4KookieKids Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Please forgive me if this has been asked recently (and feel free to direct me to the appropriate thread(s)!) - I didn't seen what I wanted when I tried searching through old threads, so I thought I'd give it a go with a new question: What are the best apps that are either free or inexpensive (but one-time fees and not subscription based) for the first few elementary years? I feel like I've been spending hours looking through apps and finding good ones, only to download them and find that very little is actually free (e.g., a sight-word app has only 6 words on the free version...), and almost everything is paid-content (E.g. Starfall -- we loved starfall on the computer, so thought the app would be similar, but there's far less available for free on the app than on the online version, and I was so disappointed.) I've downloaded at least a dozen apps in the last few days that all have much less free than I expected from the summary and screen shots. So what are your favorite android apps for K-3 that have a good bit of stuff for free before moving on to paid? (I'm not trying to cheat anybody out of their dues - I know these apps take time to develop and I respect the people that do it. I'm just being cheap now out of necessity for right now! We don't spend a lot of time in front of the kindle, which is why I don't want to do any subscription based ones, but it'd be nice to have some pretty good educational ones to use as a "reward" for certain other achievements or long car rides...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenNotOfTroy Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 My son likes Math vs Zombies. This area is my dh's responsibility, so that is all I know about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiffaninichole Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 My kids really like Ice Math Ninja on Android. As far as reading goes, they LOVE FarFaria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRosySeven Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 There are a couple that are simply called "third grade learning games." I believe it's the the third grade app that is free. The K, first and second grade apps are $1.99 I downloaded the third grade app first and it was great so I bought the other three as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 It works well to watch the free app of the day and snag some that way. Dragon Box is really good (but not really cheap). Pettson's inventions is good and fun. Flow Free is a great game but I haven't given it to the kids because the ads that pop up aren't the best and I have my tablet set so I can't buy from my tablet, so I can't buy the full version and get rid of the ads (but if you could, it would be really fun and good). I should really chat with Amazon about figuring out how to deal with that! Khan academy viewer Montezuma puzzle Bible for Kids is free and my toddler likes it Minecraft pocket edition is not that expensive for the play value Air Harp I think the biointeractive earth viewer was free. Mind Games has good free games. I have gotten a lot of games just checking the free app of the day -I don't know how much zooistry is, but that is a good one. Stack the States. Ninja Math Lite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I like Medieval Math for facts practice. The free version has only addition, but I don't think it was expensive to unlock the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Ivy Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 My students likeSushiMonster (math)Math NinjaDeep Sea Duel (math)Bluster (language arts)Popplet Lite (to create word webs/diagrams)My friend recommends Preschool Monkey Lunchbox ($1.99, but says it's well worth it)That's all I can think of right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I don't see Popplet Lite for the Kindle. Can you link it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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