Category: 1st Grade Apps
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kids apps OLD MACDONALD PIANO
The Old MacDonald Piano app from Kiboomu is a fantastic introduction to music with a well-known kids song, Old MacDonald.
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ebooks MABEL & LULU
This ebook app has 2 stories and three great characters – Mabel, Lulu and the bird.
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kids apps MATH EASY HD
Math Easy is a great early learning math app ideal for 1st grade math, but can be used for preschoolers through 2nd graders depending on their math skill and confidence level.
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iphone / ipod / ipad app SOLAR WALK
Solar Walk is a wonderful way for all ages to experience and learn about the solar system
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ebook FLICK THE LITTLE FIRE ENGINE
Flick The Little Fire Engine is a beautifully illustrated, wonderfully narrated, interactive ebook that is a welcome addition to your preschoolers digital library.
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Kiwi and Pear’s World Adventure APP REVIEW
With adorable illustrations by Joyce Wan, good narration and bouncy music, you’ve got a must have app that introduces preschoolers to geography.
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Star Teeth
Star Teeth is a simple, but fantastic, app that encourages children to brush their teeth with a selection of cute and seasonal characters.
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iphone / ipod app NUMBER SENSE
This is a great app for kids who are beyond simple number recognition. There are 4 different games within the app which reinforce different math challenges that you should expect to see in kindergarten such as understanding “more than”, sequencing numbers from low to high, as well as counting to 20.
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iphone / ipod apps TICKLE TAP APPS
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in 1st Grade Apps, 2nd Grade Apps, 3rd Grade Apps, 4th Grade Apps, 5 stars – Best of the best apps, 5th Grade Apps, Alphabet Apps for Kids, Animals & Nature Apps, App Reviews, Apps by Age and Grade, Art, Craft & Creativity Apps, Early Learning Apps, Education Apps for Kids, Kindergarten Apps, Preschool AppsThis beautiful collection of 5 educational games is inventive yet easy to use for the preschool set.
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ebook HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
This universal ebook app captures the spirit of the How To Train Your Dragon movie
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iphone / ipod apps MONSTER SCANNER
Scan for monsters – and keep them away with this great little iPhone / iPod app.
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best ipad apps DINO PUZZLE HD
This is a great little app that layers puzzles through the different stages of being a dinosaurs from egg to fully grown – and scary. My 4 year old loves it!
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iphone / ipod app LET’S BEAD FRIENDS
A simple, but charming app that brings crafting to the iPhone / iPad and iPod
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iphone / ipod app TIMEZUP
TimeZup!â„¢ – The ‘Out Loud’ Timer For Preschool Parents Rating: 3 out of 5 (okay) Buy it? Maybe iPhone / iPod app: $0.99 iPad app: n/a Universal app: n/a This is an odd little app, because you don’t really need it – and yet, if you frequently need to put a timer on for your…
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ipad / iphone / ipod apps MOTION MATH
Motion Math is a fun way to learn the dreaded “fractions” using the accelerometer to guide a bouncing ball to the correct answer
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ebooks ONE RAINY DAY
This ebook is one of the most delightful books for young kids available on the iPhone / iPad / iPod as an app. One Rainy Day is a cute little story about a duck who loves the rain. The book is simple and gentle – and I would recommend it for babies old enough to…
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Chore Pad HD
A 5-star chore chart / reward system app that’s easy to use and available on iPad, iPhone and iPod
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ipad / ipod / iphone DR SEUSS BOOKS
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in 1st Grade Apps, 2nd Grade Apps, Alphabet Apps for Kids, Animals & Nature Apps, App Reviews, Apps by Age and Grade, Christmas / Holiday Apps, Dr. Seuss, Early Learning Apps, eBook Apps for Kids, Education Apps for Kids, Kindergarten Apps, Language Apps for Kids, Oceanhouse Media, Preschool Apps, Read to Me eBooks, Read to Myself eBooks, Reading Apps, Writing Apps for KidsFantastic ebooks that really capture the spirit of Dr. Seuss
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iphone / ipod / ipad apps ALIEN MATH
Alien Math is a great little math app and very basic for preschoolers through 1st graders, or anyone who struggles with speed math.
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ipad apps MISS SPIDER'S BEDTIME STORY
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in 1st Grade Apps, 2nd Grade Apps, App Reviews, Apps by Age and Grade, Art, Craft & Creativity Apps, Early Learning Apps, eBook Apps for Kids, eBooks with Coloring Pages, eBooks with Games, Education Apps for Kids, Game Apps for Kids, Kindergarten Apps, Preschool Apps, Read to Me eBooks, Reading AppsWhat I like about this ebook for kids is that although it is quite expensive at $7.99, you get more than just an ebook with coloring pages, puzzles and other games.
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ipad apps DRAWING PAD
Drawing Pad is by far one of the best drawing apps for kids. It’s simple to use, but not too childish in the design. As a designer, I just love the layout of the app – and if it had a bit more functionality (brush size, color picker, layers etc) would use it myself.
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ipad / iphone app SPACE CRAYONZ
SNEAK PEAK!! a quick look at some of the screenshots for this new art app.
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iphone / ipad apps SUPERWHY
With 4 different games within the app, kids everything from tracing letters to picking the best word to finish a sentence from popular kids stories…
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iphone apps POCKET ZOO
The free version of the app includes a zoo map with many animals, click on the animals and you get a photos, facts and sounds from each of the animals.
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iphone apps 3 FREE MATCHING GAMES
These free matching games for the iphone / ipad are great for kids and for some adults too. I chose these iphone / ipad apps because not only they were free apps, but fun apps to play too.
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iphone apps READ ME STORIES
Read Me Stories by 8interactive is a great idea, however this idea gets lost in translation. Firstly, the app is quite slow and both parent and child get impatient waiting for it to load. Once loaded, you have 2 books that you can read but you can see books that are coming soon – inevitably…
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iphone ipad apps IWRITEWORDS
The iWriteWords iPhone / iPad app helps kids learn and write the alphabet, numbers and words. The lite version is definitely worth checking out first – and may even be fine for your needs. Since I used it so much, I decided to opt for the paid version which is currently $2.99.
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ipad app AESOP’S WHEEL OF FABLES
In additional to the beautifully illustrated ebook for the iPad, you also have the option of having the ebook read to you in either English, Chinese, or in your own recorded voice. Most of the charm from this iPad app is the stories themseles, although there is also a spot the difference game in the…
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iphone apps BRAIN POP
With Brain Pop you learn something new everyday – whether it’s about the solar system, DNA or equal rights. Each topic starts with a fun animated video that is basically cliff notes for kids.
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iphone apps LEARN TIME LITE
This free iPhone app is great for the preschooler or kindergartener – or anyone else just learning to tell time. The low key animation is cute without being distracting.