IPhone Applications that Are Best at Keeping Your Kids Active and Smart

Have you ever been driving and your kid gets your phone and start pushing buttons, and the next thing you know the police are on the phone asking who you are? These iPhone apps will have your kids doing constructive activities, that will keep them busy for hours, giving you the peace of mind to drive and get to your destination. Check out these great phone apps for children and enjoy.

1. Dictionary.com

When you don't have time to look through a dictionary and you want to have a light load going back and forth to school, then your solution is right here. The Dictionary.com program will have your young school student finding words with a breeze. Included is a thesaurus that will help the intelligent kid become brighter with the various words he can use to replace the one he is looking up, the application is free.

2. iPlayPhone, ages 2 and up

This application is a great child phone app, and is a safe way to allow your child to play with your phone without them incurring phone fees. iPlayPhone looks just like a regular phone with a dial pad, there is a large push button that looks like phone buttons too. Get the application started and watch them talk to their Grandparents for the simple price of $.99.

3. CourseSmart

CourseSmart allows you to view textbooks of thousands of titles for class. There are thousands of books to view through your iPhone and it's all for free. The textbooks on the phone are almost half of what the hard copy would cost you, and the best part is that you don't have to carry those heavy books to class. One day all the schools will have books on tablets for students, which will help with transportation, and just getting around campus.

4. Graphing Calculator

This Graphing Calculator is perfect for graphing multiply problems and providing them to friends through emails. Your kid can't go wrong with this one, now they will be able to compete in math and other graphing classes. If I would have had this one in geometry I would have been an A student. For ninety nine cents that's about ninety eight dollars less than the other stand alone calculators, this is a steal.

5. iTot Toddler Flashcards, ages 1-4

If you're looking for that fun flashcard environment yet not have to carry all those cards and pick up a mess, then the iTot Toddler Flashcards is a great phone app for children. The game teaches the names of animals, foods, alphabets, numbers and a host of other well know objects that kids see on a regular basis. There are hundreds of cards to view in this iPhone Application. This program supports French and Spanish languages that will have your kid speaking multiply foreign languages. The price is just ninety-nine cents.

6. MyHomework

Every year my son misplaces his homework or forgets an assignment. MyHomework will keep the parent and kid aligned and on point with a computer based app that syncs with MyHomework. My son got a C in one class because we didn't know the poster board had a guide line on how the teacher wanted it done. With MyHomework you can know ahead of time and also put color codes on due dates. Don't let your kid miss another assignment, free to use this app.

7. Documents to Go

Every leave your paper at home and didn't know what class was next. Now you have Documents to Go to help you spend less time and paper. You can easily put your information into your phone for easy storage and recall whenever you need the information. The cost of this app which you can also make and edit MS word documents is $4.99. It allows you to view PDF, Microsoft Office, and a host of other formats. This is a must have for the iPhone, your kids will lose their head, but with this app you can always stay on top of things for them.

8. Wikipanion

I love Wikipedia for the computer at home now they have it for the iPhone, which is a great tool for your growing child. This great phone app is better than the rest because it can show your young Einstein more than just the definition, but the origin of the word, who uses it, and various other facts about the word. This is surly an app that will put your child ahead of the class, best of all its free.

9. Memory Match for ages 4 and up

My daughters love playing the board game of memory with all the pieces scattered throughout the house, this game is the one that will eliminate the clean up and have your kids memory's sharp. Memory Match great phone app for kids because it gives your kids points for remembering the matching pieces, which can lead to hours of fun play for them, especially if you have two close in age that love to compete, you can order it for $1.99.

10. Color Me

This is great coloring book on the iPhone that will have your kids coloring for hours at a time. When your kid finish coloring just shake the screen and its back to normal. One swipe of the finger and your kid becomes Picasso. Save the art work and put it on your screen or print it and put it on your refrigerator. For $.99 cents this is a steal that will keep your kids happy on those long road trips.