Yup, a pod is a lot of work!
What have I got going on in December? Some old faves hung around for another month and now that we finally know how to add I threw in a few exciting math newbies!
What's hung around?
Letter School
Teach Me Grade One
Teach Me Kindergarten
Spelling City
Mathletics
What's new?????
Monkey Word
I posted about this great find in early November I believe. The kids were so excited to see it in the December work folder. It works on Spelling and High Frequency words in all kinds of fun ways. Definitely worth the $1.99 in my opinion!
Hungry Guppy
I have used the Hungry Fish app in the past which is for kids who know their addition facts. This game is the precursor to that introducing numbers and joining sets of numbers. It's $3.99.... a little pricey in the app world, but if your kiddos are into math they'll love it, especially when the fish gets bigger and bigger!
Meet Biscuit Book App
By December in Grade One most of my kiddos really see themselves as readers and are excited to read "other books" instead of our classroom pm book collection. I always introduce them to Biscuit, they love this puppy and they love to take home my extensive collection of Biscuit books. When I discovered there were all kinds of Biscuit book apps I was thrilled! I was lucky enough to get this book for free, but it is now $2.99. There are many more Biscuit titles ranging from 99 cents to $2.99. You can see not only is it a book, it has coloring pages, a sticker collection, memory games and a puzzle!
Math Invaders Kindergarten
This app is loads of fun... well worth the $1.99! It's like the old school video game where you are shooting at alien spaceships before they get to the ground. I have the kindergarten and grade one versions of this app and find the kindergarten to be at a more appropriate level based on our Manitoba curriculum. It begins with counting forward, then backwards and then basic addition.
Max Doodle
We use Max Doodle to practice our spelling words. It's an alternative to Doodle Buddy and is a fun interactive way to spell. I have posted about both of these apps in the past, but have just put Max Doodle in our folder for the first time and the kids are THRILLED!
And since it is December I decided we needed some Christmas Apps too, but I made a special Christmas folder instead.......
Toca Christmas Hair
There is absolutely nothing educational about this at all but the kids think it is hilarious to give Santa a new style. Last year I had a special needs child and this app was EXTREMELY calming for him. Toca apps are a favorite in my house, unfortunately we have almost outgrown these preschool apps.
Talking Gingerbread
Again nothing educational, but you can dance and play music with the Gingerbread man and record your voice. It's another freebie for a little Christmas fun!
Draw Santa
Learn to draw all sorts of Christmas characters, then color and select backgrounds!
How The Grinch Stole Christmas - app book
I blogged about this one already!
Jolly Jingle
This festive sing a long app is great for learning Christmas Carols. We have yet to use this in our classroom but look forward to it:)
And that is all..... I am sure there are many more Christmas apps out there, let me know what you find that's worth while!
December is my last month with the pod, but guess what I am getting for my classroom....... 1 more ipad! I almost have a pod of my own:)
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