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Educational Apps to reinforce skills and concepts at home
Educational Apps to reinforce skills and concepts at home
This flashcard-style app is for basic math skills. Kids can choose the mathematical operation and number sets they'd like to practice, and the flashcards appear. There are two modes -- Flashcard mode is a practice mode, and Challenge mode is a testing mode. The app supports profiles for multiple kids, and parents can have results emailed to them. ($0.99)
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Flashcards App allows you to download or create flashcards instantly. It can also be used on multiple devices including iPhone, iPod, iPad, or the web to study and edit your cards. (Free)
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Learning the states and capitals AND where they go on a map is the driving force behind the 4th grade social studies curriculum. This game teaches the capitals, state shape and abbreviation, location on a map, and other fun trivial facts. The game provides hundreds of questions about the states, as well as state/capital flash cards. ($0.99)
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Students can have fun creating their own spelling tests. It's like making your own spelling game. Enter the words you would like to practice, and hit record. Take the test by listening to the words and type the correct spelling into your device. The app keeps score and shows which words you may have missed. (Free)
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Fractions are a difficult concept and tough because they can be written in so many different ways! Motion Math helps learners perceive and estimate many representations -- numerator over denominator (1/2), percents (50%), decimals (.5), and even pie charts. ($1.99)
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Basic Fractions helps students learn and practice the fundamental concepts about fractions, including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. (Free)
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Learn to ace fractions with a slew of hilarious chicken-themed games. Chicken Coop Fractions reinforces fractions, decimals, and estimation skills with an entertaining approach that is sure to produce giggles from players. (Free)
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Explore, play and test your fraction knowledge.Visually compare, add, subtract, multiply and divide two fractions with a unique and simple interface
on Oh No Fractions! ($0.99) |
Meet Sushi Monster!
Practice, reinforce, and extend math fact fluency in an engaging, yet challenging way. Help monsters make a target sum or product. Earn points with each correct answer…but watch out for distractions! To be successful, plan ahead and strategically select numbers from the sushi counter. (Free) |
Factor samurai is a great way to learn times tables. Play as the samurai, whose sacred duty is to cut all the numbers down to their prime factors. Factor Samurai reinforces principles of multiplication and division by continually challenging the player to remember which numbers can be factored into smaller values, and which ones cannot. ($2.99)
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Number Pieces helps students develop a deeper understanding of place value while building their computation skills with multi-digit numbers. Students use the number pieces to represent multi-digit numbers to regroup, add, subtract, multiply, and divide. (Free)
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Virtual Manipulatives allows students to compare fractions, decimals, and percents with virtual fraction bars. (Free)
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Lights, Camera, Play! Toontastic is a creative storytelling app that enables kids to draw, animate, and share their own cartoons with friends and family around the world. Making cartoons with Toontastic is as easy as putting on a puppet show! (Free)
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A simple doodling board, markers, and one-click sharing tools make spreading your ideas and know-how easy and fun! ScreenChomp for iPad helps you do it all. Record It. Sketch It. Share It. - to create a sharable, replayable video that tells your story clearly. (Free)
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Doodle Buddy is the most fun you can have with your finger! Finger paint with your favorite colors and drop in playful stamps with sound. Connect with a friend to draw together over the Internet, or on other mobile devices. To start over,
simply shake your device! (Free) |
Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a great video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking. Explain a math formula... Create an animation... Add commentary to your photos... Diagram a sports play... (Free)
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If you're looking for a fantastic multiplayer game and a fun way to help children learn new words, look no further.... This outrageously fun word quiz game is an entertaining way to build language skills. (Free)
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Learn something new every day!
Watch a different animated movie, then test your new knowledge with an interactive quiz. Kids can explore hundreds of topic right on their mobile device. All movies are close captioned, so it's easy for them to read along too! (Free) |