Smart Apps For Kids

Breathe new life into boring lesson plans with help from Clue Catcher.

Breathe new life into your lesson plans this year!
Back to school and looking at the same old worksheets?

Clue Catcher is an iPad app that provides a new and engaging way to teach your students to use context to figure out the meanings of unfamiliar words. It provides strategies and helps them to determine the meaningful clue words which will lead them through the process of gaining better understanding of the text they read.

Get Ahead This Summer, With the Help of LEGO - Fun Ideas Early Math, Sight Words, and Far More, Including Printable Packs!

 
LEGO learning over the summer is something that kids will actually enjoy. Why not give them a jump start for the fall with the creative ideas in this huge post for early math, number recognition, addition, multiplication, sight words, letter recognition,  and so much more. The article says it offers 30 learning activities, but I actually counted far more, and everything is more fun when it involves LEGO.

Check Out this Amazing Pack of Free Summer Printables!!

Summer is such a fun time for kids, filled with so much free time and fresh air. Yet, there is so much free time! Sometimes, we need to be sure that even the youngest of kids brush up on what they have learned during the school year. Why not make it fun? This huge compilation of printables, offers a variety of activities that are appropriate for more than one grade level and everything is based on a fun, summer theme!

There is content for very young children, as well as kids who are working closer to the level of an 8 year-old. The graphics are fun, and there is so much to choose from. Of course, It is all free! 

Avoid the Upcoming Summer Slide- Awesome, Free, Printable CVC and Comprehension Bundle!

As teachers know, the summer slide is a very real phenomena, and unless kids are actively reading over the summer, math is not the only subject that will fall victim to it. This free comprehension and fluency bundle from Education to the Core is perfect to keep children working on skills that they have started during the school year. 

This free bundle is quite a find! With 10 stories, designed for primary readers, as well as comprehension questions, you cannot go wrong with this free bundle. The comprehension questions follow each story, and when printed out, there are lined spaces for the child to answer each question. This is a great way to help keep young learners' skills sharp over the summer. Plus, it is a freebie! 

 

Talking Tom is back and improved with NEW animations and fabulous parental controls.

If you're a veteran app user, you know who Talking Tom is -a cat that repeats everything users say to him and also reacts to touch. Now he is back with updated animations and tons of settings that will make parents happy to let their kids play with this mischievous little fur ball that likes to burp and let gas. Instead of cringing when little ones grab Talking Tom now, parents can set the app to child mode, turn off the violence and even turn off the ads! Welcome back, Tom!