Tag Archives: educational apps for kids

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Tiny Fractions

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tiny fractions

Just released today and FREE for a limited time – Tiny Fractions. This app teaches identifying, comparing, ordering, finding equivalents, simplifying, adding, and subtracting fractions using vials of liquid. It starts out simple and gets more difficult as kids progress through the app. It also keeps track of the student’s progress – showing teachers/parents specifically which fractions were missed. Simply done and easy to use, this app does a great job helping kids visualize and learn fractions!

Common Core Standards met:

  • 3.NF.1. Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b.
  • 3.NF.3 – Explain equivalence of fractions and compare fractions by reasoning about their size. Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size. Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3).
  • 4.NF.3 – a. Understand addition and subtraction of fractions as joining and separating parts referring to the same whole.

Highly Recommended!!

Tiny Fractions - TapToLearn Software

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Cookie Next Door – Rainy Days

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WOW – here’s one you don’t want to miss!! FREE for a limited time –  Cookie Next Door-Rainy Days. This app is a current choice in the “New & Noteworthy”  section of the app store. Kids become storytellers in this animated adventure. Their speech, songs, and rhymes bring Cookie and his friends alive. The app includes a Creative Comic Book, a Voice Over Studio, and an Animated Stage Projector. Creative Comic Book utilizes storyboards to guide kids through the storytelling experience. In the Voice Over Studio, kids can change the pitch of the characters’ voices. As kids tell the story their speech, singing, etc. is transformed into the voices of the characters. Once the story is complete, the Animated Stage turns it into a play with dancing props! This app is very creative, very fun and it’s great for developing oral language skills. I am looking forward to more adventures of Cookie and friends!!

Cookie Next Door ~ Rainy Days - Sabodu LLC

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MyScript Calculator

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myscript

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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Spell + Friends

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Currently FREE – Spell + Friends is the perfect app to help prepare students for the National Spelling Bee. The Spell + Friends word list includes words from Paideia, the Consolidated Word List (CWL), regional/national bees since the 1970s, and Scripps’ Consolidated Word List (CWL). There are over 2,000 words with clear and crisp pronunciations, definitions, and etymology. The app has three modes: learn, practice, and compete. In the practice mode, the word is pronounced and the student spells it by typing it into the blank. The definition, word origin, and a sentence using the word are also provided in this mode. The app also keeps track of words that were missed.  Students can log into the Game Center to compete if they wish. A great app for older students!!

Spell + Friends by Tap To Learn - TapToLearn Software

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Shrinky Kid’s Boogie Box

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Just released and FREE – Shrinky Kid’s Boogie Box by Mindshapes. This app features 4 stories about Shrinky and his magic shoebox – the first story  is unlocked and the other 3 are available as in-app purchases. Strictly Hoofer is a story about a horse who is sad because he has lost his dancing music. His friends cheer him up with the help of the Boogie Box. The Boogie Box is an interactive music making app with over 500 possible combinations of instruments! Kids can jam with the band to create their own music after reading the story. Teachers could use this story to as a springboard to creative writing. Have kids create shrinky-dinks of themselves and write their own adventure 🙂

Very cute, very creative, very fun – check it out: Mindshapes Ltd – YouTube

Shrinky Kid's Boogie Box - Mindshapes Limited

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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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AzawhistleKids

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everything has a home

FREE for a limited time, Everything Has a Home by Azawhistle Kids is the story of two friends who tackle the problem of a very messy room. Narrated by David Dayan Fisher, it is the story of Tejas who wants to clean up his room and surprise his mom. But… he is overwhelmed by the magnitude of the mess that “someone” has created. His best friend, Lollipop, helps him to organize his environment. Kids lend a hand as they place interactive objects in the correct place. Tejas and Lollipop use yoga & meditation as they inspire kids to tidy up.

AzawhistleKids - Leslie Hendry

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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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Equivalent Fractions

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equivalent fractions

From the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics comes a FREE app called Equivalent Fractions. Kids create equivalent fractions by dividing and shading squares or circles. Circles can be divided into 24ths. Squares can be divided into 144ths. In the play mode, a fraction is shown and kids must create 2 additional fractions that are equivalent. All 3 fractions must have different denominators. The app also places the fractions on a number line – a great visual for comparing! There is also a “build your own” mode which would be fabulous to use for guided exploration & practice. Kids could also use this section as a virtual manipulative when working independently. This app is an excellent resource for the classroom !!

Common Core Standards met:

  • 3.NF.3 – Explain equivalence of fractions and compare fractions by reasoning about their size. Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line. Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3). Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model.

Equivalent Fractions - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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Go There Square: A Stella and Sam Adventure

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stella & sam

Recently updated, Go There Square: A Stella and Sam Adventure is FREE today! Stella and Sam apps are based on the television show and the bestselling picture book series by Marie-Louise Gay. The books have been translated into fifteen languages & have sold over one million copies. Stella and Sam find magical places with the help of their go-there-square. Kids go along to pop musical bubbles, collect dandelions and build a bridge out of flowers. Beautifully done and fun for preschoolers!

Here is a link to my earlier review of another Stella and Sam app – Draw Along with Stella & Sam (currently available for $1.99) – Draw Along with Stella and Sam for iPad « appydazeblog. Very creative – loved it!!

Other Stella and Sam Adventures that are available on iTunes for $2.99 each include:  Into the Snow We Go, Rainy Days and Rainbows, Backyard at Twilight, Cocoons and Caterpillars. All Stella and Sam apps are also supported in French. With the current update of Go There Square you can easily change from English to French/French to English in the app’s settings. Great apps for kids!

Go There Square: A Stella and Sam Adventure - zinc Roe