Mobile Apps

I have found several apps that would be beneficial to use in my Kindergarten classroom.

1.  ABC Writing Zoo Animals. This will help their reading, writing and listening skills by using zoo animals to teach them their ABC’s. They will be able to write their upper-case and lower-case letters along with learning sound and letter recognition. If they can already write their letters, the writing words mode would be better. They hear the animal name, write the animal name and learn the spelling in the process.

2.  Turn Taker- This app uses visual and/or audio cues to assist turn taking and/or sharing in children with special needs. It also helps with young children, children that find it difficult to share, and children diagnosed with ADHD. This would be very useful in my classroom. The first couple months of school, my students have to learn how to take turns or share with other children. Some children know how to do both of these things; however, some children have never been to preschool and are not use to sharing with anyone. I have a lot of students who complain if one student gets more time than the other at a center. This app would make sure each student had the same amount of time, so it would be “fair.”

3.  SUPER WHY ABC Adventures- Students will go on an adventure while playing five interactive literacy games. They will be introduced to upper-case and lower-case letters, the order of the alphabet, letter sounds, and writing their letters in fun and exciting ways.

4.   My Spelling Test- This is a great app to get students interested in spelling! It is rated the #1 spelling test in the app store. You can create your own words to make a test on this app. You can add words that will be on spelling tests for that week or just words that the students are struggling with. It will say a word and the student has to spell the word out in the box. After you spell the word, it will show you if you got the answer correct or not. After the test, students will find out their score and see all of the answers they got incorrect.

5.   iWriteWords- This is a handwriting game that will help teach your students how to write their letters while playing a fun and entertaining game. Students help Mr. Crab collect the numbered balls by dragging him with their fingers and drawing the letter at the same time. After all the letters are drawn properly, a cute drawing pops up.

These apps would help the students learn while having fun. These are all apps that are available for an iPad.