Category Archives: FREE apps for kids

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Learn the States with Flat Stanley FREE

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If your kids LOVE Flat Stanley (and who doesn’t) you may want to check out the FREE version of this iPad app  – Learn the Sates with Flat Stanley FREE. This FREE version of the app features states in the west coast region. The full version is $1.99 and it features all 50 states.

A mail truck has lost its cargo! Kids slingshot Stanley to the proper state so that he can help deliver letters to students. Kids must identify each state by its location and shape. The app uses colored stars to indicate how many states were identified correctly on the first try. If your class is involved in the Flat Stanley project, or reads the Flat Stanley books, you may want to take a closer look at this app.

Learn The States With Flat Stanley Free - Flatter World, Inc.

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MyScript Calculator

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FREE for your iPhone/iPad, MyScript Calculator is an amazing app. It performs mathematical operations using your handwriting! The app is simple to use and intuitive. Just write the mathematical equation on the screen. MyScript technology converts the symbols and numbers to digital text and delivers the answers. It supports the following operations: basic operations (+, -, x, ÷, +/‒, 1/x), additional operations ( %, √, x!, |x|), powers/exponentials (ℯx, xy , x2), trigonometry, and more. Very cool!!

MyScript Calculator - Vision Objects

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Smart White Board HD

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FREE whiteboard app, Smart White Board HD, is super simple to use! One finger writes, 2 fingers erase, 3 fingers clears all. Press the save button or shake your device to save an image. You can write in black, blue, or red and in 3 thicknesses. The app also includes a simple voice recorder. Just press record, talk, stop & name your file, and it is saved to a list. You can then email your recording if you wish to share it. Teachers can get rid of their classroom whiteboards, markers, and erasers! Have kids show their work, explain their thoughts, etc. with this simple app!

Smart White Board HD - Pad read

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GeoStates

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Identify the states with this FREE simple app for the iPhone/iPad.  The app displays a state’s outline and shows its location on the map. Kids choose the correct name from a list of 4 states. The app keeps track of how many states are identified correctly and gives a percentage score. This app can be connected to the Game Center if you wish. Simple practice to learn the states!

GeoStates - MmpApps Corp.

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The Electric Company Party Game: Lost on Prankster Planet

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Just released and FREE!! The Electric Company Party Game: Lost on Prankster Planet for the iPad was just released on January 31. Marcus and Jessica are stuck on Prankster Planet. Kids help them to escape by completing physical challenges, silly brainstorms, and math questions. Based on the PBS KIDS series, The Electric Company, this digital board game puts kids in teams to add, draw, discuss, think, act, problem solve, and dance their way back to Earth. Some of the academic areas covered include: geometry, addition/subtraction, data analysis/graphing, telling time, and coin recognition/value. Love the idea of a virtual board game – all of the fun without any lost pieces, broken boxes, etc.

The Electric Company Party Game: Lost on Prankster Planet - PBS KIDS

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ABCmouse.com 26 A-Z Music Videos

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FREE – A to Z Music Videos. This app has 26 animated videos  – one for each letter of the alphabet. As kids watch the videos, they earn tickets to unlock other videos. There is also an option to purchase tickets to unlock videos more quickly. The videos are top-notch! They help children learn letter names and sounds AND develop vocabulary. Every video is produced in a different musical style, so kids are also introduced to a wide variety of musical genres. This app is a must-have for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade teachers – a perfect introduction to the letters of the alphabet!

Common Core Standards met:

  • K. RF.3 – Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant. Associate the short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.

ABCmouse.com 26 A-Z Music Videos - Age of Learning, Inc.

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Trading Cards

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Fabulous app!!! ReadWriteThink’s Trading Cards is powerful FREE app developed by the International Reading Association. This app provides a unique way for kids to share their understanding of topics, generate their own study aids, create a fictional world to use in their writing, make their own trading cards, and more. There are 7 categories of cards available within the app: fictional person, real person, fictional place, real place, object, event, and vocabulary. Kids start by choosing a category and typing in the title of the card. Each category has specific questions which help kids create information-rich trading cards. Images can be added by using the device’s camera or by accessing pictures in the photo library. Kids can also sort their cards into collections such as characters from a book, heroes or villains, landmarks, the 50 states, vocabulary by subject, etc. The possibilities are endless! Cards can be shared via email, saved to the photo library, or printed on a wireless printer. And… the kid appeal is tremendous. Kids will LOVE trading their cards with their classmates 🙂

Highly recommended!!

Trading Cards - International Reading Association

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Learn with WordFriends

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Learn with WordFriends is a FREE educational game from WordWorld, PBS’s Emmy winning show. Kids build and discover words with Dog, Duck, Sheep, Ant, Bear, Pig and Frog. Animal characters and word objects are formed from the words’ letters – a very cool feature! There are 3 puzzles to play: WordRain – grab letters as they rain from the sky to build the word, WordScramble – rearrange the scrambled letters to form the word, and WordMatch – a tile memory game. There is also a WordFriend Farms where kids can interact with the different animal characters. Dog is included with the app and the other animals are available as in-app purchases. Very cute, happy app!

If you like this app, also check out PlaySquare which features the same characters. Here is a link to my earlier review on that one 🙂
playsquare « Search Results « appydazeblog

Enjoy them both – they are super cute!

Learn with WordFriends - WordWorld

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Rhyme Lite

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It’s called Rhyme Lite but it contains over 120,00 words – nothing lite about that!! This app for the iPad is simple to use. It is basically a rhyming dictionary at your fingertips. Just type in a word and the app will generate 1 syllable or 2 syllable rhyming words. There is also the option for 3 syllable rhyming words. BEWARE – words that are inappropriate for a school setting are included.  So…. if you have kids that are inclined to look up “bad words” in the dictionary, they will probably use this app to find rhymes for those “bad” words. Consider yourself warned  – it is billed as an app for poets, rappers, and romantics rather than a kids. That being said – it would be a useful tool for teachers who are trying to generate lists of words that rhyme, words that sound alike but look different, etc.

Rhyme Lite | must-have for poets, song writers, rappers and romantics - A2rt

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WWF Together

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Just released  – a beautifully designed app for the iPad from the World Wildlife Federation. This FREE app features 8 endangered species – giant pandas, marine turtles, polar bears, elephants, tigers, bison, whales, and snow leopards. The unique and engaging features of this app includes: stories about these endangered animals with playful interactive elements, fabulous high-definition videos and image galleries – featuring photos by renowned environmental photographer Morten Koldby, cool facts about each animal, and a 3D interactive globe that tells how far you are from 60 different animals around the world. Everything about this app is wonderful – including the music. You will fall in love with the magnificent creatures presented in this app.  Additional stories about other species will be added regularly – AWESOME app !!

Highly recommended!

WWF Together - World Wildlife Fund