My three year old nephew, knows how to use the iPad and lets us know if we don’t do something correct. He is playing the game called Jurassic Park builder on the iPad with my mom, his grandma. He is crazy about dinosaurs and Dinosaur Train. He knows all of their names and then some. With the game he is learning how to save money, buy things with the money he has, send gifts to his Great Uncle and cousins, time management and sharing what all the dinosaurs are with his Grandma. He has tons of books he reads about dinosaurs as well. This is his special time with Grandma on the iPad and it is educational as well. Technology definitely brings a new layer of learning for my nephew and all of us.
Over at the blog, Fun A Day, from Mary Catherine, has such fun ideas to have fun and learning each day with kids. I discovered the one called
4 Cool Ways to Use Technology with Kids! it is from Ellie from Creative Geekery and shares 4 awesome apps to use with kids!
There is an app for the daytime, night time and 2 for indoor play.
Daytime– Get them outside and go letterboxing!
BoxFinder. Have you ever tried letterboxing? Super fun way to get the kiddos out into the wilderness on a bit of a scavenger hunt. If you aren’t sure what it is, read more here. This summer, my kiddos and I will be creating our own letterboxing stamps as part of our bucket list challenge. To read more about our summer bucket list, click here!