Category Archives: FREE apps (for a limited time)

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Mindshape Limited – Fairy Tale apps

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Hold your hats  – today is going to be a record setting day for FREE apps thanks to Mindshapes Limited!

They are offering 15 of their Magic Town story apps for FREE!!

magic town

Magic Town is a great source of quality interactive stories for kids!! To read my review from October 7 – just type Magic Town into the search button on the upper right side of this page. The stories are nicely illustrated, animated, professionally narrated, and can be enjoyed in four modes: explore, read together, watch, and play. To access all of Magic Town’s content, you have to subscribe. But… TODAY, several books from the Magic Town collection are FREE. So here are links to Magic Town and 15 FREE e-books from the Magic Town collection. Enjoy 🙂

Magic Town Magic Town - Interactive Kid's Stories - Mindshapes Limited

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

Rumpelstiltskin Rumplestiltskin - Mindshapes Limited

The Story of Little Red Riding Hood The Tale of Little Red Riding Hood - 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   Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves - Mindshapes Limited

The Tale of Little Red Riding Hood   The Tale of Little Red Riding Hood - Mindshapes Limited

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

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What Time is is Mr. Wolf?

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What Time

What Time is it Mr. Wolf? (by Teacher’s Pet) is FREE for a limited time. Back in July, I reviewed another app by the same name by Joy Preschool. This app features a Wilfred the Wolf who spins the clock on the face of the moon 10 times. Kids have to choose the correct answer and drag it under the moon. The wolf giggles and says “well done” if the answer is correct. The app’s setting allows you to choose what interval of time you would like your child to work on – hours, half hours (half past), quarter hours, 10 minutes, or 5 minutes. Answers can be displayed in words, digitally, or mixed. You can also set the number of answers per question.

The Common Core Standards expect first graders to tell time to the 1/2 hour, second graders to tell time in 5 minute intervals (AM and PM), and third graders to tell time to the minute. So, this app would work well for first and second graders but not third graders. I like that this app includes practice with the words  – half past, quarter after, quarter to. It is a difficult concept for some kids to understand.

Common Core Standards met:

  • 1.MD.3 – Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
  • 2.MD.7 – Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.

What Time is it Mr. Wolf? - by Teacher's Pet - Teacher's Pet

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Counting Dots

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Counting Dots

FREE today – Counting Dots, a counting app for young iPad users. Kids learn to recognize/count numbers by popping colorful dots in this simple but visually appealing game. The app has three settings – counting by one, fives, or tens. There are also settings for sound, hinting, and enabling vibrations (iPhone only). The app is advertised as helping kids count from one to a million. I counted by ones to 20 and by tens to 100  – didn’t quite make it to a million 🙂 This app is by the same developer that did Rain Dots (see my March 1 review).

Counting Dots - Helping kids count from one to one million! - Ellie's Games, LLC

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Ed Meets the Dentist

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Ed

FREE until April 7 – Ed Meets the Dentist, created by Jeffrey D. Holt DDS (a board certified pediatric dentist). This app contains a 7+ minute cartoon about a young rabbit’s first trip to the dentist. It explains the procedures and tools that a child might encounter. The app also includes interactive tools for kids to try out on Ed’s teeth. Very nicely done – this app should help your child be less anxious about his/her visit.

Ed Meets The Dentist - Holt IP Holdings, LLC

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The Purple Frog

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Purple Frog2Purple Frog

The Purple Frog is FREE today. It is a story about friendship and acceptance. No one wants to play with Purple Frog because he is purple. He is sad until a little green frog becomes his friend. Kids can choose to read on their own or have the story read to them. They can also tap individual words in the story to have the word read and spelled for them. A beautifully illustrated story with a nice message!

The Purple Frog - i4software

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Toca Tailor Fairy Tales

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FREE again today for iPhone/iPad, Toca Tailor Fairy Tales has kids designing and tailoring clothes for two fairy tale characters. With a tap, the style of clothing can be changed. The length of the sleeves, pants, etc. is easily adjusted with a swipe. Kids then choose different colors & prints of fabric or they can create their own fabric using the built-in fabric camera. They can also access and use pictures from the camera roll. There are trims to add – buttons, pockets, etc. Finally, kids choose accessories – hats, scarves, shoes, etc. Kids can take a picture of their finished creations like they can in so many apps. BUT…. in this app you can use your own room as a background – how unique! Kids could create their own little elf, take pictures of it all over the house, and write their own “elf-on-a-shelf” story. The possibilities for creative writing using this feature are endless – LOVE it!! Very open-ended & creative for hours of fun!

Highly recommended!!

Toca Tailor Fairy Tales - Toca Boca AB

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Colorific – drawing and coloring book

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Colorific

FREE for 3 days – the FULL version of Colorific, a digital coloring book. There are 60 picture for kids to color as well as a blank page for your child to make his/her own creation.  The app is very intuitive and easy to use. Kids first choose their medium – colored pencils or markers. Tools include – undo and redo buttons to make changes simple, a paint bucket for fill-in, an eraser, and 3 sizes of tool points. Creations can be printed, saved (in your photo library), or shared via email. Facebook, etc. Have kids illustrate their own cards or illustrate their own stories using this app. Unleash your little artist today!

Colorific - drawing and coloring book - Alexey Rashevskiy

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Toca House

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toca house 2Toca House

 

FREE today – Toca House, another fantastic app for toddlers from Toca Boca. Kids help 5 friends do household chores – iron, sweep, sort mail, plant the garden, etc. There are 19 mini games in all. Kids will love the fun sounds that accompany the tasks! If your child likes the other Toca Boca apps, you’ll want to add his one to your collection today. These apps do not “go free” that often. Another great app from a developer that makes learning what it should be – fun, creative, and joyful!

See my previous reviews for Toca Band, Toca Store, Toca Fairy Tales, Toca Hair – Christmas and keep reading my blog to fund out when apps like this are FREE  🙂

Toca House - Toca Boca AB

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ABA Language Apps – all 10 titles FREE

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What Goes Together

In honor of Autism Month all ABA (applied behavior analysis) apps from Kindergarten.com are FREE for the month of April. These apps can be used by parents, teachers and speech pathologists as part of a speech/language programs. The apps offer a variety of photos set on a white background. The images are selected for their familiarity and appeal to children. The apps include many options – turn the questions on or off, turn the audio on or off, manually flip pages for discussion, a timer, and more. But one of the BEST features of these apps is the data collection – it keeps track of the child’s answers and the percent correct. The results can be emailed to parent, teachers, or therapists – what a time saver!!

Here is the list of all 10 FREE apps!!

ABA What Rhymes?   ABA – What Rhymes? - Kindergarten.com   Kids are asked to identify words that rhyme – a prereading skill.

ABA Which Does Not Belong?   ABA - Which Does Not Belong? - Kindergarten.com   Kids identify which item is not a part of the group.

ABA Problem Solving Game – Which Go Together?  ABA Problem Solving Game – Which Go Together? - Kindergarten.com Kids identify associations  – over 400 photos

ABA Receptive Identification   ABA Receptive Identification - Kindergarten.com This app was seen on 60 Minutes – over 300 photos.

ABA Receptive Identification – By Class   ABA Receptive Identification - By Class - Kindergarten.com  This app was seen on 60 Minutes.

ABA Flash Cards – Alphabet    ABA Flash Cards - Alphabet - Kindergarten.com   26 cards with clear, colorful images

ABA Flash Cards – Animals   ABA Flash Cards – Animals - Kindergarten.com   100 talking flash cards for receptive language development

ABA Flash Cards – Actions   ABA Flash Cards - Actions - Kindergarten.com 52 cards with clear, colorful images

ABA Flash Cards – Food   ABA Flash Cards - Food - Kindergarten.com over 100 clear, colorful images

ABA Sight Words   ABA Sight Words - Kindergarten.com   300 of the most common sight words, 50% of written material is made up of 100 of these words

WOW!! – Thank you, Kingergarten.com 🙂

 

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Spot the Mistakes- Holidays (Busy Vacations)

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Spot the Mistakes

FREE March 31 and April 1 – Spot the Mistakes by Ralf Butschkow had kids looking for 130 strange and amusing mistakes. Lisa is going on vacation with her mom and dad and along the way she encounters some strange things – Grandma serving dinner wearing inline skates, a pig watching TV, a walking suitcase, etc. Silly fun for your kids!

Spot the mistakes – holidays – interactive No.1 picture book fun by Ralf Butschkow as activity app for children (busy vacations) - Bastei Luebbe GmbH & Co. KG