Educational Apps

• Multiplication Games Math (free) Times Table- This app would be perfect for helping kids learn multiplication. It provides a 'learn' section that shows you the different times tables, a 'practice' section that gives random problems that are missing one number of the equation that the kids have to solve, and there is a 'competition' section where you are challenged with how many problems you can solve within a certain amount of time. This app is perfect for the math curriculum when teaching multiplication. It provides a fun way (it's alien themed!) for kids to work on their multiplication times tables.  

• First Grade Learning Games (free)- This app is full of learning games for young children. Even though it says first grade, I feel that it can be used for second and possible third grade. This app has 3 free games out of the 12 available, in order to unlock the 9 other games, you have to pay for it. But the 3 games they had would be helpful to students. The first game is a pattern game in which it displayed patterns (cow, apple, cow, apple, blank) and you have to figure out what comes next in the pattern. It also had number and shape patterns. The second game is ordering. This game has different size balloons that float around (sometimes with letters or numbers) and the kids have to put them in order, whether by size or number order. The third game is bingo. In this game the student has to listen to what word is spoken and find it on the bingo board, they do this until they reach a bingo. Of course on all these games there is different levels of difficulty. All these games would be beneficial in helping a student count, recognize patterns, and help them recognize words. 

• Kids Logic Land Adventure (free)- This app is full of fun little games that the kids have to do to help the children in the game go on their adventure. It starts out free but  to finish the game, you have to pay for it. For teachers, though, it might be worth it. These fun little games include pattern recognition, and matching similar pictures. The students have to complete these little games to move on to the next level. I think many kids would enjoy this because they would want to actually finish the game by completing the adventure. This would meet the needs of the curriculum by enhancing a student's ability to recognize different patterns and problem solve to figure out how to move on to the next stage in the game. Both of these are important skills for a child to learn.