Preparing your kids for school is not just about buying stationary and lunch boxes. Empower your kids by educating them at home. Pre-schoolers in particular need extra attention as they look forward to finally going to school like their siblings or friends. These two apps could help:

• Horoofi Wa Kalimati (My letters and words)

For pre-schoolers. This app is fun, and funny in its own way. The graphics are not sophisticated enough for adults maybe but they are just fine for kids.

Think and Match

A cool game for kids that let them think of the image and match it with the correct word or letter.

Learn the Alphabets

Help your kid learn the Alphabets at home with this simple exercise where he/she can tap on the image to listen to the audio. Great for pronouncement and memorizing letters.

Other educational in-app games focus on memory exercises and learning the Alphabets.

• Ta’alam Al-Horoof Al-Ingleeziya (Learn the English Alphabets)

Super cute pandas will help your baby learn the English Alphabets by playing car race and singing along with the pandas.

Other apps for teaching English to kids from Baby Bus also available in iOS App Store are: My Numbers by Baby Bus and Learn Shapes – Baby Bus.