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Toca Tailor Fairy Tales & Toca Tailor

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FREE again 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 educational 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!

Toca Tailor Fairy Tales - Toca Boca AB

Also FREE for a limited time – Toca Tailor. Kids can create fun outfits for four additional characters with even more patterns and lots of cool accessories. This app works just like Toca Tailor Fairy Tales. It’s easy to use and lots of fun!

Direct Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toca-tailor/id556430416?mt=8

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Toca Pet Doctor

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toca petOnly $.99 – Toca Pet Doctor, another creative app from Toca Boca. The app guides kids (ages 2 – 6) through activities that teach them to care and feel for animals. Fifteen animals need some tender loving care. Kids come to their rescue in a variety of ways. They help to clean & medicate Rascal’s ear, flip over Tarzan the upside down turtle, untie the knotted worm, and more. After the animals  are cured, kids feed them and they go back to sleep. If your child likes the other Toca Boca apps, you’ll want to add this one to your collection today. These apps do not go on sale or free that often. Another great app from a developer that makes learning fun. 🙂

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toca-pet-doctor/id808108897?mt=8&uo=4

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Miximal

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miximal 2FREE for a limited time – Miximal, another cute educational app from the makes of Drawnimal. This fun app is a digital version of a traditional flip book. Kids mix and match tops, middles, and bottoms of animals. In the process they create silly and unique creatures. The app features over 1000 animal combinations with accompanying animations and fun sounds. The app also generates a three syllable name for each new creature that is created.  Kids can take a screen shot of their new creature and write a story about it. Teachers could use this app for a group lesson on syllables because there is a logical pattern. The app can also be switched to five different languages: English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Check it out. It’s another fun app from Yatatoy and Lucas Zanatto!

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/miximal/id829623705?mt=8&uo=4

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Starfall ABCs

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FREE for a limited time – Starfall ABCs. Kids will learn to recognize letters and their sounds with this well-developed app. Upper and lower case letters are introduced along with the sound of the letter and three words that begin with that letter/sound. Some words are shown in sentences and there are also some games. The app also includes two versions of the ABC song – one traditional and one which includes examples of words beginning with each letter. There is also a section that teaches kids to sign each letter. Last but not least, there is a special section for each vowel. The short sounds of the vowels are taught within words – an excellent addition to an alphabet app. Highly recommended!!

Direct link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/starfall-abcs/id395623983?mt=8

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Flow Math Apps

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multiflowFREE for a limited time  – three educational apps to help strengthen basic math skills: 1. FlowPlus: Add, Subtract, Enter the Flow 2. DivisionFlow: Division Re-envisioned  and 3. Multiflow: Times Tables Reimagined. The apps have four sections: Enter the Flow, Mad Minute, Reversals, and Pick’Em. In the Enter the Flow section, kids can choose a beginner setting which allows ten seconds per question or a normal setting which allows five seconds per question. The Flow adapts the level of practice to the child’s performance. The Mad Minute section has two levels: easy (numbers 1-12) or hard (numbers 6-20). Kids have one minute to answer as many questions as possible. The Reversal section changes things – giving students the answer then they have to choose the question. The Pick’Em section lets kids choose the range of tables that they would like to practice. It has three levels: easy (numbers 1-12), hard (numbers 6-20), or all. If you are looking for an electronic version of flashcards, look no further. Go with the FLOW….

Download Links:

Flow Plus: Add, Subtract, Enter the Flow: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flowplus-add.-subtract.-enter/id554731577?mt=8&uo=4

Division Flow:Division Re-envisioned: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/divisionflow-division-re-envisioned./id566078565?mt=8&uo=4

Multiflow: Times Tables Reimagined: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/multiflow-times-tables-reimagined/id539888378?mt=8&uo=4

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ToonCamera

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ToonCamera

FREE for a limited time – ToonCamera, a very cool photography app that turns photos and videos into cartoons. Using this app you can apply real-time cartoon effects to record videos, snap photos, or convert existing videos/photos. Your artistic creations can be saved or shared through email, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, Instagram, and YouTube. There are multiple effects that you can apply to your photos – cartoon, pencil, stipple, & ink. Easy to use, this app would be great for creating the art to go with classroom projects – for stories, book reports, newsletters, etc. VERY COOL!!

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Toca Hair Salon

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FREE again today – Toca Hair Salon, one of my favorite educational apps for toddlers! Kids go into the salon to groom 6 different characters. They can use the tools in the salon to style their hair – cut it, comb it, make it grow, shave it, color it, etc. Great sound effects are also included in this fun app. Kids or parents can take a photo of the finished creation and save it to their camera roll. If parents wish, creations may be posted on the Toca Boca Facebook page. The developers have also built-in options to turn off sounds, pictures, and news. What a great springboard for creative writing – give a character a whole new look and write a story to go with it. What a fun writing activity for a Wacky Hair Day!!

Toca Hair Salon - Toca Boca AB

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9 Tiggly Apps are FREE!

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Tiggly StoryTiggly Story Maker: Build Words and Record Your Own Tales makes creating three-letter words (with the CVC pattern) fun. Two consonants sit on the bottom of the screen with a space in between them. The five vowels dangle above the space. Kids drop a vowel into the space to see if they can make a word. If a word is made, the animated object appears on the screen. If a word is not made, the vowel springs off the page. This app is great for reinforcing short vowel sounds and the CVC pattern – a nice addition to a kindergarten or first grade classroom. Tiggly apps are unique because they can be used with or without Tiggly Word & Shape Toys which are available for purchase within the app.

Direct Link https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tiggly-story-maker-build-words/id969256436?mt=8

Here are links to other Tiggly Apps that are now FREE. I have not reviewed these apps.

Tiggly Doctor: Check up on your verbs in this fun spelling game. Direct link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tiggly-doctor-check-up-on/id971257252?mt=8

Tiggly Safari  shapes to create animals. Direct link:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tiggly-safari/id716679050?mt=8

Tiggly Submarine Preschool ABC Game  Direct link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tiggly-submarine-preschool/id966609991?mt=8

Tiggly Addventure: Number Line & Math Learning Game for Preschool. Direct link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tiggly-addventure-number-line/id923545246?mt=8

Tiggly Chef: Preschool Math Cooking Game. Direct Link https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tiggly-chef-preschool-math/id923367559?mt=8

Tiggly Cardtoons: Learn to Count with 25 Interactive Kids Stories. Direct link: https://tunes.apple.com/us/app/tiggly-cardtoons-learn-to/id923540012?mt=8

Tiggly Draw. Direct link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tiggly-draw/id718952421?mt=8

Tiggly Stamp. Direct link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tiggly-stamp/id716727860?mt=8

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Path On – Swipe to Type

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Path On

FREE today – Path On, a must-have app with many creative uses!! What does Path On do? It permits you to put text in a path across photos from your albums or taken with your device’s camera. It’s extremely simple to use. Text can be typed in a free path, square, circle, paragraph or spiral. You can also change font styles, colors, and effects. Path On is classified as a photo & video app but there are so many possibilities for using this app in education. Kids could type descriptions of themselves on their pictures, write poetry to go with an image, take photos then point out geometric shapes found in their environment, write a thank you note on a picture of them with the gift, create a timeline by using a series of pictures, create a travel log of the family vacation, and on and on and on. Creations can be saved and shared via Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, Twitter & email. WOW – what a fabulous tool!!

Path on - Peta Vision

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Even Monsters Get Sick

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This cute, interactive story for the iPad is on sale for only $.99. Even Monsters Get Sick is a story written for kids 5+ about a boy and his pet monster. Kids can follow along or read on their own as Harry, the boy, tries to discover what is wrong with his monster. The story is great, the artwork is appealing, and there are animations on every page. It’s a fun story with a positive message about caring – perfect! 🙂

Even Monsters Get Sick - Busy Bee Studios