Fun Educational Apps for Kids: Reviews, Daily Deals and Giveaways

5 Great New and Noteworthy Educational Apps - April 27 to May 3rd

This week again lots of great new fun and educational apps entered the App Store. While browsing the what’s New and Noteworthy according to Apple staff in the UK and US, five caught all of our attention. Our favourites includes a new partnership between DreamWorks and Toontastic for a creative play app; a fun, engaging and sweet discovery game app for the little ones; a cool app to introduce kids to cooking; another stunning app in the Kids Discover series and a new take on a classic tale by Nosy Crow…

Subtraction for Kids- A Math Tutorial App with Multiple Levels

Some children seem to learn to subtract without any major difficulty, but many others struggle to master this skill. Because math skills build on one another, it is absolutely essential that the foundation concepts be understood. If your child is having trouble with subtraction, there is a new app available that can help. Subtraction for Kids reinforces the process behind subtraction and provides children with guided practice and objective feedback.

Write About This: Outstanding Writing App for Teachers and Student

While it seems like a simple idea, Write About This is a top pick as an educational app because of the sheer volume of writing prompts it provides and the ease of use.  Teachers and parents alike will love this app and the instant idea generators provided by the images and prompts provided. Fun Educational Apps TOP PICKS

5 Great New and Noteworthy Educational Apps - April 20 to 27

Hundreds of new apps are entering the App Store every week. Few of them are making it to the famous New and Noteworthy list. This week - April 20 to 27- Fun Educational Apps has been browsing the UK and US App Store and following are 5 great apps we liked - two math apps that received a Top Pick from us!  A cool musical app that kept our kids entertained for a while; a time travel adventure to brush up on history and a new release in the Wubbzy’s series from acclaimed Cupcake Digital.

 

Yodel Oh! Math Mountain- More Fun Than Flashcards -Top Math App Review

Throw away your math flashcards, we’ve found something much better.  Not only is Yodel Oh! Math Mountain more fun than boring drills, it holds kids’ attention. Fun Educational Apps awards it a Top Pick because of the way it keeps kids, age 6-12, practicing their facts longer than flashcards ever could. Fun Educational Apps TOP PICKS On sale at $0.99/£0.69/€0.89 for a limited time!

Top Five Story Animation Apps

Teachers are always looking for new ways to engage students in writing.  Students get tired of the same old writing prompts and the same old writing process.  There are some really great apps available to help teachers solve this problem.  Giving students the option of creating something from their writing is an easy way to hook students and get them invested in writing.  From sock puppets to multi-scene cartoons, these apps are our top picks for Story Animation. Fun Educational Apps "TOP 5 Apps for …" Series

Splash Math Kindergarten: Fun Educational Worksheets for Counting Numbers, Addition and Subtraction - App Review

StudyPad has just released another top fun end educational apps in its Splash Math series. So far the series covered grade 1 to 5 but this new one - Splash Math Kindergarten: Fun Educational Worksheets for Counting Numbers, Addition and Subtraction - has been especially designed for preschoolers. A top notch early math app game with an impressive content. It uses lots of visuals, a simple yet engaging interface … all the component for a Fun Educational Apps TOP PICK!

Teach Me: Toddler- An All-in-One Readiness App

Recently, I was speaking with the parent of a child who will be entering kindergarten next fall.  She was concerned that, perhaps,her son would not be ready for the academic challenges he would face.  I identified six concept areas that we assess in our district-wide kindergarten screening program: letter identification (upper and lower case), phonics, rote counting, shape recognition, colors, and number sets.  TeachMe: Toddler is an all-in-one readiness app that covers all six of these important conceptual skills.  Its easy-to-use format and its ability to collect data to show a child’s growth make it a great value and a Top Pick for us at Fun Educational Apps. Fun Educational Apps TOP PICKS  -

4 Dice: Fraction Games Top Math App for Kids

After 5 Dice: Order of Operations Game - a Fun Educational Apps TOP PICK - Developer Justin Holladay  just added another top app in his math app series for middle school and upper elementary students - 4 Dice: Fraction Game - This time your kids will add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions on their own or challenge friends using the Bluetooth feature! 

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Eweclid - A Common Core Based Math Skills App for Kindergarten - Third Grade

Eweclid is a brand new app developed to give students practice with Common Core Math skills.  Students move through chapters as they master essential math skills in an engaging and fun app.

Top Five Math Apps for Tweens and Teens

This is the time of year when parents start to take stock of their child’s math performance over the past school year.  Maybe the grade has slipped from a B- to a C- or a C+ to a D, or maybe the student is just not very confident in math.  Whatever the reason, the App Store offers a wide variety of math apps geared toward older students.   Fun Educational Apps has reviewed many of these apps, and we have put together our Top Five Math Apps for Tweens and Teens:

 

Touchable Earth- Children Teaching Children About Themselves - App Review

With curiosity comes interest; with interest comes knowledge; with knowledge comes understanding; and with understanding comes respect.  Touchable Earth is an app that lets children from around the world share information about their countries and their lives in their own words. This is important because until we understand other people and how they live, we cannot work effectively with them to solve the world’s problems.   Fun Educational Apps awards Touchable Earth its latest Top Pick because it honors these children as voices for their cultures.  Fun Educational Apps TOP PICKS