Preschool APPS

Like Leo’s Pad 1, the second Leo’s Pad appisode is an interactive story with several educational minigames. In this appisode, children work with childhood versions of Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo and Marie Curie... Read more >

Leo’s Pad is an interactive story with minigames starring childhood versions of Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo. The graphics and animation are beautiful, and the minigames (a hide and seek game that tests children’s... Read more >

Imagine an online dollhouse where all the appliances “work.” In My PlayHome by Shimon Young, a finger’s swipe turns on the lights, microwave and stove. Cabinets and drapes open and close, and the toilet... Read more >

This is a very nice app for learning how to tell time.  While a pre-reader could definitely learn with it, it is best for K, 1st and 2nd (since digital clocks are ubiquitous kids... Read more >

Gus on the Go: Spanish is one of the better apps we’ve seen for basic Spanish vocabulary learning for preschool or kindergarten. The menu starts with a map of Mexico then presents vocabulary organized... Read more >

ABC ZooBorns is a beautiful app full of heartwarming photos of baby zoo animals A-Z. It is appropriate for young preschoolers. Animal photos are organized by letter. You can click on any letter to... Read more >

Motion Math: Hungy Guppy is a new very solid app by Motion Math (see Motion Math, Zoom, Hungry Fish and Wings) – their first aimed to preschoolers. The focus,... Read more >

Montessori Numbers is a very nicely designed app that supports understanding the relationship between numbers and the quantity they stand for, numerals and place value – all using Montessori methodology. Most of the activities... Read more >

Motion Math: Wings is another great app by Motion Math (see Motion Math, Zoom and Hungry Fish).  These guys are really into doing it right  – they focus on developing... Read more >

Alien Buddies is a simple and cleanly designed app for early pre-schoolers.  They will work on color, shape, letter and number identification, and sequential counting, with cute (not scary) alien graphics.  One games that... Read more >

This is a simple, but well-designed app for youngsters interested in letters and early reading.  With a finger drag, your child will move letters to form the word shown in the picture.  There are... Read more >

The folks at Motion Math have done it again! Hungry fish is a beautifully designed app that encourages mastery of basic addition and subtraction math facts and true number sense through a simple yet... Read more >

Word Wizard is a great app for pre- and early readers and spellers (and it’s on sale now for $2.99). It uses technology to help teach the building blocks of words.  It has a... Read more >

Pirate Scribblebeard’s Treasure with Oscar & Josephine, a $1.99 iPad app for PK-K, is a fun high quality interactive coloring book (or anti-coloring book, as doodle books with only partially drawn scenes have been... Read more >

iTot’s Toddler Flashcards $1.99 app is just like having a pack of picture flash cards, but these flash cards speak, and in multiple languages! With the click of a button the cards can be... Read more >

Tozzle is a fun $1.99 puzzle app that preschoolers love. Children drag and drop shapes to fill in the empty shapes in the picture helping them learn shape recognition and spatial reasoning, and there... Read more >

Happi Reads $.99 universal app for K-1st graders has three levels of sight words. If you choose the correct picture for the word shown, you get a fruit. When you get six words correct,... Read more >

ABC Alphabet Phonics is a simple but effective free universal app for practicing the alphabet. Three letters appear on the screen and the user must touch the correct letter when prompted. When the user... Read more >

This traditional connect the dots, with a modern twist, is a great way to support you preschooler in identifying his or her numbers and letters. This app has over 200 puzzles with a variety... Read more >

Little Farmer is a very sweet farm animal “board-book on iOS” app.  It has lovely watercolor drawings and options for learning farm animal names in English, Spanish or Russian – which we love. ... Read more >

Milly, Molly and the Tree Hut ($.99 universal app for PK-2nd graders) tells the story of a boy who watches too much TV and is forced by his mother to go outside and play.... Read more >

Drum Kids (a $.99 iPad only app for PK and K) is nice exposure to simple percussion instruments and rhythm. This app has three basic activities, learn, create and play.  In learn, children get... Read more >

My Word Wall (a $.99 iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad app for PK-K) is designed for early readers and contains a series of activities that reinforce letter names and the reading and spelling of... Read more >

The Musical Me! app does a nice job of early music theory introduction.  With graphics that appeal to 3-6 year olds, and 14 commonly known children’s songs (in English), it has five activities... Read more >

This is a a popular app for preschoolers made by Duck Duck Moose, consistently known for quality apps with nice child-enticing graphics – and we agree.  Park Math introduces the standard early math activities... Read more >

We were fans of the hard copy version of these books when our kids were just starting to read. The app is pretty similar to the books but with animation and sound effects,... Read more >

This is a super cool app.  It is merely exposure to a good variety of instruments, but wow, the videos are great.  You can choose an instrument (it is alphabetical so it helps with... Read more >

Math with a what is traditionally considered to be graphics that appeal to girls (flowers etc).  There are no princesses and no bikinis here -  just a garden, which makes us like it more!... Read more >

iWriteWords Spanish app is a good tool for preschoolers and kindergartners to practice writing letters and numbers and to learn their sounds in Spanish.  Your child will practice recognizing and writing letters and numbers... Read more >

A PBS kids app for basic early reading – just simple and straightforward.  Your child might not know all the answers, but they will easily know what to do and won’t get frustrated.  There... Read more >

This is a basic math addition game for the pre-K and K set.  Choose the sea shell with the answer that corresponds to the addition problem in the puzzle, and move the shell to... Read more >

A Montessori-based app for early reading and writing.  You choose images and/or letters to create words or a story.  It takes a little bit of time to get, but then your child can do it... Read more >

Lovely photos make this a visually interesting Spanish vocabulary app for learning vocab relating to the body, people/family, animals and colors.  You are given a variety of photos to look and must choose... Read more >

The US Dept of Education funded a study of this app and found that target vocabulary improved up to 31% for children ages 3-7 who used this App from PBS Kids over a two-week... Read more >

This dinosaur app has lots of  information in an encyclopedic form, with lovely images, plus a few basic games (a matching game and a puzzle).  Nothing reinforces learning, but your reader can certainly gain... Read more >

Very good app for pre-readers to practice saying letter sounds, writing letters and sounding out short words.

The Teach Me Kindergarten App provides strong practicing opportunity – sight words, spelling, addition/subtraction, with rewards (you earn coins and can spend them to “buy” stickers to put on screen backdrops).  This app keeps... Read more >

iWriteWords (Handwriting Game) App is a great letter forming tool for preschoolers and kindergartners.  Your child will practice recognizing and writing letters (following the arrow and using their finger to trace each letter).  This is... Read more >