iPad Apps for School

The Best iOS Apps for Students and Teachers

Shapes

Home KG – A Free iPad App for Learning to Write

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Screen Shot 2013-09-27 at 7.23.25 AM Home KG is a free iPad designed to help children learn to write all of the letters of the alphabet, numbers one through nine, and ten basic shapes. Children trace the letters (both uppercase and lowercase), numbers, and shapes. Children can save their work in the app. The app has a couple of sound options that can be turned on or off. The first sound option is simple background music. The second sound option is hearing the name of the letters, numbers, and shapes read to the child using the app.

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Home KG is a nice, free app that could help pre-K and elementary school students learn to write their letters and numbers. The app also helps students learn to recognize the names of basic shapes. Unlike similar free apps that I’ve tried, Home KG gives students the complete alphabet without the need to complete an in-app upgrade purchase.

Shiny Party – A Fun iPad App for Learning Shapes

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Screen Shot 2013-07-24 at 9.19.23 PM Shiny Party is an iPad app created to help young students learn to recognize shapes. The app has a story mode and a game mode. In the story mode students help the story’s characters, Alice and Charlie, find presents and balloons for the party. In the story students have to identify the presents by their shapes.

The game mode of Shiny Party students practice identifying shapes through puzzles and matching games. In the game mode, as in the story mode, students identify shapes by coloring them in on their iPads.

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Shiny Party is currently priced at $1.99.