Free and Cheap Kindle Fire Apps for 1/18

There are so many cute educational apps for kids that it was hard to pick just a few. Though we picked a couple that focused on words and language, there are plenty for teaching math and other skills. Enjoy!

Name: Alphabet Car
Rating: 4.9 stars over 15 reviews
Price: 1.99
Description: Jump behind the wheel and buckle up for a learning journey you won't soon forget! Alphabet Car, an innovative educational app that makes remembering letters and words fun, puts you in the driver's seat. You'll be fully engaged, using your eyes, ears, and hands. If you're new to Alphabet Car, you'll start out driving Baby Bus; as you continue playing, you can unlock other cars. Oh, the places you'll go in this big-eyed, bouncing yellow school bus…

To start, choose which mode you'd like to try: Preschool, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert. As you progress through each mode, you'll play with longer words, starting with one and two-letter words in Preschool to six-letter words in Expert. Within each mode there are nine stages, many of which you'll have to unlock. So let's get going!

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This next one is a great word game for youngsters that'll have them matching pictures and words and having fun the whole way through. Very highly rated!

Name: Word-A-Licious
Rating: 4.9 stars over 9 reviews
Price: 0.99
Description: Want a fun way to teach your kids? Try the Word-A-Licious app. Word-A-Licious is an interactive word flashcard game for toddlers. Help your child build a strong word vocabulary in a fun, interactive game environment. The app features a combination of vibrant game graphics and crystal clear photos.

Choose from eight different game categories: animals, more animals, food, household, colors, shapes, plants, and body parts. Select the correct picture from four flashcard images. A narrator expresses appreciation for the response whether it is correct or not. Stars are awarded at the end of each game to recognize your achievements.

Children love to see fun, real-world pictures and feel the joy of getting the right answer. Through repetitive playing, children learn to develop focus, an awareness of objects in their environment, and the concept of right and wrong answers.

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Something educational for us older folk, this app for the Periodic Table will give you or the chemistry student of the house a refresher into all those little elements that make up everything around us. Free!

Name: Periodic Table
Rating: 4.6 stars over 5 reviews
Price: 0.00
Description: With the Periodic Table app, you can learn all about the elements. Access tons of chemical and physical properties for each element. Get help on pronunciation with audio clips. Find elements by browsing the table, searching, or the index. Even test yourself with quizzes.

*Learn all about chemistry and the periodic table
*Study all the elements and their relevant chemical and physical properties
*Quiz yourself on what you read

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Ok, this last one isn't so much educational...unless it teaches you something about yourself. Can you resist pushing the red button?

Name: Do Not Press the Red Button
Rating: 4.2 stars over 19 reviews
Price: 0.00
Description: Of course you've heard of the "red button app" that's been the talk of the nation. Considering all the rumors and hype, you don't need me to...

Huh? Really? You been living in a cave or something? Oh, well, that's fine--you've got an open mind, untouched by the dread that has overcome others just beholding this app!

There's only one rule, and it's pretty simple: do not press the red button.

That's right. That's the only rule. So I guess we're done...?

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