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11 Best Educational iPad Apps for Elementary Kids


Posted by Melissa Taylor on 25 Apr 2011
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Since my husband got an iPad for work, we’ve found that it can also be a great learning tool for the kids. Since I’ve only downloaded educational apps, they’re forced to choose an educational option. (Insert evil mom-laughter here –> Ha, ha, ha.)

So, without further ado, here are my mom-approved, kid-tested eleven favorite iPad educational apps for elementary-aged kids, not including eBooks. *I’ll put eBooks and iPad apps for preschoolers in separate posts.

1. Baseball McGraw-Hill 1 – 6 Facts Hooks kids by using baseball to practice math facts.

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2. Stack the States Clever way to practice geography. AJ’s favorite.

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3. Beat the Computer McGraw-Hill We got this when it was free, AJ likes it.

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4. Tangram Love this for learning spacial relationships.

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5. Math Girl Addition House Motivating way to practice and learn math.

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6. Star Walk Very cool astronomy for everyone.

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7. Robot Tycoon fun way to teach kids about entrepreneurship.

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8. Mad Libs (expensive) Great for storytelling and parts of speech.

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9. Hangman – spelling fun.

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10. Doodlefit – can you say visual / spacial?

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11. Playtime Theater — lots of ways to be creative here. My girls are addicted.

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Awesome post! There are so many “educational” apps out there that it’s overwhelming. Thanks for cutting to the chase.

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    sure, glad you liked it!

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Wonderful! You helped me narrow the chase down. Thank you. Downloading now…

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This is a great post. I’m going to download the visual/spacial apps you recommend. I strongly agree on Hangman and Stack the States. I have not yet bought Scrabble because I have not heard anything good about it except from you. The comments on Scrabble seem downright vitriolic.

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