Category Archives: apps for kids

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Avokiddo Emotions – Playful learning for kids

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Emotions

FREE for a limited time – Avokiddo Emotions – Playful learning for kid. This educational app for kids of all ages explores emotions in a playful way. The app features a zany zebra, a shy sheep, and a jolly giraffe. KIds dress them up, feed them, share toys with them, etc. using 100+ unique props – hats, glasses, clothing, toys, musical instruments, food & drinks. Educational benefits include: learning to read body language, developing empathy for the characters’ feelings, building spoken/written language to go with the emotions & physical reactions, exploring cause and effect relationships, making predictions, and more. Certain accessories trigger themed backgrounds and accompanying silliness that is sure to bring smiles! Kids can save their creations to the camera roll to share in a variety of ways. Older kids can use their creations for creative writing. This app is FABULOUS – fun for toddlers and beyond. Highly recommended!

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/avokiddo-emotions-playful/id661758013?mt=8&uo=4

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Play Lab

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Paly LabPlay Lab is another educational app from the developers of Play 123, the #2 FREE educational app in the U.S. Kids 2+ learn about shapes, colors, and numbers in a playful way. The app includes 6 interactive games with the option to purchase 12 additional games. Kids will enjoy making a robot with shapes, blasting walls by tapping numbers, turning a wheel to create colored bubbles, and more! The language of the app can be set to English, Japanese, Korean, or simplified Chinese. Just go into your iPad’s settings > apps > Play Lab. The app is simple but appealing & engaging. It is definitely worth downloading – your little one will be delighted!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/play-lab/id520743222?mt=8&uo=4

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Tap A Tune

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This educational app makes me smile!! It’s adorable and FREE again for a limited time. Kids 2+ can play their own nursery rhymes (7 included) & holiday tunes (9 included) by tapping the animals as they pop out of holes in the ground. The app has 3 modes: baby mode (plays the tune correctly no matter which animal is tapped), play mode (tap the animals in the order that they pop up), and freestyle mode (tap the animals in any order to create your own tune). There is an option of changing to a keyboard when you feel your child is ready to make that transition. There are also 9 instrument options – piano, accordion, clarinet, acoustic guitar, xylophone, drum, harmonica, harp, and animal noises! When a tune is completed, all of the animals pop out of their holes to dance as the tune replays. The result is sheer happiness!

Recommended!

Tap A Tune - Mindshapes Limited

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Bean Bag Kids Present Little Red Riding Hood

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FREE again, for a limited time – Bean Bag Kids Present Little Red Riding Hood, an interactive fairy tale for the iPhone/iPad. Kids read along with this classic tale presented as a play by the Bean Bag Kids®  – Pea, Pinto, Cocoa, Jack, and Vanilla. This educational app has 3 modes – read to me, read alone, or autoplay. Words are highlighted as the story is read. Kids can interact with the characters while they explore each scene. Just tap the 3D characters and their acting becomes more lively. As a bonus, kids can collect hidden stars on each page to unlock the Bean Bag Kids’ bios. There are also 12 simple puzzles (only 6 pieces) at the end of the play. One minor concern that I have is that the font may be difficult for little ones to read. Other than that, it’s definitely cute and worth downloading. 🙂

Bean Bag Kids present Little Red Riding Hood - Mundomono

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PEEP and the Big Wide World apps

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FREE for a limited time – 6 PEEP and the Big Wide World apps from WGBH, the producers of the animated series of the same name. Major funding for these educational apps is provided by the National Science Foundation. These apps are designed to teach science to preschoolers (3 – 5 years) in a cute, fun way! The games begin simply but become more challenging as kids are successful. Each app also includes a “Try This Anywhere Activity” for you and your children to do together based on the lesson in the app. Your child will LOVE learning with Peep and friends. And you will too!

PEEP - House Hunt

PEEP and the Big Wide World House Hunt: Kids turn over leaves to pair animals with their homes in a match game that demonstrates that some habitats are home to many different animals.

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/peep-big-wide-world-house/id536554271?mt=8&uo=4

PEEP - Hide & peep

PEEP and the Big Wide World Hide and Peep: Peep and friends are hiding in the tool shed. This app helps kids practice their observation and memory skills.

Download link:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/peep-big-wide-world-hide-peep/id536312346?mt=8&uo=4

Peep - Paint Splat

PEEP and the Big Wide World Paint Splat: Kids join two quirky characters named Quack & Chirp to experiment with mixing colors in a fun, silly way!

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/peep-big-wide-world-paint/id536621786?mt=8&uo=4

Peep - Sounds

PEEP and the Big Wide World Sounds Like Fun!: Kids explore music and sounds as they mix and match sounds with this app. The characters represent different musical rhythms.

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/peep-big-wide-world-sounds/id536623915?mt=8&uo=4

Peep - trash

PEEP and the Big Wide World Trash Stash: Kids practice their categorization skills by sorting objects using increasingly sophisticated criteria.

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/peep-big-wide-world-trash/id536624731?mt=8&uo=4

Peep - Quack's Apples

PEEP and the Big Wide World Quack’s Apples: Kids roll Quack’s apples into a pond – testing and tweaking the design of their route as often as needed. As they play, they are practicing the engineering design process!

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/peep-big-wide-world-quacks/id536623428?mt=8&uo=4

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Tiny Dentist

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Tiny Dentist

FREE again – Tiny Dentist. Kids get to be a dentist for a day with this app that teaches about dental treatments and instruments. Dozens of patients with dental problems need fixed. The “dentist” has the tools to: remove cavities & fill in the hole, remove plaque, use water & air sprays, remove decayed teeth, put on braces, and more! The app was developed to alleviate children’s fear of the dentist. Visual instructions for using the different tools are found in the grown-ups section. Another fun feature of the app is the ability to take before and after pictures of the patient. 🙂 Check it out!!

Tiny Dentist - fantastoonic

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Math Splat

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Math Splat

FREE for a limited time – Math Splat, a really fun mental math game. Kids are challenged to answer 21 math questions as fast as they can. A colorful paint splat covers each correct answer. Each game is timed and limited to 3 incorrect answers. Each incorrect answer adds a 3 second penalty to the final time. Kids will  love trying to beat their best time! The student can choose between easy, medium, and hard questions which makes this game great for differentiating instruction. Have kids graph their scores so that they can see themselves improve and in the process they will also learn to collect data. This educational app is perfect for getting kids to practice their facts in a fun way!

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.

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-splat/id495477324?mt=8&uo=4

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KIDS DISCOVER – Cells, Ancient Greece, Constitution, & Galaxies

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Cells

Ancient Greeece

Educational Apps – Back to School Special: Cells by KIDS DISCOVER, Ancient Greece by KIDS DISCOVER, Constitution by KIDS DISCOVER, and Galaxies by KIDS DISCOVER. FREE for a limited time! KIDS DISCOVER has been creating award-winning content for kids for over 20 years. Get the interactive, digital versions of these books for FREE. 🙂

Download links:

Cells https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cells-by-kids-discover/id593624778?mt=8&uo=4

Ancient Greece  https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ancient-greece-by-kids-discover/id643330967?mt=8&uo=4

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Mindshape Limited – Story Apps

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Here we go again  – today is going to be a another record-setting day for FREE educational apps thanks to Mindshapes Limited! They are offering 18 of their story apps for FREE!! Teachers, if you are a planning a unit on folktales this year – download now. 🙂

Little Red Hen

Many of these stories are classic fairy tales. They are nicely illustrated, professionally narrated, and can be enjoyed in four modes: read, watch, learn, and play. So here are links to 18 FREE e-books from the Mindshapes. Enjoy 🙂

Rumpelstiltskin Rumplestiltskin - Mindshapes Limited

Princess and the Pea The Princess and the Pea - A Fairy Tale - Mindshapes Limited

The Boy who Cried Wolf The Boy who Cried Wolf - Mindshapes Limited

The Glass Mountain   The Glass Mountain - Mindshapes Limited

The Leaping Match The Leaping Match - Mindshapes Limited

Ali Babba and the Forty Thieves   Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves - Mindshapes Limited

The Ugly Duckling   https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-ugly-duckling-a-fairy-tale/id578076786?mt=8&uo=4

 The Snow Queen The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen - Mindshapes Limited

The Tale of Cinderella   The Tale of Cinderella - Mindshapes Limited

Thumbelina   Thumbelina - A Fairy Tale - Mindshapes Limited

Hansel & Gretel   Hansel and Gretel - Grimm's Fairy Tales - Mindshapes Limited

Nutcracker – Ballet School   Nutcracker - Ballet School Stories - Mindshapes Limited

Aladdin –  The Arabian Nights   Aladdin - The Arabian Nights - Mindshapes Limited

The Little Red Hen   https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-story-of-the-little-red-hen/id583950594?mt=8&uo=4

The Tortoise and the Hare   https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-tortoise-the-hare/id572867513?mt=8&uo=4

Sleeping Beauty   https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sleeping-beauty-a-fairy-story/id584847816?mt=8&uo=4

Brer Rabbit & the Prickly Patch https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brer-rabbit-prickly-patch/id578074771?mt=8&uo=4

The Story of the Dog and His Reflection   https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/story-dog-his-reflection/id578072856?mt=8&uo=4

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Counting Bees

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Counting Bees

Pi’ikea apps are FREE this weekend!

Kids lead bees to flowers and learn to count (to 20) using Counting Bees, an educational app for preschoolers. Counting is taught in ranges of increasing difficulty: 1-5, 1-10, 1-15, and 1-20. Using this app, kids also can learn to count in multiple languages – English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, and Japanese. Simple to use and nicely done!

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/counting-bees/id481053635?mt=8&uo=4