You may want to be involved in picking out some games for your tween that are challenging enough to keep them engaged, but not inappropriate for their age. Here are some of the popular mobile games that are perfectly suited for tweens.
DIY App – Creative Community for Kids
Your child will feel a sense of achievement when they share their DIY projects with others.
Your tween is old enough that they’re probably interested in social media sites, but may still be too young for most of the major ones. This app can help encourage your kids in their interests, hobbies, and creative pursuits and allow them to share their work with an online community that’s safe for children their age.
The app is a companion to the DIY website, where children can post about DIY projects of all kinds, ranging from gardening and craft projects to science experiments and Lego buildings. Users earn patches for completing three projects in any category. The app allows your kids to browse for project ideas, and to upload pictures of their completed projects to the website easily. The projects will help keep your child entertained on and offline, and they’ll get the chance to be part of a social media community that’s creative, supportive, and age-appropriate.
Box Island
Box Island is both an entertaining story-based adventure game and an introduction to basic computer programming and coding skills. The premise of the story is that the protagonist, Hiro the Box, is on Box Island and must complete an adventure, encountering various enemies and obstacles along the way. Players use programming tools to help Hiro advance.
The game is played in levels that get progressively more difficult as the game goes on. The app is free to download and the first ten levels of the game are free, with further levels available for purchase if desired. The gender-neutral Hiro makes the game appealing to both boys and girls who are interested in adventure games and coding.
Adventure Time Game Wizard – Draw Your Own Adventure Time Games
Your children can have fun and indulge their creativity with the help of some favorite cartoon characters.
Fans of the cartoon series Adventure Time will love this app, which is guided by Adventure Time characters Finn and Jake. The app has three different modes: Adventure Mode, Create Mode, and Arcade Mode. Adventure Mode has Finn and Jake discover a magic book that Finn can use to sketch himself, and players help Finn in his battles with various enemies, like the Doodle Wizard.
Kids can unleash their creativity in Create Mode, where they can design their own levels for the game. In Arcade Mode, they can share their creations and browse and play levels created by other users.
Helping your kids choose mobile games that are age appropriate and fun is an important part of managing their screen time. It’s also important to ensure that your tweens strike a balance between playing online and engaging in indoor and outdoor activities offline as well. Parental control software can help you help your child find that balance. To find out how parental control software can work for you, try it for free.
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