From a game about bugs to a storybook about math, we are rocking the science today at Smart Apps for Kids!
It's 2106 and a boy called Sparks is having a tough time with his math homework. So, together with his robot dog Widget, Sparks decides to travel back in time to find out who invented the hateful subject and convince them to STOP MATH.
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Sparks and Widget first stop on the set of a children's TV show starring Woolbert, a sheep who teaches children to count.
Realizing that Woolbert is in fact a man in a sheep costume and that he had nothing to do with inventing math, they then visit Albert Einstein and share some orange juice.
Einstein explains that math is something that helps us how to understand the workings of the universe.
At this point a really quite nice graphic pops up to illustrate the principle behind Einstein's theory of relativity and that he discovered it using math. There are a handful of these pop ups included in the story and they are well done.
Einstein explains to Sparks that math isn't something that he created - that he based his work on the ideas of others that came before him, mathematicians like Isaac Newton.
So Sparks decides to visit Newton, who turns out to be quite a pompous, egocentric Englishman. I tried not to take offence at this besmirching of my compatriot's character...
The intrepid time travellers then head back to Persia to chat to the mathematician and astronomer who gave the world Arabic numerals and the concept of zero.
Sparks seems to finally begin to grasp the concept that math is fundamental to our understanding of the world around us.
Deciding it's time to head home the boy discovers that his helmet is damaged so he will have to manually calculate how many years he and Widget need to travel into the future.
Can he use what he has learned and solve the problem correctly? Will he be able to return home safely?
Stop Math is obviously geared towards children who don't enjoy studying math but I think it's a worthwhile download for all kids.
The graphics are fantastic, the child who narrates the story does a great job and the book itself explains some philosophical and theoretical concepts in a way that's straightforward without being patronizing.
From iTunes:
Interactive childrens' storybook: Travel from the future back through time and space with young Sparks and his robot dog, Widget, as they search for the diabolical genius who invented math. Their mission: to end math homework and stop this arithmetical mastermind from ruining the lives of kids everywhere! But when our hero crosses paths with the likes of Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton, he learns more than he bargained for.
With exciting, engaging artwork; lively narration from a kid’s point of view; and playful, interactive animation, STOP MATH introduces kids to concepts like Arabic numbers, Roman numerals, relativity theory and gravitational attraction—all explained with fun and easy-to-understand interactive diagrams. Young readers also use simple math themselves, helping Sparks and Widget navigate their trip through time with the amazing Chronoport Calculator.
STOP MATH is an inventive and entertaining storybook adventure perfect for…
•Readers aged 8-12.
•Parents whose kids love math, and…
•Parents whose kids don’t!
•Educators who want to supplement their math and science curriculum.
STOP MATH features:
•Story and artwork by bestselling illustrator, Jeff Weigel.
•Touch-driven interactive animations on every page.
•Entertaining, kid-accessible narration and sound effects.
•An interactive calculator readers use to help navigate characters through time.
•Fun and easy-to-understand interactive diagrams introducing young readers to scientific wonders revealed by math.
Deanne Shoyer is the mother to twin boys on the autism spectrum, blogs at smallbutkindamighty.com, has two history degrees and looks a lot less hip than her avatar.
Every day we pick what we affectionately call the Good Free App of the Day, an app that we have downloaded, tested and certified: It can't have a ton of ads or just a little content with in-app purchases.
It also has to be good.
We then present them to you to read, download, and share and, based on which ones got the most hits from you, here are your Top 100 Free Apps for Kids! Enjoy!
Please also see our Top 10 Preschool Apps (staff picks), Top 10 Free Apps for Learning Letters, Deanne's Top 10 Free Apps for ASD Kids, Top 12 Apps for Mom, Editor's Top 10,Reader's Choice Top 10, and Top 10 Addition Apps.
(** indicates that the app contains in-app purchases/is very closely tied to a purchase or has ads)
1) LEGO App 4+ (build a vehicle and then use it in activities)
2) Open Wide Snap (we rated five stars)
4) National Geographic Explorer
5) ** Toddler/Preschool Flash Cards (warning! now has ads!)
7) Hide Run Growl (we rated five stars)
8) Little Stars - Toddler Games (letters, numbers, shapes, colors, words)
9) Play 123
11) ** Playful Minds: Math (5-8 years old)
12) Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally Appisode
13) ** Build a Word Express
16) Learning Games for Preschool to Kindergarten
17) ** Curious George at the Zoo for iPad (now only one area free, the rest in-app)
18) Rover (flash-enabled web browser for kids)
19) Disney's Jake's Never Land Pirate School
20) Scholastic's Sushi Monster (addition and multiplication)
21) I Can Write 2 (make sentences about images)
22) PBS Kids Video (all their favorites, U.S. only)
23) ** Brain Quest (from the people that make those card thingees)
24) ** Thomas & Friends - Engine Activities
25) Collins Big Cat Story Creator books (eight apps!)
26) Miss Spider apps (Bedtime Story and Tea Party)
27) Toca Kitchen Monsters (all kids need Toca Boca)
28) ** Goodnight Safari (baby animals!)
29) Rocket Speller
30) ** Toontastic (we rated five stars)
31) ** Scribble Press (make an book!)
32) ** Puzzingo
33) Touch the Sound
35) Lego Duplo Jams
36) Little Finder
37) Color Uncovered (please don't let your dog drive)
40) Bluster! (McGraw-Hill)
41) ** Math Vs. Zombies
42) ** Spy Mouse
44) ** Let's Color (drawings come to life)
45) ** Alphabet Tracing
46) eggzoo
48) Rocket Math Free (free version of one of our Top Picks)
49) Green ABCs (previously cost $30)
50) Monster Physics Lite (five star app)
51) ** BrainPop Featured Movie (No. 1 on our Editor's Choice list)
52) Story Creator
53) Kids Learning - Photo Touch Learning Concepts
54) ABA Flash Cards & Games - Emotions
55) ABC Mouse Zoo Sets 1, 2 and 3
56) Buzzle
57) 6-in-1 Children's Games (lite version)
58) ** Sock Puppets
59) ** Monkey Drum (do you need more than a monkey with a drum?)
61) ** MeeGenius (six ebooks for free!)
64) Lego Duplo Zoo
65) Scooby-Doo Whos Are You? by Hallmark (Zoinks!)
66) Feel Electric (The Electric Company is back!)
67) ** Booksy (one of our Top Picks)
69) Tim and Tom
70) Kids Learning - My First Numbers Counting Game
71) Wood Puzzle Brain Challenge
75) Jack and the Beanstalk (modern version of the classic tale)
78) Sprout's Good Night Star (nighttime routine, brusha! brusha! brusha!)
79) Stewie The Duck Learns To Swim
80) Chipper's Rainy Day Adventure
81) ** BrainPop Jr. Movie of the Week
82) ** Motion Math - Hungry Fish
83) Little Stars - Word Wizard
84) Adventures of the 7Wonderlicious Girls (girls doing their best, helping others, being brave, learning and feeling good about themselves)
85) Fisher Price's Laugh & Learn Animal Sounds
86) The Land of Me - Story Time
87) JibJab Jr. Books
88) Fisher Price's Lets Count Animals
89) Bean Bag Kids present Little Red Riding Hood
90) Astrid & Siri
91) The Lorax Truffula Shuffle (U.S. only for some reason)
92) Squiggles (bring scribbles to life, one of our Top Picks)
93) Kraft Macaroni & Cheese - Dinner, Not Art
94) The Icky Mr. Fox/Mr Fox and Mr. Rabbit
95) Hallmark's Christmas All the Way
97) Little Bird's Internet Security Adventure
98) PaddleDuck Color and Story App
100) Mini Mining
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