Free Apps Jan. 16, 2015

Post date: Jan 16, 2015 2:45:53 PM

There are some great free iBooks that focus on how to use certain iPad apps in the classroom. Below is a list of these:

• Explain Everything Lesson Ideas
• Puppet Pals HD Director's Pass Lesson Ideas
• SketchBook Express Lesson Ideas
• Stop Motion Studio Lesson Ideas

The following educational iOS apps are free today. Apps that are newly free today are listed in italics at the beginning of each category. Apps of exceptional value or use are in bold. Download the apps as soon as possible as they can go to paid status at any time.

Thank you Lori Gracey and TCEA!

Art/Creativity

• Drawing Brush Free ($1.99)
• MoMA Art Lab ($2.99)
• Play School Art Maker ($2.99)
• Tux Paint Free (the favorite web art program now has an app)
• Van Gogh: Painted with Words ($0.99)

ELA

• Martha Speaks Story Maker ($0.99)
• Best of Texas 3rd-4th Grade Spelling (good app to help students prepare for the UIL Spelling Contest)
• Best of Texas 5th-6th Grade Spelling (new app)
• Best of Texas 7th-8th Grade Spelling (new app)
• Best of Texas Spelling: Pronounced (new app)
• Compound Word Match ($0.99)
• Lit Circles ($2.99)
• Pocket Charts! Position Words ($0.99)
• TVOKids Spelling Fleas (6-11) (new app)
• Word Walk: Short A Preschool Phonics ($0.99)
• Word Walk: Short E Preschool Phonics ($0.99)
• Word Walk: Short I Preschool Phonics ($0.99)
• Word Walk: Short O Preschool Phonics ($0.99)
• Word Walk: Short U Preschool Phonics ($0.99)

Entertainment/Games

• GiggleBug ($2.99)
• Rocket Valet! Galaxy Landing Service ($5.99)
• Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Rush ($0.99)
• Season Search: A Spot-It Challenge (new app)
• Strawberry Shortcake ($0.99)

ESL

• EnglishBot Teacher ($2.99)
• Polly Verbs - English Phrasal Verb Pronunciation (new app)
• Role Planet ($6.99)

Foreign Language

• Spanish Words with Gato (new app)
• Study Langs Player ($14.99)

Health/PE/Sports

• Count Your Peas (healthy eating; $2.99)
• iAnalyze ($4.99)

Interactive Books

• The Agile and Nimble Cat ($3.99)
• Biscuit ($1.99)
• Go Wild - The Ballerina Monsters ($1.99)
• In Space - The Ballerina Monsters ($1.99)
• Raquel's Fantastic Hair ($2.99)
• Three Little Pigs - A Play HD ($4.99)
• Valentine Zoo ($0.99)
• The app Blue Planet Tales - History, Nature & Science Children's Bookshelf is offering two of their books free today with their IAP: Laika the Little Astronaut and Apollo 11, A Man on the Moon. Download the free app and then "purchase" the two free books inside the app.
• There are 47 new and free Concept Readers available today, but you'll have to look for them. Go hereand scroll down to the iPad apps listing. Click on the 3 to go to the third page, then scroll down to the iPad apps again. Look for apps that books like Recycling Is Fun, A Germ's Journey, Sniff Sniff a Book About Smell, and others.
• Aladdin and the Magical Lamp for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• Alice in Wonderland - ELI ($3.99; good app)
• Alice in Wonderland for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• Big Bee Goes to Sea ($0.99)
• Big Thoughts for Little People (new app)
• The Boy and the Bears Read Out Loud ($1.99)
• Dark Forest HD - Living a Book (new app)
• Dexter the Dino for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• God Created World ($2.99)
• The Goose with the Golden Eggs for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• Henry Helps Clean His Room (new app)
• Italian Tales: Nino and the 3 Magic Gifts (new app)
• Lazy Bird ($2.99)
• Lobster Tale (cute; $1.99)
• Meet the Ballerina Monsters (new app)
• Oobie's Space Adventure ($0.99)
• Peter Pan - Doll Play Books ($2.99)
• The Pinchpenny Mouse ($0.99)
• Pied Piper for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• The Pirate's Code - Interactive Story Book & Game for Young Adults (new app)
• Pixel and Parker ($2.99)
• Red Riding Hood for Children by Story Time for Kids (great new app)
• Robin Hood for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• Rufus the Dog: A Snowy Tail ($1.99)
• Siena's Edible Adventure ($2.99)
• Starlinos - Kid's Book HD ($2.99)
• Thumbelina for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• The Three Pigs for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)
• The Treehouse at Number Nine (new app)
• The Tree I See ($0.99)
• Walter's Flying Bus ($4.99)
• The Wizard of Oz for Children by Story Time for Kids (new app)

iOS 8 Keyboards

• Translate Keyboard Pro ($1.99)

Math

• Cyberchase 3D Builder ($0.99)
• Snow Day Math (new app)
• Feed a Frog (new app)
• Line Plots 4 ($1.99)
• Matching Money Using Pictures ($1.99)
• Math Is Easy - Prime Factorization and Equation Solver ($0.99)
• Mathseeds Grade 1 ($7.99)
• Mathseeds Grade 2 ($7.99)
• Mathseeds Kindergarten ($7.99)
• Number Shapes Line (new app)
• Pengu Math (new subtraction app)
• Place Value Fish (new app)

Music

• Chord Ear Trainer ($0.99)
• Paperless Music ($4.99)
• Write Interval ($0.99)
• Write Key Signature ($0.99)

Productivity

• Audio Notebook ($2.99)
• Expense-Tracker+ ($19.99)
• Form Expert ($3.99)
• Hit Recorder for iPad ($6.99)
• iReminder - Mastermind Edition ($5.99)
• ThinkWriter with Dropbox and Evernote ($1.99)

Robotics

• Learn Robo Kids (make robots with the LEGO WeDo kit; new app)

Science

• NB-Electrical Lab ($2.99)
• Alimentary Avengers (good new app)
• Anatomy 4D (new app)
• BugSim ($0.99)
• Chemistry Lab ($2.99)
• Daily Physics ($0.99)
• DIY Human Body (good new app)
• Earth - Now (new app)
• Galaxies by KIDS Discover (always free; updated)
• Global Shark Tracker (updated free app)
• iTeach Physics ($4.99)
• Language Central for Science Earth Science Edition ($1.99)
• Language Central for Science Life Science Edition ($1.99)
• Language Central for Science Physical Science Edition ($1.99)
• Mr. Eus - Story of the Future ($0.99)
• The Solar System VL2 Storybook (good new app that includes American Sign Language)
• Survive Global Climate Change (new app)
• Texas Nature Trackers (new app from Texas Parks and Wildlife)
• Tundra Biome (good new app)
• Weather Barometer (new app)

Social Studies

• Time Maps World War 2 - Interactive History Maps, Battles and Key Characters ($2.99)

Special Needs

• Speedy Speech - L (new app)
• Speedy Speech - R (new app)
• Speedy Speech - S (new app)
• Word Vault Essential (excellent new app)

Teacher

• ClassFlow Teacher ($7.99)
• Student Talk ($0.99)

Toddler/Preschool/Primary

• Jobi's Animal Barn ($1.99)
• Play School Play Time ($2.99)
• Preschool Farm Fun ($3.99)
• Puzzles: Let's Move! ($0.99)

Miscellaneous

• Wa Kingyo - Goldfish Pond ($0.99)

Free and Sale Kindle Books for January 16

The free iOS Kindle app allows you to load wonderful books on to your iDevice. Remember that you don't need an Amazon Kindle to take advantage of this. You can download Kindle books to iPhones, Androids, iPads, Macs, and PCs.

Here are a few of the children, teen, and adult bargains available today. Amazon prices can change hourly, so grab these quickly before they go back to full price! Titles in bold signify exceptional value. Titles in italics are newly free today.

Free Children's Books

• I Love My Mom ($1.29)
• My Life as a Cicada ($2.99)
• Ninja Son Fights the Kung Fu Kid ($2.99)
• Sarah and the Magic Mayonnaise Jar ($2.99)
• The Underwater Adventure Bedtime Series ($3.49)
• Where Did I Come From?: The Adventures of Sammy the Turtle ($3.99)
• Amazon Tales by Moonlight ($4.99)
• The Carrot Race ($1.00)
• The Dragon's Mountain ($2.99)
• Emily's Valentine ($0.99)
• First Time at the Pool ($2.99)
• Giggleswick: The Amadan Map ($0.99)
• HERO Academy 1: Superheroes in Training ($7.99)
• A Horse Called September ($4.75)
• James and the Big Battle: A Children's Book About Allergies ($5.99)
• My Great-Grandfather Turns 12 Today ($2.99)
• One Cat, Two Cat, New Cat! ($0.99)
• The Secret in the Hidden Cave ($0.99)
• Touchdown Tony Crowne and the Mystery of the Missing Cheerleader ($4.99)
• Valentine's Flower for My Friends ($0.99)
• Whatta Weird World 1: A Ducky Cure for the Hiccups ($2.99)

Free Teen Books

• Fledgling (The Shapeshifter Chronicles Book 1) ($2.99)
• Small Town Witch ($0.99)
• The Stone Gate ($0.99)

Sale Children's Books

• Anastasia Krupnik ($5.99 to $3.99)
• The Boxcar Children ($5.99 to $1.99)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ($6.99 to $1.99)
• The Eye of the Fry Cook (Sponge Bob book; $3.99 to $1.99)
• The Giver ($8.99 to $1.99)
• The Lightning Thief ($7.99 to $2.00)
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe ($6.99 to $1.99)
• The Missing Pieces of Me ($17.99 to $3.99)
• Silly Tilly ($3.99 to $1.00)

Sale Teen Books

• Beautiful Creatures ($7.99 to $1.99)
• The Book of a Thousand Days ($7.99 to $2.99)
• Divergent ($12.99 to $2.99)
• The Maze Runner ($9.99 to $1.99)
• Silver Shadows: A Bloodlines Novel ($18.99 to $2.99)

Free and Sale Books for Adults

• Calling Me Home ($15.99 to $1.99)
• The Descent Series, Books 1-3 ($12.99 to free)
• Effortless Savings: A Money Management Guide to Saving without Sacrifice ($14.95 to $2.99)
• The Egg Cookbook: The Creative Farm-to-Table Guide to Cooking Fresh Eggs ($12.99 to $0.99)
• Giving Him Back to God ($15.99 to free)
• How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels ($25.99 to $2.99)
• The Last Original Wife ($14.99 to $1.99)
• Malice ($16.00 to $2.99)
• October Baby ($15.99 to $0.99)
• Oprah: A Biography ($7.99 to $1.99)
• Why Trust Jesus?: An Honest Look at Doubts, Plans, Hurts, Desires, Gripes, Questions, and Pleasures($10.49 to free)
• The Annals of Unsolved Crime ($18.95 to $1.99)
• Beautiful Lies ($7.99 to $1.99)
• Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World ($13.95 to $1.99)
• The Big Picture: 11 Laws that Will Change Your Life ($15.99 to $1.99)
• Devotions for a Healthier You ($16.99 to $1.99)
• Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and It's All Small Stuff ($12.99 to $1.99)
• The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, an American Legend ($17.00 to $1.99)
• The Hobbit ($13.95 to $2.79)
• The Illusion of Separateness ($14.99 to $1.99)
• Illustrated Life of Jesus ($24.99 to $1.99)
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks ($16.00 to $1.99)
• The Invention of Wings: With Notes (Oprah's Book Club 2.0 3) ($27.95 to $3.99)
• The Kingdom of Rarities ($18.99 to free)
• Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender ($18.99 to $1.99)
• Life on Foot: A Walk Across America ($4.99 to free)
• Long Summer Day (A Horseman Riding By Book 1) ($14.99 to $1.99)
• Lost in the Jungle ($9.99 to $1.99)
• Loving the Marquess (Landing a Lord Book 1) ($11.99 to $0.99)
• Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution ($15.00 to $1.99)
• Managing Risk and Information Security: Protect to Enable ($39.99 to free)
• A Matter of Trust (A Mia Quinn Mystery Book 1) ($16.99 to free)
• The Art Forger ($14.95 to $1.99)
• Mind Gym: Achieve More by Thinking Differently ($26.99 to $0.99)
• A Morbid Taste for Bones (The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael Book 1) ($9.99 to $1.99)
• Moriarty: Anna Kronberg Trilogy ($22.00 to $0.99)
• Must Love Dogs ($12.99 to $0.99)
• The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women: Get Off Your Butt and On with Your Training ($11.99 to $1.99)
• North and South (The North and South Trilogy) ($14.99 to $1.99)
• No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations ($24.99 to free)
• The People Factor: How Building Great Relationships and Ending Bad Ones Unlocks Your God-Given Purpose ($16.99 to $0.99)
• The Prayer Dare: Take the Challenge That Will Transform Your Relationship with God ($14.99 to $0.99)
• Reconstructing Amelia ($15.99 to $2.99)
• The Shining (by Stephen King; $7.99 to $1.99)
• Slow Cooker 101: Master the Slow Cooker with 101 Great Recipes ($13.99 to free)
• Strawberry Shortcake Murder (Hannah Swenson series Book 2) ($6.99 to $1.99)
• The Sweetness ($16.95 to $0.99)
• What Women Fear: Walking in Faith that Transforms ($9.99 to $0.99)