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Welcome to Apples and Apps. In old school style, we used to bring apples to the teacher. Now bring the teacher to you. As a Mom, I'm Keeping You Up-To-Date on the Latest Educational FREE and On SALE iPhone & iPad Apps. Why educational apps? Just like you, I have kids. And although they love Angry Birds, I'd like to see them learn something as well. And no, I have absolutely NO affiliation with Apple or any of its products… although I am writing this on a MacBook.
Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts

Aug 20, 2012

Bluster! - Free App of the Day


Bluster!
Breeze through vocabulary building with Bluster!

This word matching game develops vocabulary and word understanding for school-aged children, or anyone brave enough to battle the elements.

Shine bright in single-player mode as you learn and practice important word skills. Match rhyming words, prefixes and suffixes, synonyms, homophones, adjectives, and more. 

Collaborate with a friend in team mode. The multi-touch iPad screen allows both players to play simultaneously, so you can work together to weather the vocabulary storm.

Switch to versus mode and play head-to-head for the ultimate test of your lightning quickness. Disrupt your opponent with weather attacks like tornadoes and blizzards - it’s thunderous fun and just might give you the edge you need to reign supreme!

Bluster includes over 800 vocabulary words. Players choose a skill to practice and then try to make matches of three. Ten matches wins a round. 

Features:
• Three different play modes - including two-player action.
• A variety of grade level appropriate content.
• Engaging animated gameplay with sound effects.
• Head-to-head and High Scores tables.
• Plays on the iPad in both landscape and portrait mode.


Bluster! - McGraw-Hill School Education Group

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Aug 15, 2012

Feel Electric! The Electronic Company - Free App of the Day

Feel Electric!** 2012 Parents' Choice Recommended ** 

Are you feeling delighted? Astonished? Anxious? “Feel Electric!” explores all these emotions and more! Part of the Military Families “Finding the Right Word” initiative, this app offers engaging tools that use content and curriculum from The Electric Company to provide opportunities to explore emotional vocabulary and self-expression. Hosted by Electric Company cast members Jessica Ruiz and Danny Rebus, “Feel Electric!” features three fast-paced games, a digital diary to record daily moods, a zany story maker, and more!

** NOTE: Supports iPhone 3GS, iPod touch Gen 3, iPad 1 and later models. **

Features:

▪ 3 vocabulary-based games
▪ A digital diary
▪ A glossary of 50 emotion vocabulary words and definitions
▪ 10 zany story makers
▪ Hosts Jessica Ruiz and Danny Rebus
▪ A library of Electric Company music, photos, and video
▪ Add your own music, photos, and video
▪ Create your own mood dude
▪ Fun point system and scoreboard

Curriculum

“Feel Electric!” empowers children to explore their emotions by building expressive vocabulary skills. 

▪ Introduces 50 emotion words and definitions
▪ Builds emotional awareness
▪ Encourages self-expression



Feel Electric! - Sesame Street

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Jul 25, 2012

Vocabulary Central Grade 11 - Free App of the Day


Vocabulary Central Grade 11
Vocabulary Central Grade 11 offers selection specific and academic support activities such as interactive flashcards and trivia games. Divided into six units of content, these activities help students learn each vocabulary word. Each unit has two activities: Flashcards and Vocab Trivia.

With Flashcards, you can build your understanding of each vocabulary word. Each flashcard provides an explanation of the word, a model sentence, a supporting image, synonyms and antonyms, word families, and background information, all with accompanying audio. After practicing, it’s time to earn some points in the Quiz mode. Once you've reviewed all the flashcards within a Unit, you can access the Vocab Trivia activity.

In Vocab Trivia, read each question, and then choose the best answer. The faster you answer a question, the higher your score will be. If you wait too long, the incorrect answers will start to vanish. When they vanish, so will your chance to score more points.

Vocabulary Central is also available for Grades 6 - 10 and 12.


Vocabulary Central Grade 11 - Pearson Education, Inc.

Hanna Andersson

Jul 16, 2012

Language Central for Science: Life Science Edition - Free App of the Day


Language Central for Science Life Science Edition
Make studying vocabulary terms fun and engaging with Pearson’s Language Central for Science app featuring the Word Fly game experience! First, boost your memory with Interactive Science Flash Cards that span Life, Earth and Physical science topics. Next, test your skills and take the Trivia challenge! Finally, have fun and play the Word Fly game to impress your teacher with your hunger for science knowledge! This app is great for kids and parents to practice and refresh science vocabulary skills. 

This app is recommended for students in grades 6 to 8. 


Language Central for Science Life Science Edition - Pearson Education, Inc.

Hanna Andersson

Jul 10, 2012

Language Central for Science: Earth Science Edition - Free App of the Day


Language Central for Science Earth Science Edition
Make studying vocabulary terms fun and engaging with Pearson’s Language Central for Science app featuring the Word Fly game experience! First, boost your memory with Interactive Science Flash Cards that span Life, Earth and Physical science topics. Next, test your skills and take the Trivia challenge! Finally, have fun and play the Word Fly game to impress your teacher with your hunger for science knowledge! This app is great for kids and parents to practice and refresh science vocabulary skills.

This app is recommended for students in grades 6 to 8.


Language Central for Science Earth Science Edition - Pearson Education, Inc.

Hanna Andersson

May 21, 2012

Free Highlight: Chicktionary Lite


Chicktionary Lite
Get ready for an egg-citing game. Now with UNLIMITED GAMES to play - this is hardly a lite version. 

***Winner - Best Word Game App in the 2009 Best App Ever Awards Show***

Chicktionary Lite is one of the most popular word games on the Internet and now you can hatch up some fun on your iPhone! Each hen bears a letter. The more words you create, the more points you earn!

Chicktionary Lite has cool features that gives it depth and makes it one of the more engaging games on the iPhone.




Chicktionary Lite - Blockdot, Inc.

May 16, 2012

Grammar Up


Grammar Up : Free Edition
Grammar Up can help learners to improve their grammar, word selection and vocabulary. Its custom timer setting can assist learners to improve response times under exam time constraints. 


Research suggests that kids and adults learn most quickly when playing learning games with real-time error-feedback. Grammar Up provides learners with an opportunity to improve strategies for grammar success. 

PREPARE BY TOPICS:
You can study the grammar rules by topic. All questions are sorted by topic. It also tells you the areas that each topic covers.

✓ Adjectives word choice
✓ Adverbs word choice
✓ Causative Verbs
✓ Conditionals
✓ Conjunctions
✓ Nouns Word Choice
✓ Prepositions
✓ Pronouns word choice
✓ Similar words
✓ Verb tense




Grammar Up : Free Edition - Eknath Kadam

May 3, 2012

Let's Name Things Fun Deck


Let's Name Things Fun Deck
This colorful vocabulary App has all 52 illustrated picture cards (plus audio of each card text) from the Let's Name Things Fun Deck. Select the cards you want students to see, and have them name items to practice vocabulary, categorizing, and thinking skills. The prompts include statements like, “Let’s name… things that live in the ocean.” and “Let’s name… things you’d take on a trip.”

This App is simple to use — each student looks at an illustration, and either reads the prompt or touches the screen to listen to the prompt. The student then gives a verbal response. After each answer, tap the green (correct) or red (incorrect) button to score the student’s verbal response. Move to the next card by sliding the card currently on the display screen to the side, and the next image appears. Move to the next player by sliding the bar at the top of the screen. When you finish, view the results, and email them to as many addresses as you like.

Let’s Name… Things Fun Deck App lets you: 
• Select all 52 cards or just the ones you want students to see.
• Enter all your students’ names.
• Track correct and incorrect responses for up to five players at a time.
• Email your results at the end of each game.



Let's Name Things Fun Deck - Super Duper Publications

Apr 30, 2012

The Electric Company - Feel Electric!


Feel Electric!
** 2012 Parents' Choice Recommended ** 

Are you feeling delighted? Astonished? Anxious? “Feel Electric!” explores all these emotions and more! Part of the Military Families “Finding the Right Word” initiative, this app offers engaging tools that use content and curriculum from The Electric Company to provide opportunities to explore emotional vocabulary and self-expression. Hosted by Electric Company cast members Jessica Ruiz and Danny Rebus, “Feel Electric!” features three fast-paced games, a digital diary to record daily moods, a zany story maker, and more.



Feel Electric! - Sesame Street