It was slim picking this week, but hopefully next week will be better!
Happy Downloading!
Betsy
Reviews!
Early Childhood
Lily's Farm Animal Stickers Premium by Eggroll Games LLC
Normally $2.99
*Lite version available on Android
Using the same characters from other Eggroll games, this is a simple sticker activity where kids drag animals into a visual scene. Then you can tap each one to get a sound effect. Simple but fun!
Elementary
i Can Spell with Phonics by Michael Harvey
Normally $2.99
This is a good app for early elementary students who are just learning how to apply blending sounds to spell words. You select either random words or a word list. Words are thrown out on a landscape and then it splits it into sounds. You tap the sounds to build the words as it says the sounds. It's errorless, you get it wrong and it bonks for you. The next activity is to drag initial, middle or ending sounds with shapes as a visual support. For some students they may not know what the shapes are, so you may want to test it out before using with some students. There are some animated rewards not just at the end of the question set but in the middle as you go, which is nice.
Middle-High School
GenGen Custom Text Generator by Ceren Gazioglu Majoor
Normally $0.99
You can use this app for many age levels, but the idea is you tap the generate button and it will give you weird 3 word combinations (thinking great jaguar). It was designed to break up writer's block. I think it would also be interesting to use as an age appropriate handwriting activities for Occupational Therapists or a way to work on categorization. You can pick sets, make your own or set up rules. So you can just work on colors and food for example. Note it is actually an iPhone app, so it shows only in portrait mode and zoomed. When I tried to share my favorites, it crashed. You can't complain when it's free!
Always Free, Always Awesome!
Marble Math Lite by ArtGig Studio
As an Occupational Therapist, I'm always looking for ways to kids to do age appropriate, educational activities while working on motor skills. Remember that cognitive load is very important when learning a new skill, even motor skills. Meaning…if you are working on motor skills, do not use this with a student who is also working on multiplication skills. And vice versa! you want to use this app for multiplication, make sure that the motor skill isn't hard for them. Anyways, its a marble maze where you tilt the iPad around to solve problems. I really like that you can pick the problem sets (working on multiplication by 2s and 3s only? No problem!) As they get through the levels, they receive different marbles to use in there future sets. Make sure you have a durable case, slippery fingers happen!!
FINE AND VISUAL MOTOR
Classic Keyboard by Orjen Solutions
Normally $0.99
MyKees - Custom Keyboard by Jonathan Teboul
Normally $0.99
ELECTRONIC STORYBOOKS/INTERACTIVE BOOKS
Once Upon a Mutant by Lana Sultan
Normally $0.99
500 Books by Mashal Abdullah
Normally $2.99
RyeBooks: The Tale of the White Snake by lv miao
Normally $0.99
FUNHOUSE OF HORRORS Comic Book by CARNIVAL COMICS (for high schoolers)
Normally $0.99
ALL HELL'S BREAKING LOOSE Comic Book by CARNIVAL COMICS (for high schoolers)
Normally $0.99
CARNIVAL OF SOULS Graphic Novel Volume One by CARNIVAL COMICS (for high schoolers)
Normally $0.99
LANGUAGE ARTS
Super Readers - A Dolch Sight Words Based Story Book App That Will Help Turn Your Child Into a Super Reader! by Jorge Sanchez
Normally $2.99
*Also on Android, but not free today
Super Reader's Little Monster Adventures - A Dolch Sight Words Based Story Book App That Will Help Your Child Get Hooked on Reading! by Jorge Sanchez
Normally $2.99
Super Sight Words - A fun learning game for children in kinder, first, and second grades that will help your child learn their Dolch list and encourage reading fluency and comprehension. Includes special font for children with Dyslexia. by Jorge Sanchez
Normally $1.99
*Also on Android, but not free today
MATH
Jack and the Beanstalk a Mathematical Adventure - HD by Justin Holladay
Normally $2.99
Sail Through Math by McGraw-Hill School Education Group
Normally $1.99
The Fourth Dimension by Drew Olbrich
Normally $2.99
SCIENCE
Step2Step Physics - Mechanics by Nerd Island Studios, LLC
Normally $4.99
Chemistry Lab by GenericDev
Normally $0.99
TASK-RELATED/TEACHER TOOLS
Best Timer by Serhii Simkovskyi
Normally $0.99
Random NumGenerator: A Full-Featured Random Number Generator by Bice Applications
Normally $0.99
Splashtop CamCam by Splashtop Inc.
Normally $2.99
Today is: D-Day Widget by Jeeeyul Lee
Normally $0.99
Notes - Notes with calculator, categories and reminder by Andreas Sommer
Normally $0.99
Splashtop 2 Remote Desktop for iPhone & iPod - Personal by Splashtop Inc.
Normally $2.99
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