HMK Tech: Apps For The Little Ones

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Apps For The Little Ones

The UCET Newsletter just came out, {UCET: Utah Coalition for Educational Technology}, and as always it has lots of interesting resources. This time there was a section on iPod/iPad/iPhone apps for Preschooler's. It made me think of a friend's exclamation upon getting an iPad for Christmas ~ "I knew I would have to share the iPad with the teenagers. I didn't expect to have to fight the babies for it".

It is amazing how intuitive our little ones are when it comes to technology. If you can't figure it out, give to a kid. For the teachers who are reading this ~ Yep... even in the classroom. If you can't get it to work, ask the kids for suggestions or even ask them to get out of their seat and come and help you. You will be AMAZED!

For those of you who teach our smallest (and their parents and grandparents), and have these hand-held wonders, try downloading a couple of these apps so the little ones are doing something productive when they fight you for it:
(there are also a couple for the older kids at the bottom):

Pre-school APPs for iPad/iPod
Pre-school Lite: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id400885347 -

Sight Words: Read and Spell (FREE): http://itunes.apple.com/app/id398416867#

Shape Puzzle (FREE): http://itunes.apple.com/app/id397674808

ABC Magic Phonics (FREE): http://itunes.apple.com/app/id404048724

Ace Kids Math (FREE): http://itunes.apple.com/app/id367798719

Alphabet Tracing (FREE): http://itunes.apple.com/app/id374493089

ABC Alphabet Phonics with audio (FREE): http://itunes.apple.com/app/id389281082

ABC Phonics Sight Words (FREE): Link: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id370086297

iKids Flash Cards (FREE) – narrated words to read: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id405824454

ABC Phonics with Animals for iPad (FREE): http://itunes.apple.com/app/id376573687

Older Kids:

Flash to Pass (FREE): Basic Math flashcards: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id330482882