Entertain Your Kids with Mind-Enriching Apps

Technology is a powerful tool, especially for helping develop young minds.  Children today are growing up immersed in 3D graphics and complex games, and using a keyboard, mouse, or touchscreen interface is second nature to them.   With convertible Ultrabook systems able to transform from tablet to laptop, you can utilize many different types of brain-training apps to help your youngsters learn the essentials.

Here are some of the most popular, mind-enriching apps and games to turn an Intel inspired Ultrabook™ system into a learning tool, and sneak some education into your kid’s playtime.

Free Books What’s more educational than reading?  For only $0.99, this app gives you access to more than 23,000 books that you can download and read at any time without additional charge.  The library includes classic literature, fiction, children’s books, and a whole lot more.

Park Math Kids love cute critters.  This app uses fluffy, animated dogs, cats, and other furballs to help develop basic math skills.

Zoola Yet more furry creatures abound in Zoola, this time helping your youngsters learn all about the animal kingdom.

SkyView Every kid should have the opportunity to explore the universe.  Until we have warp drive, this app will have to do.  SkyView sees where you point your phone, and gives information on the stars and planets in that section of sky.  It’s a fun, educational mash-up of real-life atmosphere and entertaining technology.

Shape Analogies  Similar to those cereal-box pictures that ask what the differences are between two images, Shape Analogies is an engaging way for kids to develop spatial reasoning and observation skills.

Crayon Physics  The concept behind Crayon Physics is cool enough to get most adults excited.  Once you doodle a scene in the app, it automatically applies the laws of physics to it.  Balls roll or bounce within the scene you’ve created, giving kids a fun way to interact with physics and technology, and bringing their imagination to life.

These are some of our favorites, but there are many more out there to be discovered.  An Ultrabook like the Lenovo ThinkPad Twist is a great gaming tool because it adapts to type or touchscreen gameplay and swivels to allow kids to take turns.

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