Middle School
This is a great list of apps that can be used in middle school learning environments. With over 100 of the best iPhone, iPad and Android apps for middle school students reviewed by our moms and teachers, we’re sure you’ll find the perfect app for your kids’ needs.
Robot School: Programming for Kids
Robot School gives kids a chance to rescue a stranded robot while learning basic computer programming skills and developing a better understanding of how computers work. Along the way, they will build logic skills, observation skills, attention to detail, and other important life skills.
Cato’s Hike: A Programming and Logic Odyssey
Cato’s Hike is an entertaining and engaging app that will teach players concepts about creating computer programs. It encourages problem-solving, logic, attention to details, and many more vital skills that will be needed by adults no matter what career they may choose.
Social Stories Creator and Library for Preschool, Autism and Special Needs
Social Stories Creator and Library for Preschool, Autism and Special Needs is a great tool for designing your own social stories for learners of any age group, ability level, or condition.
MARTi
MARTi is an innovative and outstanding tool that will improve quality of life for individuals struggling with learning problems, dementia, cognitive challenges, autism, traumatic brain injury and many other conditions that impair reasoning, memory, sequencing and other vital skills.
Quizlet-Flashcards & Study Tools
Quizlet is a great tool for older students to use for memorizing and studying rote information from their own flashcards, their teacher’s sets, or even sets of flashcards created by other students in similar classes.
Duolingo-Learn Languages for Free
Duolingo offers a positive and comprehensive language learning experience that most middle school, high school, and adult students will find engaging and fun. It features short, effective lessons and practice, motivational rewards, and a built-in goal-setting feature.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy’s app provides a comprehensive library of topics and skills that support Common Core goals. It includes a wealth of information particularly on middle school and high school classes, as well as useful topics for college students and adults.
MyScript Calculator – Handwriting Calculator
MyScript Calculator is a powerful scientific calculator that has the advantage of accepting hand-written input on the device’s screen. It simplifies entry of complex equations and has a number of great features that increase its usefulness.
CK-12
CK-12 offers a comprehensive system of review resources and practice questions that will help students get ahead in school. The app does a thorough job of covering vital ideas in elementary math as well as middle and high school high school math and science.
Homework List
Homework List is a handy tool that will help students get organized with school assignments and stay that way with minimal effort. The fact that it is digital should be appealing to most students.
Geoboard, by the Math Learning Center
Geoboard, by the Math Learning Center is an outstanding app that will help students from middle elementary school through high school develop and improve their understandings of geometry, fraction concepts, and much more.
Middle School Vocabulary Prep
Middle School Vocabulary Prep offers hundreds of words with definitions and parts of speech in learning, quiz, and test modes. It will provide middle and high school students with hours of productive vocabulary practice that will improve performance in class and on standardized tests.
Middle School Science Pro 8th Grade
Middle School Science Pro 8th Grade is an engaging way to encourage students to review middle school science concepts. Two modes of play, the ability to earn banana tokens and unlock levels, and the potential to gather game enhancements will help many students stay more engaged.
Book Creator for iPad
Book Creator for iPad is a fantastic tool to encourage authors and illustrators of all ages and abilities to express themselves and share their work with family, friends and even the world if they wish.
5 Dice: Order of Operations
5 Dice: Order of Operations is a great game to practice a challenging skill, especially for middle and high school students working individually or in pairs or groups.
Mad Libs
Mad Libs, the word game that makes learning parts of speech worthwhile, is great fun for players of all ages and stages. There’s something timeless about nonsense, and this app hides significant learning beneath a layer of fun.
TeleStory
TeleStory will keep kids of nearly any age entertained for hours on end as they take on the challenges of writing, directing and filming shows that will fire up their imaginations.
Tic Tac Math Trilogy
Tic Tac Math Trilogy is a simple, effective system that provides vital, practical practice with math skills from basic computation through algebra, and it even includes a massive section on operations with fractions for good measure.
At a Glance: Outdoor Apps for Kids 2015
From ebooks to apps that include hands-on activities we have gathered a variety of reviewed and recommended apps that encourage kids to get out outside to explore and learn about the great outdoors.
DIY Lake Science
Science activities, videos, and simulations encourage kids to explore the lakes and other bodies of water around them.
Attributes by Math Doodles
Attributes by Math Doodles is an entertaining way to sharpen a host of higher-order thinking skills that will not only support the development of understanding of math concepts, but will also build attention to detail, reasoning and many other vital mental muscles.
Inventioneers
Inventioneers opens the door to creative and inventive play by challenging users to solve problems. Users can position objects and tiny helpers called Inventioneers to accomplish each goal while learning about physics concepts.
Say Word
Say Word is a perfect tool for students in middle to upper elementary on up to use for practice with difficult homophones and easily-confused words. Most will find the vocabulary and concepts challenging and interesting.
Word Creativity Kit – The Creative Writing Tool for Kids
The Word Creativity Kit provides a unique system to explore the interplay between text and visual design that will stimulate artistic creativity as well as creative writing and self-expression.
JFK Challenge
JFK Challenge is a wonderful and well-designed app that may spark a life-long love of history in children. It also is a great source of information about two very important milestones in U.S. history.
David Wiesner’s Spot
David Wiesner’s Spot is an outstanding app that taps some of the iPad’s unique capabilities to create an engaging experience in five strange new worlds that are exciting for all ages.
Winky Think Logic Puzzles
Winky Think Logic Puzzles is an outstanding app that will provide hours of productive play value to children from preschool age on up. Everyone will benefit from exercising their logic, problem-solving, and thinking skills and everyone will enjoy the fun puzzles.
Knowji Vocab 7-10, SAT, GRE, ASVAB Audio Visual Vocabulary Flashcards with Spaced Repetition
Knowji Vocab 7-10 is an outstanding and useful vocabulary development program that will help teens to prepare for high-stakes tests, assist students to prepare for collegiate level reading, and adults to review important vocabulary.
President’s Day Apps for Kids 2015
Reviewed and recommended, these apps are a fun way for kids to learn about our American presidents anytime of year. Presidents vs Aliens Presidents vs Aliens is a game-like app that takes learning to the next level. This fun, interactive app teaches children fun facts, names, quotes, and so much more about presidents and includes …
Niko and the Sword of Light
A wonderful graphic novel that tells a heroic tale of one boy looking to defeat the dark. Action packed and full of beautiful illustrations and sound effects that children will love.
Voice Dream Reader
Voice Dream Reader will open the doors of reading to many people struggling due to vision problems, dyslexia or other literacy issues.
Christmas & Holiday Apps for Kids – 2014
Seasons Greetings! We believe in being respectful of other cultures and having a fun time. So, however you celebrate we wish you all love, happiness and a healthy dose of unhealthy food! If you would like us to add any other holiday apps, please feel free to leave a comment below. (plus you’ll have the …
9 Months
9 Months is a highly informative, well organized app that teaches children about the pregnancy process from conception to birth and it’s a great value!
iBiome-Wetlands
iBiome-Wetlands is an engaging and hands-on way to apply biology concepts in a simulated wetlands environment.
Halloween Apps for Kids 2014
Spooktacular list of Halloween apps for your family. Check out the special treat we have in store for our readers!
X-Men Days Of Future Past
Here we look at the tie in game for the movie X-Men Days Of Future Past.
Middle School Confidential 3: What’s Up with My Family?
Middle School Confidential 3: What’s Up with My Family makes an outstanding addition to an already excellent series. Companion materials and printed books will make it an ideal addition to many youth programs.
Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion: Turret Alert
Based on a Canadian animated television show, Oh No! It’s an Alien Invasion: Turret Alert is a moderately entertaining game for older elementary and middle school age kids. Unlike many game apps, this is child friendly with no IAP’s (in app purchases) or unprotected external links.
Number Hero: Multiplication
Simple math games has kids work backwards to solve multiplication problems and beat their high scores as they race against the clock.
Quick Fractions
Quick Fractions offers no-frills practice with fractional equivalencies, fractional inequalities, and all four operations with fractions.