If one of your favorite things about the new year is the seemingly endless list of “Best of 2012” lists, then you’re going to love BestAppsForElementary.com. BestAppsForElementary.com showcases elementary school students’ favorite iPad apps for the classroom, play time and home life, as well as other great apps that are perfect for kids between three and ten years of age. We have over 50 apps that were recommended by more than 70 elementary school students nationwide!
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BEST APPS FOR ELEMENTARY
Just as we recently looked specifically at some of the best educational apps for iPad, now we give some love specifically to elementary students (and teachers) who have devices and want to separate the digital wheat from the digital chaff.
The following listly collection is an excellent starting point for elementary teachers looking for elementary apps for elementary students in the most elementary way possible: a collection of 38 possibilities. This is a diverse collection of apps, from games to digital media software to math and literacy apps.
Might we recommend Analogies 4 Kids, Explain Everything, and Mathmateer to start? And for pure phonics instruction for the younger elementary students, Phonics Genius and Word Families aren’t bad.
Some Of The Best Elementary Learning Apps For Students
Analogies 4 Kids
Analogy questions are often asked in gifted and talented programs. Our newest creation “Analogy” app (to challenge young minds on their cognitive skills), plays a significant role in analytical thinking, problem solving, perception, spatial skills, memory, and creativity.
Barefoot World Atlas on the App Store
Barefoot World Atlas puts the world at your children’s fingertips! With this incredible app, anyone can fly around the magical, interactive 3D globe and discover the rich wonders of our planet.
Motion Math on the App Store
Developed at the Stanford School of Education, Motion Math HD follows a star that has fallen from space, and must bound back up, up, up to its home in the stars. Moving fractions to their correct place on the number line is the only way to return. By playing Motion Math, learners improve their ability to perceive and estimate fractions in multiple forms.
Sock Puppets on the App Store
Sock Puppets lets you create your own lip-synched videos and share them on Facebook and YouTube. Add Puppets, props, scenery, and backgrounds and start creating. Hit the record button and the puppets automatically lip-synch to your voice.
Explain Everything™ Classic on the App Store
Animate your thinking.
Comic Life on the App Store
Make your own comics.
Little Solver – Figural Analogies on the App Store
Little Solver is a fun and exciting game to help kids sharpen their minds by developing critical thinking and analytical reasoning skills. While an analogy is nothing more than a comparison that points out relationships between things that are different, cognitively for kids it plays a significant role in developing analytical reasoning, problem solving, perception, and spatial relational skills.
Cinderella by Nosy Crow on the App Store
ou know the fairytale. Now experience the magic! Created in HD especially for iPad. Nosy Crow’s Cinderella app lets you play inside the story. Beautiful illustrations, exciting animation, and original music make this a picture book app at its best.
Snow White by Nosy Crow on the App Store
With beautiful artwork, stunning animation, ingenious interactivity, original music, voice work and sound effects, this is an incredible new version of everyone’s favorite fairytale.
Alice for the iPad on the App Store
enjoy Lewis Carroll’s original Alice in Wonderland digitally remastered for the iPad.Throw tarts at the Queen of Hearts – they bounce off her! Witness the Cheshire Cat disappear and help the Caterpillar smoke his hookah pipe. This wonderful book includes hundreds of pages and amazing animated scenes. Watch as full-screen physics modelling bring John Tenniel’s gorgeous illustrations to life.
Brian Cox’s Wonders of the Universe on the App Store
Take a mind-blowing 3D tour of the Universe with Professor Brian Cox as your guide.
audioBoom on the App Store
Hear the best audio and podcasts from across the globe.
GarageBand on the App Store
GarageBand turns your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch into a collection of Touch Instruments and a full-featured recording studio — so you can make music anywhere you go.
Doodle Buddy for iPad – Paint, Draw, Scribble, Sketch – It’s Addictive! on the App Store
Anyone can draw with Doodle Buddy for iPad. If you mess up, just undo your last stroke. To start over, simply shake your iPad.
Evernote – capture notes and sync across all devices. Stay organized. on the App Store
Let Evernote change the way you organize your personal and professional projects. Dive in: take notes, create to-do lists, and save things you find online into Evernote.
BrainPOP Featured Movie on the App Store
Bring learning to your fingertips with the BrainPOP.
The Calculator Free on the App Store
Free calculator.
Popplet Lite on the App Store
Popplet is the simplest tool to capture and organize your ideas. With Popplet you can quick jot down your ideas and sort them visually.
Solid Craft – Create & Print 3D Pixel Blocks Creations on the App Store
Create your very own 3D characters or objects by assembling 3D pixel blocks. Order your 3D models for 3D printing to have a hand-crafted object! Share your creations in our Online Gallery to show them off to the world.
Paperama on the App Store
Enter a beautiful Origami world and bring it to life.
AWE – A Word Everyday
AWE is a simple and accessible way to invite the power of intention into your daily life. AWE sends each user an individual inspirational word every day to focus on and apply to their life.
Inclusion
Inclusion is an unbelievably addicting numbers game where you’re pitted against the clock in an effort to reach the goal before time runs out.
The Sandbox 2 on the App Store
Make your own games or levels then share your creations online. There are no limits to your creativity and imagination! Can you become the ultimate creator?
BrainPOP Featured Movie on the App Store
Watch a different animated movie every day, then test your new knowledge with an interactive quiz. (Paid +IAP.)
Coin Math on the App Store
Learn how to recognize, count, add and make change with U.S. coins.
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