iPad Apps
(many have a free ‘lite’ trial version which is worth looking at
before you buy)
Word Games
Scrabble – same as the actual game (£4.99)
Shaker HD –touch the letters to spell words (free)
Boggle – same as the actual game (£1.99)
Wooords –drag letters into position to spell words – the ‘key’ letter
has to appear in all words (£1.49)
Word Abacus – spell words by touching adjacent letters on the
‘abacus’ (free)
Word Solitaire – spell words using ‘cards’ (£2.99))
Word Domino – drag syllables to make words (69p)
Hangman (69p)
SBS Spelling – can make your own word lists for spelling practice
Word Genius – touch adjacent letters to spell words
Wordsearch Unlimited (£1.49)
Wordsearch (69p)
Grammar/ Language
Opposites – match opposites (£1.99)
Idioms – identify the meanings of phrases (£1.99)
(69p)
Zombie Grammar Force – match the words to the correct part of
speech (69p)
Grammar Games – steer the planes and get the words into the
correct runway according to which part of speech (69p)
Things that go together – match the pictures that are semantically
linked (free)
Phonics
Tic Tac Toe (69p) – multiple choice answers to phonic questions
covering beginnings, middles and ends as well as syllables
Phonics Vowels (£1.99) – select the correct vowel to spell the word
Montessori crosswords (£1.49) - spelling single words or making
a crossword with some basic words
Tic Tac Gold (£1.99) – match letters
Sound sorting (69p) – match letters to the initial sound of the
item shown
Reading
Word Bingo – identify the spoken word to complete a row of four.
You can also play a word-recognition game and fire ‘bugs’ at a
moving target
Spelling
Spelling Magic – drag the jumbled
letter words or select
on the screen
letters into position to spell 3-
and drag letters from the alphabet shown
Memory
Fruit memory – up to 54 different fruits to remember (69p)
Memory – up to 24 pictures
(£1.99)
Visual skills
Lost Numbers – look for hidden numbers in the pictures (69p)
ABC Mysteriez – look for hidden letters in the pictures (69p)
Founditlite – find the animals hidden in the picture (free)
Farm Animals puzzle (69p)
ABC Animal Puzzle (69p)
Visual + Listening
Balloons – pop the balloons according to the instructions (e.g. all
the sheep)
Fine Motor
Dot to Dot numbers (£1.49)
Bugs and Buttons (with amazingly realistic insect graphics) for
basic touching , pinching etc movements. Includes sorting
activities
123 Numbers letter School – demonstrates how to write letters and
numbers in an entertaining way
Other
Dyslexia Quest – tests different skills (memory, phonological
awareness etc) and gives a review of strengths and weaknesses.
(£1.49)
The Reception Teacher – assorted simple addition and subtraction
with some word and letter activities (£1.99)
60 Story Starters (£2.49) – ‘Webber Photo Card’ activity – select a
picture and tap the screen to listen to a story starter for the child
to use as a prompt (American voice)
GoSkyWatch – (£2.99) – point the iPad at the sky to see which
planets etc
are above
GarageBand (£2.99) – make your own music
Puppet Pals (£1.99) – make your own animated film using the
good selection of themed characters (ghosts, monsters, pirates,
space and lots more)
and record your voice. Has a choice of
backgrounds.
Art Set – (69p) drawing package
Maths
Calculator (69p)
Telling Time (69p) – listen to the time and touch the clock that
matches.
AB Math (£1.49) – practise basic calculations
Subtraction: a pairs-style game (dinosaur theme)
Tric Trac (£1.49) – complete a line of numbers by responding to
calculations
Math Bingo (69p) – complete a line of calculations to win ‘bugs’
which can be catapulted at a display of coins.
PopMath (69p) match answers to calculations shown on balloons
Numberline Frog – addition using a numberline (69p)
Bee Bot – based on the Bee Bot programmable toy – type in
sequence of movements to get the Bee Bot to move towards the
flower (free)
Maths Martians (£1.49) – complete calculations including doubling
(solving equations)
1-20 balloons – touch the balloons in order from 1-20 (69p)
Math Tap and learn (69p)
- computation game= burst the balloon
which shows the correct answer
Monkey Maths
- includes negative numbers
(69p)– assorted early maths activities – join dots
/ addition / more and less (69p)burst the balloon which shows
the correct answer to the computation question
Rocket Math (69p) computation practice to earn money to build
and launch a rocket
Banana Hunt (69p) – estimating angles to win bananas
Ghostblasters (69p) –blast ghosts which show multiples of the
chosen number
Eggs on Legs (69p) solving simple equations
Multiple Wipeout (69p) – pop balloons that are a multiple of the
chosen number
Math Splat – practise computation skills
Meteor Math (£1.99)– tap the two orbiting meteors which when
added, subtracted etc make the target answer at the top of the
screen
Maths memory – pairs game involving number bonds
Coop Fractions – matching fractions to decimals by moving the
‘marker’(a nest)
along the number line. If you are correct, the hen
manages to eject its egg into the nest, if not, you get a row of
broken eggs!
i-Books
The Monster at
the end of this Book (£2.49)
Another Monster at the end of this book (£1.49)
Jack and the Beanstalk (£2.49)
37 picture books for Kids (69p)
Animal Flip Book
Kindle Books
Kids poems (69p)
Pedro the ugliest Dog in the world (free)
The Cavern of Wonders – adventure game (86p)
To kill a stone heart (£2.29)
Safe (97p)
Grey Eyes (Book 1, the Forever Trilogy) (free)
For Fun / Strategy
Sprinkle (69p)
Doodlejump (£1.99) – a character jumps – good to practise motor
skills
The Moron Test (69p) – test IQ
Create a Car (69p)
Always Up (£1.49)
Toca Hair salon (£1.49)- restyle hair. There is a free Christmas
version of this
Toca Doctor (1.49) – diagnose and correct the medical conditions
(broken bone, splinter, headlice!)
Toca Monsters(free)
/ Toca kitchen (£1.49) – prepare and serve
different foods and see what reaction you get.
Toca Robot Lab (£1.49) – simple build-a-robot activity
Cake Doodle (69p ) – mix and ice a cake
Lego 4+ (free) - build a lego car and collect gold coins to make
other lego models or improve your car
Sheep HD (free)– get the three sheep across the obstacles. Each
sheep has a different skill so you have to plan in which order to
tackle the task.
Genetics (free)– use qualities of animals to ‘design’ other creatures.
Build a Train (free but you can buy extra layouts for £1.49)
–
choose an engine and carriages and negotiate round a choice of
tracks collecting parcels– quite tricky to manage the points!
Leap Sheep (69p) – get the increasingly speedy sheep over the
fence, performing somersaults at the same time in order to ‘win’
the emergency ‘ram’ who can clear all the casualties.
Reflexion (free) – re-align the ‘mirrors’ enable the light to
bounce
around the screen and reach its destination without hitting any of
the ‘avoid’ obstacles.
Logo Quiz (free) – see how may logos you recognise.