Appy Friday!
It's a little light on the interactive books today, but there are some great elementary level Math apps to make up for it.
Have a great weekend and happy downloading,
Betsy
Reviews:
Early Childhood (Early Kindergarten)
My First Keyboard by aacorn
Normally $1.99
My First keyboard is an onscreen keyboard with 4 layouts: letter shaped animals (the animal is the first letter of the animal name), numbers, lower case letters with a light background and lower case letters with a high contrast dark background. One of the settings allows you to select alphabet order. This app is a way to introduce young children to the concept of an on-screen keyboard. Depending on the age and development of the child, you may choose the standard qwerty layout or alphabet. This app is not a stand alone app, but an alternate onscreen keyboard (aka 3rd party keyboard). How it works is you download the app and then you go into the settings of your iPad and add the keyboard. You tap the globe icon to switch between the standard keyboard and this keyboard. Now, why would you provide a keyboard to a young child or a child who developmentally needs this support? I went to this session at Closing the Gap (an Assistive Technology conference in Minnesota) where the presenters Gretchen Hauser and Caroline Musselwhite shared research on writing development. Children start scribbling and making approximations of letters and words before they start writing their name. If you have a child who physically cannot hold a writing tool (or for some kids have no interest in writing utensils), this is a way to give the child access to letters. But maybe you just want a high contrast or fun looking keyboard! It's worth trying.
Elementary
Teachley: Mt. Multiplis by Teachley
Normally $2.99
This is an adventure based math app where you have to complete problems to earn money to move your guy around the screen for coins. The app is a little confusing to use at first, but once I messed around a little, I was able to get it. You work on multiplication problems by using models to fill an area of a rectangle. This is great for students who are unable to use standard manipulatives or just need a lot of practice using the models to solve problems. If you create a free teacher account, it will take data for you and save your student's progress in the app. What I didn't like about it is that it was not customizable in terms of content or features other than turning the music on/off.
Middle/High school
ThinkBook - Write, Plan, Outline and Take Notes by Bitolithic Pty Ltd
Normally $3.99
If you are a Dropbox user and like outline formatted notes and todo lists, this app is good fit for you. The app does a lot, but my favorite feature is tagging. This allows you to organize your notes in multiple ways without having to move anything around. What I don't like is that you can't share to Google Drive, which is one of the top tools my middle and high school students are using.
Also free this today:
EARLY CHILDHOOD
Giggle Ghosts: Counting Fun! by Busy Bee Studios
Normally $0.99
Ask Me Shapes Preschool and Kindergarten Core Skills Preparation by Eggroll Games LLC
Normally $2.99
*Also on Android, but it's not free today
KIDDY SIGHT WORDS AMERICAN ENGLISH: reading game for kids by Waclaw Rosicki
Normally $1.99
10 fingers + by Marbotic
Normally $1.99
*Also on Android, but not free
Fun With Numbers 1 - Maths Made Fun by I Think Solutions
Normally $0.99
SWITCH SKILLS
RadSounds Cause / Effect by RJ Cooper & Associates, Inc.
normally $4.99
FINE MOTOR/VISUAL PERCEPTUAL
BubuFood by Bubukids
Normally $0.99
SPEECH
Melodic Based Communication Therapy by Givona Sandiford
normally $5.99
My Talking Pet by WOBA Media
Normally $1.99
*Also on Android, but not free today
ELECTRONIC/INTERACTIVE STORYBOOKS
Red Riding Hood: Multilingual by ETA Studio
normally $4.99
Picked-On Poindexter by Mary Ellen Panaccione
Normally $2.99
Queenie La'Be and the Crazy Squirrel by Joelicity LLC
Normally $3.99
Dark Forest HD - Living a Book by Jorge Caballero
Normally $0.99
Amazing Ocean Animals- Educational Learning Apps for Kids by Joy Preschool Game
Normally$1.99
MATH
OctoPlus by Zyrobotics LLC
Normally $0.99
CodeQuest - Learn how to Code on a Magical Quest with Games by Codarica Inc
Normally $1.99
Chalk & Math by Carlton Payne III
Normally $0.99
Teachley: Addimal Adventure by Teachley
Normally $2.99
Fun With Numbers 2 - Maths Made Fun by I Think Solutions
Normally $0.99
Fun With Numbers 3 - Maths Made Fun by I Think Solutions
Normally $0.99
Everyday Mathematics® Monster Squeeze™ by McGraw-Hill School Education Group
Normally $1.99
*Also on Android, but not free today
Everyday Mathematics® Equivalent Fractions™ by McGraw-Hill School Education Group
Normally $1.99
*Also on Android, but not free today
Everyday Mathematics® Beat the Computer™ Multiplication by McGraw-Hill School Education Group
Normally $1.99
*Also on Android, but not free today
Everyday Mathematics® Addition Top It by McGraw-Hill School Education Group
Normally $1.99
*Also on Android, but not free today
Everyday Mathematics® Divisibility Dash™ by McGraw-Hill School Education Group
Normally $1.99
*Also on Android, but not free today
ArithMetric by The Crumpery
Normally $1.99
Ruler Box by dbw
normally $1.99
TASK RELATED
Timer+ Touch HD by SixAxis LLC
normally $1.99
File Expert by Geek Software Technology, Inc.
Normally $1.99
*Free version available on Android, see link in Android section
TEACHER & PARENT TOOLS
Demibooks® Composer Pro by Demibooks Inc.
Normally $9.99
Parental Alert Study App by Duipco Software
Normally $2.99
ANDRIOD/KINDLE FIRE
Wolfram Alpha
Normally $2.99 (it's only free on Amazon, Google play still has it full price)
Splashtop (this link only works on kindle fire)
Normally $34.99
Meteoearth
normally $4.99
File Expert
Free (or $4.99)
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