Recommended Apps

=Paid for app

= Free app (may offer in- app purchases)

Maths/Numeracy Apps:

Quick Math Jr: Award winning app. Great reviews that state how engaging and fun the app is

Bubble Maths: Good for practicing mental maths. Price = £0.79 (although there is also a free version)

Number Flash: Good for practising counting

Maths Practice 3-5: Good for Early Years Maths

Squeebles Times Tables: Good for practising multiplication facts. Price= £2.99. Other versions available (like division, fractions etc)

Sumdog: Practise maths, reading and spelling questions

Times Tables Mountain: Good for practicing times tables. Price: £0.99

Prodigy Maths : An interactive maths games where players can earn rewards, go on quests and lay with friends

Phonics/Reading Apps:

Reading Eggs: Award winning game that helps children to learn to read through fun games. Monthly subscription starts at £3.99

Hairy Words 1: Learn the fist 100 high frequency words and collect ‘hairies’ in the process. Price: £2.99

Storytelling Apps:

Puppet Pals: Award winning app where you can create your own animated movies. Choose charcters and backdrops (you can make your own using photos with the upgraded version) and record the story with your own voice. 

Chatterpix: Make any object talk using your own voice.

Draw and Tell:  Draw a picture using the many crayons, brushes and pencils and then record a story using the movable stickers

Programming Apps:

Bee Bot App: Helps children to improve directional language and programming through sequences of forwards, backwards, left/right 90 degree turns. 

Special Effects Apps:

FX Guru: Add special effects (there are free and paid ones) to any video. Great for many topics (e.g add a UFO for a space topic, an earthquake for a natural disasters topic etc)