Apps for iPads:
Some apps that may be beneficial for your ELLs -They are divided into categories:
Here are some good, first "Basic School Skills" apps (e.g. Colours, Shapes, Memory
Games,etc.):
Memory Matches
Preschool Memory Match
Shapes and Colours Memory!
My First Words (Flashcards by Alligator Apps)
Abby Basic Skills- Preschool
Memory!
Stories to Read (*or have read to them) and Songs to Sing to:
Dr. Seuss ABC Lite
Read Me Stories
Cinderella
Peter Pan
Barney
Best Kids Songs and Stories
The Wheels on The Bus
Kids Song Collection
Reading Rainbow
Apps for "Tactile Letter Learning"- (Learn how to write letters, numbers, words, etc...):
Little Writer for Kids
iWriteWords Lite
Alphabet Tracing
ABC Tracer- FREE
Bright Start
ABC Tracing
Tracing ABC
ABC Writing Zoo
ABC Circus
ABC Alphabet
Preschool Tracer
My ABC Tracer
Apps for Learning the Alphabet; Reinforcing Letter Recognition:
ABC Touch and Learn
Letter Quiz
Elmo Loves ABCs for iPad (Lite)
Little Matchups- Alphabet Letters
ABC Laptop
Magnetic ABC
Letz Learn A to Z
Magnetic Board
TouchWords
Phonics Apps- (Learning Letters / Sounds, First Words, Building Phonemic Awareness:
Phonics Genius
First Words Sampler
Hooked on Phonics
Phonics Vowels
Phonics Lite
Phonics Consonants
Endless Alphabet
Phonics Studio
Fun Rhyming
Rhyming Bee
Long Vowels
First Letters- Lite
Phonics Awareness- 1st Grade
Word Family
ABC a Go-Go
Apps for Reading Activities; Reading Comprehension:
Reading Comprehension Practice – K-1
Reading Comprehension Practice – Gr. 2-3
Reading Comprehension Practice – Gr. 3-4
RAZ Kids
Timed Reading and Comprehension Practice
Main Idea
Inference Ace
News-o-matic
Swipespeare
Shakespeare in bits
Short Stories
Swipebook
Apps for Writing Activities; Graphic Organizers; Story Writing / Video Making::
Story Buddy 2
Toontastic Jr
Bitstrips
Sentence Maker; Sentence Builder
Pic Collage
Write About
Tynker
Screen Chomp
Shadow Puppet Edu
Inspiration Lite
iMind Map HD
Snapguide
Idea Sketch
Story Maker
30 Hands
Puppet Pals
Videolicious
Kidblog
Scribjab
Apps for Oral Language Activities; Translators; Pronunciation Apps:
Speak AP (pronunciation analyzer)
Audio Boom
Dragon Speak
Talking Translator (voice to voice/text translation to/from @ 35 languages)
Translator HD (text to text, text to voice--- many languages)
Google Translate
Translator- Free (translate with voice)
iSpeech Translator
Dictionaries; Dual-Language Dictionaries:
Dictionary.com Dictionary
Urban Dictionary
Picture Dictionary
Touch Words
English-Chinese Dictionary
Arabic-English Dictionary
Chinese- English Dictionary
Korean-English Dictionary
Vietnamese-English Dictionary
Urdu-English Dictionary
French-English Dictionary
(*Note: There are dual-language dictionary apps for almost every language)
ESL Apps for- Learning English; Basic English Vocabulary, etc..:.
Basic English- Hello-Hello
Hello Hello- Chinese / English
eFlash Apps- Picture Dictionary
Action Words
Hello Talk
McGraw Hill Language Lab
English Words- My First 100 English Words
Grammaropolis
Duolingo
Idioms
Brain Pop ESL
Listening Practice
Fun English
Learn Basic English Grammar
ESL Easy
Learn English
English 400
In Tense
Learn Basic English Sight Words
Apps for various Language Games (Group / Individual):
4Pics1Word
Scrabble
Hangman
Words
Madlibs
Seven Little Words
SpellGame
Apps for various Language Games (Group / Individual) CONT’D:
Mind Snacks- Kids Vocab
WORDS
Brain Pop
Brain Pop Jr
2 Pics 1 Word
Charades
What’s the Pic?
Brain Pop
WordMania
Tynker
Toontastic
Math Apps- (great for reinforcing 1-to-1 correspondence, problem solving, multiplication facts):
Banana Math
Math for Kids
Math Academy
Ants Lite
Kids Learning- 1,2,3
N: Math
Sumdog
Math Kid
Gr. 1 Math
Math Champions
Math!
Miscellaneous- Reference; Content-Specific Apps:
Geo- Provinces and Cities
World Map
Encyclopedia Britannica
Periodic Table
QR Reader
Qrafter
KidBlog
Apps for Teachers; Teacher Tools:
Edmodo
Educreations
Evernote
Teacher Kit
Drop Box
Learning Tools
Show Me
Power Teacher
Google Drive
One Drive
Podcasts
iBooks
Bitsboard
ScreenChomp
Videolicious
Snapguide