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I know screen time is bad but the iPad is undeniably great for teaching kids to explore their curiosity and learn at their own pace WITH the right apps installed.

Peter Yang

@petergyang

For example, the

@TeachMonsters

app has been incredible in teaching my 4-year old how to read.

apps.apple.com

‎Teach Your Monster to Read

‎Teach Your Monster to Read is an award-winning phonics and reading game that’s helped millions of children learn to read. • Parents have seen significant improvements in their children’s literacy...

8:00 PM · Jul 31, 2022

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Thinking of the same thing with VR headsets. Multibrush helps a lot for students to break into 3D drawing. It helps not only the creative skills but basic understanding of physics. We plan to publish some of student VR arts.

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Khan Academy Kids is pretty good as well. My kid taught himself to read by navigating Netflix and Amazon Prime. I feel like the ills of screen time are somewhat exaggerated.

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This app is amazing - some of the best young kids education tech / educational gaming I’ve seen, making the promise of rapid enjoyable learning come true. The progress my 5 year old just had reading was crazy over past few days. Thanks for flagging it!