Technology is such a common resource today, so I have chosen some math-related and literacy-related apps that can help your child build his or her skills. I hope you and your child enjoy exploring these apps!
Math Apps
Geometry (Mathomatix)
This app has a variety of games for students to use. All of the games relate to geometry, such as Say Cheese, which students are able to trace the shapes, or Sharkie Shapeater, where they tilt the Ipad or device to help Sharkie find the matching shape. Students will enjoy playing these interactive games, and they will get a lot of practice with writing, naming, and drawing the shapes.
Where you can buy it: ITunes
Price: Free
Link:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/geometry-mathomatix/id429123267?mt=8
This app has a variety of games for students to use. All of the games relate to geometry, such as Say Cheese, which students are able to trace the shapes, or Sharkie Shapeater, where they tilt the Ipad or device to help Sharkie find the matching shape. Students will enjoy playing these interactive games, and they will get a lot of practice with writing, naming, and drawing the shapes.
Where you can buy it: ITunes
Price: Free
Link:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/geometry-mathomatix/id429123267?mt=8
Montessori Geometry
Montessori Geometry is an app that helps students learn the shapes. It is great because it offers visual and auditory support. The app allows students to identify shapes and it says the names aloud so the students can hear the names. Some of the games allow the students to earn medals or awards, which gives the students something to work to achieve.
Where you can buy it: Itunes
Price: $4.99
Link:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/montessori-geometry/id544726604?mt=8
Montessori Geometry is an app that helps students learn the shapes. It is great because it offers visual and auditory support. The app allows students to identify shapes and it says the names aloud so the students can hear the names. Some of the games allow the students to earn medals or awards, which gives the students something to work to achieve.
Where you can buy it: Itunes
Price: $4.99
Link:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/montessori-geometry/id544726604?mt=8
3D CubeMaster
This app is great for spatial reasoning skills. It can be really difficult to look at a 3D shape made up of cubes and determine what it would look like from above, and this app offers practice with this concept. Students will move through the levels every time they get a correct answer, and every level is a little more challenging that the last. Each level is different, which will keep students engaged in the app and learning spatial reasoning!
Where you can buy it: ITunes
Price: Free!
Link:
https://www.appolearning.com/app_reviews/894-3d-cubemaster-brain-jogging-for-children
This app is great for spatial reasoning skills. It can be really difficult to look at a 3D shape made up of cubes and determine what it would look like from above, and this app offers practice with this concept. Students will move through the levels every time they get a correct answer, and every level is a little more challenging that the last. Each level is different, which will keep students engaged in the app and learning spatial reasoning!
Where you can buy it: ITunes
Price: Free!
Link:
https://www.appolearning.com/app_reviews/894-3d-cubemaster-brain-jogging-for-children
Geoboard
This virtual geoboard allows students to stretch bands over pegs on the board to create shapes, patterns, and pictures. By exploring this app, students are exploring concepts such as perimeter, area, angles, and shapes. They can make multiple shapes on one board, or they can combine different shapes to make a polygon or a picture.
Where you can buy it: ITunes
Price: Free!
Link:
https://www.appolearning.com/app_reviews/329-geoboard-by-the-math-learning-center
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/geoboard-by-math-learning/id519896952?mt=8
This virtual geoboard allows students to stretch bands over pegs on the board to create shapes, patterns, and pictures. By exploring this app, students are exploring concepts such as perimeter, area, angles, and shapes. They can make multiple shapes on one board, or they can combine different shapes to make a polygon or a picture.
Where you can buy it: ITunes
Price: Free!
Link:
https://www.appolearning.com/app_reviews/329-geoboard-by-the-math-learning-center
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/geoboard-by-math-learning/id519896952?mt=8
Cyberchase 3D Builder
This app helps students learn how to use 2D shapes to make 3D shapes. It uses a storyline to keep students interested, so the premise is that a town has been flattened, and the students must rebuild the buildings to make the town 3D again. "One of the common core geometry standards requires students to create larger shapes from basic 2-D shapes" (cite appolearning site), which this app demonstrates perfectly. This app challenges students by awarding stars for work well done and by timing them, so they can race the clock to beat their previous time. 2D and 3D can be difficult concepts for students to grasp, especially when using 2D shapes to make 3D shapes, so I highly recommend this app for students.
Where you can buy it: ITunes - LINK TO WHERE THEY CAN BUY IT - DO FOR ALL APPS AND BOARD GAMES
Price: $0.99
Link: https://www.appolearning.com/app_reviews/1066-cyberchase-3d-builder
This app helps students learn how to use 2D shapes to make 3D shapes. It uses a storyline to keep students interested, so the premise is that a town has been flattened, and the students must rebuild the buildings to make the town 3D again. "One of the common core geometry standards requires students to create larger shapes from basic 2-D shapes" (cite appolearning site), which this app demonstrates perfectly. This app challenges students by awarding stars for work well done and by timing them, so they can race the clock to beat their previous time. 2D and 3D can be difficult concepts for students to grasp, especially when using 2D shapes to make 3D shapes, so I highly recommend this app for students.
Where you can buy it: ITunes - LINK TO WHERE THEY CAN BUY IT - DO FOR ALL APPS AND BOARD GAMES
Price: $0.99
Link: https://www.appolearning.com/app_reviews/1066-cyberchase-3d-builder
Literacy Apps
Word Wizard
Word Wizard is a great app for practicing and quizzing student's spelling. It has a Talking Moveable Alphabet mode which allows students to not only build words and phrases but to hear them as well. It also has a quiz mode, so students, parents, or teachers can asses the student's work. This app can be a lot of fun because of the voice transformer, so the app could say the words or phrases in a voice chosen by the student.
Where you can buy it: ITunes
Price: $2.99
Link: https://www.appolearning.com/app_reviews/6-word-wizard-talking-movable-alphabet-spelling-tests-for-kids
Word Wizard is a great app for practicing and quizzing student's spelling. It has a Talking Moveable Alphabet mode which allows students to not only build words and phrases but to hear them as well. It also has a quiz mode, so students, parents, or teachers can asses the student's work. This app can be a lot of fun because of the voice transformer, so the app could say the words or phrases in a voice chosen by the student.
Where you can buy it: ITunes
Price: $2.99
Link: https://www.appolearning.com/app_reviews/6-word-wizard-talking-movable-alphabet-spelling-tests-for-kids
Grammaropolis - Complete Edition
This app is great for teaching the parts of speech. Students can travel to different towns, where each character lives, such as Nelson Noun. While in the town, they will complete different activities to learn about the part of speech, through videos, songs, and books, and they will complete assessments to see what they have learned. This app is very interactive and education, so it is a great resource for students to use.
Where you can buy it: ITunes
Price: $12.99
Link: https://www.appolearning.com/app_reviews/789-grammaropolis-complete-edition
This app is great for teaching the parts of speech. Students can travel to different towns, where each character lives, such as Nelson Noun. While in the town, they will complete different activities to learn about the part of speech, through videos, songs, and books, and they will complete assessments to see what they have learned. This app is very interactive and education, so it is a great resource for students to use.
Where you can buy it: ITunes
Price: $12.99
Link: https://www.appolearning.com/app_reviews/789-grammaropolis-complete-edition
Grammar Jammers Elementary Edition
Grammar can be a very difficult topic to learn, and many people have a negative view of grammar. This app can both teach students grammar and keep it fun and interesting for the students. This app presents songs for many different grammar concepts, and it also gives some practice sections as well.
Where you can buy it: ITunes
Price: $2.99
Link: https://www.appolearning.com/app_reviews/785-grammar-jammers-elementary-edition
Grammar can be a very difficult topic to learn, and many people have a negative view of grammar. This app can both teach students grammar and keep it fun and interesting for the students. This app presents songs for many different grammar concepts, and it also gives some practice sections as well.
Where you can buy it: ITunes
Price: $2.99
Link: https://www.appolearning.com/app_reviews/785-grammar-jammers-elementary-edition
Sight Words & Spelling with Pixopop HD
Sight words can be difficult because they do not sound like they are spelled, but it is important that students learn them because they are commonly seen in reading and writing. This app has three options for students, flashcards, word challenge, and spelling. In flashcards and word challenge, the students can hear the words as well as recognize them. In the spelling part, the students can practice spelling the words on the device.
Where you can buy it: ITunes
Price: $2.99
Link: https://www.appolearning.com/app_reviews/1453-sight-words-spelling-with-pixopop-hd
Sight words can be difficult because they do not sound like they are spelled, but it is important that students learn them because they are commonly seen in reading and writing. This app has three options for students, flashcards, word challenge, and spelling. In flashcards and word challenge, the students can hear the words as well as recognize them. In the spelling part, the students can practice spelling the words on the device.
Where you can buy it: ITunes
Price: $2.99
Link: https://www.appolearning.com/app_reviews/1453-sight-words-spelling-with-pixopop-hd
MiniMod Reading for Details Lite
This app is great because it helps students practice the 5 W's, who, what, when, where, and why. Students are required to read a short story, and they are then asked questions about the details in the story. If they answer correctly, they are able to play a token on a bingo board. If they get five tokens in a row, they win the game. This app is really interesting, because two students could play against each other, or a student could play alone against the computer.
Where you can buy it: ITunes
Price: $3.99
Links:
http://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/reading101/comprehension/literacyapps_comprehension
http://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/reading101/comprehension/literacyapps_comprehension
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minimod-reading-for-details/id409669762?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
This app is great because it helps students practice the 5 W's, who, what, when, where, and why. Students are required to read a short story, and they are then asked questions about the details in the story. If they answer correctly, they are able to play a token on a bingo board. If they get five tokens in a row, they win the game. This app is really interesting, because two students could play against each other, or a student could play alone against the computer.
Where you can buy it: ITunes
Price: $3.99
Links:
http://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/reading101/comprehension/literacyapps_comprehension
http://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/reading101/comprehension/literacyapps_comprehension
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minimod-reading-for-details/id409669762?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4