Teaching Your Child About Space
Your child is probably fascinated by space and imagines exploring the planets. Encouraging your child to learn about the solar system is educational. Use these informative apps to help him navigate there! He can imagine himself as an astronaut as he browses through images and watches films about the solar system.
Explorium — Space for KidsExplorium — Space for Kids is perfect for little astronauts ages six and older who want to learn about science and astronomy. Your child will get to travel through the stars with Alex and Alice. As he discovers the most astonishing wonders, he will learn astronomical facts, be challenged with mini-games, and encouraged to be a space hero!
Jetpack Journeys: Astronaut TrainerJetpack Journeys: Astronaut Trainer will blast off children four years and older right into space. Your child gets to navigate different planets in a space shuttle and learn more about the order of the planets. The app offers five mini-games that will train little ones how to be astronauts candidates.
Cosmographia For ages four and older, Cosmographia is considered one of the best stimulating apps for children to navigate the solar system and experience interplanetary missions. With this app, your child will be able to track the current positions of the International Space Station.
Interactive Minds: Solar System — LiteAvailable on iTunes, Interactive Minds: Solar System — Lite is a perfect way to experience space in a very hands-on way! The app is an interactive science book that includes 18 pages, information on spacecraft missions, images of planets, and many videos. Learn all about planet orbit speeds, the Milky Way, and the history of space exploration.
Kids Discover SpaceKids Discover Space is a fun app that teaches all about stars, black holes, early astronomers, the Sun and its core, shutters, rockets, and so much more! It offers so much to children ages four and older, including hundreds of fascinating facts, more than 200 photographs, interactive diagrams, space race memory game, user-controlled spacewalk, read-aloud narration, and optimized graphics.
NASAWhat better way to learn about space than from NASA itself? America’s space agency offers an educational app that provides children with so much information. Your child can view more than 14,000 images, watch videos, read the latest news and stories, and watch NASA TV live! The activities will blow your child’s mind and make them ready to leave Earth!
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