Apr 18, 13
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Featured, Health, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindergarten (5-6), Life Skills, Lite/Freemium Available, Nutrition, Paid Apps, Preschool (2-4), Science, Sorting/Categorizing
Nutrition and Healthy Eating is a bright, engaging way to effortlessly teach essential life skills such as identifying food groups, choosing healthy food, and creating balanced meals from a wide variety of food choices. Rewards, animations, and cheerful guidance combine with the loveable health-mascot Bo for a learning experience few preschoolers can resist.
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Feb 21, 13
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Addition, Biology, Comprehension, Division, Earth Science, Featured, Fractions, Geology, Geometry, Grade Three (8-9), Grades Four to Six (9-12), Grammar, Graphs, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Language Arts, Lite/Freemium Available, Math, Measurement, Multiplication, Paid Apps, Reading Skills, Science, Spelling, Subtraction, Vocabulary, Windows, Writing
I'm excited to see what the future will bring for iTooch and their series of comprehensive, grade level apps for mobile devices. Perhaps some day we'll see Social Studies added to this large collection of educational modules for upper elementary! Until then, iTooch Elementary School will continue to provide an affordable, independent, and sound way for parents to encourage learning, practice, and test-based accomplishment in language arts, math, science and health in a format that focuses on content rather than effects.
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Jan 22, 13
Posted by Jennifer in 4-Apples, Algebra, Anatomy, Exponents, Featured, Fractions, Geometry, Grades Four to Six (9-12), Grammar, Health, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Junior High (12-15), Language Arts, Lite/Freemium Available, Math, Negative Numbers, Paid Apps, Pre-Algebra, Reading, Vocabulary, Windows, Writing
iTooch is a pioneer – leading the way towards traditional, grade level based, comprehensive curriculum being available on mobile devices. Children can learn, practice, and test their knowledge in all the core skills taught in grade 6-8 language arts and math (and also health for grade 6) with iTooch: Middle School.
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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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Isopod provides a splendid, detailed exploration of bug-life in its many interactions from an eco-system focused point of view. Providing much more than a challenging, fast-paced, science-based bug-rescue mission game, the app also includes 24 richly detailed science topics along with free downloadables and linked multi-media resources – enough for an entire unit study!
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Oct 05, 12
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Anatomy, Biology, Featured, Grade One (6-7), Grade Three (8-9), Grade Two (7-8), Grades Four to Six (9-12), iPad, Paid Apps, Science
Discover Your Body HD is a surprisingly in-depth human anatomy app for young children. Not only are major overall body parts and systems covered, but the app also ‘drills down’ and provides more detail on the most vital parts of the body. The high quality narration included also makes the app accessible by early/non-readers, and the activity game puzzles help children remember the locations of various organs, bones, and body parts. My kids dig it.
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Sep 24, 12
Posted by Jennifer in 5-Apples, Astronomy, Earth Science, Featured, Grade Three (8-9), Grades Four to Six (9-12), iPad, Memory, Paid Apps, Science
KIDS DISCOVER SPACE is a visual feast for any child fascinated by the planets, space exploration, astronauts, the heavenly bodies, the sun, rockets – and so much more! An excellent exploratory resource for children, the gorgeous photographs and visual ‘extras’ encourage children to learn more about the universe around them while keeping interest levels high.
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Cells and Cell Structure is a fine introduction to cells, their parts, reproduction, and much more. In fact, this app is an excellent primer – any student encountering cells for the first time will quickly be up to speed with this digital mini-text complete with vibrantly illustrated diagrams and computer animated videos.
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Focus on Earthquakes is a rich, comprehensive, upper level app for students of earth science. Whether used formally as a science supplement, or as a tool for research and delight-driven exploration, this app is sure to answer all your child’s questions about earthquakes while providing animated audio-visual models, slideshows and other media rich content with interactive, self-correcting quizzes, and a real-time earthquake tracker.
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Jeffy’s World is filled with very well done, interactive 3-D models exploring how the movement of the earth through space leads to our experience of days, seasons, months, and years. Best used as a teaching tool by a parent (no narration for pre-readers, detailed vocabulary in the written portions), Jeffy gives a more personable face to early, basic astronomy.
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Feb 09, 12
Posted by Jennifer in 4-Apples, Evolution, Featured, Free Apps, Geology, High School (14-18), History, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Paid Apps, Pre-History, Science
Students studying geology at a high school or college level will find Geotimescale to be an easy to use reference chart for memorizing the geologic time scale and a springboard to further geology studies.
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Jan 19, 12
Posted by Jennifer in 4-Apples, Earth Science, Featured, Geography, Geology, High School (14-18), iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, National Parks, Paid Apps, Science
Whether you use Arches National Park Geology Tour HD as an armchair virtual tour through the park, take your iDevice on site to dig deeper into the geology of the area during an in-person visit, or use the app to teach your high schooler geology in context, this app is gorgeous and full of detail.
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Plants HD is a bright, visually engaging exploration of the plant life-cycle. While it needs some clear diagrams in order to be a comprehensive resource, this app makes a visually engaging supplement for the study of botany.
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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. 
