While pediatricians insist that children should not be exposed to
technology at an early age, every parent knows that it is difficult to
keep kids away from the iPhone. Any amount of 'screen time' can harm the
growth of kids under the age of 2, but it is not easy to stop older
kids from playing with iPhones. The best you can do is restrict the
amount of time they spend on such devices; also, you can download games
specifically made for toddlers.
Children older than 3 years can easily grasp the touch-based iPhone UI, and good iPhone games can help the kids learn more about the world surrounding them. As a parent, you must ensure that your kids do not spend too long playing games on the iPhone. But if you are going to allow them to play games on the iPhone, you can do worse than download the following titles:
1. Old MacDonald
iPhone game development for toddlers doesn't get better than this. Old MacDonald is a classic; it is more of an animated book with pages of interactive images and pictures. Old MacDonald is made specifically for kids who are learning how to read. It matches sounds, images and words to help kids gain a better understanding of the world they live in.
2. Animal Memory Match
There are a number of memory tiles and cards with animal pictures and animal names. The players need to match the animal names with the pictures. When they make a match, they are rewarded with funny sounds. You can switch between easy and difficult levels according to the age and intelligence of the kids.
3. Cute Math
Not many kids love Math, but most toddlers like playing games. Cute Math uses animation and different visuals to teach the concepts of addition and subtraction to toddlers. The iPhone game developer who created this game designed it specifically for very young children, and kids playing this game will instinctively learn addition and subtraction.
4. Pickin' Time
This game shows that iPhone game development has come of age. Your toddler will know all the different vegetables by sight once he has played this game for some time. The game is very simple and yet very exciting: the player chooses on vegetable, and then a number of rapid-fire pictures of vegetables flit across the screen. Your kid needs to tap the screen quickly when he sees his vegetable!
5. Vicky
iPhone game development for toddlers is not just about education: there are many games that are simply fun. Vicky is that sort of a game. Vicky is a shy and small kid who wants to impress his father who is a strong Viking chief. Vicky is traveling on a ship, and he protects the ship from bad guys by flinging them overboard!
