iPad apps, only the best ones. Please share your favourites.
Interactive books (click on the images)
Dr Seuss
Interactive books, everyone a hit. Many in the series
Interactive books, everyone a hit. Many in the series
Jack and the Beanstalk
Interactive book.
Interactive book.
Forest Friends
Children enjoy listening to the movie as the text comes up. More free stories available
Children enjoy listening to the movie as the text comes up. More free stories available
Beast Nian
Interactive books from different cultures read in many languages. Others in the series.
Interactive books from different cultures read in many languages. Others in the series.
Tried and tested since Aug 2010
Handwriting
iCanWrite
Only let's you form the letters the right way, thus reinforces correct formation.
Only let's you form the letters the right way, thus reinforces correct formation.
Sight words - Spelling
Spell blocks
Sight words by level, corrects.
Sight words by level, corrects.
Chickenary
Make words from random letters from three letters upwards.
Make words from random letters from three letters upwards.
Boggle
Make words from word dice.
Make words from word dice.
Maths-number
Math Series
Find missing number in sequence from one upwards.
Find missing number in sequence from one upwards.
100's Board
You can use it in lots of ways.
You can use it in lots of ways.
Story making or book making
Build a story
Ready made scenes and characters but can write your own story and email it.
Ready made scenes and characters but can write your own story and email it.
Storybuddy
Can create own stories and illustrations and publish to email account.
Can create own stories and illustrations and publish to email account.
Ten Frame
Simple frame for all kinds of number work.
Simple frame for all kinds of number work.
Numerate
Simple counting programme.
teachers don't like it, the children gave good reasons for keeping it!
Simple counting programme.
teachers don't like it, the children gave good reasons for keeping it!
Strip Designer
Can use this to make stories or print out blanks and illustrate. It also has Goggle Maps.
Can use this to make stories or print out blanks and illustrate. It also has Goggle Maps.
Word processing
Pages
Word processing on an iPad is proving quite easy for 5-6 year olds.
Word processing on an iPad is proving quite easy for 5-6 year olds.
Drawing
Drawing Pad
*A favourite as the children can tweet pictures to their twitter feed on the blog. Easy to use, lovely results.
*A favourite as the children can tweet pictures to their twitter feed on the blog. Easy to use, lovely results.
Sum Stacker
Problem solving
Watch this app developer his new apps are looking good.
Problem solving
Watch this app developer his new apps are looking good.
Mathomatix
Talks to children-no need to read. Order numbers to 30. Compare sets to 10. Vocabulary: more, less,the same. uses objects to visualise addition and subtraction.
Talks to children-no need to read. Order numbers to 30. Compare sets to 10. Vocabulary: more, less,the same. uses objects to visualise addition and subtraction.
i(heart symbol)Fireworks
Create your own fire work display, good for motor control, cause and affect.
Create your own fire work display, good for motor control, cause and affect.
Science
Frog dissection
Award winning app. Children love opening up the virtual frog and exploring the organs. Not as nasty as it sounds!
Award winning app. Children love opening up the virtual frog and exploring the organs. Not as nasty as it sounds!
Planets
3 million downloads. Simple app very visual. Great research tool for young children.
3 million downloads. Simple app very visual. Great research tool for young children.
Problem Solving/strategy
Align Four
Connect four of the same colour, challenging if you play the computer!
Connect four of the same colour, challenging if you play the computer!
Crazy Color
Remember the color sequence,
good for visual processing
Remember the color sequence,
good for visual processing
**Trace**
Hugely popular with the children. Problem solving leveled game. Has some laws of physics slow up, fast down. Great collaboration and language development noted.
Hugely popular with the children. Problem solving leveled game. Has some laws of physics slow up, fast down. Great collaboration and language development noted.
NASA
incredible free source of information. Great Twitter feed which gives amazing updates and pictures. Solar system visuals and information are very good.
incredible free source of information. Great Twitter feed which gives amazing updates and pictures. Solar system visuals and information are very good.
Music
Aura Flux
Children can create there own music using the graphics.
Children can create there own music using the graphics.
Bloom
Create music and artwork at the same time,very soothing.
Create music and artwork at the same time,very soothing.
Gears
Incredible problem solving at many levels.
Incredible problem solving at many levels.
Finger Stomp
Create your own stomp band.
Create your own stomp band.
Rogo
Problem solving , we thought this maybe to hard for our 5-6 year olds... no they worked it out faster than us!
Problem solving , we thought this maybe to hard for our 5-6 year olds... no they worked it out faster than us!
Singin Fingers
Make sounds as you draw and create a musical picture.
Make sounds as you draw and create a musical picture.
