Best app for Kids - Page 2

TadW · 08-03-2013, 03:46 AM

I find the Kindle app relatively easy to use. It lacks many of the bells and whistles of other third party apps but it it job.

avantman42 · 08-03-2013, 06:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gabby98

But do the books from the cloud automatically download or can you pick and choose?

You choose which to download.

gabby98 · 08-03-2013, 04:01 PM

Thanks guys, I will have to give this a try.

Will need to load it onto 3 kiddie tablets and sync the necessary books. I already have them connected to my app store (with parental pin to avoid in app purchase) and as long as I can control what books download and I can still side load others, this should do nicely. Just don't want it to be to hard for them to navigate.

Will let you know how it goes but if anyone sees something they think might work better, let me know

speakingtohe · 08-03-2013, 07:52 PM

Several children I know, one of them 6 actually prefer a dedicated eink reader. I've yet to see a child reading o book on a tablet in a public place. Not that many with paper books either. I work in a pubic place and see about the same amount of children as adults with eink readers. All of the 5 children I know personally 6-12 that use an eink reader are readers so that makes a difference, but all have access to fairly high end tablets as well, and rarely bring them with them.

Helen

BookCat · 08-04-2013, 08:24 PM

Maybe it's worth bearing in mind that eink ereaders are much cheaper than tablets: just in case a child drops or loses one.

speakingtohe · 08-04-2013, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BookCat

Maybe it's worth bearing in mind that eink ereaders are much cheaper than tablets: just in case a child drops or loses one.

and easier on tiny little hands

Helen

gabby98 · 08-04-2013, 10:14 PM

I got you, but they already have the tablets, I just want to add a little more of what is good for them (like reading) in addition to the games. Strangely enough, it is not them I am worried about breaking the tablets. They had some before and it was their parents that broke the others. Kinda dont want to give them the new ones cause their parents keep f'ing them up and then I have to start over with setting them up

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08-03-2013, 03:46 AM	#16
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	I find the Kindle app relatively easy to use. It lacks many of the bells and whistles of other third party apps but it it job.

08-03-2013, 04:01 PM	#18
gabby98 Wizard Posts: 1,751 Karma: 2667650 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Android, Nook Simple Touch, Nook Color, ..., Glo	Thanks guys, I will have to give this a try. Will need to load it onto 3 kiddie tablets and sync the necessary books. I already have them connected to my app store (with parental pin to avoid in app purchase) and as long as I can control what books download and I can still side load others, this should do nicely. Just don't want it to be to hard for them to navigate. Will let you know how it goes but if anyone sees something they think might work better, let me know

08-03-2013, 07:52 PM	#19
speakingtohe Wizard Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet	Several children I know, one of them 6 actually prefer a dedicated eink reader. I've yet to see a child reading o book on a tablet in a public place. Not that many with paper books either. I work in a pubic place and see about the same amount of children as adults with eink readers. All of the 5 children I know personally 6-12 that use an eink reader are readers so that makes a difference, but all have access to fairly high end tablets as well, and rarely bring them with them. Helen

08-04-2013, 08:24 PM	#20
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,912 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	Maybe it's worth bearing in mind that eink ereaders are much cheaper than tablets: just in case a child drops or loses one.

08-04-2013, 10:14 PM	#22
gabby98 Wizard Posts: 1,751 Karma: 2667650 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Android, Nook Simple Touch, Nook Color, ..., Glo	I got you, but they already have the tablets, I just want to add a little more of what is good for them (like reading) in addition to the games. Strangely enough, it is not them I am worried about breaking the tablets. They had some before and it was their parents that broke the others. Kinda dont want to give them the new ones cause their parents keep f'ing them up and then I have to start over with setting them up

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