Children identify different animals, but more importantly identify their emotions and social cues as well. Playful fun.

• iPad: $0.99
• iPhone: $0.99

Create a monster friend for Elmo. Choose its body, touch its face to give it eyes, nose, mouth and accessories. Then they dance and play.

• iPhone: $3.99

6 games that teach kids about colors, shapes, sorting, matching and counting. Monkey claps when an answer is correct or shakes his head to try again. Choose stickers as rewards.

• Android: $1.99
• iPad: $0.99
• iPhone: $0.99

There are many talking character apps from this developer, but we still love the baby Hippo the best. Feed him a carrots, tickle him, give him a balloon - cute fun.

• Android: $0.99
• iPad: $0.99
• iPhone: $0.99

Beautiful visuals and fun way of learning basic counting skills with more advance levels counting in 5s, 10s, etc.

• iPad: $1.99
• iPhone: $1.99

Imaginative play and critical learning with beautiful graphics. Counting, sorting, tracking - 18 games in all.

• iPad: $2.99
• iPhone: $2.99

Simplified piano with just 14 notes for your toddlers to test their tunes.

• iPad: FREE
• iPhone: FREE

Teaches kids upper/lower case writing and numbers

• iPad: $1.99
• iPhone: $1.99

Teach and learn with phonics with Montessori methods using sounds to help build, read and spell words.

• iPad: $2.99
• iPhone: $2.99

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