Smart Apps For Kids

Best Elementary School Apps: Punctuation app helps Kelli get in touch with her inner nerd

 

 

Bottom Line: This app is less a game and more a lesson in punctuation. It's also a handy little reference guide all in one place. What it lacks in entertainment value it makes up for with the sheer volume of educational content that can be used in a home or classroom setting. 

Best Writing App for Kids: Word Creativity Kit

 

 

Bottom Line:A highly-customizable app that encourages word play and story writing for upper-elementary aged students. Multiple saving options make this app useful for teachers with multiple students in a classroom.

Good Free App of the Day: SEVEN McGraw-Hill apps for math, history and English reduced for a limited time!

McGraw-Hill is a household name and it has set several apps to FREE to celebrate Digital Learning Day! We picked the best to showcase here that help elementary students with math, grammar and American history. All subjects that kids happily study and never, ever argue about doing for homework in a land called "Not My House". Grammar Wonderland, Everyday Mathematics, and American History Timeline are some of the good stuff to be had for free right now. Hurry up and download though, these slashed prices will only last until February 12!

 

Fun English — Review

 

 

Bottom line: Designed to teach English to kids who are non-native English speakers, this app will also entertain preschool and kindergarten native speakers who are just learning these concepts for the first time. 

Review: Improve sentence structure skills with Sentence Ninja

 

 

Bottom Line: Smarty Ears uses kids’ admiration of ninjas to help them build grammatically correct phrases and sentences in Sentence Ninja. With real life photos, easy to understand voices, and a lot of options for personalization, this app would be good for therapists. However, its price may make it out of reach for many people.