5 Best Android Games for Kids Under Age 8

Mobile gaming is becoming a very popular platform for people. It is easy, convenient and requires minimal set up before you can game. With technology and mobile phones getting better and better, so does the capacity for mobile devices to run games better.

Children's education through mobile devices and tablets has been game changing the past century.

Kids do not have to rely on textbook education to learn new concepts. Although there have been many toys and flashy ways for kids to learn new concepts, the mobile market seems to have changed that.

According to a report from Octal Software, there are several benefits that can be found when teaching your kids through an app.

The interactive learning style most of them have help children understand concepts a lot better. Gaming, in general, has skills where you need to apply common sense and be street smart to achieve certain goals.

It also helps children to better adapt to modern technology (although this is not too much of a problem) and improves their thinking skills when they grow up.

E-learning has been a modern tread over the past decade that has seen a significant rise in application compared to traditional classroom teaching. It is cheaper to set up and makes it easier for children to learn new concepts.

If you are looking for app recommendations for your child on your Android device, you have come to the right place.

Here are 5 Android apps that are highly rated as well as really fun that are suitable for children ages 8 and under.

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#5 Fruits Coloring & Drawing Book

Price: Free (with ads & in-app purchases)

Play Store Rating: 4.2/5

The app is as straightforward as it sounds. Although colouring books have been around for a long, long time, the app allows for a lot of replayability and room for errors.

It is hard to remove the colour from an actual colouring book. The app has been adapted to both phones and tablets and features multiple templates and colours.

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#4 Toca Hair Salon 3

The basic premise of Toca Hair Salon 3 is that you can style different character's hair while you are running your own Salon

Price: $3.99

Play Store Rating: 4.6/5

This game is a dream for any little girl (or guys). The basic premise of Toca Hair Salon 3 is that you can style different character's hair while you are running your own Salon.

You can braid hair, dye and colour hair and many more features that allow you to get creative with it.

Although there is a price tag on this game, it does not come with any ads and has a lot of features you can mess around with.

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#3 Little Panda's Dream Garden

Little Panda's Dream Garden is a simpler farming simulation game that is easy to understand for kids

Price: Free (with ads & in-app purchases)

Play Store Rating: 4.5/5

A free game, Little Panda's Dream Garden is a simpler farming simulation game that is easy to understand for kids.

You can grow crops, harvest crops, get rid of pests and bake different goods. This helps kids understand the process of farming and how food is made.

It also helps to test their cognitive reaction times and improves their storytelling and developmental skills.

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#2 Toca Kitchen 2

Toca Kitchen 2 is a fun and interactive game where you can make recipes and dishes with what is given to you

Price: Free (with ads & in-app purchases)

Play Store Rating: 4.5/5

Another game from the Toca Boca series, Toca Kitchen 2 is a fun and interactive game where you can make recipes and dishes with what is given to you.

You can also cook whatever you want, making this kind of like an alchemy cooking game. Making weird, disgusting food and watching the disgusting reaction of your patrons is sure to bring a laugh.

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#1 Crossy Road

The game will also get your kids to watch their step and calculate how to avoid danger

Price: Free (with ads & in-app purchases)

Play Store Rating: 4.5/5

Crossy Road is a game that appeals not only to kids but a great time passer for adults as well.

The concept is extremely simple, just cross the road without hitting any obstacles! It does get progressively tougher, but you have different characters that can help you throughout the game.

You can choose to buy them or keep playing the game and collecting coins, which will help you get the characters.

The game has a surprising amount of replayability. The game will also get your kids to watch their step and calculate how to avoid danger. There is a reason this game has over 200 million players.

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