I haven’t talked much about my Kindle Fire, because I rarely use it anymore. I most certainly will start using it again when I can afford to buy the Prime Account for that was an awesome 30 day trial I received with my Kindle Fire. For now the kids enjoy my Kindle Fire, but in order to ensure that the four year old doesn’t get into anything I don’t want him to, such as my email, Facebook and Twitter accounts – I use an app to protect my beloved Kindle.
This is a fun kid safe app where it locks down the whole Kindle so that your child can not open anything you have not set to be available to them while in this application. The cool thing is that in order to exit this application one must enter a code or draw a Z, whichever option you set up within the parental controls, meaning the kids are stuck in it once you load the app.
I love that each child has their own account within Zoodles and their games are based on age groups. Each week Zoodles sends you a progress report on your child too, this way you know what your child has been up to while on the Kindle. Each child can have a picture of themselves so that even my four year old knows to click on his face to enter his account (even though he chooses to click on his siblings faces from time to time & play their games). I highly recommend Zoodles and it’s free but can be upgraded to premium membership.
Friendcaster for Facebook is another app that I adore. It’s an easy way to connect with your Facebook friends and network from the Kindle. I am often found using this app while waiting for my sons to be asleep, it’s easy to navigate and works very smoothly for those familiar with a normal Facebook screen. No tricks to get it to work like Facebook on the web and it’s free.
Hootsuite happens to be the app I use for Twitter from my web so it was no wonder I had to download it onto my Kindle. I have the same feelings for this app as I do for Friendcaster for Facebook – it’s a fabulous addition to my Kindle and allows me to network easily from anywhere inside of my house while connected to my secure WiFi network.
When there is some down time, I enjoy the game Where’s my Water with the kids. I get super frustrated with this maze like game where you have to get the water down to the gator so he can take a shower, but the kids? They rock it. Good team work skills and planning for them while engaging them as you can click on the gator and he interacts with the kids (and me). This is a must have game to try with the kids, I downloaded it free in the Kindle Store.
Oh thanks for sharing this. I have a Kindle to and my son uses it all the time. I will have to check out the Zoodles App.