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Magic Sorter – Sea Tales

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Magic Sorter -Sea Tales

FREE today – Magic Sorter Sea Tales, an app for toddlers. The app includes 10 different games based around the theme of the sea. Activities include puzzles, color matching, size & shape matching, patterns, counting, a memory game, and more. Your child can work on one game at a time or there is an option to mix the games. Kids will enjoy the colorful animations & lively music that they receive as a reward after completing an activity. The app is very intuitive and suitable for kids of all languages  – there are no written or spoken words. If you have a little one who loves the ocean and its creatures, check out this app today!

Magic Sorter - Sea Tales - 10 in 1 - to develop important cognitive and fine motor skills - Igromatic

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Super Readers – A Dolch Sight Words Based Story Book App That Will Help Turn Your Child Into a Super Reader!

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super readers

FREE again for a limited time – Super Readers, an animated storybook app for early readers! This educational app uses the Dolch sight words in 10 vocabulary controlled stories at 5 different reading levels: kindergarten, beginning first, middle first, end of first, and beginning second. Kids can choose to have the stories read to them with automatic text highlighting or they can touch individual words to have them read. Another great feature  – kids can record themselves reading the book and then play it back. What a wonderful confidence builder for little ones trying to build their fluency!!

Common Core Standards met:

K.RF.3 – Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. c. Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).

Super Readers - A Dolch Sight Words Based Story Book App That Will Help Turn Your Child Into a Super Reader! - Jorge Sanchez

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Toca Hair Salon Me

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hair salon meOnly $.99 – Toca Hair Salon Me, the newest addition to the popular Toca Hair Salon apps. Using this app, kids can create a whole new look for themselves and/or their family & friends. They simply import a picture from the camera roll and “the styling” can begin. The salon is equipped with all the right tools to style hair. They can cut it, comb it, make it grow, shave it, color it, etc. They can also wash it, blow it dry, curl it or straighten it. Great sound effects add to the fun! After they finish the styling, they can add fun accessories – glasses, bow, mustaches, etc. They can even use their own photos for the background. Kids or parents can take a photo of the finished creation and save it to their camera roll. What a great springboard for creative writing – give yourself a whole new look and write a story to go with it. What a fun activity for a Wacky Hair Day!!

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toca-hair-salon-me/id730873197?mt=8&uo=4

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YouTube Kids

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youtube kids

Just released in February and FREE – YouTube Kids, a child-geared version of YouTube. The app is designed for little ones to navigate – big buttons, easy scrolling, and instant full-screen. Kids can enjoy their favorites such as Sesame Street, Peppa Pig, and Reading Rainbow. They can find videos about things that interest them – science, music, crafts, etc. The app has four sections: shows, music, learning, and explore. I especially love the learning section which includes great programming from TedEd, Khan Academy, WhizKid Science, PBS Kids, and more. There is also a search option which is great for teachers looking for a video clip to enhance a lesson. Google is focused on kids’ safety so they’ve worked to build YouTube Kids to be a family friendly place. Parents can quickly notify YouTube if they see anything questionable. Even though this app greatly limits a child’s access to inappropriate content, supervision of your child’s online activity is always a good idea. 🙂

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/youtube-kids/id936971630?mt=8&uo=4

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Little Bird Tales

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imageFREE – Little Bird Tales, an educational app that helps kids create their own stories and presentations. The app is very easy to use. First kids add text and/or voice to each page. They can import pictures or create their own drawings to go with their stories. Finished works can be uploaded to littlebirdtales.com for emailing, creating PDFs, and more. This is one of those apps with endless possibilities. Kids can create all sorts of original works with it. Teachers can create assignments for students to download, complete, and return for review. Parents can use the app for creating and sharing their children’s work with grandparents. Find out more about this great resource at the website: https://littlebirdtales.com. There you can also sign up for a free membership. Let the creating begin…

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/little-bird-tales-free-digital/id517996494?mt=8&uo=6&at=&ct=

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Math Racer®

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FREE for a limited time – an educational app that  normally sells for $7.99. Math Racer times how fast kids can answer 10, 20, 50 or 100 problems in 7 different games: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, add/subtract, multiply/divide, or all operations. I like kids being able to practice related operations together – it makes them pay attention to operational signs & see connections. The app keeps high scores for all areas. It shows which problems were missed and how long it took to answer each question (to the hundredth of a second). Teachers and parents can use this tracking system to document kids’ progress.

This app provides a simple but fun way for kids to practice their facts. I can’t imagine that they won’t love racing the clock to improve their scores. If it is loaded on an iPhone, kids could easily practice their facts in the car on their way to after-school lessons. 🙂

Common Core Standards met:

  • 1.OA.6 – Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10.
  • 2.OA.2 – Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies. By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers.
  • 3.OA.7 – Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division or properties of operations. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.

Recommended!

Math ® - i4software

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Grandma’s Kitchen

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grandma

Only $.99 – Grandma’s Kitchen, an adorable educational app for preschoolers. Kids join dancing grandma in her kitchen. The app features 8 educational games – all thematically linked. Kids will love helping grandma around the kitchen and they will be learning math & reading as they help. The app also features short videos of real kitchen tools in action. The following concepts are integrated into the games: consonant blends, telling time to the hour, colors, vocabulary, healthy eating choices, compound words, numeral recognition/counting, addition, identifying equal parts of a whole, pattern recognition, and more!

I love this app – it seamlessly integrates important educational content into fun thematic games. And, little ones will learn how kitchen items work. I especially like the when Grandma asks for a kiss on the cheek – so cute! Highly recommended.

Download: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/grandmas-kitchen/id602808356?mt=8&uo=4

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Toca Nature

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imageApp of the week and FREE for a limited time – Toca Nature, the latest from Toca Boca. Kids explore nature with this educational app. They can carve out lakes, create mountain ranges, plant trees to grow a forest. Then they can watch as animals move in to populate their new habitats. Kids can also can collect berries, nuts, and mushrooms to feed the animals. As they explore, they will find out what different creatures eat and learn about their natural habitats. Thanks, Toca Boca, for another great app that encourages kids to learn through exploration and use their imagination!

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toca-nature/id893927401?mt=8&uo=6&at=&ct=

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Factor Samurai

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Factor Samurai

FREE again for a limited time – Factor Samurai, a fun game to practice multiplication/division while looking for prime factors. The goal of the game is to cut falling numbers down to their prime numbers. So if the number 14 is on the screen, it would be cut once to become 2 and 7. If the number 18 is on the screen, it would be cut twice – first to 3 and 6 and then the 6 would be cut to 2 and 3. The game has three levels – grasshopper, apprentice, and master. The speed of the falling numbers increases in each level. Once a player has cut 3 numbers that are already prime, the game is over. The score (showing how many numbers were cut down to their prime) is displayed! There is an option to play the game through the Game Center. This educational app is fun – a game that helps kids with an important math standard!

Common Core Standards met:

  • 4.OA.4 Find all factor pairs for a whole number in the range 1–100. Recognize that a whole number is a multiple of each of its factors. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1–100 is a multiple of a given one-digit number. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1–100 is prime or composite.

Factor Samurai - Third Rail, LLC

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My Incredible Body – A Kid’s App to Learn about the Human Body

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my incredible body

My Incredible Body – A Kid’s App to Learn about the Human Body is now 50% off. This educational app takes kids inside the body to see how everything works. Kids start by choosing an area to explore – brain & nerves, digestion, lungs & air, skeleton, kidneys & urine, senses, muscles, or circulation. Each of the 8 content areas provides information in a variety of engaging ways. Kids can watch short movies & animations that explain the different functions of the body. 3D models can be rotated or zoomed to allow kids to see inside the body and discover how body parts work together. Kids will spend hours reading and listening to all sorts of fun facts about their bodies. For example: extraocular muscles control eye movements and are the busiest muscles in the body. This app is fabulous – it’s easy to use, visually appealing, engaging, and full of information. Kids will LOVE it!

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-incredible-body-kids-app/id853953105?mt=8&uo=4