tech apps 2School is in, but that doesn’t mean your little one wants to put away that iPad or iPad Mini. But screen time doesn’t have to mean zone-out time. Here are three apps that teach your child while they have fun!

Stack the States ($.99 for iPad, iTouch and iPhone)
This fun app will help your kids learn those mainland states that are so far away. This can be fun to help your children connect the dots where your family or friends live on the mainland. Let the keiki play this and we bet they’ll know their states better than mom or dad!

Color Genius ($.99 for iPad, iTouch and iPhone)
Send the kids on a color scavenger hunt and teach them their colors in French, Spanish, Russian or Korean. How’s that for an educational app?! Color Genius is made for the preschooler, but comes in different levels; as they learn one level, they can move on to the next.

Endless Alphabet (free for iPad, iTouch and iPhone)
This is an incredibly fun and entertaining game that will test your little one in spelling. Say goodbye to easy words like “cat” or “mat”; bring on the longer and more fun-to-spell words. Each time your little one taps on a letter, he or she gets to hear how the letter sounds, but in a totally fun and silly kind of way. This app will have your kids giggling and learning. What’s better than that?