Is getting your children off to bed a challenge? Do they clamor for attention and insist it is their turn to hear a bedtime story? PonyApps fairy tales can help turn the bedtime chaos into happily ever after for all.
During the daylight hours, raising children who are close in age can be a great advantage. Each sibling has a built-in playmate, right? But once the sun sets and thoughts turn to bedtime, parents sometimes think twice about the benefits of bringing up a pack of little ones.
Once the kids are in their pajamas and tucked into bed, how, for example do you choose who will get to hear a bedtime story? Or, if you are reading to your children together, who gets to pick it?
This was often a dilemma with my older two children, who are only one grade apart. And then when their little brother ‘s bedtime creeped up to their own, the third child thrown in the mix made story time all the more complicated. How do you read to three separate children at once?
At the time I was tablet-less and knew very little about the world of digital children’s books, or the multiple benefits that educational apps have for young children. It wasn’t until I was visiting relatives that my brother-in-law introduced me to the wonderful world of bedtime story apps. He tucked his daughter in with a story downloaded on his ipad, and before he had even left the room she was engrossed. She didn’t even seem to mind that it was her sister’s turn to hear Daddy read her a bedtime story.
Children love it when their parents read with them, and there is no substitute for that. But the best educational apps for kids can offer elements that mom or dad do not, such as puzzles, games, and memory-building activities. Take PonyApps Bremen Town Musicians, for example. This app based on the classic fairy tale allows young readers to learn about the sounds of different instruments and play along with the band; or Puss in Boots – which allows young readers to help the clever cat every step of the way, from catching rabbits for the king to planting the royal garden. PonyApps classic fairy tales take bedtime stories to a whole new level.
Bedtime is not without its challenges. There is the corralling and the cajoling. The pleading and the insisting that it really is time. The reminders to put dirty clothes in the hamper, brush teeth, go to the bathroom. But story time doesn’t have to be hard. Nor do you, as a parent, have to pulled in three different directions.
Let PonyApps be your best friend at bedtime.
