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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Jan 14, 13
Posted by Jennifer in 4-Apples, Featured, Fractions, Grades Four to Six (9-12), High School (14-18), iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Junior High (12-15), Math, Mental Math, Paid Apps, Pre-Algebra
4 Dice: Fraction Games not only helps children practice adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions; it also helps build algebraic thinking skills by requiring children to fill in the blanks with given numbers and by requiring multi-step thought processes.
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Apr 25, 12
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Addition, Division, Featured, Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), Grades Four to Six (9-12), iPad, Lite/Freemium Available, Math, Mental Math, Multiplication, Negative Numbers, Paid Apps, Subtraction
If you hear excited hooting coming from a small crowd of children gathered around the iPad, it could be that they’ve discovered the adrenaline-pumping excitement of the battle-style math drill app, Math Guardians. With practice across all four major operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division), robot aliens, and math-powered attacks, this one’s hard to resist for arcade-style app lovers!
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Apr 11, 12
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Abacus, Addition, Featured, Free Apps, Grade One (6-7), Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), iPad, Lite/Freemium Available, Math, Mental Math, Paid Apps, Subtraction
FingerMath ABACUS is a unique approach to working with numbers. The abacus design develops a deeper understanding of place value, groupings of fives, tens, and strong mental math skills. This hands-on, highly visual way of working with addition and subtraction leads to a more conceptual understanding than memorizing math facts alone. Definitely download the free app and exercise your child’s math muscles in a new and exciting way!
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Mar 16, 12
Posted by Jennifer in 4-Apples, Featured, Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), Grades Four to Six (9-12), iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mental Math, Multiplication, Paid Apps
Multiplication: Invasion of the Moon Monkeys attacks multiplication from a wide variety of angles – math facts, multiples, and factors, in an arcade-style game that lets you customize the times tables your child works on. However, the gaming action is difficult, and might be frustrating for many children, recommended for arcade masters only.
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Mar 16, 12
Posted by Jennifer in 4-Apples, Addition, Division, Exponents, Featured, Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), Grades Four to Six (9-12), High School (14-18), iPad, Junior High (12-15), Math, Mental Math, Multiplication, Order of Operations, Paid Apps, Subtraction
32 HD is a straightforward math puzzle with a range of difficulty that ranges from grade school right into high school with its five ascending levels of difficulty. The mental math problems presented in this app will really make your child’s brain work and provide a true feeling of accomplishment once these puzzlers are solved.
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Mar 07, 12
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Featured, Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), Grades Four to Six (9-12), iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Math, Mental Math, Multiplication, Paid Apps
Save the Sushi is an exciting, rescue mission approach to strengthening multiplication skills that just might have your children jumping up and down as they try to save that sushi! Once your child starts identifying multiples of specified numbers in order to defeat evil henchmen, it might be hard to get them to stop!
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Jan 04, 12
Posted by Jennifer in 4-Apples, Algebra, Featured, Grade One (6-7), Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), Grades Four to Six (9-12), High School (14-18), iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Junior High (12-15), Math, Mental Math, Paid Apps, Pre-Algebra
Alge-Bingo has your bases covered for all ages if you’re looking for additional practice solving simple algebraic equations (solving for the unknown). This app is not only fun, but it’s pretty sticky - it actually makes me want to spend more time solving equations, and that is a surprising thing indeed!
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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. 
