1. Brandon Apps for the iPad
5-12-12
Apps are put into folders by subject.
The dock apps (minus Notes) are all paid apps, because they are popular.
Paid apps are noted; Parenthesis = Name in iTunes; BOLD = Must have app
Math Drills, MathBoard, Sentence Builder, Cimo Spelling, Cimo Sight
(MathBoard required more time, but it’s customizable. Cimo is $0.99 more for the full version.

2. Kinder Apps
Simon Says – Classic: Play Simon Says
Tangrams Lite (My First Tangrams): Shapes made into objects
Phone 4 Kids (Phone for Kids): Random kids activities
Science (ABA Flash Cards – Earth Science): Flash cards of science words
KidsPlayer (PBS Kids Video): Videos from PBS Kids
PlayDoh (Play-Doh Play-Dates): Random play-doh activities
Shape…le Free (Shape Puzzle HD Free): Tangrams for kids
PuzzleLand (Kids Puzzle Game – Puzzle Land): Puzzles
ToyStory3 (Toy Story 3 Memory Match): Memory Game
Underwater Free: (Underwater Memory Match Free): Memory Game
Squiggles!: Animated objects
Play123: Make shapes
iTooch Colors: Match the spoken color with the color

3. Kinder Literacy Apps
Alphabet (ABA Flash Cards – Alphabet): Letters matched with objects and sentences
Alphabet Tracing: Trace letters
Alphabet (Alphabet Animals HD): Letter tracing of creatures
Futaba (Word Games for Kids – Futaba): Team game, Match word to picture
ToyStory3 (Toy Story Read-Along): Read along, Toy Story story
FW Sampler (First Words Sampler): Match letters to sound & picture
Primer (Sight Words – Dolch Primer): Sight words for pre-K and K
UYH (Use Your Handwriting): Practice handwriting
Kiwi & Pear Lite: Story with narration
iWW Lite (iWrite Words Lite): Letter tracing
Feed Me! (Feed Me Preschool): Match uppercase and lowercase, Note: need to buy full
BB Magic Lite (Bob Books Reading Magic Lite): Story with matching word sounds
ABC Touch (ABC Alphabet Phonics): Match sounds to letter
Tea Party (Miss Spider’s Tea Party): e-Book
Activities (Thomas & Friends: Engine): Activities for kids
ABC Mouse (ABCMouse.com: Grand Canyon): Interactive e-Book
Dora ABC’s (Paid, $3, Dora’s ABCs Vol 1); Skywriting, tracing letters

4. Sight Word Apps
Sight Words (1000 Sight Words Free): Sight words, various grades
Sight Words Lite (Sight Words Flashcards Lite Free), Sight words, various grades
1st Grade (Sight Words – Dolch 1st Grade): Sight Words for 1st grade
Sight Words (Sight Words List – Learn to Read): Sight words
(also available: Fry Words app by Innovative)
Site Words (Site Words, 7 Zillion, iPod): Sight words, various grades

5. Literacy Apps
Bluster!: McGraw-Hill literacy app, well-rounded
Primary (Grammar Jammers Primary): Songs and animation for parts of speech
TimeReading (K12 Timed Reading Practice Lite): Fluency, counting words per minute
Word Families Free: Word family activities
Rhyme Free (RhymeNow Free): Rhyming word database
Mad Libs: Create a story with parts of speech
Wordventure!: mad libs
iBooks: Read e-books on this app
55k Quotes (55,000 Amazing Quotes): Quotes database
WordSearch (WordSearch Unlimited Free, iPod): word search
K-Word Mania (WordSearch Puzzlemania): word search
Search Star (WordSearch Star Free): word search
Audiobooks: If you have audiobooks, play them here
Shaker HD (Word Shaker HD Free): Make words from random letters
Storia (Scholastic Storia): Scholastics e-books, 5 free e-books
FreeGrammar (Grammar Up): Grammar activities
Textropolis: Make words from letters
Fishtropolis Make words from letters

6. Math K-2 Apps
HenHouse (HenHouse: Count Attack): Counting up
NumberScale (Math Chicken – Number Line): Number line, balanced equations
Sushi Monster: Scholastic app, math facts
Squeeze (Everyday Mathematics Monster Squeeze): Team number line game
Zoom (Motion Math Zoom): Number line
Addition (Everyday Mathematics Addition Top It): adding two one-digit numbers
Grade 1 Math (1st Grade Math: Splash Math): Extensive 1st grade math app
KickBox Lite: Math movement game using manipulatives
Find Sums (MathTappers: Find Sums): Add two numbers up to 10, visual
ClockMaster (MathTappers: ClockMaster): Clock game
TellTimeLite (Interactive Telling Time Lite): Telling time interactive game
CountingMoney: Adding coins
Sticker Shop: Buying items with coins
Coin Math ($0.99, also a lite version): Popular coin game
Make Change: Buy items and use money
NumCruncher (Number Cruncher): Match numbers next to each other
Brain Tuner (Brain Tuner Free): Math facts quiz game
Pearl Diver HD: Number line
Number Rack: Using an abacus-like app to count, add, and subtract

7. Math 3-6 Apps
Khan Academy: Main Khan Academy app, learning videos
Lobster Diver (identical to Pearl Diver HD): Number line game
Virtual Manipulatives: Manipulatives from ABC Ya!
Rocket Math ($0.99, also a free version): Popular math facts with fun games
Fractions (MathTappers: Estimate Fractions): Fractions on a number line
Freddy Fractions: Fraction match game
Frac Factory (Fraction Factory): Fraction game
Pizza 1 (Pizza Fractions: Beginning): Fraction quiz
Equivalents (MathTappers: Equivalents): Fractions, decimals, and percents
Divisibility (Everyday Mathematics Divisibility Dash): McGraw Game, multiples
KA: Arthimetic (Khan Academy: Arithmetic): Khan, specifically arithmetic, elementary
Math Tour Lite: Math facts games with geography
Multiplication (Everyday Mathematics Beat the Computer): Multiplication facts
Multiples (MathTappers: Multiplication): Multiples game
Math Evolve Lite: Math facts arcade game
Geoboard (by the Math Learning): Geoboard with virtual rubber bands to make shapes
Mayan Numerals: App that explores the mayan numerals

8. Tools
Safari: Web-browsing app, built-in
Dictionary (Dictionary.com): Dictionary
FreeSaurus: Thesaurus
Wikipanion: Wikipedia reference
Google Earth: Google Earth app, real-life images of the world
Dictionary! (iPod): Dictionary
Calculator (Calculator for iPad Free): Calculator app, not built-in
Dictation (Dragon Dictation): Voice to text app
Online Safety (Professor Garfield Online Safety): Garfield comic strip
Cyberbullying: (Professor Garfield Cyberbullying): Garfield comic strip

9. Science
WeatherBug (for iPad): Weather app
HSW HD (How Stuff Works for iPad): Videos on how things work
Alchemy (Zed’s Alchemy): Popular mixing game, mix two items to make another
Science Lab (not found in the App Store anymore)
Science VL (Science Glossary): Science terms
Science 360 (for iPad): Videos and articles on science
SciFun To Go (Science Fun To Go): Blogs and stories on nature
NASA Viz (NASA Visualization Explorer): Visuals of space
Simple Physics: Game about physics
Stars (Stars new): App that shows the stars and constellations
3D Sun: App that talks about the sun
Orbits HD: App that shows the orbits of the solar system
Live Garden (Live Butterfly Garden): Virtually take care of butterflies
Eat-and-Move (O-Matic): Compares food calories to calories burned during exercise
LeafSnap HD (Not found in the App Store): App that regionally shows the leaves around you
Quakes: App that displays current earthquake information

10. Art & Music
FaceTime: Built-in app, like Skype
Photo Booth: Built-in app, fun camera effects
Y! Music: Needs Internet, good for streaming any genre of music
Music: Built-in app, collection of your music
Piano: Piano app
Virtuoso (Virtuoso Piane 3 Free): Piano app
Alchemy (Alchemy Synth Mobile): Music synthesiser
Tap Drums (Tap Drums Free): Simple drum tapping app
Bongos (Bongo Drums): Free iPod app, any would do
Superhero Lite (Make Me a Superhero Lite): Dress a superhero
Glow Draw: Drawing using glowing colors
Instruments 360: Describes instruments
Beatwave: Create a beat using a pad
iZenLite (iZenGarden Lite for iPad): Zen garden

11. Photo & Video
Photos: Built-in app, your photos
PS Express (Adobe Photoshop Express): Photo editing
Camera: Built-in app, using the camera and video
Flare (iPod app): Shoot video
Splice (Splice – Video Editor (Free), iPod): simple iMovie, stitch together videos
Photosynth: Stitch together photos to create a panoramic photo
TourWrist: View full-views of place around the world
Pic Collage+: Use photos to make a collage

12. Social Studies
BrainPOP (BrainPOP Featured Movie): Video of the day from Brain Pop, Internet required
Stack the States Lite: Matching capitals to states games
GeoMasterUS (GeoMasgter – US States): Find capitals and states on a map
Missions Mini (Stories of the California Missions): Info on the CA missions
KidsWorldMap (Not in the app store): Kids world map
iAmerica: Wiki about the presidents
US History (US History Timeline (Free)): Timeline of US history with photos
The Presidency: Wiki about the presidents
WorldWiki (iPod app): Wiki about the countries of the world
Explorer (World Explorer): Use the globe and view info about the world
Globe (Globe for iPad): Simple world map with boundaries and country names
Building Titanic: App about the Titanic

13. Speech
Emotions (Touch and Learn – Emotions): Pick the facial expression emotion
AutismXpress: Feelings and cartoon faces
TappyTunes (TappyTunes Lite, iPod): Tap to the beat
TapToTalk: Tap pictures to say its name
Touch Trainer Lite (no longer a free version)
SeeTouchLearn: Flash cards and sounds
Feel Electric!: Several activities based on emotion
Articulation! (Articulation Station): Sounds in words and stories
Going Places: Speech videos that help kids talk about going places

14. Create
ScreenChomp: Create a screencast of a whiteboard
Doodle Buddy: Create drawings
Talking News (Talking Tom & Ben News for iPad): Mimic app
Story Wheel: Create stories in groups
PuppetPals HD: Create simple animated movies with puppets
Popplet lite: Create and brainstorm a mind map
Animoto (Animoto Video Slideshows): Create videos with the popular online app
QuickVoice (QuickVoice Recorder): Voice recorder
VoiceThread: Use photos to tell a story
AudioMemos: Record audio
Coolibah: Create a scrapbook
Harmonious: Draw with cool effects
Whiteboard: Create drawings
My Story: Make a story
Fotobabble: Use pictures and comment on them