My Favorite iPad Educational Apps

Below you’ll find my favorite iPad educational apps that I use with my children, who are elementary-aged. Listed are the ones that we have tried and approved–and love to have fun learning with.

• iMovie ($4.99) – Make movies from anywhere

• ChalkBoard (FREE) – Works like a real chalkboard

• Story Maker (FREE) – Make your own story

• ABC Keyboard ($.99) – Great for teaching keyboarding skills

• Motion Math: Hungry Fish ($.1.99) –

• First Words ($1.99) – Helps toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartens with vocabulary.

• LetterSchool ($2.99) – This is a great tool for learning letters.

• Math Blaster (FREE) – Math game — so much fun for the kids!

• Jumpstart Jetpack ($1.99) – Math, reading, and critical thinking challenges.

• The Night Sky ($.99) – Enables you to identify the stars, planets, galaxies, constellations and even satellites you can see above.

• Sight Word Bingo ($1.99) – Kids learn their sight words with a fun barnyard theme.

• Math Bingo ($.99) – My kids love this!

I love that the Faithful Provisions Facebook community is such a one-stop for answers. I can ask my readers anything and they always have just the right information for me. Recently, I asked my readers to share with me their favorite educational apps for the iPad. They came through with these great app suggestions. All of these are free, or almost free!

The “Teach Me” series

• Teach Me Toddler ($.99)
• Teach Me Kindergarten ($1.99)
• Teach Me First Grade ($1.99)
• Teach Me Second Grade ($1.99)
• Teach Me Third Grade ($1.99)

ABC Mouse Songs (FREE) – 26 animated music videos, one for each letter of the alphabet.

Multi Rap – Multiplication tables set to rap for easy memorization

• Multi Rap 2x (FREE)
• Multi Rap 3x ($.99)
• Multi Rap 4x ($.99)
• Multi Rap 5x ($.99)
• Multi Rap 6x ($.99)
• Multi Rap 7x ($.99)
• Multi Rap 8x ($.99)
• Multi Rap 9x ($.99)
• Multi Rap 10x ($.99)
• Multi Rap 11x ($.99)

Mathmateer (FREE) – math game

Find Sums (FREE) – a math game to help children learn basic facts for addition and subtraction

Cursive Touch and Write ($2.99) – for learning cursive that my kids love to use! It used to be free but I think it’s $2.99 now

Flash to Pass (FREE) – math flash cards

Spelling Test (FREE) – create your own customized spelling test

Duo Lingo (FREE) – Reader Molly Brooks advises that this one is not exactly kid friendly, but “it is a free app that will let you learn full languages.”

:: See all my readers’ educational app choices on the original Facebook post HERE.

 Want more educational freebies?

• iPhone Free Educational Apps for Kids
• Kids Free Educational Resources