List of Educational Apps
*Prices listed are cost as of 6/13/11. I may have received a free app during a limited time only period.
*Apps listed as “unavailable” may not be sold any longer, as I couldn’t find them in the ITunes store any
longer.
*Apps without summaries are currently being researched for implementation. More information will
follow.
Math
Name
Solving Maths Lite
Tell Time-Little
Matchups Game
Everyday Math
Games
Pizza Fractions:
Beginning with
Simple Fractions
Money & Change
Game
Counting Coins
Price
Free
Free
Summary
$1.99
Classic EM Games like Addition Top It, etc.
Free
Students touch the fraction identifying how much pizza is
left over.
Free
Easy, medium, hard levels of putting money into a piggy
bank.
Students can match the value, make the total, count the
cents or show the value of given coins.
Flash cards with +-x/ operations with different levels.
Free
Flash to Pass: Free Free
Math Flash Cards
Math Magic
$0.99
Shape Catch HD
$0.99
123 Kids Fun Dots Free
Arithmaroo 1: A
$1.99
Counting Game for
Kids
Cloud Math Free
Free
Coin Math Free
Free
Fractions: The
Whole Story
Kids Coin Fun
$0.99
Math Shapes
$1.99
Math Train for
$1.99
$1.99
Students touch box with correct answer. +-x/ with levels,
min/max number.
Geared towards Kindergarten or lower…tap the shapes as
they appear.
Connect the dots 1-10 to reveal a hidden picture.
Basic counting app. Tap the number of items shown.
Addition or subtraction facts (up to 50). Students tap the
cloud of the correct answer.
Students match the coins, go shopping, count coins or
make change in this app.
Lessons, quizzes, visual cues on fractions. Critical thinking
(word problems) required in the quiz section.
Students can add coins, count coins, choose coins,
get/give change or touch the total. Different levels.
A student favorite! They travel through the ocean
learning about shapes (2D and 3D)…look out for sharks!
Kids-Step by Step
Now I Know Time
Pop Math Lite
Telling Time:
Photo Touch
Game
Teach Me: First
Grade
Telling Time
$0.99
Free
Free
$0.99
Students can play game to identify time or learn about
telling time.
Pop bubbles with number model and answers that match.
Activities for addition, subtraction, Spelling and Sight
Words. Different levels.
Students select free play, which time, set the clock or how
long (time elapsed).
Spelling
ABC Spelling
Magic
Word Magic
unavailable
This Week’s
Words
$2.99
ABC Magnetic
Alphabet
Spelling Bug
$1.99
Shake and Spell
Free
Spel It Rite
unavailable
$0.99
$0.99
A word is given and students must find the missing letter.
Different levels, max word length, etc.
Set up with students’ names and spelling words for the
week (older students can do this on their own). They can
play games and take a practice test using their own
spelling word list.
Fridge magnets on the device…love this!
Drag the letter to the box to spell the given word. Great
for having students “tap” out word as they read…(c-at…cat.)
Similar to Boggle, students shake the device then tap
letters to make words.
Find the correct spelling of difficult words (older students
only…great for spelling bee champs!)
Language Arts
Alphabet Tracing
Free
Story Chimes
What Rhymes?
Alphabet Car
Free
$0.99
$2.99
Dolch First Grade
Sight Words-Learn
to Read
Expensive Words
Free
$0.99
Follow the train to trace the letters of the alphabet.
(Good for students who write bottom to top.)
Audiobooks of different fairy tales.
Find a picture that rhymes with the given word.
A student favorite! They hear a word, and must steer the
car to touch the letters in each word.
Flash cards with first grade sight words. Student/teacher
can “flag” ones they don’t know to go back to later.
Good for intermediate students in finding synonyms.
Students spend money to buy a letter that will spell
K12 Timed
Reading Practice
$1.99
Sentence Builder
$3.99
Story Kit
Free
Teach Me: First
Grade
Words 4 Kids:
First Grade
ABC Cards-Word
Family Writing HD
Free Lite
Grammar
Jammers
$0.99
unavailable
another “expensive” word (Eg. Purple is the given word,
Lavender is the expensive word.”
Set up with students’ names and grade levels. Stories are
given and students read to themselves while being timed.
Words per minute are recorded. Students can go back
and read it again to see if their score improves. Some
stories are hard for first grade.
Flick to build a grammatically correct sentence that
matches the picture. Positive reinforcement and sentence
is repeated after completion.
Students can make their own books by taking pictures,
adding texts, recording their voice. I haven’t yet used this,
but it might be good for smaller projects.
Activities for addition, subtraction, Spelling and Sight
Words. Different levels.
Simple flash cards for first grade words.
Free
Jingles about different parts of speech (nouns,
contractions, pronouns, etc.) with small activities to
follow.
Science/Social Studies
US States Free
Zoo Who? An
Animal
Encyclopedia Lite
Brain Pop
Featured Movie
ABC Pocket
Phonics Lite
Free
$0.99
Free
Free
Gives a random movie along with quizzes. This is geared
for intermediate grades, but can be used in primary.
Students can identify letters and sounds, or build words
that are spoken. Cues are given.
Tools
Dragon Dictation
Free
Natural Dice
Free
neu.Annotate
Whiteboard Lite
Free
Free
Bingo
Free
Students’ speech is translated into words. Students must
speak slowly and clearly, which can be difficult.
Choose from different sided dice. Once dice is rolled,
number appears clearly on the screen.
You an upload a PDF and mark it up using this app.
Like a dry erase board. With wi-fi, different boards can be
synced to write with one another.
Randomly selects a number 1-90. Unfortunately, the
Recorder Free
Simple Timer
red:green
Free
$0.99
Free
Red Laser
Free
Virtual Dice
What the Voice?
Free
$0.99
Drawing Kids
numbers appear automatically with only 10 seconds in
between.
Records student voices.
Counts up or counts down with or without alarm.
Use this app for a formative assessment piece…screen
appears red or green with each tap.
Barcode scanning app. Create QR codes with hidden
messages that students scan to solve.
6-sided dice. Choose to roll 1 to 5 die at a time.
Students record their voice and then change it to robotic,
spooky, etc. We used this when we built our own robots.
Blackboard that students write on with neon colors.