Jon Samuelson
A list put out from Teach Thought and Teachers with App on 12/21/2012.
Source: http://www.teachthought.com/apps-2/12-best-childrens-educational-ipad-apps-of-2012/
Futaba Classroom Games is the only multi-player game of its kind in the app store! Up to 4 students can cooperatively learn using just one iPad. Each child takes a seat around the iPad and taps in to start. The game begins as images and questions zoom into the playing area. The first player to match the word to the image scores a point.
Do you want to teach your child numbers from 1 to 10? It’s very simple with our application. With the application, your child will be able to easily say numbers, show numbers on fingers and write numbers. The application is perfect for homeschooling.
Buckle up and ride with Pep the car to discover amazing US destinations. Play a game of classic State Bingo and look for clues on a beautifully illustrated US map. Play the brand new Road Trip US game. Travel to random destinations or choose to drive along the historic Lewis and Clark trail. Win the game to send states to statehood
Timeline Eons is a graphic representation of the entire natural and human history:
-Extensive and wide-ranging events, from the Big Bang to historical events and future projections.
-Events are displayed in a large context, revealing and clarifying important historical connections.
-The app introduces new and fun facts that open the door for exploration, and offers editing features for hands-on and personal learning.
Hit the gas and head out on the highway in the fact-packed game that turns textbook geography into an exciting cross-country adventure. In Geography Drive USA™, knowledge fuels your car on a coast-to-coast quest to learn about the fifty U.S. states.
Part video game, part history lesson, the app does a great job of integrating the engaging elements of a game with historically accurate information...The game seems like a perfect fit for upper elementary / middle level US history teachers.
⦿ EyePaint ⦿ offers your child the opportunity to create amazing images alongside world-renowned artists, by completing their illustrations and making them their own.
Native Numbers is the first and only comprehensive Number Sense curriculum in the App Store Inspired by research, designed by Harvard Education School graduate Dr. Michael W. Connell, and developed by a team of MIT engineers, Native Numbers is the first of its kind - a complete curriculum to help early learners develop Number Sense.
Numerosity is an educational game aimed at children aged 7-10. They’ll learn math, review concepts and improve their numerical skills.With Numerosity, children will experiment with numbers and operations to develop their creativity with math. They’ll move numbers around, dragging them into different positions to perform different operations so as to discover the rules of math on their own at their own pace.
Social Quest is an application developed by author and Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) Rosie Simms to improve pragmatic language comprehension and expression in a variety of social situations for older elementary, middle school, and high school-aged populations. Social Quest uses real life situations and contextual images to present the professional, parent and student with ‘’jumping off’ points for discussing the “why” and “how” of social language usage.
With more than 10,000 exercises, iTooch Junior High School is a new and fun way of practicing and learning Mathematics and Language Arts for 6th, 7th or 8th graders. It is, by far, the largest collection of educational activities based on the US National Common Core Standards on the App Store. Used by 300,000 students iTooch apps are a full learning solution which helps parents, teachers and students to identify and address their learning needs in a fun and motivating way.
TenseBuilder is designed to help students learn how to identify and use correct tense forms by playing movie quality animated videos to demonstrate past, present and future tense. 48 video lessons (will expand to 58) are in place to help give students a deeper understanding about the purpose of tense.
Help your child learn to read with their own personal reading adventure guide! ★"Reading Raven has one of the strongest educational and design foundations we have seen." -- Kindertown★"Finally – a seriously educational app that leads children from early phonological awareness and phonics right up to reading full sentences while integrating printing skills and teaching through games.
An amazing, intuitive game to learn all about letters and numbers: writing, counting, phonics and more.
