We bought Anna an iPad for her birthday, and what’s an iPad without apps? I took a look at an iPad at Anna’s elementary school while Julia searched online, and together we found a wide variety of educational games along with some just for fun. Now that a few weeks have passed, I asked Anna what some of her favorites were? She likes a lot of them, so I’ll be featuring them here each Tuesday over the next few weeks.
Check out Part One: Spelling, Grammar, and Reading, and Part Two: Math and Science.
(Note: specs and screenshots via the App Store)
Part Three: Geography and Foreign Language
Learn the States With Flat Stanley
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$0.99
- Category: Education
- Updated: Nov 02, 2013
- Version: 1.9
- Size: 48.4 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Flatter World, Inc.
- © Flatter World Inc
Compatibility: Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Description: Help Flat Stanley re-deliver lost mail while learning the names and locations of all fifty states. Grab a slingshot, take aim, and send him flying.
Anna’s Favorite Part: Flinging Stanley with the slingshot.
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$0.99
- Category: Education
- Updated: Sep 17, 2013
- Version: 2.4
- Size: 32.7 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Freecloud Design, Inc.
- © 2010-2013 Freecloud Design, Inc.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 4.3 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Description: Answer questions about the states and them stack them Tetris-style. Each completed stack adds a new state to the map. The more states you add, the more bonus games you unlock.
Anna’s Favorite Part: Dropping the states so they stack just right.
And once she’s mastered the states, she’ll move on to Stack the Countries™.
Rosetta Stone Kids Lingo Letter Sounds
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Free
- Category: Education
- Updated: Nov 19, 2013
- Version: 1.0.2
- Size: 176 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Rosetta Stone Ltd.
- © 2013 Rosetta Stone Ltd.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Description: English reading and Spanish vocabulary for ages 3-6. Includes fun games and colorful animations. (Note: the reading portion is far too easy for Anna, but the speech recognition program is ideal for her given her apraxia of speech.)
Anna’s Favorite Part: Baila fiesta! (Dance party!)
Rosetta Stone Arcade Academy
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Free
- Category: Education
- Updated: Dec 02, 2013
- Version: 1.1.0
- Size: 239 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Rosetta Stone Ltd.
- ©2013 Rosetta Stone
- Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Compatibility: Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Description: Learn Spanish through a collection of fun and fast-paced minigames with a retro feel. Ride eagles. Explore jungles. Shred solos. The free introductory game pack includes spanish vocabulary and phrases and 120 levels.
Anna’s Favorite Part: The bears.
Fun Spanish
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Free
- Category: Education
- Updated: Jan 21, 2014
- Version: 8.63
- Size: 53.5 MB
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Seller: Studycat Limited
- © 2011-13 Studycat Ltd
Compatibility: Requires iOS 5.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Description: Fun Spanish learning games is a unique and proven Spanish language course for kids. Vocabulary lessons are arranged by category—colors, animals, numbers, etc. and each category includes five fun games.
Anna’s Favorite Part: The memory games.
Next week: Just for Fun.
Does your kid have an iPad—or play with yours? Have you found any other great geography or language apps? Tell me in the comments.
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