Math and Reading Apps

Apps are not only fun and entertaining, they can also help your children review and practice skills they've already learned in school. Using their tablets, practicing reading and math, for example, can be enjoyable. However, as any tablet user knows before there are thousands of apps available which makes the task of selecting them a bit daunting. Fortunately, there are also a great number of professionals who are constantly reviewing and updating the functionality of these apps. Through  list.ly you can find some of these reviews which will help you choose the best according to your children's needs. These are two of my favorites:

Best Elementary Reading Book Apps

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25 Best Math Game Apps for Kids for the Summer!

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Magnetic Alphabet

Magnetic Alphabet is an app that will help your little ones to learn the alphabet and numbers and your children in elementary grades to practice their high frequency and spelling words.Your children could also use the numbers to learn about place value, addition, subtraction, etc. The app is a great source of creativity and fun to help your children learn and practice new skills. It comes in a lite free version and in a full version with plenty of useful features for $9.99. There's also an intermediate version with limited features for $1.99.

A Great APP

This app, developed by Zientia, will keep your children entertained, practicing their fine motor skills, and using their tablets in an absolutely meaningful way. First, you must download and print the coloring pages from their website. After the children have colored the pages, they use the app to create the story and listen to it. So you're a bilingual mom (or dad) and you want to use the summer for your child to practice their Spanish? Good news, with this app they can read their stories in either English or Spanish. More good news, is that this app is compatibe with iOS and Android tablets or smartphones.

Parenting in the Tablet era

Hello All, I am so glad to be back and connecting again with my readers and followers. I've been extraordinarily busy being a teacher, a mom, and a wife (not necessarily in that order) but you know how it goes. Although I no longer have young children at home, I do deal with a handful of boisterous first graders 180 days a year. This year my students have been absolutely delighted by having the opportunity to use tablets in the classroom. It has been a challenge for both teachers and learners to use them in a engaging and meaningful way. I must confess that in spite of my love for technology, I find the App universe absolutely challenging with hundreds, if not thousands, of apps available. What's more, tablets have become so affordable that more and more parents are able to provide their children with them, which of course post the challenge of how their children can use the tablet with educational purposes. Often parents ask me about appropriate Apps for their children to set in their brand new tablets. The App universe is so vast that it seems impossible to keep up with it.  If you are a parent I recommend for you to check these. If you are looking for some apps your children, go here.
I hope you find them helpful, I will continue posting more resources as I find them!