Literacy
App Name
abc Pocket
Phonics
Phonics
Phonograms
A
iSpy Phonics
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Description
learn letter sounds, letter formation, includes all phonemes digraphs and trigraphs and combining sounds to make words.
If you find this useful set B could be downloaded.
Children can take pictures of objects that begin with a certain sound
to match the letter shown and add a recording of their own voice
saying the sound and word.
Learn letter sounds, letter formation and building simple words.
Hairy Letters
ABC Cursive
Writing
Jumbline Lite
Word Magic
Countdown
Cursive letter formation. (Free app - quite basic)
Word game, gives you a selection of letters and make as many
words as can with those letters in the time given.
Gives words with a letter missing a choice of 4 letters to click on to
complete the word. N.B - uses an american voice and doesn’t always
relate to phonetical spelling.
Just like countdown pick vowel and consonants and then make
words with them.
Literacy
App Name
Sight
Words
Flashcards
Writers Hat
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Description
Practice reading high frequency words.
Generates ideas for creative story writing, gives words for Who,
What, Where, When to use to build a story.
Also the random word box will give the children a selection of words,
a noun, a verb, an adjective to include in story or use in word games.
Shake for character, shake again for a setting, shake again for plot
and gives writing ideas for each of these aspects of a story.
Story Ideas
Kids Write
Text Type
Includes the following text types - procedural, persuasive, recount,
narrative, explanation, info report, description, discussion, etc..
For each it includes structure, examples, ideas or prompts and
planner.
Contains 2 books for younger children, more could be bought to
download.
iStoryteller2
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Utilities
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Description
* Clock
*Compass
* Calculator
* Voice recorder - could use for children to record what they want to
write and then play back as they write. Interviews, experiment
results, music compositions, etc...
quick access to wikipedia, use it research anything from water cycles
to world war, volcanoes to volvo and dinosaurs to dandelions!
Wikipanion
Dictionary and thesaurus.
Dictionary
Atlas 2012
Kid Paint
Click on area of world to get a more detailed look at countries. Click
red triangle in top left corner to return to world map.
Drawing app with shapes, stamps, paint brush, lines, etc.. Can load
or take photos to draw on.
TIP - drawing apps can be a fun alternative to white board and pens
during quick write phonics or mental math sessions, children can
draw answers/phoneme, etc.. onto the screen.
Drawing app with black background and neon colours to draw with.
Glow Draw
Shake to clear screen
Planets
Sequence
Memorizer
2D and 3D views of the sky and locations of the planets.
Information on all the planets.
3D rotation globe of each planet - the earth one is really good for
showing day in night.
Memory game - shows alphabet and numbers and then they will be
hidden by balloons. Click on the balloons in the right order, score will
increase if get order right and decrease if get it wrong.
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Description
Camera
Still and video camera.
Slide the button over to the camcorder symbol for video.
imimic
memory game. Repeat the sequence of tones and lights.
Simon Says
Musical
instruments
Finger
Piano
Learn names of musical instruments, follow the sequence memory
game.
Free play or follow guide to play.
As on laptops.
I Can
Animate
Clock
Master
Digital and analog clock, 3 levels, 1st works on o’clock, quarter and
half past, 2nd level as 1st plus 20 and 25 past. 3rd level - anytime.
Children must match the times on the clock can choose which clock
the children will set.
Math
App Name
My First 123
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Description
Flashcards for numbers 1 -10.
Simple +/- sums.
Number recognition, counting numbers 1-20.
Number
Fiesta
Early
Numbers
Math Wizard
Introduces numbers 1 - 10, writing numbers, finding numbers, ordering
numbers forward and back, counting, biggest and smallest numbers,
simple addition and subtraction.
Also introduces 10 - 20, counting up to 20.
PopMath
Choose operation to practise or combine all 4.
Choose from 4 games: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, combination
Math Magic
of + and - or a combination of all four. Also a time trial. In settings (button that looks
like a cog) you can ajust the min and max numbers to be used in the game to suit
level and choose to include negative numbers.
Choose from 4 games: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division or a
Math Bingo
Letters
Numbers
Shapes
Math Evolve
Lite
combination of all four.
*Choose from 3 different levels of difficulty: Easy, Medium and Hard
Number, letter and shape recognition. (letters are all in capitals)
Gives a sum at top of screen and player move spaceship to hit the
answer from multiple choice. This is a free app and so you can only
play the addition game.
App Name
Math
Memory
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Description
NUMBER BONDS - to 10 increasing to number bonds to 200, pairs
game.
Explore
Learning
Times
Tables
Numberline
Motion
Math
Children place floating circles onto the numberline in the correct
position and sequence. Circles have percentages, decimals, fractions
in them. Points for speed and correct placement.
FRACTIONS - get the fallen star back into space by bouncing it’s
fraction onto the correct place on the numberline. Fractions are
represented in many formats - 1/2, %, decimal and pie chart.
Progressive levels. Bonus level comparing fraction (which is more/
less)
Geometry 4
Kids
*2D and 3D shapes, learn about names and properties from triangles
to quadrilaterals. Faces, sides, corners.
*Symmetry *Angles * Transformation and congruence, rotation,
resizing and reflection. * ‘who am I’ and critical thinking games.
Portion
Platter
Draw a line across a glass of milk to match the given fraction for the
first problem type. Second problem type a fractional portion is
displayed as a cookie, pie or pizza and you enter the matching
fraction or %.
Choose a fraction which matches the pizza slices.
Pizza
Fractions
Solving
Maths
Mental math problems choose from numbers under 20, numbers
under 50 or any number. Number sequence problems, Word
problems 1 step and 2 step.