Smart Apps For Kids

Free Printable Worksheets for Preschool and Beyond!

Whether you are a teacher, a homeschooler, or a parent looking to give their child a head start, this is a pack of free printables that you do not want to miss! This preschool and kindergarten pack is rather comprehensive, with a wide range of printable worksheets that cover basic concepts, reading, writing, math, alphabet letters, and numbers. There is is quite a bit of quantity and quality, currently offered for free, thanks to Kids Learning Station. 

Review: Bla Bla Box is a cute text-to-speech learning tool for kids.

 

 

 

Bottom Line: Bla Bla Box offers children a fun tool for learning how letters sound alone and together with the option to also purchases four additional languages including French, Spanish, German and Dutch. The app works well and is easy to navigate, but it has strong competition in the app store. This app has a secret weapon though. Keep reading to find out what they have that the competition doesn't.

Wonster Words- spelling with ABC and phonics by Puzzingo is a new Top Pick!

 

 

Bottom Line: Kids get to learn letter sounds, spelling and word families by using ghost-themed letters to spell words and reveal fun animations. These animated and lovable monsters (Wonsters) put the words in useful context and help provide definitions. A lot is included with the free download and more letter families and games are available for purchase.

 

Freshly Updated! Top 100 Completely FREE Apps for Preschoolers! No In-App Purchases!

Phew! This is the list to end all lists if I do say so myself! After the hours and hours and then a few more hours put into getting this list together, I feel confident in that statement. Two of the biggest requests we get from our readers are preschool apps and apps without in-app purchases. This mega Top 100 List contains the most popular posts we have written since the start of Smart Apps for Kids back in 2011. I dug through thousands of posts and found the Top 100 Completely FREE Preschool Apps (no in-app purchases).

Good Free App of the Day: Hairy Phonics 1 is FREE for a limited time! Great for dyslexia!

Hairy Phonics 1 is designed to teach nine different phonemes or sounds, and is meant to be used with those who have already learned individual letter sounds. It's developed by the same people who brought us Dyslexia Quest, a popular app designed to support young kids with dyslexia (and a lot of fun to play!) I've worked with a few students who really struggled to master the phonemic awareness for digraphs (two letters that make one sound, like 'ch') or remember what it means when two letters are together (like 'ck').  Work on these concepts with Hairy Phonics 1!