There are many opinions about children’s use of gadgets: how much time they can spend with them, what content they can watch, whether it is useful or not, etc. These issues are controversial and often cause conflicts between adults and children. But as many people as there are points of view. There is no single right solution for everyone, but a compromise can be found.

Today we bring to your attention the top useful and interesting Android apps that will help you find a common language with your students.

1. “Who is in the mountains”

This app will be of interest to parents who are engaged in the early development of their child. Kids will have an incredibly interesting trip to the mountains, where they will explore the world around them together with Grandpa Ivan (the main character of the game) and his animals.

During the game, participants will be able to learn the names of animals, memorize what they look like, what they say, and what each of them likes to eat. An equally useful element of this journey is that children learn to count and give simple, logical answers to questions.

Features of the game:

• maximum simplicity of character drawings and full compliance with the adaptation to the needs of a child aged 1-3 years;
• participants complete tasks together with their parents, not on their own;
• original animation and illustrations;
• parents can control and guide the game process.

The app developers also included the function of downloading game materials, which allows interested parents to practice what they have learned offline.

2. “All kinds of music”

This app is designed for an audience aged 3 to 6 years and is stylized as a karaoke game. Famous folk children’s songs were performed and recorded for him by Andriy Kuzmenko, i.e. Scriabin.

Features of the game:

• Learning songs by ear or performing them in karaoke format;
• To train children’s attention, each mini-game has its own “Achievement Board” with mandatory tasks;
• User-friendly and intuitive interface;
• The application has a Parental Control section, so adults can control and limit the time spent using the game.

Three mini-games await young users: “Foxy Sister, Two Merry Geese, and Pumpkin Walks in the Garden.

3. “Mouse Alphabet”

This is the first Ukrainian free app for learning letters in a simple, interactive way. It was developed by Lviv-based IT company Impulsis in 2012.

Features of the game:

• the application is available for installation on all gadgets; PC, tablet, smartphone;
• The main task is to learn the Ukrainian alphabet, but the game is adapted to familiarize you with the English and German alphabets;
• sound cues are duplicated by text, so developers and other experts recommend it for children with hearing impairments;
• The game has tasks of varying difficulty aimed at memorizing the correct spelling of letters, animal names, and forming different words from the proposed letters.

The app is available for free download on Google Play, the App Store, and the official website.

4. “ABC Talk With Me!”

The app was created by Ukrainian developers in 2015.

Features of the game:

• a combination of toys, such as cubes with letters, and online tasks;
• has two levels of difficulty: at the first level, children learn letters, and at the second level, they form words from them;
• you can learn English in parallel with the Ukrainian alphabet;
• the camera of a smartphone or tablet recognizes a letter or a word made up of cubes, the program voices the word and displays a picture of the corresponding object or animal.

It allows users to combine physical toys with online tasks to successfully master the material.

5. “Nambi”

This interactive application consists of several dozen mini-games of varying difficulty levels that will help young users learn to count in a fun way.

Features of the game:

• excellent animated graphics and professional voice acting;
• clear interface design;
• The levels go from simple to complex: counting objects, identifying their colors and shapes, adding and subtracting;
• parents have access to complete, detailed statistics on their child’s progress through the levels.

The game was created by a joint Ukrainian-Israeli company. The office of the designers who worked on the drawing of each character is located in Lviv. “Nambi is available for iOS and Android platforms.

Thus, there are a large number of Ukrainian apps that will be useful both for the early development of children and for engaging and facilitating the learning process in educational institutions.