12 Great Kindergarden Apps

Alphabet Projector for Pre-Kindergarden / Kindergarden.

Ideal for independent learning, one on one instruction or connect a projector for use during whole class instruction.
http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/id390074649?mt=8&affId=1788472&ign-mpt=uo%3D6

Are you looking for the perfect application to teach your young children fundamental reading, writing and math skills? Well, look no further, because Kid Genius: All in 1 brings the classroom to the palm of your hand. We have designed the perfect app for both parents and kids.






http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/id353092867?mt=8&affId=1788472&ign-mpt=uo%3D6








Kid's ABC's allows kids to learn their alphabet sounds. This fun alphabet preschool game will reinforce letter recognition and help your child with letter sounds and vocabulary. Your child will be given a letter along with 4 pictures, in which they will choose the picture that corresponds with a letter. For example, the picture of an apple should be chosen for the letter "A" and not a balloon, giraffe, or monkey. Kid's ABC's will keep your child busy with a positive activity that is both educational and fun!
http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/id353092867?mt=8&affId=1788472&ign-mpt=uo%3D6






Talking Alphabet Teaching App for Kids of Preschool age.* Provides a beautiful, colorful and simple interface to help kids learn and speak english alphabets easily. 








http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/id421599642?mt=8&affId=1788472&ign-mpt=uo%3D6






This will become your kid's favorite encyclopedia and app to play with! The ultimate game for every preschooler with HD graphics, vivid animal sounds and voice over text. It contains 90+ questions for more than 70 animals and items. Your 2-8 year old kids will love the educational descriptions of all the animals!


http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/id478261728?mt=8&affId=1788472&ign-mpt=uo%3D6













Kids Choose Words is an educational game for kids. It helps kids play with words and learn at the same time. While playing this fun game with 4 different modes, your kids can learn letters, words and how to spell and pronounce. Moreover, your kids will have a chance to challenge with their pals to know Who is faster with words. The goal is that your kids can sharpen their mind via a game not via a boring practicing lessons. Don’t be surprised if your kids with those minds that remember and recognize everything!
http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/id449139980?mt=8&affId=1788472&ign-mpt=uo%3D6






Kids Letters Puzzle is an educational fun game with 26 beautiful letters puzzles created with nice colorful graphics and many friendly animals such as dog, cat, bird, fish and so on. And additional 52 great bonus puzzles added to the games help your kids not only learn 26 letters but also learn things around them. 


http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/kids-letters-puzzle/id447735485?mt=8




Kids Library is a interactive encyclopedia for Kids!
Where each new word leads to a new animals discovery with High-Quality Photos, Videos.
About Kids Library Animals
-Includes hundreds of photos and videos
-Provides information of Photos
-Can set up the user's Favorites(bookmark)
-Can view Slide Show


http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/id470824025?mt=8&affId=1788472&ign-mpt=uo%3D6



Beautiful puzzle game for kids. If your children love  wooden shape puzzles this is perfect game for them.

Over thirty boards with progressing difficulty gives a lot of fun.
Universal app for iPhone and iPad.


http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/id421874227?mt=8&affId=1788472&ign-mpt=uo%3D6


Kids Zoo HD is designed by pediatrician, kindergarden teachers and the parents. It aims for teaching young children to know animals, to love animals, to learn the name and sounds of different kinds of animals. It adopts newest audio, video and network technology to explore the best educational opportunity for your children.


http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/id480457402?mt=8&affId=1788472&ign-mpt=uo%3D6


Songs:
+Alphabet Song
+The finger Family
+Oh, Mr. Sun
+The Little Indian
+HokeyPokey
+The Muffin man

http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/id385522382?mt=8&affId=1788472&ign-mpt=uo%3D6


Let's Zoo In - Puzzle Game. This game focuses for children at Preschool to Kindergarden. Your child will love this simple, entertaining and educational game. Both parents and children will enjoy playing this game together. In the meantime have children build their analytical skills.


http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/id488541355?mt=8&affId=1788472&ign-mpt=uo%3D6

4 Great Kindergarden Apps

  Bee Amused, is a free app for kids that will literally amuse their curiosity and improve their motor and visual skills by letting them solve the different puzzles. Download it here: http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/bee-amused-free/id460475736?mt=8

KinderMatch is a Education App for Preschool children. It is a matching game. The rule is to identify identical objects and pair them up. Objects are removed when paired. This helps to develop and improve organization skills in children. Download it here: http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/kindermatch/id413451893?mt=8

What Does Not Belong? - Free. For each question, your child will see five pictures appear on the screen, one of which does not fit with the others. The child advances to the next question by dragging the picture that does not belong into the trash can in the lower left corner. To improve vocabulary and word retrieval, encourage your child to look carefully at the choices first. Then, ask your child to say the name of each picture. Download it here:  http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/what-does-not-belong/id391360129?mt=8

Last but not least in this list the Alien  Buddies is one of my favourite apps to use my young learners. The Alien Buddies iPhone/iPad app (1.99$) is designed with a variety of games and play modes to suit a range of ages from Preschool to Kindergarten. The games include: -Matching: color, shape, letter and number recognition (audio and visual modes) -Puzzle: problem solving, shape recognition Dot to Dot: sequential counting, fine motor skills Stickers: creative free play, fine motor skills (over 40 stickers and 8 landscapes). You  can download it here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alien-buddies-preschool-learning/id469461540?mt=8

Practice Spelling with Rocket Speller - Young Learners

Rocket Speller is a fun and engaging spelling app for 3-7 year olds. Educators, occupational therapists, special education teachers, and parents agree that kids are engaged and learning with this app.

Kids join Zip the alien on an out-of-this-world spelling adventure to build a fancy new rocket. With 4 levels of difficulty, kids spell words to fuel his spaceship and help him choose the rocket pieces he needs. 

Correctly place letters to spell words and move through the game. Choose a rocket nose, body, and boosters. Once Zip has collected all the pieces, launch it from the launch pad and watch it soar into space!

Level 1 - Place letters in any order. Letter hints given.

Level 2 - Must place letters in order. Letter hints given. 

Level 3 - Simple words. Must place letters in order. No hints.

Level 4 - Complex words. Must place letters in order. No hints.

As a special surprise (and to invoke a giggle), touch Zip on the spelling pages and see what he does!

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

- Learn to spell words in a way that is fun, interactive and promotes self-initiated skill progression

- Develop awareness of how letters combine to form words

- Develop awareness of left to right order

- Promote letter recognition

- Reinforce knowledge of letter names

- Enhance vocabulary

Some screenshoots:

You can download this free app from this link:

http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/rocket-speller/id492504689?mt=8

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Read it Later: One reading List Wherever You Are

Read it Late is a free iPad & iPhone bookmarking tool. You can also use it at your deskop computer on any browser.

Here are some features that make this app one of my favourites:

• Save videos, articles or pretty much anything you find interesting to your Read It Later queue.
• Content can be saved from your browser or from over 300 apps like Twitter, Zite, Flipboard and Pulse
• When you’re ready, view saved content on any of your devices. You don’t even need an internet connection.

You can download this app here: http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/read-it-later-free/id309597402?mt=8

or visit the official site for a broswer plug in: http://readitlaterlist.com/

3 Amazing Apps for Creating your Own Flashcards on iOS

Flashcards are effective for children of really any age. However one of the areas they are most often used is in the early years of school. They are generally thought an excellent way to improve phonics and spelling abilities.  Here are some excellent mobile apps for iPad & iPhone:

Flashcards+ (free) is one of the most popular flashcard app. It was designed in association with Harvard University faculty and students. Flashcards+ is an optimized way to learn and retain new information. It allows you to easily create and study flashcards without the hassle of having to buy and write on actual notes. 


http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/flashcards+/id408490162?mt=8






 Here are some screenshots of this app:

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Flashcardlet is a free, easy to use studying application with material from any class or standardazed test. You can also create and share your own. It is the best way to study on any iOS device.

http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/flashcards*/id403199818?mt=8












Here are also some screenshots from Flashcardlet:

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        Flashcards (1.59E) is designed to make it easy for you to create your own flashcards on iphone. It is simple to generate sets of your own flashcards. You can add texts, pictures or even audio.  


http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/flashcards/id290008445?mt=8       

                              

6 Free Siri-Like Apps for your Android

6The new brilliant Siri voice recognition assistant has made a significant move on the way we use our smartphones. (iphone 4S users - at least). As a technology admirer, I was really excited to have something so hi-tech in my hands. I remember the first time I said hello to this phone and it said hello back. I was so thrilled and excited. What was the first thing that crossed my mind? It is a great way to practice speaking! The fact that this software ''speaks'' only English and you can ask questions to it such as '' What is the population of China?'' or ''What is the capital city of Greece?'' and it anwers you back it is a great opportunity to practice your English speaking skills alone, without feeling afraid of making mistakes or somoene is listening and he will judge. What is more, if you say something wrong you can ask again and again. Plus, it is motivating because you expect to get an answer. Of course, I checked my theory to one of my students. He is 12 years old and he is A2 level. I described him how Siri works and we made a list of some questions to ask her. We started asking Siri and ,surprisingly, when our questions were over, he was making his own spontaneous questions. It was really motivating for both of us! He had fun and I fullfilled my objectives of the lesson plan.

Nevertheless, you cannot buy a new phone just because you do not have Siri. Most smartphones users own iPhones or Android Phones. If you are an Android user here are some apps that are Siri-like that you can use:

Skyvi (Free) knows about everything from Local Businesses to Food Nutrition! It makes witty remarks and even tells jokes. It has a social side, letting you access Facebook and Twitter using voice.

   Vlingo (Free) is your very own Virtual Assistant. Simply speak to Vlingo and it will help you get more done, faster and easier than before. Try saying "Text John; What's up?" or "find italian restaurants" or even "update Facebook; Vlingo rocks!" Download to learn everything Vlingo can do for you. 

iris. (Free)makes your phone talk on topics ranging from Mozart to stock prices.

Something that started out as a tongue-in-cheek reply to iPhone's Siri, iris. has grown much bigger than being just a Siri clone.

Just ask iris. what you want to know. Right from asking how to cope up with your breakup to movie recommendations and questions on science, culture, history etc.

Speaktoit Assistant (Free) is a virtual buddy for your Android device that uses natural language technology to answer questions, find information, launch apps and connect you with various web services, such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Evernote, and many others.

Alice - Voice Control App. (Free) Control your mobile with your voice. Alice is your personal assistant. Alice can assist you to do things quick and easy. Currently supported languages are German and English. Requirements: Google voice search (available in android market for free).

Ask any question using your own voice, Andy will know the answer! Ask any question in your own voice, Andy will know the answer! Andy for Android (Siri for Android) is a voice controlled access to encyclopedic information on a vast array of topics. Ask any question!  It can be anything. Andy covers culture and the arts, biographies and persons, geography and places, society and social sciences, history and events, natural and physical sciences, technology and applied science, religion and belief systems, health, mathematics and logic, philosophy and many other topics.

Wiki This Way: 4 Tools for Accessing Wikipedia on your iPhone or iPad

Wikipedia can be a really useful reference tool. Here are some great apps that for reading wikipedia articles on your mobile device:



iWiki (1.59E) & iWiki HD (2.39E). Experience Wikipedia beautiful on your iPhone or iPad, accessing Wikipedia becomes quick and easy with powerful set of features and perfectly aprimized articles for  reading on your mobile device.

iWiki: http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/iwiki/id298139569?mt=8
iWiki HD: http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/iwiki-hd/id364886908?mt=8

Wikipanion - Free. Accessing Wikipedia has never been faster and easier than with Wikipanion, designed for easy, search, navigation and display of Wikipedia entries. Streamline your browsing with history grouped by visit date, and bookmarking that not only bookmarks individual entries, but individual sections within an entry. Featuring intelligent features such as:

- Table of contents browser that knows where you are in the page

- Multiple search methods including Smart completion with entry preview, Google searching and a full text Wikipedia search

- Dual language searching and language switching (hiding languages you don't care about)

- Bookmark, including bookmarking individual sections of pages

- History, grouped by last visit date

- Full in-page searching

- Wiktionary dictionary term looking without leaving the current page

- Table based category browsing

- Interactive font resizing

- Image saving to the Photo library

- Ogg vorbis audio playback for dictionary pronunciations and other audio content available on Wikipedia

- Contextual knowledge for sending links to specific sections in a Wikipedia entry

- Easily turn on automatic focusing of the search field on launch

http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/wikipanion/id288349436?mt=8

Wiki Offline Lite - Free. This is the lite version of wiki offline. Whereas the full version includes 10.000.000 full-length articles, this ''lite'' version contains 1,000 most popular Wikipedea articles so you can get a feel for the application before  you buy it. Unfortunately, the full version costs about 8 euros. It's a little pricey but it is really useful if you do not have all the internet connection. 

http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app//id392583941?mt=8

Wiki Offline (1.59E) & Wiki Offline HD (2.39E). Wiki Offline lets you access the top thousands pages on Wikipedia, with full pictures, graphics, and convenient layout --- all without a network connection.

It's perfect for airplanes, iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad users away from Wi-Fi, and people concerned about battery life.

http://itunes.apple.com/gr/app/wiki-offline-hd/id369987941?mt=8