Educational Apps

Duck Duck Moose offers many apps to support children with literacy, math, and creativity. These apps are categorized by topic and suggested age level, ranging from 3-13+ years. The apps are fun and easy to use. Visit the Duck Duck Moose website for a description and short introduction for each.

Squiggle Park is both a website and an app that helps children build letter knowledge and develop reading skills through interactive games. (Recommended for ages 3-8+)

Subscription fee is being waived during COVID-19.

Available for iPhone and iPad, this app provides interactive games to help children learn alphabet letters and phonics. Games focus on matching upper and lowercase letters, their corresponding sounds, and pictures of the beginning letter sounds.

Scratch Jr. is a great way for students to begin to code and an introduction to programming language. Students can also create their own stories and games with characters and props.

Recommended for ages 5-7

Students can use Scratch to code their own interactive stories, animations, and games. In the process, they learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively .

Appropriate for students aged 8-16 (or older)

In your child's Google (GNSPES) account you can add/access Jamboard. Go to the waffle and click on Jamboard to open the app. Students can use it as a whiteboard and also insert pictures and notes. Teachers can use it to assist with online learning. You can collaborate with others on the application also.

Students as young as grade primary can begin to explore this application.

Designed as a fun story-telling app for young students, this app also has a whiteboard feature for drawing and writing. This may be handy for those students who have run out of paper at home and need an easy way to record their work. Voice recording also allows for children to add their voice to their piece before saving it to their photo library.