This week is all about play. First, kids can explore six different digital playgrounds, draw, mix, create and play with the remarkable Pok Pok Playroom. Then they can tap out a tune with Edura Music. Finally, they can learn to draw all manner of fun, strange, and colorful creatures with the Art for Kids YouTube channel.
Garry Froehlich
Jellybean Tunes
Pok Pok Playroom
by Pok Pok
Enter a world of toys and exploration with Pok Pok Playroom. The playroom currently comes with six toy sets, some conventional, some unusual, with the promise of more to come. Kids can draw, play with an extensive town full of people and vehicles, see things from around the world, play with mix and match dolls, flip switches and press buttons to their hearts content, and play in a flat physics playground full of shapes. All toys use simple and bright colors against a white background, giving them a very clean look. There are no instructions or language of any kind; kids are simply free to explore and play. Pok Pok Playroom is exactly what it says, a digital playground for young kids. Everything about the app feels well-designed and high quality. A two week free trial is available, with monthly or yearly subscriptions required to continue using the app.
Edura Music
by Exeonic Studio
Edura Music is a simple, but colorful app that turns your iPhone into a musical instrument. The app contains a toy drum set, piano, harp, and xylophone, each covering one octave. The sound and images are of good quality, but the app does not fill the screen fully on newer iPhones. For kids that want to tap out a few tunes, or drum beats, to express their creativity.
Art for Kids YouTube
Art for Kids Hub posts drawing tutorials for creative child-friendly images where kids can follow along and draw the images themselves. This one is for an ice cream-icorn.
