Language and Vocabulary; Basic Concepts
LittleThings Forever ($2.99)
An ‘I Spy’ game- children need to find certain numbers of objects found in a large
collage. No reading required.
Curious Fingers: Community Helpers ($1.99)
Kids participate in ‘community jobs’ with helpers- increases knowledge of
community roles and jobs.
Clean Up: Category Sorting ($1.99): This app is a good introduction to sorting
objects into categories. This helps build vocabulary by making associations
between words and concepts.
Little Matchups- Opposites ($0.99): This app helps build associations between
vocabulary words.
Little Matchups- The Matching Game for Toddlers ($0.99): This app also helps
build associations between vocabulary words.
My PlayHome ($3.99) and My PlayHome Stores ($1.99): A virtual dollhouse on
your iPad. Use the apps to talk about everyday routines, introduce functional
vocabulary words and phrases (i.e. “Mommy’s eating”, “Daddy’s sleeping).
See. Touch. Learn (would have to purchase Pro version- $39.99): This is a highly
customizable app that can be used to build vocabulary. If you purchase the ability
to customize, you can add pictures that are relevant to students (i.e. family
photos, items around the house; photos from Google Images).
Naming TherAppy (Tactus Therapy Solutions- $24.99)
Provides opportunity for single-word naming and describing; includes a non-standardized
test for screening; can be used to target verbs, adjectives, and nouns.
Comprehension TherAppy (Tactus Therapy Solutions- $24.99) (lite version is free)
Provides opportunity for identifying vocabulary words. Targets auditory and reading
comprehension of single words with 4 language settings.
Describe It! (SLP) ($8.99)
Helps target describing objects by providing students with audio clues in seven of the
most important parameters for describing: taste, touch, function, sight, hearing, smell,
and category. Can use to target attributes.
Category Carousel (SLP) ( $9.99)
Helps target categorization skills by asking students to drag pictures into correct
categories, including: animals, transportation, clothing, food, household items,
instruments, occupations, summer items, and winter items.
Go Togethers ($9.99)
Targets understanding and using language by asking students to choose two words or
pictures that go together, and then explain how or why the pictures/objects go together.
Good for targeting semantic relationships and associations.
Scribblenauts Remix ($0.99)
A game that requires the player to obtain certain objects for Maxwell, the main
character, to use in a variety of situations. The player has to type the name of an object,
and it will appear for the character to use onscreen.
WH Questions Pro ($11.99)
A flashcard app (with audio and visual cues) that asks students to answer wh questions.
Phonological Awareness; Letters
All About Letters
$1.99
Montessorium Intro to Letters
$4.99
Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe (Lakeshore Learning Materials): use to target phonological
awareness skills; no audio cues (may need an adult helper for this game)
Write My Name ($3.99): The app targets spelling basic vocabulary words familiar
to children. You can also add customized words (child’s name, siblings’ names,
other personalized vocabulary words).
ABC Pocketphonic Lite (free; full version is $2.99)
Sound Sorting: Beginning Sounds ($0.99): The student matches pictures to initial
sounds (i.e. ‘ball’, ‘bat’, and ‘bee’ go with /b/).
ABC Ninja: can be used to target letter names and/or phonics
Phonics Genius: can be used to target single-work reading
Little Speller Sight Words: can be used to target blending phonemes together
SpellingCity: can be used to target spelling and phonological awareness- need
subscription to program
Endless Alphabet ($6.99)
Phonics Studio: can be used to target phonological awareness skills or even
speech sounds
HearBuilder Phonological Awareness (free; requires subscription for additional levels)
Targets a large variety of phonological awareness skills, including Sentence
Segmentation, Syllable Blending, Syllable Segmentation, Rhyming, Phoneme Blending,
Phoneme Segmentation & Identification, Phoneme Deletion, Phoneme Addition,
Phoneme Manipulation. The first few levels are free for non-subscribers.
Single Word Reading
(Dolch/other)
$$$
# of Words
Data tracking?
>315
Customization
(can add own
words, turn off
others)?
yes
Sight Words List
Free
Little Speller Sight Words
free
220
yes
no
Sight Words by PhotoTouch
free
not
indicated
yes (cannot add
own words)
no
See. Touch. Learn
free, need
in-app
purchases
yes, but have to
buy this feature
for $3.99
yes
Learn Sight Words
$0.99
Pre-Primer
Dolch to
3rd Grade
Dolch
300
no
no
Word Bingo
$0.99
>300
no
yes- up to five
students
Smiley Sight Words
$1.99
>1,600
yes
yes
Sight Words HD
$0.99
>280
yes
no
Sight Words Games and
Flash Cards
>300
no
no?
Write My Name
$1.99,
sometimes
free
$3.99
>100
yes
no
Simplex Spelling HD
$4.99
>260
no
yes
Futaba Classroom Games
$6.99
several
sets
yes
no
no
Fluency
One Minute Reader
Free (in-app purchases)
Associated with Read Naturally, Inc. (teacher modeling, repeated reading,
progress monitoring)
Comprehension (Reading, overall)
Reading Comprehension Booster
$3.99
Raz Kids
Free app (need subscription!)
Kidspiration
$9.99: Mind-mapping app similar to the software of the same name (free lite
version available)
Inspiration Maps ($9.99): can be used to target writing/organizing ideas for
writing (free lite version available)
Clicker Docs
$30.99
Use word banks, word prediction, and text-to-speech options to allow for more
independent editing of writing
Story Grammar Marker
$24.99
An app that complements the program by Mary Ellen Moreau. It is a graphic
organizer that relates to the 5Ws in writing- can use it to target narratives and
expository text.
Miscellaneous Apps
PicCollage: use to create a collage, brainstorm ideas, or demonstrate learning
(i.e. create a collage about the main character in Sarah, Plain and Tall)
D.A.T.A (iPhone app; compatible with iPad): use to take data to keep track of
students’ behaviors and how often they occur (**This app is for teacher use)
ScreenChomp: use to assess learning by asking students to draw/explain learned
concepts; see also Whiteboard and ShowMe
Collins Big Cat Interactive Storybooks: free interactive storybooks
Classroom Timer: very similar to a Time Timer but free!!
Time Timer ($2.99)
Photon Flash Player ($4.99): Use it to allow kids access to Tumblebooks online
via Saskatoon Public Library website or other Flash-based websites
Drawing Pad ($1.99) Use for word families, brainstorming, storyboards
Pictello ($18.99): use to create personalized social stories and share them with
others
Notability ($2.99): import worksheets in PDF format and have your students work
on them on the iPad!