The holidays are coming, the cold may be blowing in soon and kids will be out of school - so now is the time to get some kid-friendly agricultural apps on your mobile devices for your kids (and yourself!). We've compiled a list of great, educational and fun apps that are geared towards kids, but help people of all ages understand agriculture. They promote ag literacy as well as coordination, small motor and other learning skills for young children. (If you don't have kids, look at the bottom of this post for a
link to some other great ag apps!)
- GrowIt-app from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Do you know where hot dogs come from? Milk? Hamburgers? Eggs? Many will say the
grocery store. This app gives students lessons on how agriculture produces the things
they love to eat.
- GrowItKnowIt A game about where our food comes from.
- Kernel Quest The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and AdFarm published the 2014 World of Corn Comic book Captain Cornelius: Corn Day Celebration, which celebrates corn and educates youngsters on corn’s important role in our everyday communities.
- Fooducate With this app you can scan barcodes of food and then it tells you how healthy
something is.
- Agriculture Encyclopedia This app is full of “farm terms” and explains them to the viewer. It’s for all age groups to
better understand modern farming practices.
- Serious Quiz 1.0 This app asks trivia questions including agriculture questions!
- iLiveMath Farm Fresh This app was awarded the best math education app of last year, this app teaches kids
math while using farm references ex. 1 ear of corn + 3 ears of corn = 4 ears of corn,
there are three different skill levels so it can be used at any age.
- Old McDonald Had a Farm This app has a sing along to the “Old McDonald” song but it also has animal games
probably would be geared toward younger students.
- Bizzy Bear On the Farm Kids get to help Bizzy Bear pick apples, collect eggs, feed piglets and baby chicks, make
the horse gallop, and navigate the tractor. It is designed for kindergarten and first
graders.
- Agriculture Glossary Agriculture is a science and are through supplying humans by raising the products of soil
and the associated industries. The glossary is an easy to use application with
comprehensive list of 1300+ terms related to agriculture.
- FarmGenius Enter with FarmGenius into the world of agriculture precision by New Holland. Cultivate
your fields, earn coins, and buy precision land management system that will increase
speed and performance of your agriculture machinery. You can choose to farm Corn,
wheat or grapes. 3 levels of difficulty. For upper elementary students.
- Farmers Guardian Logo Quiz Combines everyday farming logos with some of the more challenging logos, How well do
you know your farm logos?
- Tractor Memo Enjoy the world’s first REAL tractor game for kids! Each hit is rewarded with a genuine
tractor movie. Ages 2 to 12 years.
- Farmorama Select your favorite tractor, based on true models and get ready for the big Farmorama
tractor race. Easy to drive and challenging to win. As in the real world, correct speed is
the key for success. Five different tracks will challenge you with steep hills, jumps, drive
through barns, stones and mud holes. Pick fuel cans during your ride and get bonus
points.
- Preschool Games- Farm Animals by Photo Touch Photo Touch is an exciting educational game that helps your child rapidly learn words by
sight, sound, and touch. The interface is so easy to use that even a 9 month old baby will
delight in using this app.
- Farm Up! HD The 1930s brought crisis to the agricultural state of Cloverfield. Beginning with a small
enterprise, earn coins and keep developing your farm: grow various types of fruit and
veggies, breed domestic animals, produce dairy and canned products, and even try
extracting minerals, producing planks and supplying folks with all kinds of other
materials. Do enough, and you will be able to help the neighboring cities too- numerous
families are waiting for your help. Never mind how difficult things are now, times of
abundance and good years lie ahead of you.
- Farm Animal Puzzles Farm animal puzzles is a great puzzle game for kids, aimed at ages 1-8. Has a total of 36
different farm puzzles.
- Farming Simulator 2012 Discover a wide, agricultural scenery with fields, roads, your farm as well as a small
village. Cultivate your fields with various three dimensional vehicles found in your
generous fleet- modeled after original machines and vehicles by prestigious
manufacturers. Take a seat at the wheel of authentic farm machines and start your own
agricultural enterprise: plow and cultivate your fields, choose the seeds of your field
crops out of three plants (corn, canola, and wheat) and fertilize them to accelerate their
growth. Sell the harvest and invest it into new equipment.
Are you a farmer or rancher? Here is a great list of {10 pages!} of ag apps great for farmers and ranchers.
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