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Kindergarten - Second Grade iOS Apps

Using Digital Media With Your Child

Children develop in a healthy way through positive, nurturing relationships between adults and children. Quality digital media that is a mix of education and entertainment should support these interactions. It is always better for adults and children to share media together. The American Academy of Pediatrics discourages screen time for children under the age of 2.

Brain POP Jr. Movie of the Week
Watch a different animated documentary on a wide variety of subjects every day, then test your new knowledge with an interactive quiz. In-app subscription purchase for more content.
BrainPop, Free, iOS

Crazy Gears
Explore a captivating digital playground in this tantalizing puzzle game! Children manipulate gears, chains, rods, and pulleys, to pull themselves through each level, which teaches them how different mechanisms affect one another when constructing a machine.
EDOKI Academy, $2.99, iOS

Cyberchase Shape Quest
Buzz and Delete are back in Botopolis for another fun-filled adventure. Play with them and their animal friends through three math-based games focused on geometry, spatial reasoning and problem solving.
PBS Kids, Free, iOS

Dinorama
Addictive dino zoo simulation helps kids learn about money. There are no in app purchases.
TheSixtyOne, $2.99, iOS

codeSpark Academy
Introduces elements of computer programming through the means of game play as player control the character’s actions through coding.
codeSpark, Free, iOS

Minecraft Pocket Edition
Mobile version of the popular Computer Game.
Mojang, $6.99, iOS

$Quick Math Jr$

Quick Math Jr.
Quick Math Jr. is a mathematics learning app designed to give children the experiences with number they need to develop a strong number sense.
Shiny Things, Free- $4.99+ for more features, iOS

ScratchJr
Kids program their own interactive stories and games.
MIT Media Lab, Tufts University & Playful Invention Company, Free, iOS

ShapeLab
Shape Lab is an open-ended sandbox app allowing students and teachers to explore shape and measurement concepts on the iPad. Using advanced shape recognition technology, Shape Lab allows students to draw, manipulate and investigate shapes directly on the screen.
Shiny Things, 2.99, iOS

Snow White
Conceived and created with reading for pleasure at its heart, Snow White re-imagines the best-loved and most well-known fairytale of them all for a brand new audience.
Nosy Crow, $4.99, iOS

Sock Puppets
Sock Puppets lets you create your own lip-synched videos and share them on Facebook and YouTube. Add Puppets, props, scenery, and backgrounds and start creating. Hit the record button and the puppets automatically lip-synch to your voice.
Smith Micro Software, Inc., Free- $1.99+ for more content, iOS

Superhero Comic Maker
Create your own animated comic book featuring monsters and superheroes! Create and record your own stories! Put multiple scenes together to make a comic strip.
Duck Duck Moose, Free, iOS

ThinkRolls
A fascinating logic puzzler that enhances problem solving, memory and spatial cognition skills. Learn about force, acceleration, buoyancy, heat, elasticity and gravity while navigating the 22 Thinkrolls characters through a seamless maze!
AvoKiddo, $3.99, iOS

ThinkRolls 2
An enlightening logic puzzler that enhances problem solving, memory and spatial cognition skills. Learn about force, aerodynamics, buoyancy, electricity and even get a taste of quantum physics while you navigate 28 hilarious characters through a seamless maze!
AvoKiddo, $3.99, iOS

Toca Nature
Explore the magic of Nature. Shape nature and watch it develop. Plant trees and grow a forest. Raise a mountain and enjoy the view. Collect berries, mushrooms or nuts, and feed the different animals
TocaBoca AB, $2.99, iOS

Winky Think Logic Puzzles
Fun puzzle game loaded with learning logic.
Spinlight Studio, $2.99, iOS

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