Apps for Education

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Writer's Hat $0.99

Writer's Hat is an ideas generator to inspire creative writing, oral literacy and imaginative thinking.

iPad iPhone/Touch

Wheels on the bus $0.99

A great way to engage your student while teaching them the words to familiar songs.

iPad iPhone/Touch

Whats That Sound? Learning to Listen and Identify Sounds $1.99

Students will listen to a given sound on the iPad, they will have to identify the sound by tapping the corresponding picture. (1 out of 3 pictures)

iPad iPhone/Touch

WH Question Cards Free (for one set of cards, for additional card sets $2.99)

Who, what, where, when, and why question card sets that use several ways to have students answer questions (multiple choice, decoder, matching, and drag 'n match).

iPad

Voice Toddler Cards $1.99

Interactive flashcards that allow the students to verbally say the word associated with the picture on the flashcard.

iPad iPhone/Touch

TumbleBooksToGo Munsch 5-Pack Volume 2 $4.99

Interactive books written and recorded by Robert Munsch.

iPad iPhone/Touch

Touch the Sound by Alligator Apps free

I use this for sound identification.

iPad iPhone/Touch

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Toontastic Free

Students can use this app to create their own story by going through each step of the story (set up, conflict, challenge, climax, and the resolution). Students decide between different characters, backgrounds, and music to play with their story. The app will record the student's voice to tell the story. Once the story is completed, the student is able to view their cartoon movie on the iPad.

iPad

Toddler Tapping Zoo .99

iPad This is great for teaching animal sounds. iPhone/Touch

Toca Tea Party $1.99

Invite your friends to a tea party around your iPad! Set the table, choose your favorite cookies and cakes, serve the tea and youre good to go! Simply eat and drink with your finger! With Toca Tea Party, you can play together with your kids in a way that stimulates their imagination.

iPad

Toca Kitchen Monsters Free

This app is a great way to test listening and conversational skills with students.

iPad iPhone/Touch

Toca Doctor HD Lite Free

Let your kids be a doctor for a day! Examine a patient and solve fun puzzles and minigames that take place in the human body. Beautiful artwork and fun sounds guides your kids through 5 different puzzles! Great way to explore new vocabulary! K12 Timed Reading Practice Lite lets readers in grades K-4 practice fluency, the ability to read smoothly and quickly.

iPad iPhone/Touch

TimedReading Lite Free

iPad iPhone/Touch

The Wrong Side of the Bed1 $2.99

Interactive story for ages four and up.

iPad iPhone/Touch

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TenseBuilder $19.99

This app teaches correct verb tense use with animations and either selecting the correct picture on level 1 or fill-in-the-blank responses on level 2. It works great with small groups or individuals. LEARNING SUBJECTS: Sight Words: Dolch First Grade Addition: up to a total of 20 with additional advanced questions Subtraction: from 20 down with additional advanced questions Spelling: 170+ 1st grade level words

iPad

TeachMe: 1st Grade $1.99

iPad iPhone/Touch

Super Duper Data Tracker $1.99

Easily track of your students' progress in one area!

iPad iPhone/Touch

Stories About Me $5.99

Teachers and therapists will love the usefulness of this app as a classroom and learning aid. Transitions can be a stressful situation for children with special needs such as autism. With Stories About Me a student can be provided specific details on what they can expect from a situation and what should be expected of them. This app will allow them to hear their own or their teachers recorded voice and see recognizable images on the story pages, rather than predeveloped scenes involving strangers. This process is designed to improve generalization and rate of skill development. Nonreaders can also benefit with from the voice recordings This app is similar to Mad Libs. Students fill in the blanks with requested adjectives, nouns, verbs, and more by verbally saying the word they pick. Once they have completed the story, the student can listen to his/her story.

iPad

SparkleFish Free

iPad iPhone/Touch

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Songify $2.99

Songify turns your speech into a song

iPad iPhone/Touch

Signing Times $4.99

Signing Time is an early childhood application that focuses on developing language skills using American Sign Language (ASL). The application contains a collection of 48 flash cards with professional quality video explanations based on award winning Signing Time Series, Volumes 1 and 2. Several songs from Emmy Award Nominated Rachel Coleman are also included that all ages will enjoy. The iPad will say a word and the student will read three words on the screen. They must tap the word that was read aloud to them. Great App to practice sight words. Students will listen for a word said by the iPad and then picks the correct word out of three options. Preschool through Third Grade word lists - includes a noun set as well! Sentence Maker is an exciting interactive game that helps your child rapidly learn to make and complete their own sentences all with just the touch of their finger. The interface is so easy to use that even a 9 month old baby will delight in moving their first words around the page. Ideal for ages 1 to 6. A great App for speech articulation. Student will see a person articulate letters/words and then the student is able to record him/herself articulating the same letter/word.

iPad iPhone/Touch

Sight Words by Photo Touch Free

iPad iPhone/Touch

Sight Word Free

iPad iPhone/Touch

Sentence Maker $0.99

iPad iPhone/Touch

SeeUSay $4.99

iPad iPhone/Touch

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Rule The School Self Advocacy Board Game $14.99

A board game that tests students' knowledge of self advocacy skills.

iPad iPhone/Touch

Rule The School FM TicTacToe Bingo $9.99

Test knowledge on FMs!

iPad iPhone/Touch

Reading3 $0.99

Students learn to handle age appropriate phonics, prefixes/suffixes, multi-syllable words and irregularly spelled words.

iPad

Print Concepts $0.99

Students identify the first and last words, punctuation, and capitals of the sentences in a fun interactive learning style!

iPad iPhone/Touch

PianoBall - Fun With Learning $1.99

Music - sound awareness app, allows students to hear the music they are playing by choosing among different instruments.

iPad iPhone/Touch

Phonics Awareness Free

Segment, blend, and vowel phonics awareness for students.

iPad iPhone/Touch

Old MacDonald's Farm $0.99

For teaching animal names, animal sounds, familiar songs, farm animals, and reacting to music.

iPad iPhone/Touch

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Old MacDonald by Duck Duck Moose $1.99

Use this interactive music app with students to teach them Old MacDonald.

iPad iPhone/Touch

Old MacDonald $0.99

Created by Listening and Spoken Language Specialists in conjunction with Early Childhood Teachers, Old MacDonald is a highly interactive learning experience. The app is full of wonderful educational ideas, interactive games, and engaging sounds to encourage the development of listening and language skills in young children. Families of children who have reduced hearing or language difficulties will find the app particularly useful. Old MacDonald has been designed as a cooperative app for parents and children so they can participate in a variety of shared activities together. Children and parents will be delighted with the beautiful animations, playful dialogue, and fun animal noises.

iPad iPhone/Touch

My PlayHome Lite Free

This app can be used to facilitate conversation between the dolls in the game or as a following directions game.

iPad iPhone/Touch

Monster Chorus Free

Monster Chorus is a monster symphony that is fun for all ages! Each of the cute monsters sings a beautiful note - can you make them sing a song?

iPad iPhone/Touch

Mad Libs Free

Students can test their grammar skills by correctly placing adjectives, nouns, and verbs into silly stories.

iPad iPhone/Touch

Little Story Maker Free

Children can take pictures, write their own story, and record their voice while reading the story.

iPad iPhone/Touch

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Letter Play for iPad $1.99

Letter magnetic board with letters. Great use for testing spelling or alphabet practice.

iPad iPhone/Touch

Kids Learning Photo Touch Concepts $0.99

Students listen to the iPad/iTouch and then touch the requested picture.

iPad iPhone/Touch

Itsy Bitsy Spider $1.99

Use as an interactive way to learn the words to childhood/school songs.

iPad iPhone/Touch

I Like Books - 37 Picture Books for Kids in 1 App $1.99

Students can read or listen to 37 beautiful books in one app. Within the app, students have the option to record their voice as they read aloud.

iPad iPhone/Touch

HOPE Words LITE Free

Flashcards that are used to help encourage spoken language

iPad iPhone/Touch

Hearing Loss Simulator $1.99

This app can be used to demonstrate what a student with a hearing loss experiences.

iPad

Hearing Aid TicTacToe $8.99

Tests knowledge on Hearing Aids!

iPad iPhone/Touch

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Hear Coach Free

Individuals with hearing loss tend to have increased difficulty understanding speech in noise and as a result experience communication breakdowns. Tasks like the ones in this game have been shown to help improve listening ability in noise. When people have improved listening in noise they don't have to work as hard to hear and can relax and participate in conversations without straining, even in loud or busy environments. Fluency is about using your E.A.R.S. = Expression, Accuracy, Rate and Smoothness. The child is taught to read accurately and with expression while keeping a good rate and smoothness.

iPad iPhone/Touch

Fluency1 $0.99

iPad iPhone/Touch

Five Little Monkeys $0.99

Assists with teaching cause and effect, reading, singing, counting, and listening.

iPad iPhone/Touch

Epic Citadel Free

Explore the castle and talk to students about the different things that you see. This app is a great prompt for writing!

iPad iPhone/Touch

Decibel Ultra Free

You want know how loud is your music or your TV? With Decibel Ultra you know it! Noise can be a potential hazard to your health! Ultra decibel measures the volume and helps you figure out how big the noise level compared to the same values. Ultra decibel measures the sound pressure level with built-in microphone in the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 (UTMS & CDMA), iPhone 4S, iPad 1 - iPad 2 (WIFI & UTMS & CDMA), iPod Touch 4G. iPod Touch 2G and iPod Touch 3G users have to use an external microphone, since these devices have no built-in microphone.

iPad iPhone/Touch

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Decibel 10th Free

Have you wondered how quiet is your room or how loud is a rock concert or sport event? Decibel 10th will help you answer all those right now. Rhyming, synonyms, prefixes, word roots, homophones, and adjectives can be tested in this fun and interactive game. Students can practice independently, on a team, or against another classmate.

iPad iPhone/Touch

Bluster Free

iPad

Baby ASL $1.99

This fun ASL Baby Sign app offers over 170 ASL videos plus an interactive A-Z Picture Dictionary that's completely customizable.

iPad iPhone/Touch

Auditory Workout $19.99

Auditory Workout was created by a certified speech and language pathologist for students ages 410 who exhibit auditory processing disorders or other related disorders (e.g., receptive language disorder or autism). Auditory Workout is researchbased and focuses on improving auditory attention and memory and auditory processing of verbal directions.

iPad

abcLite Pocket Phonics Free

Students will listen to letter sounds to create words along with writing the letters out.

iPad iPhone/Touch

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