This iPhone/iPad app usually sells for $.99 but at times is if offered for FREE. It is from the creators of Subtracting Sardines (see review July 17). It is geared for preschoolers/grades (K-1) and it meets Common Core Standards for kindergarten and first graders in the area of addition. Kids add (up to 18) using apples. The apples are displayed on a keyboard with domino-like keys (number on the left/picture on the right). The child chooses an addition problem and the apples appear at the top of the screen. Here’s how it works: If a child chooses 6 + 7: 6 green apples appear then 7 yellow apples appear. As the child counts the apples to find the answer, they are wrapped in purple paper. Children earn gold coins as they work. Nicely done app that helps kids with the beginning concept of addition.

Common Core Standards met:

• K.OA.2  – Add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem.
• 1.OA.6 – Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10.

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