Apr 22, 13
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Drawing, Featured, Fine Arts, Grade One (6-7), Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), Grades Four to Six (9-12), iPad, Language Arts, Life Skills, Paid Apps, Storybooks, Word Processing, Writing
Storybook Maker is a powerful, open-ended tool for creating richly illustrated, written and orally narrated stories and reports. Filled with comprehensive features and options, this easy to learn set of publishing tools lets your child create works that can be read, shared, and printed. Whether your child is an emerging or confident writer, a stumbling or gifted artist, all children will find supportive features to turn their storytelling dreams into a reality with Storybook Maker.
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Apr 08, 13
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Addition, Division, Featured, Grade One (6-7), Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), Grades Four to Six (9-12), iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindergarten (5-6), Lite/Freemium Available, Math, Multiplication, Paid Apps, Subtraction, Thinking Skills
Mathtopia+ is so compelling you might find you and your children sneaking time on the iPad to play this educational game. Combining comprehensive math fact practice in all four main operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) with the addictive game-play of three (or more) jewels in a row matching games, something about this app makes you want to keep going and going!
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Mar 28, 13
Posted by Jennifer in 4-Apples, Addition, Android, Division, Featured, Grade One (6-7), Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), Grades Four to Six (9-12), Life Skills, Lite/Freemium Available, Math, Mom and Dad, Multiplication, Paid Apps, Subtraction, Time Management, Tools for Mom
PlayPozz is an exciting first edition of an educational app that helps balance time spent playing on apps with direct educational practice. While it still needs to flesh out its offerings, this app shows promise and innovation, revealing the possibilities Android tablets have to help parents manage screen time without complicated tracking or over-involvement.
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Mar 27, 13
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Colors, Early Learning, Featured, Fine Motor Skills, Fine Motor Skills, Grade One (6-7), Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), iPad, Kindergarten (5-6), Language Development, Lite/Freemium Available, Paid Apps, Preschool (2-4), Puzzles, Sequencing, Shapes, Social Skills, Sorting/Categorizing, Special Needs, Thinking Skills, Visual Perception
Barn Door Four: Home Edition includes a wealth of economically priced, well-designed exercises (29 in all) targeting fine motor skills, visual performance, communication, and sequencing designed to support children with autism and other developmental delays. Parents will appreciate the ability to engage their child with a large collection of activities, create customized lesson plans, and to generate a wide range of reports (full version only).
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Mar 18, 13
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Featured, Grade Two (7-8), Grades Four to Six (9-12), iPad, Junior High (12-15), Math, Mental Math, Multiplication, Paid Apps
Math Mathews takes children on a epic pirate-adventure while practice multiplication skills from a variety of angles. Children sink deeply into the storyline, and the collection of treasure really keeps them motivated to move through the mini-games and to master those timetables in order to get the magic necklace pieced back together to save Captain Mathews.
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Feb 05, 13
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Addition, Featured, Grade One (6-7), Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Paid Apps
Column Addition is a deeply process-oriented math app that supports children visually as they learn to work in columns and to carry numbers. It's my top recommendation if you need help with this mathematical skill; while it may appear deceptively simple, it is remarkably well designed and can be used independently by children to both reveal and practice the steps of column addition. Problems and settings can be flexibly altered by parents to match their child’s current level of understanding.
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Feb 04, 13
Posted by Jennifer in 4-Apples, Featured, Geography, Grade One (6-7), Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), Grades Four to Six (9-12), iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Paid Apps, World Geography
iLearn: Canada is a well-designed app for learning and practicing the names of Canada’s provinces and territories. This app serves equally well as a good supplement to core geography studies, a review tool, or even as an app for primary instruction and exposure.
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Jan 31, 13
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Featured, Grade One (6-7), Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), iPad, Junior High (12-15), Kindergarten (5-6), Language Arts, Paid Apps, Phonics, Reading, Spelling, Word Roots
SoundLiteracy has proved to be an invaluable tool in our family, making the integration of hands-on letter-tile based phonics activities in reading and spelling stress-free in our home. Compatible with any phonics program – particularly those inspired by the intensive Orton-Gillingham system of phonograms, this app ensures that you’ll never run out of, or lose a letter tile again.
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Jan 21, 13
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Cultures, Featured, Geography, Grade One (6-7), Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindergarten (5-6), Paid Apps, Storybooks, World Geography
Henrietta is Hungry takes your child on a whirlwind trip around the world as seen through the experiences of a little girl in search of the perfect meal. International cuisine, exotic locales, lively narration and charming illustrations seal the deal on this high-interest storybook app. Budding foodies and armchair travelers will love it!
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Jan 18, 13
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Android, Featured, Geography, Grade One (6-7), Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), Grades Four to Six (9-12), iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindergarten (5-6), Lite/Freemium Available, Paid Apps, Preschool (2-4), Storybooks, World Geography
Children will love this story and in the process, they will learn about the places, people and animals of the islands of French Polynesia. This book also has intuitive settings, including nice narration that can be set up for French or English. My little one is already asking about the next adventure in this series, and I predict yours will too. Recommended!
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Jan 15, 13
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Family and Life Skills, Featured, Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), Grades Four to Six (9-12), Health, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Life Skills, Paid Apps, Science, Sexual Education
I’m excited to recommend this age-appropriate and well-designed app that helps girls between 8 and 10 explore puberty and the physical changes it brings with their mothers. Fun, affordable, and informative, our family is looking forward to exploring future releases in this series together.
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Jan 08, 13
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Art Appreciation, Featured, Free Apps, Geography, Golden App Award, Grade One (6-7), Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), History, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindergarten (5-6), Language Arts, Lite/Freemium Available, Math, Paid Apps, Science, Social Studies
BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week never fails to interest my children. Each educational short receives repeated viewings each week by many members of the family. This is a stand-by must-install-and-keep-loaded app in our home on all devices.
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Oct 31, 12
Posted by Jennifer in 4-Apples, Featured, Geography, Grade One (6-7), Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), Grades Four to Six (9-12), History, iPad, Paid Apps, Poetry, Social Studies, US Geography
Ansel & Clair: Paul Revere’s Ride provides hours of educational content for children that is both deeply memorable, historically accurate, and engaging. This incredibly full app uses a wide range of interactive, multi-sensory experiences to provide elementary-age children with an exciting, living experience of early American history.
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Oct 20, 12
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Bible, Character Building, Coloring, Featured, Grade One (6-7), Grade Two (7-8), iPad, Kindergarten (5-6), Lite/Freemium Available, Paid Apps, Preschool (2-4), Puzzles, Readers, Storybooks
With The Beginner’s Bible now available as an iPad app, I’ll finally be able to stop buying replacement copies of our well-worn print version of this book. Whether used as a Bible story primer for preschoolers or as a reader for emerging readers just stepping into their own Bible reading times, this book-turned app is a fine choice. The inclusion of additional coloring pages, puzzles, and activities is an added bonus!
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For homeschoolers, by a homeschooler. I'm Jennifer Bogart, a homeschooling mom of four, 8 months - 8 years. I'm an app-loving, aspiring geek dedicated to helping you hunt down the best homeschooling apps for your children. There are a lot of apps out there, let me help you narrow them down. 
