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1. [b]Mobile devices can help keep kids' brains and bodies active over summer break[/b]
   
   With more than 75% of kids age 2–13 having access to smartphones, according to PlayScience, U.S. Cellular is recommending mobile apps to help parents reinforce learning and find ways to keep their children busy and occupied throughout the summer months.
   
   “Today’s smartphones, such as the Samsung Aviator, provide several educational applications that can keep kids’ minds fresh during their long breaks from the classroom,” said Laurie Poellinger, director of sales for U.S. Cellular in Wisconsin. “Not only can smartphones help parents organize and simplify their lives, these cutting-edge devices are a fun and interactive way for kids to learn over the summer months.”
   
   Whether a child is borrowing his or her parent’s smartphone or using a mobile tablet, such as U.S. Cellular’s Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 10.1, a 4G LTE device, parents can download the following applications to educate their children and [b][/b]find local events and activities:
   
   [b]Kid Mode[/b] is an all-in-one app that features an art studio, storybooks, age-appropriate videos and a feature called Child Lock, which keeps kids from navigating away from the app. Parents can even sign up to receive weekly activity emails detailing what their children have been playing and learning.
   
   [b]Words with Friends[/b] provides kids with a fun way to challenge their vocabulary skills while also interacting with friends and other family members.
   
   [b]Math Workout[/b] challenges the user with several educational games and maintains their progress by updating results into easy-to-read charts.
   
   [b]Kids Activities[/b] provides hundreds of healthy physical activities for kids of all ages.
   
   [b]Aloqa[/b] is an application that can help parents find local events and activities specifically for kids. Using GPS technology, Aloqa also provides a list of nearby restaurants and movie times.

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   mjgaringer May 03, 2012 12:14 PM

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2. With it's innovations through technology kids are already engaged with those smartphones most likely with what would give them, more of how to enhance their knowledge. I do agree with what mjgaringer said.
   
   Third party apps are really the key to those smartphone and able to introduce it to those younger kids. Like those stated above. To add to it, there are some apps that I would like also to introduce and that is the use of keyboard apps. [url=http://www.textwithdextr.com/]Dextr[/url] is a keyboard app that also educational, most keyboard run on a qwerty layout but with Dextr this is on an alphabetical layout.

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   gladwin101 Aug 07, 2012 8:13 AM

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