PBS offers an entire suite of educational apps from math, reading, spelling, science and more. I wish I had started this the day my kids were born. So much fun and it’s amazing what memories come back just from watching one second of video.
I love this simple app that compiles 1-second videos from each day for a treasured video for a trip, month, year, or whatever you like. It’s been a really good way for her to stay in touch and also practice her photography skills. She loves being able to share her travels with her family and friends back home. I restrict any followers and also the people that she follows. InstagramĪ private Instagram has been really fun for Abbi.
I use this for my own personal as well as travel journal. Kids can draw pictures and express themselves in a secure environment.Ī great and simple journal app that allows you to add tags for easy organization. This is a great journaling app for younger kids. There are several journaling apps that we have used and honestly like them all. The Best Travel Apps for Kids Journaling Apps We’ve been using OurPact for a year now and absolutely love it! It also has an easy to use GPS feature that allows you to track your kids. You can set certain apps to be used for longer or at any time and certain others to be on a timer. I set the limits and the technology becomes unusable once the time is up. I love it because it takes the stress off of me as a parent. We also use OurPact, a fantastic app that lets parents control how long kids spend on technology and what apps they use. It gives them tools like the ones above to cope with it when they see it. We love the book “Good Pictures Bad Pictures” which you can buy here, and “Good Pictures, Bad Pictures Jr.” which you can buy here, Both books teach kids in a scientific way, what pornography is and the damage that it can do to young brains. Identify it, call it out by name, say “that’s pornography”.Turn off the screen immediately or walk away from the screen.We’ve told our kids that if they see pornography they need to: Give them tools to cope with problems: It’s great to tell kids about the dangers that technology presents, but it won’t do much good if we don’t give them the tools to help cope with these problems.Be Open: Be open with your children and make them aware of the many dangers associated with technology.Set a Time Limit: Discuss what the appropriate amount of time to spend on technology with your child.All sorts of things can go wrong from cyber-bullying, unintended pornography, online predators, and technology addiction.īefore handing over the technology, build in some parameters and talk about boundaries with your children. Safetyįirst and foremost, before you hand over technology to the kids, I believe it’s SO important to safeguard our children from the dangers of technology. We have some tried and true favorites that we couldn’t live without. While we try to limit technology, especially while we’re traveling, it can really be an asset and a great worldschooling tool. With so much travel tech out there, it’s hard to narrow down the best travel apps for kids. These are our favorite apps for traveling with kids. Traveling with kids can be amazing, but also really tough! Sometimes technology can help.
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