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Apps
Here is a list of a few free learning apps that I have enjoyed using with kids in the classroom, and also some apps that parents have spoken positively about when using them at home with their kids. You can click the pictures to access these apps in the App Store.
Khan Academy Kids
This app is my absolute favorite app for learning and practicing any skill needed for kindergarten (reading, math, writing, problem solving, and more). There are games, stories, and the activities are categorized by skill and grade level.
Tynker Junior
Coding improves problems solving, persistence, creativity, communication and academic skills. Kids are being exposed to coding younger and younger to prepare them for tech jobs that don't even exist yet! This is a great beginning coding app for kindergarteners.
Epic!
This is definitely an app that I will be using in the classroom, but your child will love it at home, too! It is an online library of thousands of books that students can listen and read. I use this app a lot for teaching beginning researching skills.
Kodable
There are many coding apps out there, and this is one that I used last year. The kids LOVE this game-like app because they play coding games and puzzles to earn items to decorate their own "fuzz character".
Stay connected
Stay connected
I use two apps fairly regularly to keep you connected to what is happening in the classroom, and how your child is doing academically. Those two apps are Seesaw and ClassTag. Click the buttons below to find information on how to install and use both apps, or I can help you install those when you come to Open House!
More to come...
More to come...
I am hoping to post more activities here, or links to websites that have great ideas for things you can do with your child at home to enhance their learning! For now, my advice is to start getting in the routine of reading a story every night (or as many nights as you can) to your child. If you don't have many books, the Osceola Public Library is a great resource, or just about any book you want has a video recording of it on YouTube! Play, talk, and read with your child. Educational apps and games are great, and there are many options out there, but nothing can replace hands-on play time activities!
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