FREE today – SimpleSort for the iPad. The Clever Clouds have knocked over buckets full of items and everything is mixed up! Kids return the items to the correct bucket in this simple game that teaches kids the beginning math skills of sorting & categorizing. The game can be made more difficult (by adding more buckets) as a young child’s skills improve. It can be played in 2 languages – English or Spanish. So… it could also be used as a tool to teach older kids vocabulary in a second language. Check it out while it is FREE  🙂

FREE for a limited time – My A – Z, a fully customizable alphabet app. Using this app, you can easily create your own alphabet flashcards with personal pictures and personal recordings (up to 30 seconds)! The app comes with words & pictures for each letter of the alphabet but you have the ability to edit those and/or add your own. Just use already existing photos from your albums or use your device’s camera to take new photos. Easy!!

There are so many fun uses for this app. Make alphabet  cards of your family or your family vacation. You can include greetings from the relatives pictured! Make alphabet cards to teach words in another language. Make alphabet cards that teach math terms. Make holiday editions of alphabet cards. Obviously, the audience for this app is not just limited to toddlers. It would be fun for older kids to create their own ABC flashcards in any subject area. The possibilities are endless!

FREE for a limited time – Bo’s Dinnertime, a cute app for 2 – 6 year olds. This app is one of a series featuring a friendly giraffe named Bo. By helping Bo, kids learn about all aspects of dinnertime – buying groceries & putting them away, cooking, setting the table, serving, eating, and cleaning up. Kids are also developing important skills – listening, matching, sorting, & counting. The app is available in English & Dutch. Bo’s Dinnertime is a fun way for little ones to learn about dinnertime routines!

April is Autism Awareness Month so many developers are offering their speech/communication apps for FREE or at a discounted rate.

Many of these apps are costly – you may want to download them TODAY while they are FREE to see if they will meet the needs of your child/students.

FREE for a limited time (maybe only today) – urTalker Pro – normally $99.00. 

FREE for a limited time (maybe only today)  – See Me Talk  – normally $59.99. 

Question: What do you get when Stanford education experts collaborate with award-winning storytellers and animators? Answer: Leo’s Pad – an interactive series of “appisodes” designed for preschoolers. The first story in this series was released in December. Kids join 8-year-old Leonardo daVinci and Galileo on an aesthetically appealing adventure called Gally’s Birthday. Interactive games that teach shapes, colors, number sense, drawing, letter identification, etc. are seamlessly woven into the story. They include a mixture of exploratory, creative, and problem-solving activities. Songs are also included which adds to the app’s Pixar-movie-like feel. Coming soon is a For Grown-ups section designed to give parents details about their children’s progress. Love this app for so many reasons – great story, beautiful animations, meaningful interaction, positive messages, catchy songs, age-appropriate skills, the list goes on…. Previews of “appisodes” 2 & 3 are available through this app.

Highly recommended!

FREE again for limited time  – Family Puzzles. This app has jigsaw puzzles in two modes – kids’ mode and classic mode. Kids’ mode has 36 simple “wooden” puzzles for little ones to put together. Classic mode has 6 puzzles that can be cut into 12, 30, or 56 pieces. But… the BEST part of this app is the ability to make your own puzzles. Using the camera on your device or your photo library you can literally make “family puzzles” – sorry, couldn’t resist that one   How fun would it be to create puzzles of your family vacation photos and work them with your little one!?!