Ages 5+ · Digital Life · Games and apps
Apps made for kids
🧸made for kids🧑💼for grown-ups🪙coin: stop🙋ask a grown-up
Some apps are made for kids.The big ideaSome apps are made for kids and some for grown-ups. A grown-up picks and gets apps.
How it works
Some apps are made for kids, and some are made for grown-ups.
An app for kids is big and bright, with friendly pictures.
An app for grown-ups is plain, with tiny writing and many buttons.
A grown-up picks a new app and gets it.
Example 1: The counting game
- Ines had a counting game with a singing turtle.
- It was big and bright.
- It was made for kids.
Example 2: The plain app
- Another app was plain, with tiny writing and many little buttons.
- That app was made for grown-ups.
- Ines did not press the coin button and called Aunt Luz.
A coin on a button.Example 3: A new turtle game
- Ines asked for a new turtle game.
- Aunt Luz checked the sticker, which said it was for kids.
- Aunt Luz got it, and then Ines played.
A new app.Words to know
- made for kids
- An app that is big, bright and friendly.
- sticker
- A little label that tells who an app is for.
- ask first
- Check with a grown-up.
Watch out
- A coin on a button means stop and ask. It is not free, and it is not part of the game.
- A shiny picture that says, get this now, is not for tapping. Hold the tablet out to a grown-up.
- Do not get an app by yourself. A grown-up checks who it is made for.
- Nobody is in trouble for stopping and asking.
Try it
- An app has tiny writing and many buttons. Who is it for?
- Who picks and gets a new app?
- There is a coin on a button. What do you do?
- A shiny picture says get this now. What do you do?
Answers: 1. Grown-ups · 2. A grown-up · 3. Stop and ask a grown-up · 4. Show a grown-up
Try at homeLook at your apps with a grown-up. Ask which ones are made for kids.
For grown-upsLook at your child's apps together and ask which ones are made for kids; ask a grown-up to pick any new one.