Category Archives: apps for kids

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Toca Band

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toca band

Rock on… with Toca Band – FREE again!  This educational app for the iPhone/iPad encourages kids to explore music as they mix beats & sounds together to produce a hit song. The 16 characters in this app each have their own sound and rhythm. Kids drag different combinations of performers on stage to create their own musical band. How a character plays depends on where he/she is placed on the stage. Characters can also be chosen to give a solo performance. Even the names of the characters are fun: Bang Bang Chef on the drums, Dancy Nancy on the piano, Shaky McBones on the maracas,etc. Another great educational app from a developer that makes learning what it should be – fun, creative, and joyful!

Highly recommended!

Toca Band - Toca Boca AB

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Baby Musical Toys – 9 in 1 Games to Promote Baby’s Brain Development

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Baby Musical Toys

FREE for a limited time – Baby Musical Toys – 9 in 1 Games to Promote Baby’s Brain Development. Designed for the youngest iPad users (6 months – 2 years), this educational app features 9 beautiful and colorful toys embedded with sounds from different instruments. There are piano sounds on the scales of the fish, guitar sounds on the fruits, drum beats on the turtle, etc. Visually appealing and nicely done!

Baby Musical Toys - 9 in 1 Games to Promote Baby's Brain Development - Hompimplay

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iLuv Drawing Vehicles HD

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iLuv Drawing Vehicles

FREE for a limited time  – iLuv Drawing Vehicles HD. Kids learn to draw 20 cartoon style vehicles by tracing over step-by-step templates. So many great choices for kids that love “things that go” – the app includes: car, race car, dump truck, cement truck, pick up truck, fire truck, crane truck, helicopter, airplane, fighter jet, ambulance, bicycle, tricycle, motorcycle, train engine, jeep, boat, and ship. After finishing the drawing, your child can color it, add a background, stickers, etc. The editing tools (eraser, undo, redo, start over) make this app easy to use! There are also blank pages so that your child can create his/her own drawings. Finished works can be saved, printed, or shared via email. Drawings saved into the drawing book can be edited later. Use this educational app to have your child create cards, greetings for loved ones!

iLuv Drawing Vehicles HD - Kids learn how to draw cars, trucks, train, plane and more step by step - MyVijan LLC

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Old MacDonald’s Farm

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Old MacDonald's Farm

FREE for a limited time – Old MacDonald’s Farm, a learning game for toddlers. Kids spin a wheel of animals looking for the ones that belong on the farm. The usual farm friends are there – cow, horse, pig, etc. But, there are also some animals that do not belong on a farm – octopus, tiger, moose and more! Kids have to decide which of the 22 animals belong on Old MacDonald’s farm. As kids drag and drop puzzle pieces into the farm scene, they are rewarded with animal sounds and cute animations. And they can sing along, of course. 🙂 This SUPER cute version of Old MacDonald is featured in “App Store Essentials – Apps for Toddlers” and was a “What’s Hot” Apple pick. A great educational app for toddlers!

Use the link below because it is only the iPad version that is coming up FREE.

Old MacDonald-HD - LoeschWare

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Little Mermaid

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Little Mermaid

FREE – Little Mermaid, a fairy tale app by StoryToys. This app is normally $4.99 and is designed as digital pop-up book. It can be read in 3 modes – read to me, read on my own, or autoplay. It features interactive 3D pop-up scenes with simple tasks for kids to perform throughout the story. The story is professionally narrated and includes fun sound effects and a musical score. Check out this educational app while it is FREE!

The Little Mermaid ~ 3D Interactive Pop-up Book - StoryToys Entertainment Limited

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Barefoot World Atlas

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Barefoot World Atlas

To celebrate the 5th anniversary of the App Store, Barefoot World Atlas is FREE for a limited time. This educational app features a 3D interactive globe that invites children to explore and learn about the countries and regions of our world.  The app is beautifully designed with wonderful animated illustrations by artist David Dean. The narration is done by geographer Nick Crane from BBC television. In addition to learning about the continents and oceans, kids will learn about Earth’s people, wildlife, landmarks, natural features, famous buildings, and other interesting things. This app is very engaging – there is so much to discover & learn! Kids of all ages will get lost for hours as they spin, zoom, and fly around the globe to learn about our planet. VERY cool!!

Barefoot World Atlas - Touch Press

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SpellingCity

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Spelling City  – a FREE educational app for the iPhone/iPad! I LOVE Spelling City. It is a phenomenal website where teachers can input their weekly spelling lists so kids can go online to practice their spelling in so many fun ways – hang mouse, match it, which word, sentence unscramble, etc. I used Spelling City in my classroom for the last several years and the kids & parents loved it. The app has several preloaded lists and the best part…..kids can access the their teacher’s list (providing that he/she uses Spelling City, of course) by using their zip code, school name, and teacher’s name. Practice spelling in the car on a way to a soccer game or while waiting in the dentist’s office. AWESOME!!

Common Core Standards met:

  • K.RF.3  – Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
  • 1.RF.3 – Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
  • 2.RF.3 – Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences. AND Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
  • 3.RF.3 – Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
  • 4.RF.3 – Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.
  • 5.RF.3 – Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.

Highly recommended!

SpellingCity - SpellingCity

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Kindergarten Subtraction

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Kindergarten Subtraction

FREE for a limited time – Kindergarten Subtraction. This educational app uses 8 different visual learning activities help kids understand the process of subtracting numbers 0-10. To start, create a profile for each child. Pictures can be added from your camera roll – making it easy for kids to find their files. The app narrates (in English or Spanish) and visually demonstrates how to use the interactive elements of each activity. Then the app uses those 8 different activities to give kids LOTS of practice subtracting. The app provides progress screens for parents or teachers to see how their kids are doing – a great feature. The app is organized so that kids go through the activities in a specific order. If kids already know subtraction -1 they still have to go through all of those activities before they get to subtraction -2. Perhaps an update could make the app a bit more customizable. That being said, the app shows kids how subtraction works in a variety of ways!

Kindergarten Subtraction - I Did It Learning LLC

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Polk Street Press

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If you are not familiar with this developer, do yourself a favor and get acquainted 🙂 Here are two GREAT story apps – sweet stories with beautiful illustrations. The interactivity is purposeful. It adds to the story rather than just being there so that the developer claim that the app is interactive. And… they are currently FREE! Thank you, Polk Street Press!  Check out these great educational apps today.

FREE  for the iPhone/iPad, Goodnight Safari is a sweet interactive story for bedtime. Kids (ages 2-4) help the animals of the savannah complete their evening activities in 7 different scenes –  a giraffe eating dinner, a monkey climbing into bed, a hippo taking a bath, etc. Optional counting & color activities are available as an in-app purchase. Very sweet story for a peaceful end to your child’s day – highly recommended!

Goodnight Safari - Polk Street Press LLC

spatter & spark

Spatter and Spark is another cute interactive book for iPhone 4 /iPad 2 and later models.  Spatter (an artistic porcupine) and Spark (an inventive fox) team up to figure out how to get a look at Hubert, the baby crow, so that Spatter can paint Hubert’s picture. Kids are invited to help as Spatter & Spark problem solve their way through the story. There are 10 interactive scenes within the app. Each scene is beautifully illustrated by Luciana Navarro Powell, the illustrator of Goodnight Safari. The story (for 4 – 6 year olds) is very cute with purposeful interactivity that adds to the story. Spatter and Spark could also be used with elementary students to encourage them to think & write about their own inventions. I would have used it with my third graders when I was teaching 🙂 An activity pack (with 4 additional activities) is available as an in-app purchase. Nicely done and highly recommended!

Spatter & Spark - Polk Street Press LLC

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Toca Band

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toca band

Rock on… with Toca Band – FREE today!  This educational app for the iPhone/iPad encourages kids to explore music as they mix beats & sounds together to produce a hit song. The 16 characters in this app each have their own sound and rhythm. Kids drag different combinations of performers on stage to create their own musical band. How a character plays depends on where he/she is placed on the stage. Characters can also be chosen to give a solo performance. Even the names of the characters are fun: Bang Bang Chef on the drums, Dancy Nancy on the piano, Shaky McBones on the maracas,etc. Another great app from a developer that makes learning what it should be – fun, creative, and joyful!

Highly recommended!

Toca Band - Toca Boca AB