apps for Kids Every Week\n\nThey might cost you as much as a Starbucks latte, but they are much more satisfying. What are your kids' favorite apps?\nImage via Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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