warriormom Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Thought this might be an interesting thread. What are your favorite apps to reinforce learning in home school/after school? Do you use a great app for foreign language? math? language arts? memory work etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southmetromom Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Stack the States -- is a really fun states/capitols app. It is the ONLY video "game" we allow during school hours right now. This is a great idea for a thread. Hope others chime in. Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parias1126 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Spellboard! My kids use it often to study their spelling words. They also use it for their spelling tests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2denj Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 My dd 4 is using the Teach Me Kindergarten app and she loves it!!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippymom Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Second vote for Stack the States. We also like Monkey lunch box preschool, Highlights Hidden Pictures, Tozzle, and First Tanagrams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.MacGyver Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 For IPad, We love Stack the States as well. (it looks like they just put out a new one - Stack the Countries).. Also, Young Music Genius (covers classical composers and instruments) Isaac Newton's Gravity HD (really fun logic puzzle game) Brain Pop Khan Academy (videos lessons on tonz of different subjects) NASA ArtHD (Great Artists gallery and Quiz - you can look at artist's work according to Period, Movement, or Artist) SAT Vocab (vocabulary words with pictures) Planets Read Me Stories (for the little ones... they get a new book to read every day) Rocket Math (all my kids love this one. You have to build a rocket to play the math games, but in order to build your rocket, you must earn money by completing math facts) Alphabet Tracing (the little ones can trace their letters or numbers, plus you can create worksheets if you have a printer connection) Words with Friends (my favorite... play Scrabble with friends - we play with Grandma and same age cousins who live in another state) Can you tell we have been on a lot of road trips lately? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama2two Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Great thread! My husband recently got an iPad and looking forward to all the responses! We have stack the states, my almost 7 year old LOVES it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenstet Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 we are loving stack the countries math ninja abc pocketphonics, they have letter tracing for my younger and cursive for older dora rhyming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michele B Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Great thread!!! :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abreakfromlife Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 dang, none of these are for the Droid :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Stack the States/Stack the Countries is our favorite. The creator even commented on my blog review of his apps. :) Other favorites that we actually use a lot: Kindle for iPad Netflix Pandora ArtPuzzle HD Rocket Math iBird Pro Audubon (4-in-1 with Birds, Mammals, Wildflowers, and Trees) Geocaching Rush Hour logic game Star Walk U.S. Geo Math Bingo Shake States (not related to Stack the States) Google Earth BrainPop Scrabble Puzzle Map GeoMaster (I use this but it always crashes) Khan Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sew happily ever after Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Rocket math Stack the States Stack the countries oregon trail miss spell's class pop math bob books letter dive textropolis fishtropolis EZ chinese Brain pop Does Angry birds count? lol! (perhaps physics? lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxing Hare Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I love the app Math Drills. You can set what math facts they are tested on, and how many. The game is set up like a race, and tells how fast they answer the drills. It keeps a list of the top 10 speeds. My kids earn a M&M for setting a new record without any errors. Recently, after much trash talk, my dd challenged me to a race. Unfortunately, she beat me. Badly. That was definitely motivation for her to keep practicing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2J112903 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 A HUGE fan of Stack the States! HSW Pop Math Rocket Math Discovery Channel Word Ball Doodle Truck-not *so* educational but maybe physics? :) J is addicted! Math Ninja Mad Libs Mathalliens Brain Pop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happymomma Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Love PBS, Wikipanion, and Lost Words for general reference apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happymomma Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 For history and geography: This Day Ancient TL (they also have a lot of other great apps) Fotopedia from Heritage:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happymomma Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 For Math: Fractions Rocket Math iLive Math Speed (any iLive program is great--the developer appears to homeschool their children with a classical approach and also have an ancient timeline app) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happymomma Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 For science: Space Images NASA Planets Antarctica Polar Bears Elements Quiz Animal 101 GTTZoo (very cool!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 My 3 yr old loves iwrite. She kept saying, "This is really, really, great!" It teaches basic handwriting for littles. I'll be looking up some of the others mentioned for my older children. I haven't found anything they love yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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