Top 3 apps to help children develop comprehensively

While many of these may be a dream come true for educators, the dizzying array of choices is also a nightmare. Teachers just don’t have time to filter through thousands of apps to find the one that works best for the needs of their students. To help, we started to create curated lists of the best apps in a variety of education related categories. In this installment, we will present the best apps for kids in preschool.

3 apps to help children develop comprehensively

Emoface Play & Learn Emotions

Emoface Play & Learn Emotions is a safe and educational application for learning emotions with the help of 3D emotional avatars.

The tool for discovering and learning about emotions

Emoface Play & Learn Emotions is a safe and educational application for learning emotions with the help of 3D emotional avatars.

Explore the 6 basic emotions (joy, anger, fear, sadness, surprise, disgust) by going from facial expressions to social contexts.

The application allows you to:

Discover the emotional repertoire,

Explore facial expressions,

Unravel the various clues on the face.

The learner can then practice identifying, understanding, naming and reproducing facial expressions of emotions.

On second thought

What if you saw more smiles and less frowns when you ask your child, What happened in school today? Your child spends a lot of time in school, interacting with teachers, friends and classmates and in turn, has many thoughts about the things (situations) that happen in the classroom (e.g. The teacher didn't call on me so I know she doesn't think I'm smart), in the lunchroom (e.g. Susan didn't save me a seat because no one likes me.) and on the playground (e.g. Brian didn't pick me to be on his team so I know that I must be a horrible baseball player.). Look again at these examples and you will see that each situation is followed by a thought. In these examples, each thought is irrational.

Smiling Mind

Smiling Mind is a FREE mindfulness meditation app developed by psychologists and educators to help bring balance to your life.

Just as we eat well and stay fit to keep our body healthy, mindfulness meditation is about mental health and looking after the mind. Our programs are designed to assist people in dealing with the pressure, stress, and challenges of daily life.

Smiling Mind has dedicated sleep programs for Adults, Kids & Teens. Use these when winding down at night to assist with both getting to sleep and improving overall sleep quality.

Listen to meditations as guided by smooth and calming voices. Smiling Mind includes a number of meditations in Indigenous Australian languages (Kriol, Ngaanyatjarra & Pitjantjatjara).