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ipad apps for kids

  • 19-02-2013 6:50pm
    #1
    clairefontaine
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    Can someone recommend some good educational apps for age 5-7, reading, math, music, etc...anything good really.

    Thank you.


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  • #2
    Stuxnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    I subscribe to this site's RSS feeds, lots of good free apps every couple of days.
    http://www.apps4kids.net/


  • #3
    darragh o meara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,237 ✭✭✭darragh o meara


    I had the same thread here a while back. Here is the thread.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76228986


  • #4
    clairefontaine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,390 ✭✭✭clairefontaine


    If anyone is interested, I found a couple of gems out of a lot of nonsense.

    One I found is called TOONTASTIC. It enables kids to build a story arch, where they can put together a short cartoon mixing their own drawings with prototypes provided by the apps, the creator gets to narrate the story and also layer it with music. It's really great fun.

    Another one I found is MOVE THE TURTLE. It's an app which teaches kids the basics of programming by showing them how to do tasks in very simple format. My one complaint about it is there is no sound, which is a pity because pre-literate children could easily learn to do this if there were a narrator giving instructions.

    IT'S MY BODY is also very good for learning about the biology of the body, very clearly and entertainingly educational for the little ones.

    I have also found with some of the stories you can download that the narration isn't very up to scratch, it's like they hire low quality professionals to do the narration, as far as I have found. But I will keep looking.


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