Tablets for children from 7 years old

At the age of seven, children already know and can do a lot, and in the era of computer technology, they have access to a variety of opportunities for entertainment and development. But even a very demanding junior schoolchild will like such a gift as a developing tablet. We will tell you how to choose this device for children from 7 years old in this article.

Pros and cons

In the fact that a child uses gadgets, if desired, you can find a lot of pros and cons. Grandmothers say that the tablet will spoil the child's eyesight. Grandfathers convince that outdoor football is much more useful.

This is all true. A tablet computer will surely spoil his eyesight if a child plays with it for hours, besides the tablet itself will be quite cheap, low-grade and unsuitable for children's use.

Football in the yard is very useful for physical development, but one should not forget about mental development.

In addition, no one bothers to competently combine walks, sports and computer work.

Thus, with the judicious use of the children's tablet, the risks to the child's health are minimal, and the benefits are obvious. The child will be able to play, read, watch cartoons or movies, use educational programs and Internet lessons, solve logic puzzles and learn foreign languages, as well as communicate with peers, use the Internet. All this knowledge will definitely be useful to him at school and in life.

Features, requirements and functions at 7 years old

Technology for a seven-year-old child should be close to that of an adult in its capabilities, because many applications and games that are interesting to schoolchildren differ from children's games in volume and graphics. But buying an adult tablet for a child is expensive and irrational, because all the features of a “big” gadget will not be useful for a seven-year-old.

The best option would be a children's tablet, which was created taking into account the interests and requirements of children from 6 to 14 years old. The model must be reliable, sturdy, solid and of high quality. The case must be shockproof. The screen should be optimal for children's eyes and not harm visual function. As for the technical characteristics, it is worth focusing on the following parameters:

Screen size - at least 7 inches. Better if the size is 8 or 10 inches.
Resolution - at least 1280x720 pixels. More is possible, less is not necessary.
RAM - 1 GB.
Processor - 2 or 4 cores, frequency - from 1200 MHz.
SIM card support - up to 32 GB. The minimum is 16 GB.
Internet - Wi-Fi (available for all models), if desired - 3G.
Applications - educational, developmental. Pre-installed or installed. Necessarily Russified.

You should not experiment with the health of the child and buy cheap fakes for him.

It is best to give preference to trusted manufacturers. They are responsible for the quality and safety of the device. Moreover, today it is not difficult to find a model from a reliable manufacturer at more than affordable prices.

Popular models and reviews about them

We made our rating based on the reviews that parents left on the Internet, as well as on publicly available data on the number of sales of certain tablets:

Samsung galaxy tab 3 kids

This is a tablet that you can safely give the first place to. Technical parameters are fully consistent with those recommended for children. The design is simple and uncomplicated, but it is equally suitable for boys and girls. The main advantage of the model, according to users, is a capacious battery (4000 mAh). The main drawback is that applications from the internal memory (and there is only 8 GB of it) cannot be transferred to a flash card, this complicates the process of playing "big" games. Otherwise, the reviews are positive. The cost of the model is from 8500 to 10000 rubles.

PlayPad 3 NEW

Despite some characteristics that may seem "weak", this bright tablet deserves second place for an incredibly tenacious battery. With a capacity of 3000 mAh, it works up to 8 hours! Basic requirements correspond to those recommended for children. Reviews are mostly positive, with a fair 4.5 out of 5 on most review sites. As a disadvantage, the low capabilities of the built-in camera are called - photos and videos of the child are disgusting quality. The model can be considered quite budgetary (the price in chain stores is from 4500 to 5000 rubles).

Turbokids

This is a whole line of tablets for kids. The Russian brand, which is collected in China, is considered inexpensive, but very high quality. For compliance with technical requirements, you can pay attention to TurboPad, Turbokids "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", MonsterPad, TurboKids Princess, TurboKids "Dasha the Traveler". On average, the cost of models is from 5500 rubles. The most expensive tablet today is considered to be the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tablet, it supports 3G, has a larger screen than the others - 8 inches. Its cost is about 7000 rubles. There are a lot of reviews on models that have long been known - MonsterPad, TurboKids Princess. Newer tablets (Turtles and Dasha) so far have sporadic, but quite positive reviews. In general, users rate the tablets from this manufacturer as a solid “four”.

Design

For most primary school children, it is very important that their tablet has a different design. If a younger child does not care what is painted on the case, the main thing is that it be bright and show cartoons, then at 7 years old boys are unlikely to want to receive a pink tablet as a gift, and girls will not be delighted with models in a rather aggressive dark case.

The manufacturers took into account the wishes of the children. So, you can choose a model for a boy - MonsterPad, Turbokids "Ninja Turtles", or you can make a nice gift for a girl - TurboKids Princess, "Dasha the traveler".

In addition to the colors, the designers have tried and added to some models comfortable silicone cases that not only protect the tablet case, but also act as a carrying handle - the tablet can be carried like a purse.

What skills are worth working on at this age?

A seven-year-old child has already learned a lot: he can read and write, thinks, and actively communicates. But for many children, schoolwork becomes painful only because children at this age do not have very well developed logic, memory, learning ability, attentiveness.

A children's tablet will help improve these qualities, develop them, and it will quickly become a real friend for your child. Most of the preinstalled educational applications and online lessons will help you quickly and unobtrusively improve your reading technique, verbal counting, mental arithmetic, will allow you to learn a lot of new words from a foreign language, will help expand your horizons and imagination.

What games will help development?

It is not necessary to put "races" and "shooting games" on a brand new tablet at once. Take a close look at what the manufacturers themselves offered the child. The set of preinstalled programs is different in different models. The number of developmental applications ranges from 20 to 70. Logic games, puzzles and a variety of quizzes that involve answers to questions from various fields - mathematics, reading, literature, fairy worlds, natural history, biology are very useful for younger students. It is clear that the questions will not be at the USE level, but adapted for primary school age.

Coloring pages, puzzles and "three-in-a-row" will help you to pass the time at your leisure. In addition, the child does not have to run to the library for every book and look for it in the shops. Parents can download any book from the Internet to the tablet, and convenient programs - "readers" will allow the child to read it with comfort.

How to block access to different resources?

To prevent seven-year-old schoolchildren from being exposed to videos and other content on the Internet that can harm their psyche and development, parents can limit access to certain resources that cause the greatest concern (social networks, Youtube).

All modern kids' tablets have parental controls installed for free.

This program allows you to create lists that will include not only specific sites, but also resources that may be similar to them in certain ways, for example, implying the presence of explicit photos or prohibited videos.

In some models, there is a switch between child and adult modes, and parents can manually set the lock on any resources within their mode... A gadget in a children's "shell" will not be able to bypass bans. Step-by-step recommendations for blocking are available on the Internet for each tablet model and modification.