Category Archives: FREE apps (for a limited time)

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Millie Apps!!

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Sale extended! All of the Millie books are still FREE.

I am a HUGE fan of these apps – they are adorable. After personally looking at 1200 – 1500 apps, the Millie stories are still among my favorites! They make me smile. 🙂

Millie Was Here – Millie’s first adventure is currently FREE. This award-winning interactive book for kids has been one of my favorites since I started my blog. The story follows Millie on her first adventure. Millie (a lovable dog) has super powers, loves bacon, and is a master of disguise. I love everything about this app – the narration, music, interactivity, and Millie – the super cute star of the book. The story is available in 11 languages. The app automatically sets itself to the language of your device – how cool is that!

Millie Was Here, Book 1: Meet Millie - Megapops LLC

Millie

Millie and the Lost Key is the second book in the Millie series for the iPhone/iPad. Millie, the adorable adventure-seeking dog, is at it again. This time she travels (by cab) to a dark and mysterious island (Central Park) in a quest to find the ultimate treasure – the key to endless bacon. The story is adorable, the interactivity is great, and there are hidden stickers for kids to collect as they read the story. Kids love Millie and her stories!

Millie & The Lost Key - Millie Was Here, Book 2 - Megapops LLC

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Also FREE – Millie’s Crazy Dinosaur Adventure, the third book in the Millie series for the iPhone/iPad. Millie’s adventures continue when she goes to a birthday party for a stuffed cat and it leads to a hair-raising journey back in time. Another fun story!

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/millies-crazy-dinosaur-adventure/id695161183?mt=8&uo=4

Also FREE and just in time for Halloween – Millie’s Book of Tricks and Treats, volumes 1 & 2. The Millie books feature a very cute, lovable dog and kids LOVE them! These apps present a series of silly tricks and treats featuring Millie – nothing scary for little ones. Every time you read it, the randomly generated video clips change so the book is always different.There is also scratch-off picture & hidden sticker on every page. Love this series!

Download for Volume 1: Millie's Book of Tricks and Treats - Megapops LLC

Download for Volume 2: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/millies-book-tricks-treats/id569720229?mt=8&uo=4

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Curious George at the Zoo

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Curious George at the Zoo is currently FREE (again) for iPhone/iPad. Designed for preschoolers, this educational app has kids helping Curious George wake, clean, and feed animals in the zoo. Introduced by the Man with the Yellow Hat (of course), the app then asks your child where he/she would like to go. But, buyer beware  –  there is only one section of zoo (Sunny Safari) included with the initial purchase of the app – normally $.99.

There are 5 animals for kids to learn about in this app – the hippo. giraffe, lion, parrot, and elephant. First they wake the animal up, then they clean it and feed it – fairly simple activities. Also included are age-appropriate video clips about each animal. Kids can play a game (Safari Showers) and collect stickers.

I have always loved Curious George books – the stories are timeless and can be enjoyed by kids from preschool through first/second grade. The simplicity of this app makes it most appropriate for Curious George’s youngest fans (2 – 3 year olds). I am disappointed that kids are given “a choice” of where they would like go in the app when there is only one area available without additional purchases. Choices are presented in a cute pop-up book but 3 out of 4 pages are covered by a huge “tap here to purchase” button. It feels similar to having the candy in the checkout line of the grocery story. That being said, if you have 2 – 3 year old that loves Curious George, you may want to download this app.

Curious George at the Zoo for iPad - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Voice Translator

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Voice Translator

FREE again for a limited time – Voice Translator for the iPhone/iPad. This educational app translates your spoken word into another language –  33 different languages are available! Just speak into the app then the app translates your words and speaks them back to you in the other language. What a fabulous tool for traveling!! The app also has a voice-to-text translation with the ability to send it via email or SMS. Two other options are text-to-voice and text-to-text mode. I used my limited knowledge of foreign languages to test it and it seemed to work. I would be curious to hear from users (who are proficient in both languages) as to how accurately it translates. VERY cool with lots of applications in the world of education!

Voice Translator™ - Smart Loft

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Team Shake

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Team Shake

FREE for a limited time – Team Shake, a tool that helps select teams for games, sporting events, tournaments, school projects, etc. If you have to put people in groups, this is the app for you. 🙂 You can easily create 1 –  64 teams. First, enter the names of the participants by using the keyboard or by importing a file. Then set each student’s gender and level of strength. Temporarily disable the names of people who are absent then literally shake the your device (or press the shake button.) The app generates color-coded balanced teams. There are all sorts of additional features that let you customize this app to fit your needs. You can set groups of people to always be on the same team, set groups of people to always be on different teams, create teams where all players have the same strength, and more. I would enter my class multiple times by subject so that I could set the levels strength for each area. Very cool educational tool for teachers, coaches, and anyone else who works with groups!

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/team-shake/id390812953?mt=8&uo=4

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Walter’s Flying Bus

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Walter's Flying Bus

FREE for a limited time – Walter’s Flying Bus, a story inspired by the real-life dreams of Walter and his friends (orphaned, special needs children in Uganda.) Walter finds an abandoned bus. With his friends and a little work, the engine soon roars to life! This e-book is inspirational – a celebration of the talents & beauty of every child. It is narrated in English, Spanish and Luganda (a primary language of Uganda). The educational app also includes mini-documentaries of the real-life children featured in the book. According to the developer  – “ONE HUNDRED PERCENT of after-tax profits from App sales go to efforts helping orphans with special needs, including advocacy, care, and adoption assistance grants.” Nice story with a great message!

Walter's Flying Bus - Chosen and Dearly Loved, LLC

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Millie Apps!!

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All of the Millie books are FREE for one day only!

I am a HUGE fan of these apps – they are adorable. After personally looking at 1200 – 1500 apps, the Millie stories are still among my favorites! They make me smile. 🙂

FREE again (for one day only) – Millie Was Here. This award-winning interactive book for kids has been one of my favorites since I started my blog. The story follows Millie on her first adventure. Millie (a lovable dog) has super powers, loves bacon, and is a master of disguise. I love everything about this app – the narration, music, interactivity, and Millie – the super cute star of the book. The story is available in 11 languages. The app automatically sets itself to the language of your device – how cool is that!

Millie Was Here, Book 1: Meet Millie - Megapops LLC

Millie

Millie and the Lost Key is the second book in the Millie series for the iPhone/iPad. It is FREE for one day only! Millie, the adorable adventure-seeking dog, is at it again. This time she travels (by cab) to a dark and mysterious island (Central Park) in a quest to find the ultimate treasure – the key to endless bacon. The story is adorable, the interactivity is great, and there are hidden stickers for kids to collect as they read the story. Kids love Millie and her stories!

Millie & The Lost Key - Millie Was Here, Book 2 - Megapops LLC

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Also FREE for one day only – Millie’s Crazy Dinosaur Adventure, the third book in the Millie series for the iPhone/iPad. Millie’s adventures continue when she goes to a birthday party for a stuffed cat and it leads to a hair-raising journey back in time. Another fun story!

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/millies-crazy-dinosaur-adventure/id695161183?mt=8&uo=4

Also FREE today only – Millie’s Book of Tricks and Treats, volumes 1 & 2. The Millie books feature a very cute, lovable dog and kids LOVE them! These apps present a series of silly tricks and treats featuring Millie – nothing scary for little ones. Every time you read it, the randomly generated video clips change so the book is always different.There is also scratch-off picture & hidden sticker on every page. Love this series!

Download for Volume 1: Millie's Book of Tricks and Treats - Megapops LLC

Download for Volume 2: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/millies-book-tricks-treats/id569720229?mt=8&uo=4

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Spelling Millionaire 2

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Spleeling Millionaire

FREE for a limited time – Spelling Millionaire 2, a fun spelling game for the entire family. This educational app challenges players to spell check 15 rounds of words. The app’s look is similar to the TV show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. It includes a host, an audience, a money board, fun graphics & animations, music, and sound effects. The words become increasingly difficult with each round. The more answers you get right, the higher you climb on the money panel. The app features: 4 game modes, more than 2,000 (British & American) words grouped by difficulty, definitions for every word, lifelines – ask the audience and extra time, and more. Kids can play to get a taste of what it would be like to be on a TV game show – a great educational app to make spelling fun for older kids!

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spelling-millionaire-2/id681055403?mt=8&uo=4

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Dinorama

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Dinorama

App of the Week and FREE for a limited time – Dinorama, an educational game app. Kids learn about money and time management as they build and maintain their own dinosaur theme parks. They start with one dinosaur and a few visitors. As they earn money, kids can add additional dinosaur displays, a popcorn stand, a photo booth, etc. They are in charge of everything – buying food, keeping the park clean, selling popcorn, hiring employees. Kids learn to save for unpredictable events: rainstorms that affect ticket sales, crop shortages that raise food prices, and flat tires that maroon valuable tourists. Interactive features include: feeding the dinosaurs with your finger, hiring a tour guide to learn more, popping popcorn, inflating balloons, photographing visitors, and more. There are many fun things to do! There’s even a virtual bank where kids can earn interest. It’s no wonder that this educational app was named New & Noteworthy by Apple, an Editor’s Choice of USA Today, an Editor’s Pick of Common Sense Media, and rated 5/5 Awesome by MacLife Magazine. Very cool, very fun, and educational!!

Teachers – this app would not only be be great for math but you could also use it to encourage journalling. Have kids keep “the books” and write daily entries about the status of their parks. They also could make up ads for their parks. There are lots of possibilities for integrated learning. 🙂

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dinorama/id611016610?mt=8&uo=4

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Puppet Workshop

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Puppet Workshop

FREE again for a limited time (normally $2.99) –  Puppet Workshop. Kids use their creativity to turn a sock or a glove into a virtual puppet using this educational app. They first choose their sock or glove. Then they create the puppet’s eyes, nose, mouth, & hair from an assortment of buttons, ribbons, strings, etc. The puppet can be placed on a background from the app or a background from your camera roll. Or… your child can also create his/her own background! You can also save a picture of your child’s puppet to your camera roll or it ca be stored in the application. The app includes 20 different socks & gloves, 150+ enhancements, and 18 different backgrounds – enough “stuff” for a whole lot of creating!! Very fun 🙂

Puppet Workshop - Creativity App for Kids - Sebastian Bachorzewski

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Small Science Experiments

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FREE for a limited time – Small Science Experiments HD. This educational app features fun, easy science experiments for kids to do at home. Each experiment is written up with 4 parts: introduction, equipment, instructions, and explanation. The experiments are also demonstrated in step-by-step videos. There are a total of 25 experiments. Some examples are: make an engine with a candle, turn a tea bag into a rocket, extract DNA from a pear, make a mini jet boat from a chemical reaction. As you can tell from the titles, these experiments need to be done under the supervision of an adult. A warning to that effect is included in the app. The app also includes a quiz with a limited number of multiple choice questions such as: Who invented the first electric battery? and What was the first name of Einstein? Personally, I would skip the quiz. I think kids would benefit more from journaling about their experiments – what they observed, what they learned, etc. Check it out for your budding scientist!

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/small-experiments-hd/id586218241?mt=8&uo=4