Whether in the back seat in the car or in the living room - children's tablets are an indispensable part of many families. And there is plenty of suitable content - whether digital coloring books for nursery school children or kindergarten teachers or vocabulary trainers for pupils.
Manufacturers like to advertise with the argument that children's tablets promote media literacy and enable children to playfully discover the world. But that does not happen by itself. So what is the point of buying a children's tablet? How can parents protect their offspring from dangerous digital content? PC-Welt provides an overview and shows the currently most interesting children's tablets.
Note: We do not choose a test winner, because all tablets have their authorization. In addition, you can not compare tablets for different age groups.
Basic Before You Buy: Parents Should Respect It
A child's tablet is sturdy, comes with an age-appropriate interface and specially designed apps for the offspring. The focus is on "play, fun and learning".
* Buy age-appropriate: While kindergarten children a simple surface with large symbols and a thick protective cover are mandatory, are interested in children from elementary age increasingly for videos. Here it may like to be a more powerful device. The recommended age limit should not be completely ignored. Mostly it can be found out with few clicks in the net. However, always the individual development of the child should be considered.
* Protective cover: For the very small, the device must be particularly robust and survive falls. Most manufacturers deliver their children's tablets with rubber protective cover. Alternatively, you can also buy these cheap.
* Control options: In the case of children's tablets , it is essential that parents can determine which apps or websites the offspring uses. The daily life should be adjusted. Tip: According to the EU initiative Klicksafe , four to six year olds should not use digital media for more than 20 minutes per day.
* Accompany Media Consumption: Mostly the offspring eat the noodles with ketchup in the evening faster when the tablet plays the right entertainment program on the dining table. But the parents should always accompany the media consumption of their children motivated.
* Content: A device becomes a children's tablet only when it has the right content. Many vendors bring out a whole range of learning and gaming apps for children out-of-the-box or even score points with their own app store - tested - child-friendly content. Other providers have access to the well-known app stores.
* Beware of cost trap: Many child tablet manufacturers also offer a relatively expensive subscription model for the content.
Current children's tablets at a glance
Fire HD Kids Edition: Powerful hardware meets rich content
Fire HD 10 Kids Edition
With the Fire HD 10 Kids Edition, Amazon has released its largest kid's tablet yet . The Fire HD 10 Kids Edition is based on the Fire HD 10 tablet and therefore has a 10.1-inch full-HD touch screen (1920 x 1200 pixels), a quad-core processor and 32 GB of internal memory, using Micro SD Card can be expanded by up to 256 GB. The battery should be able to withstand a maximum charge of ten hours.
Amazon Freetime Unlimited: Included in the price is a one-year membership on Amazon Freetime Unlimited. It includes thousands of age-appropriate books, videos, educational apps and games, as well as curated websites and Youtube videos. Without commercials, in-app purchase options, links to websites or social networks.
