Interesting how quickly technology has become integrated into children's early learning these days. A new study from the Joan Ganz Cooney at Sesame Workshop looked at educational apps for young kids. Where in 2009 just under half of the top-selling educational apps were aimed at preschoolers or elementary school kids, now 72% are targeted at them. "The percentage of apps for children has risen in every age category, accompanied by a decrease in apps for adults." Interesting.
Now, of course, we here at TVOParents (in the spirit of open disclosure), are intrigued since our colleagues over at TVOKids work their digital fingers to the bone to create games and apps that are all aimed at helping children learn - all tested at the teacher and classroom level, all of them starting with the learning objectives of the Ontario curriculum.
And...fun. Yup. There. I said it. Fun.
