USEFUL RESOURCES
Website Resources for Educational Apps
This page provides a list of useful resources for parents that they can refer to when selecting educational apps for children's learning.
READING TIPS
This website provides reading tips for children.
https://readingeggs.com.au/articles/2018/09/16/teach-kids-to-read-at-home/
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This website provides 10 ways to use technology to build children's vocabulary.
https://www.readingrockets.org/article/10-ways-use-technology-build-vocabulary
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This website provides 4 tips for teaching close reading.
https://www.renaissance.com/2016/09/13/4-tips-teaching-close-reading/
AUGMENTED REALITY APPS FOR KIDS
This is a list of augmented reality apps that children can use to learn various knowledge and skills.
https://www.educationalappstore.com/app-lists/best-augmented-reality-apps
FREE APPS FOR KIDS
Common Sense Media has compiled a list of free apps for kids.
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/free-apps-for-kids
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Eric Carle's Very Hungry Caterpillar is a stunning 3D pop-up app featuring fun and educational games and activities.
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Roblox is a platform that allows users to design their own games and play a wide variety of games created by other users.
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Trainertext is a computer system which uses visual mnemonics to teach children graphene-phoneme relations. This website provides free games for learning Trainertext visual Phonics.
https://www.helpingchildrentoread.com/resources/trainertext-games/
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ABRACADABRA is a web-based tool for improving literacy that can be accessed freely. The website listed here provides a list of worksheets and stories for children.
https://grover.concordia.ca/resources/abra/parent/en/resources_all_resources.php
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8 Great Word Patterns is a software application that teaches the common word structures and patterns. It has eight levels of instruction, containing a total of 88 lessons. It focuses on one-syllable words, and it teaches students the common patterns of consonants, vowels, digraphs, and morphemes in words. The website listed below provides the level 1 version of the app on the apple store.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/8-great-word-patterns-level-1/id569245025
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Read, Write, and Type is a program that can be used to teach basic literacy knowledge by practicing phonetic spelling and writing skills through using colorful animation, digitized speech, and an engaging storyline. It explicitly teaches phonological awareness, letter-sound association, and phonetic decoding and also aims at improving the keyboard typing skill of young children. A demo version can be trialed at the link below.
https://www.talkingfingers.com/online/RWTv2/RWT.html?esl=0&demo=1
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Omega-IS (Omega-Interactive Sentence; Heimann, Lundälv, Tjus, & Nelson, 2004) is a reading comprehension training program that focuses on word and sentence level of reading. It begins from two-word sentences (noun+ verb) and three-word sentences (noun + verb + noun), and it reaches to the level of constructing stories by choosing between different characters and scenarios for increasing the engagement and motivation of the child.
PAID APPS FOR KIDS
Metamorphabet is a paid app that teaches children of all ages the letters of the alphabet and English words using interactivity, animation, and sound effects.
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Endless Alphabet is an interactive educational app that teaches children the letters of the alphabets and English words using adorable monsters.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/endless-alphabet/id591626572
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Dr. Seuss's ABC - Read & Learn uses playful interactivity, delightful animations, and learning activities to teach children the letters of the alphabets.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dr-seusss-abc-read-learn-dr-seuss/id1011479119?ign-mpt=uo%3D8
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Dr. Seuss Treasury Kids Books is a collection of 55 incredible Dr. Seuss titles.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dr-seuss-treasury-kids-books/id909110675
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Minecraft is a procedurally-generated 3D world that allows children to develop their creativity by building various objects using blocks.
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/
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See Words is a reading app for children of ages 4-7 that provides them with the fundamentals of reading in 14 engaging lessons using proven multi-sensory methods and phonics.
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GraphoLearn is an evidence-based learning game that helps 3-9 years old children learn how to read in a progressive manner.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/graphogame-kids-learn-to-read/id1429813321
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Earobics is a gamified app that teaches phonological awareness to children aged 4-7.
https://www.amazon.com/Earobics-Step-Home-Version-Foundations-Windows/dp/0669524115
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Graphogame is an evidence-based educational decoding and phonics game for learning and training phonemic awareness, decoding and fluency. It is suitable for children aged 8 and under.
Comprehension Booster is a computerized intervention program created to ameliorate the reading and listening comprehension of 7-14 years old children.
https://www.gl-assessment.co.uk/products/lucid-comprehension-booster/
FREE APPS FOR PARENTS
ClassDojo is a classroom communication app used to share reports between parents and teachers. It connects parents and teachers on a student's conduct and performance through real-time reports and a feed for photos and videos during the school day.
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Little Family Room is a classroom communication app that parents can use to keep track of their children's school and growth progress any time. It is also used for administrative activities such as viewing school fees and payment.
PARENTING RESOURCES
The MindChamps website provides a list of articles for parents divided into the sections of Education, Parenting, Lifestyle, Family & Relationships, Preschool Diaries, and so on.