Now the lists are have grown even bigger as we've learned about so many new free apps. To make room, we've started to combine them into sets, for example all of the 52 free Disney apps in one post, meaning the Top 100 Apps for Preschoolers list actually contains 282 apps!
As a speech/language therapist in a school district, I work with a huge variety of students. Each student has a different disability, and no two kids are the same. This is something I'm sure many of you can relate with! Money is also a concern, not only in the schools, but everywhere we turn. As such, I always try to find apps that are flexible, so I can use them for more than one goal, and cost effective. If I feel an app is expensive, then I try my best to make sure it is worth the money. In other words, I try to think outside of the box in figuring out how I can use this app in more than one way. While many apps exist for social skills, often they address only one or a just few specific areas. This is my list of apps, in no particular order, that I feel can be used in many different ways so you get plenty of bang for the buck!
One of the buzzwords at FETC was STEM which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. These of course are the subjects kids need to learn if they want be employed in years to come. We've done a good job highlighting math apps and have had several recent reviews this month of new number cruncher apps but science and tech apps are harder to come by especially free ones. These are some of my favorites from past Good Free App of the Day posts and some I've come across through my travels in AppLand.
There are heaps of music ed apps out there but I was horrified by how dry and dull the majority of them are. It can be hard work indeed to get your kid to practise his/her instrument after the initial excitement has worn off, so any apps that are available to help out need to make the often boring repetition as interesting as possible. And iOS devices are ideally suited to do this!
So...with this in mind, here is my list of the most enjoyable music education apps out there at the moment.
Jennifer Lawrence is killing in that dress but Anne's side boob is a risk not worth taking. Our Smarty Award nominees always use good taste and have given it their all in producing some classic apps for our young students. The honor they say is in being nominated. See you at Elton John's after party. First drink's on me.
As Vidal Sassoon personally fuses in Ron's extensions to recreate his glorious mullett for tonight's festivities, it's time to announce another Smarty Award winner. The nominees for our Pg-13 Big Kid App of the year run the gamut from pill bugs to cursing dwarves. And one of our storied nominees remarkably was free this week.
Our Smartie Award nominees for hidden gem app of the year hopefully are no longer hidden. This bunch is all about color so make sure you've upgraded to HDTV or a Retina display as we announce the remaining 2012 Smarty Award Winners and enjoy Oscar Sunday.
Without further ado here is the complete list of the nominees and our official winner of the 2012 Hidden Gem App of the Year...
