The key to educational apps is that they are not just another Candy Crush game. Apps that are chosen for schools are developed in line with the curriculum, specific to the child’s key stage level.
With an increasing number of children improving in terms of literacy and numeracy levels, particularly boys, the evidence speaks for itself that a moderate use of apps in the classroom can only be positive.
Kids Academy 123 tracing
Kids Academy have a great variety of apps to support children with their literacy and numeracy skills, with 123 being a great starter app. The app is aimed at young children who are just learning numbers and how to write them.
Children use the iPad screen to trace their finger around the number and being rewarded by a little firefly to add to the jar at the side of each number. There is a parental mode on the app, so parents can look at their child’s progress and offer support where needed.
- Cost: Free-$7.99
- Rating:5/5
- Available on: Apple and Android
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123 Tracing on Google AppsMath Farm
Another app for toddlers and preschoolers, Math Farm from Math Colors is a very basic game with huge appeal to youngsters.
The app consists of simple sums in which children select the correct answer and are encouraged to work out where they went wrong if they do not get it right first time.
Children are rewarded for each answer with a piece of a puzzle that eventually makes up a cute farm picture. With multiple choice options to begin with, children do not feel too daunted and the whole app is a gentle introduction to numeracy.
- Cost: Free-$7.99
- Rating:4/5
- Available on Apple and Android
Buy 123 Tracing on itunes 123 Tracing on Google AppsLittle Fox Music Box
Little Fox Music Box is a "sing-along songbook", that will get your kids tapping and, yes, singing along to songs including London Bridge and Old MacDonald, with animations, interactivity and lots of traditional nursery rhyme fun for all of the family.
- Cost: $2.99
- Rating:4/5
- Available on: Apple
Buy 123 Tracing on itunes 123 Tracing on Google AppsFunimal Phonics
This app is based on flash cards and will help toddlers and pre-schoolers learn the basics of phonics to prepare them for school.
We like how the app talks in both US English and Uk English so that children recognize the difference in sounds early on.
- Cost: $2.99
- Rating:4/5
- Available on: Apple and Android
Buy 123 Tracing on itunesAround the Clock
This app is great value for money and will keep your toddler entertained around the clock! You play your way through a whole day where every hour has its own game!
This means that you get a total of 24 mini-games in one app.
- Cost: $1.99
- Rating:5/5
- Available on: Apple
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