Dear Parents,

By popular request, here is my full list of recommended apps I have found in the AppStore. I have an iPad 2, but I know many of these are also compatible with iPhones and IPod Touch. I do not know if these are available for other tablets. Feel free to e-mail me with any other EDUCATIONAL apps that you have found worthwhile so we can add them to this list!

I placed an asterisk next to apps that my daughter LOVED.

Educational IPad Apps

Math

  • Bugs and Buttons*
  • Bugs and Bubbles*
  • UmiNumbers*
  • BeBopBlox* (I love this one!)
  • Splash HD*
  • Endless Numbers*
  • Montessori Counting Board (very simple app, but good if your child has trouble with counting… good counters will find this too easy)
  • Kids Trucks: Numbers and Counting
  • Counting Bees
  • Math Series
  • Counting Caterpillar*
  • Counting Bear
  • Motion Math: Hungry Guppy
  • DirtMovers – Construction Counting
  • Monkey Math School Sunshine*
  • Big Gig*

Letters

  • Elmo Loves ABCs*
  • Endless ABC**** $6.99
  • Endless Reader***
  • Starfall ABCs*
  • iWrite Words** $2.99
  • Trace Right!

Vocabulary

  • Endless ABCs****

Art

  • Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Paint and Play
  • Drawing Pad
  • Draw and Tell HD*** (Neat function lets your child draw a picture and then record their voice telling a story)

Science

  • Where’s My Water?
  • Bubble Guppies: Animal School Day
  • Play Lab*
  • Play Lab 123*

Other

  • Memory King*** (customizable Memory game.. my whole family went wild for this one)
  • Fun With Directions*** (Speech Pathologists use this app for kids who have trouble following directions)
  • Memory Train**
  • Nursery Rhymes with Story Time**
  • ToonTastic** (Very hard app to use for the first couple of times. I recommend playing with it first, your child will need help navigating it. However, it’s worth the effort. Kids can make their own cartoons and then record their voices as they act out each scene. You can upload their cartoons to share them and watch other people’s cartoons from all over the world.)

Music

  • Toddler Jukebox**
  • Color Band
  • Big Gig*

Reading

  • Bob’s Books Magic #1***** (BUY THIS APP! Excellent for advanced students who are ready to begin reading and spelling)
  • Starfall Learn to Read**
  • There are a lot of great e-book apps that read the story to your child and have the interactive features of a video game.

Multi-subject

  • TeachMe: Kindergarten*
  • Monkey Preschool Lunchbox*