There are some great free iBooks that focus on how to use certain iPad apps in the classroom. Below is a list of these:
- Explain Everything Lesson Ideas
- Puppet Pals HD Director's Pass Lesson Ideas
- SketchBook Express Lesson Ideas
- Stop Motion Studio Lesson Ideas
If you are a GAFE (Google Apps For Education) school, Google released their Google Classroom app for students and teachers free yesterday.
The following educational iOS apps are free today. Apps that are newly free today are listed in italics at the beginning of each category. Apps of exceptional value or use are bolded. Download the apps as soon as possible as they can go to paid status at any time.
Art/Creativity
- Play School Art Maker ($2.99)
- Drawing Brush Free ($1.99)
- MoMA Art Lab ($2.99)
- Tux Paint Free (the favorite web art program now has an app)
- Van Gogh: Painted with Words ($0.99)
ELA
- Best of Texas 3rd-4th Grade Spelling (good app to help students prepare for the UIL Spelling Contest)
- Best of Texas 5th-6th Grade Spelling (new app)
- Best of Texas 7th-8th Grade Spelling (new app)
- Best of Texas Spelling: Pronounced (new app)
- Compound Word Match ($0.99)
- Cursive Writing - abCursive 2 ($0.99)
- Lit Circles ($2.99)
- Pocket Charts! Position Words ($0.99)
- TVOKids Spelling Fleas (6-11) (new app)
- Word Walk: Short A Preschool Phonics ($0.99)
- Word Walk: Short E Preschool Phonics ($0.99)
- Word Walk: Short I Preschool Phonics ($0.99)
- Word Walk: Short O Preschool Phonics ($0.99)
- Word Walk: Short U Preschool Phonics ($0.99)
Entertainment/Games
- Season Search: A Spot-It Challenge (new app)
- Strawberry Shortcake ($0.99)
ESL
- Polly Verbs - English Phrasal Verb Pronunciation (new app)
- Role Planet ($6.99)
Foreign Language
- Spanish Words with Gato (new app)
- Study Langs Player ($14.99)
Health/PE/Sports
- iAnalyze ($4.99)
- Count Your Peas (healthy eating; $2.99)
- Stopwatch ($1.99)
Interactive Books
- The app Blue Planet Tales - History, Nature & Science Children's Bookshelf is offering two of their books free today with their IAP: Laika the Little Astronaut and Apollo 11, A Man on the Moon. Download the free app and then "purchase" the two free books inside the app.
- Dark Forest HD - Living a Book (new app)
- Pixel and Parker ($2.99)
- There are 47 new and free Concept Readers available today, but you'll have to look for them. Go hereand scroll down to the iPad apps listing. Click on the 3 to go to the third page, then scroll down to the iPad apps again. Look for apps that books like Recycling Is Fun, A Germ's Journey, Sniff Sniff a Book About Smell, and others.
- Aladdin and the Magical Lamp for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
- Alice in Wonderland - ELI ($3.99; good app)
- Alice in Wonderland for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
- Big Bee Goes Shopping ($0.99)
- Big Bee Goes to Sea ($0.99)
- Big Thoughts for Little People (new app)
- The Boy and the Bears Read Out Loud ($1.99)
- Dexter the Dino for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
- God Created World ($2.99)
- The Goose with the Golden Eggs for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
- Henry Helps Clean His Room (new app)
- Italian Tales: Nino and the 3 Magic Gifts (new app)
- Lazy Bird ($2.99)
- Lobster Tale (cute; $1.99)
- Meet the Ballerina Monsters (new app)
- Monsters vs Robots ($2.99)
- Oobie's Space Adventure ($0.99)
- Peter Pan - Doll Play Books ($2.99)
- The Pinchpenny Mouse ($0.99)
- Pied Piper for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
- The Pirate's Code - Interactive Story Book & Game for Young Adults (new app)
- Red Riding Hood for Children by Story Time for Kids (great new app)
- Robin Hood for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
- Rufus the Dog: A Snowy Tail ($1.99)
- Siena's Edible Adventure ($2.99)
- Starlinos - Kid's Book HD ($2.99)
- Thumbelina for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
- The Three Pigs for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
- The Treehouse at Number Nine (new app)
- The Tree I See ($0.99)
- Walter's Flying Bus ($4.99)
- The Wizard of Oz for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
iOS 8 Keyboards
- Translate Keyboard Pro ($1.99)
Math
- Feed a Frog (new app)
- iTeach Maths Pro ($3.99)
- Line Plots 4 ($1.99)
- Matching Money Using Pictures ($1.99)
- Math Is Easy - Prime Factorization and Equation Solver ($0.99)
- Mathseeds Grade 1 ($7.99)
- Mathseeds Grade 2 ($7.99)
- Mathseeds Kindergarten ($7.99)
- Number Shapes Line (new app)
- Pengu Math (new subtraction app)
- Place Value Fish (new app)
Music
- Chord Ear Trainer ($0.99)
- Paperless Music ($4.99)
- Write Interval ($0.99)
- Write Key Signature ($0.99)
Photography/Video
- LensFlare ($1.99)
Productivity
- iReminder - Mastermind Edition ($5.99)
- Cool Converter ($5.99)
- Expense-Tracker+ ($19.99)
- Form Expert ($3.99)
- Hit Recorder for iPad ($6.99)
- Recorder Pro ($4.99)
- ThinkWriter with Dropbox and Evernote ($1.99)
Robotics
- Learn Robo Kids (make robots with the LEGO WeDo kit; new app)
Science
- BugSim ($0.99)
- iTeach Physics ($4.99)
- Alimentary Avengers (good new app)
- Anatomy 4D (new app)
- Chemistry Lab ($2.99)
- Daily Physics ($0.99)
- DIY Human Body (good new app)
- Earth - Now (new app)
- Galaxies by KIDS Discover (always free; updated)
- Global Shark Tracker (updated free app)
- Language Central for Science Earth Science Edition ($1.99)
- Language Central for Science Life Science Edition ($1.99)
- Language Central for Science Physical Science Edition ($1.99)
- Mr. Eus - Story of the Future ($0.99)
- The Solar System VL2 Storybook (good new app that includes American Sign Language)
- Survive Global Climate Change (new app)
- Texas Nature Trackers (new app from Texas Parks and Wildlife)
- Tundra Biome (good new app)
- Weather Barometer (new app)
Social Studies
Special Needs
- Speedy Speech - L (new app)
- Speedy Speech - R (new app)
- Speedy Speech - S (new app)
- Word Vault Essential (excellent new app)
Teacher
- ClassFlow Teacher ($7.99)
- Student Talk ($0.99)
Toddler/Preschool/Primary
- Play School Play Time ($2.99)
- Jobi's Animal Barn ($1.99)
- Preschool Farm Fun ($3.99)
- Puzzles: Let's Move! ($0.99)
Miscellaneous
- Wa Kingyo - Goldfish Pond ($0.99)
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