Apps by Age and Grade
The Shape of Me and Other Stuff
The Shape of Me and Other Stuff is another Dr. Seuss gem. The app is consistent with other Oceanhouse Media Dr. Seuss apps; well done and reasonably priced.
Middle School Confidential 2: Real Friends vs. the Other Kind
I highly recommend downloading Middle School Confidential 2: Real Friends vs. the Other Kind. It’s an invaluable tool for kids, parents, teachers and counselors.
Frosby Learning Games
Frosby Learning Games is an educational game intended for kids 2-5, but is lacking in variety of content.
Perky Pranksters Have Fun in the Country
Perky Pranksters: Have Fun in the Country contains six games and an e-book that is entertaining, yet will teach young readers about life on the farm.
Bug Games – by Busy Bee Preschool
Bug Games HD provides basic counting, phonics, and logic skills through four engaging activities and games.
Times Tables Machine
Parents and teachers will both like the flexibility and price of Times Tables Machine; kids will enjoy improving their multiplication skills.
Sticky Words
This app appears to be all positives and almost no negatives. It is easy to use, entertaining, educational, and allows for creative expression in all age groups.
Kandoobi
This amazing app goes out of its way to rock an entirely kid-friendly interface, and manages to be lots of fun for tykes along the way.
Are Squirrels Smart, or What?
This app uses a brief and highly entertaining story to propel language lessons, and it really delivers.
Build Cars with Edward and Arthur
Who knew building cars could be so fun! Build Cars with Edward and Arthur is a fantastic app that will entertain kids of all ages.
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
Keep your eyelids up and see what you can see.
Montessori Letter Sounds HD
The Montessori Letter Sounds HD iPad app combines some of my favorite Montessori learning methods in an app with a few neat tricks up its sleeve.
Montessori Letter Sounds HD in French
If you’ve been looking for an app that can double as an immersive French language lesson for tots, the new Montessori Letter Sounds HD in French app from Les Trois Elles Interactive might be just what your family is looking for.
Akzara
Akzara is an adorable app for toddlers and preschoolers learning the alphabet.
Factor Samurai
You really can’t lose on this one. The game is free, fun, and educational. Best of all, it is made for intermediate age kids who often get a little left out when it comes to educational apps.
Toddler's Seek & Find: My Little Town
Toddler’s Seek & Find: My Little Town is an ideal app for any toddler, preschooler or child who loves to touch anywhere and everywhere.
Division For Kids
Division for Kids is a simple and easy to use math app for kids in grades 2-6. The in-app purchase may deter some from purchasing the full app.
Writing My First… 5in1 for Kids, Toddlers
This app combines lessons on colors, letters, numbers, shapes and positions, and even contains a fun drawing board.
Splash Math – 3rd Grade HD Full
Splash Math 3rd Grade covers a wide range of math skills, not just addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Splash Math – 2nd Grade HD Full
Splash Math 2nd Grade HD is a fully loaded math app worth checking out. Kids will be entertained while learning.
Splash Math – 1st Grade HD Full
Splash Math 1st Grade HD is a well designed comprehensive math app. This interactive workbook is much more fun than paper worksheets!
Perrette and the Pot of Milk
Perrette and the Pot of Milk is not only a beautiful multilingual fable, but can teach children basic words, in multiple languages, through word association.
Itsy Bitsy Spider by Duck Duck Moose
Itsy Bitsy Spider is so much more than just a musical book based on the popular children’s song.
Lulu in Polynesia
Lulu in Polynesia is an adventure worth taking. It is a reasonably priced e-book with a lot of activities. A bonus, your children will have fun while learning about Polynesia.
The Big Spill
The Big Spill is an endearing story of three African penguins whose lives are changed due to an oil spill.
Thumbnail Theater-Macbeth
This hilarious, well-crafted app is appropriate for Shakespeare lovers of all ages.
Chalk Walk
This app for iPad acts like a virtual sidewalk, and challenges kids with increasingly difficult chalk patterns that they use a real pinch action to trace.
My Big World
This app is absolutely amazing and sure to draw your little ones in to a world where learning is as cool as it gets.
Super Harry HD
Super Harry’s Rotten Luck is a sweet and humorously uplifting story.
Abby – Basic Skills Preschool: Counting, Letters, Puzzles Colors, Shapes, Patterns, Matching and more
This tot-friendly app touches on letters, puzzles, sizes, counting, matching, colors, shapes, shadows, patterns, differences and more, in one streamlined package kids of any age are going to find easy to navigate.
The Goofy Gallerist
The Goofy Gallerist is a unique slide puzzle app designed to entertain and educate.
Gravity Force
Looking for a cool way to drive a lesson about gravity home with your family? The new Gravity Force iPhone app may be just what the doctor ordered.
5th Grade Math: Splash Math Worksheets App
5th Grade Math: Splash Math Worksheets is a fun and interactive way for your child to improve their math skills.
Tapikeo HD
The recent release of version 3.0 of Tapikeo HD comes jam packed with tons of new features.
Toca Boca
If you looked up fun in the dictionary, you’d probably find Toca Boca listed in the definition!
Playground mini
We’ve seen it on the iPad in all its glory, but now it’s time for my crew to take a look at the Playground Mini app for iPhone, put out by savvy app designer Jan Essig.
Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef
Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef is one book app that your family will enjoy over and over again, even after the kids learn their numbers.
Move the Turtle. Programming for Kids
Move the Turtle is a kid-safe environment for building your child’s problem-solving skills and to learn basic programming commands.
The Lonely Beast ABC (Alphabeast)
Learning letters has never been as fun as it was with Alphabeast.