Smart Apps For Kids

Bamba Ice Cream: Review

 

 

Bottom line: A free virtual toy ice cream parlor with amusing additions. Great fun for imaginative play and light on calories.

Marble Math Jr. Review

Bottom line: Fantastic app for reinforcing core math concepts with fine motor and visual tracking benefits thrown in. Truly fun and engaging and perfect for parents or teachers who are looking for apps for children who need to work on elementary math skills.

Splash Math 2nd Grade Worksheets

Bottom Line: Exhaustive treatment of second grade math subjects that includes a full year's worth of problems, completion of which will pave the way for long term success in mathematics.

(Free lite version links below.)

 

Good Free App of the Day: Mathmateer! (numbers, time, money, shapes, pattern, multiply, divide)

Sometimes we here at Good Free App of the Day have grown so accustomed to a certain free app that we forget that most of the world may not be. We take this free app for granted, not noticing its continued, faithful appy goodness while we're off chasing the next big thing.

Since we've now reached close to 30k followers worldwide, it's time to ensure that everyone knows about the free version of Mathmateer. The full version of this app is one of our Top Picks and the free version isn't just one small thing and then a giant request to buy more. Mathmateer Free includes five different kinds of math practice: numbers, time, U.S. money, shapes/patterns and multiply/divide, all part of a terrific build-a-rocket-and-launch-it game.

Coin Catcher

 

 

Bottom Line: An app that uses an accelerometer game to reinforce learning about money, healthy eating, and other positive choices. Missing a few key elements.

Marble Math

 

 

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

Splash Math 1st Grade Worksheets

 

 

Bottom line: Lots of content put together in an interactive and fun manner, but a couple of stumbling blocks prevent this app from attaining Top Pick status. (Free trials linked below.)