Mrs. Gardner’s Kindergarten Apps for Learning

Magic Reading 1ABC MAGIC READING

Short Vowel Words can help your child’s future

reading success.

ABC MAGIC stays committed to time tested

phonics principles, to techniques proven to be successful. Besides the reading feature, there are two skill building programs added that

almost all other programs overlook-

blending and segmenting.

Magic Reading 2ABC READING MAGIC 2 will help your child gain mastery with consonant blends. This app will give your child practice with

consonant blends to improve their reading

skills.

ABC Magic 2This app will help your

child learn the sounds of the letters of the alphabet,

which are necessary for reading. Learning the

sounds of the letters gives your child the tools for

reading and helps them become better readers. In

this version 4 phonetic matching phonetic photo images are matched with each letter to help your child learn the sound of

each letter.

See also Spelling Magic and Magic Matching

Montessori Matching Board

Little Matchups is an exciting interactive

matching game that helps your child rapidly learn how to recognize and

identify important concepts such as letters,

shapes, and numbers.

Montessori Crosswords★Children's Technology Review "Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in

Design" - 4.8 stars out of 5 - "It is an extremely powerful early reading

experience."★"Best literacy app in

my opinion" Sue, National Board Certified

Teacher★Featured by Apple in "Apps for Learning to

Read", "Apps for

Dot To Dot NumbersNumber counting. Learning the times tables. Repeating the alphabet. This needn’t be boring for kids. With DotToDot numbers and letters it’s fun to practise all three!

Using dot-to-dot puzzles, DotToDot numbers and letters teaches the sequence of numbers and letters by creating puzzles of dots that kids can’t

Word BlockNow that your

kindergartner is sounding out words, it's time to start

building sentences. In Word-Blocks, the child hears the sentence,

watches the words in the sentence scatter, and then puts the words back into

place.

The sentences are made up of Dolch sight words, a

list of frequently used

Tally TotsWelcome to TallyTots— the interactive counting game

that turns numbers into action. And learning into a whole lot of fun. Whether

they’re feeding chipmunks, picking apples or racing cars around the track,

they’ll learn how to count from one to 20, with plenty of fun and laughter to keep

you both entertained.

Learning to Write" & "Words for the Wise"

wait to join up! words that have to be easily recognized in order

to achieve reading fluency.

Let’s Tans LiteEver thought of playing the Tangram in new ways? LetsTans delivers a totally new experience of the captivating Tangram's spirit and energy.

FEATURES• 50 hand-crafted puzzles, 10 game modes.• 7 different skins in Classic+ mode.• 50 colors in Junior and Silhouette modes.• Guest Player option: get your friend to play

Approach to Montessori Numbers

Six discrete yet related Montessori activities provide a strong foundation for number concepts, emphasizing on recognition, quantity, sequencing (spatial relationship), writing, and speaking.

Hen House CountingPress the eggs in numerical order to free the cute chicks! Hatch'em as fast as you can to set new time records.

Compete against your friends to see who is the fastest and the quickest.

This is a simple game to test your reflex and brain's recognition capabilities.

PBS Kids: WordballLet’s see your mad, mad word skills! Look out for

wordballs and catch them if you can… as you groove to 9 game-enhanced music

videos starring Ne-Yo, Jimmy Fallon, Lin-Manuel

Miranda, and your favorite characters from The Electric Company.

ToontasticMaking cartoons with

Toontastic is as easy as putting on a puppet show - simply press the record

button, move your characters onscreen, and tell your stories through play! Once you’re done, Toontastic will play back your animation and voice

as a cartoon for you to share with friends and

family around the world.

Teach Me KindergartenTeachMe: Kindergarten is

an educational iPhone app which teaches four

different age appropriate subjects to Kindergarten

aged children: sight words, addition,

subtraction and spelling. Parents can select which subjects they want, set

different difficulty levels, and even choose specific questions. Parents can

Pocket PhonicsAimed at kids aged

between 3 and 6, and using the best ‘phonics’

teaching techniques, PocketPhonics introduces

kids to each of the key letter sounds. As they

learn the sounds, the app guides them how to write

each letter through its unique follow-me arrow making it easy to learn how to correctly form

Little Sky WritersStart your engine and learn

to write your letters! Fly your plane through a series

of letter-shaped flight plans and learn the skills to write your letters properly the first time – every time.

Developed by teachers, this app is the perfect tool

for Kindergarten preparation and

supplementation.

Toontastic teaches key storytelling principles that help to promote Creativity at a young

age.

review performance history for each subject to

check how their child is doing.

letters. There’s nothing else like it in the app store.

Doodle BuddyDoodle Buddy Gold is the most fun you can have with your finger! Finger paint with your favorite

colors and drop in playful stamps. Connect with a friend to draw together

over the Internet.

Writing PadKids Writing Pad is a basic

large lined writing pad useful for practicing

numbers and letters to make sure you draw them

appropriately. It has a middle dotted line

between two solid lines like most primary school

paper so you can practice having the appropriate parts of the letters or numbers in the right

areas.

Photo Touch Sight WordsPhoto Touch is an exciting

educational game that helps your child rapidly learn to recognize and read words by sight,

sound, and touch. The interface is so easy to use that even a 9 month old baby will delight in using

this app. Ideal for ages 0 to 6.

Story Wheel“Story Wheel” is an

educational game that improves your child’s

cognitive abilities. Players record a story by spinning the wheel to get a picture, and then narrate a portion of the story. When done,

you can listen to your story with beautifully animated

pictures.

McGraw-Hill SqueezeMcGraw-Hill’s Monster

Squeeze game reinforces number recognition and offers a quick and easy way to practice number

line concepts and number comparisons.

This one- or two-player game runs on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.

Photo Touch ConceptsPhoto Touch Concepts is an exciting educational game that helps your child rapidly learn to

understand important concepts by sight, sound, and touch. The interface

is so easy to use that even a 9 month old baby will delight in using this

app. Ideal for ages 0 to 6.

SamphibianSam Phibian can only

make it through the day by counting the bugs he eats. Eating too many bugs--or

eating the silly things in his swamp that aren't bugs at all--will cause Sam to grow

too big for his lily pad!

Little Speller Sight WordsHelp your child learn to

speak, read, and spell as they learn to recognize

words and letters by sight sound and tough

Sight Words, also known as the Dolch List are an

integral part in learning how to read. The Dolch Word list contains 220

words that make up the most common words of the English language and are

easiest learned by sight.

See also Little Speller 3 Letter Words