Smart Apps For Kids

BuzzMath Middle School: Review

  

  

Bottom Line: a whopping 2800 common core aligned middle school math problems presented in a variety of formats for Free. You won't need any number sense to figure out the absolute value of this deal.

iTooch Middle School: Review

 

 

Bottom Line: A quiz-style app that may be useful for parents and teachers, but might not be motivating enough for students. A few areas need improvement, but it's Free to try all seven content strands!

Good Free Apps of the Week - AppTutor for Grades K-5

You know StudyPad makers of Splash Math and eduPad makers of iTooch Math. Now welcome Padstar to the SAFK family. Today we have all seven of their math apps free for teacher appreciation week. That's one app free for each day of the week hence our first GFAOTW. These are regularly $3.99 each so save $28 and your sanity since these apps teach as well as reinforce core math skills for elementary school students.

Marble Math

 

 

Bottom Line: The marble effect is terrific and there's a lot to like here.

Middle School Math Pro 7th Grade

 

Bottom Line:  More fun than page after page of worksheets.

 

4th Grade Math: Splash Math Worksheets - Review

 

 

Bottom Line: It's not cheap, but it's very well-done and an entire fourth grade math curriculum in one app.

 

Match-Up Math

 

 

In Match-Up Math, children must match tiles with equal values in order to make them disappear. For example, 2+2 can be matched with a tile that says 4 or one that says 3+1.

When all the tiles are cleared, the player moves on to the next level. The difficulty increases as the player progresses and the backgrounds of the boards change, which gives the player a nice sense of progression. Someone in iTunes described it as "Mahjong Math." (I've never played Mahjong.)