Best Educational iPad Apps

Speech with Milo – Sequencing ($2.99)

Exercises that help children to develop sequencing and storytelling skills. Just like all the other speech w/Milo apps, they were all developed by Speech Language Pathologists.

Story Builder ($7.99)

Shows a scene of a cartoon. Child records a sentence about the story in their voice.

Word Wizard – Talking Moveable Alphabet & Spelling Tests for Kids  ($2.99)

Description: Word Wizard is a unique app that lets kids hear the sounds of letters and words using talking moveable alphabet pieces. It features advanced text to speech capabilities and the app can pronounce and spell-check an unlimited number of original words and sentences built in using the moveable alphabet. Word Wizard also provides spelling practise with a list of more than 1,400 questions and answers, and the best thing is you can add your own words to create any spelling quiz.
Suitable for: Any child who is learning how to read, or just wants to supplement their learning with spelling lessons and revision.
Compatible with: iPhone and iPad
Comment:I love this app. Children love this app. Word Wizard supports letter recognition, phonological awareness and spelling all while learning in a fun environment.

Moofy Recognising Patterns ($1.99)

This is a great app for preschool, kindergarten to 1st grade children. Learn about the  alphabet and number ordering and recognizing patterns with simple shapes (i.e, triangle, square, circle, star, hexagon, heart, oval, octagon, pentagon, rhombus, trapezoid) and colors (i.e, red, yellow, green, white, orange, pink, blue, purple, brown).

It has 3 pattern recognition games, from easy to advance level.

For the children it provides hints and feedback so they can understand better.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            For the parents/caregivers and teachers, it gives progress reports and set up options for controlling level of difficulty for each child.

Photo Touch Concepts (99c)

Learn important concepts through sight, sound and touch.

Counting Bear (99c)

Learn to count by sight, sound and touch.

Bugs and Buttons ($2.99)

Bugs and Buttons is a collection of 18 educational games. Kids will tap and drag bugs and buttons around the screen to achieve various goals. Several puzzles focus on recognizing numbers, letters, colors, and patterns, while others — like tic-tac-toe, a maze, and a racing game — rely on more subtle learning components like prediction. An animated tutorial demonstrates the steps to take, and kids try until they succeed, gradually proceeding to more difficult levels and eventually winning insect stamps for a digital stamp collection. The games are both educational and entertaining. The difficulty range within each game and across the games means the app can be played and enjoyed by preschoolers and early elementary kids alike.

Kids can learn a wide range of language and math skills, from recognizing lowercase and uppercase letters in alphabetical order to counting up through 20 with Bugs and Buttons. Several puzzles challenge kids to identify patterns, finish sequences, and group similar objects, all while kids build the fine motor control to pinch, tap, and drag objects around the screen.

Lego Super Hero Movie Maker (Free )

Stop Go action movies with LEGO. Bring to life your childs LEGO Super Heroes by using this kid friendly app.
Using simple tools and guides that make it easy to shoot, edit, even score your movie with music. Good    one for early years.

Stories About Me (Free)

Stories About Me allows parents and teachers to create their own social stories for their children and students.
Blending photos, text, and voice recordings into a talking picture book, children can playback rich media stories of their own personal experiences.

Block a Doodle Doo ($.99)

The chicken is trying to get home! Drag the cars, trucks and buses out of the way so the chicken can drive along the road. In the later levels watch out for the monster trying to eat the chicken! Move the vehicles to block the monster in before the chicken drives past. Great to introduce young children to problem solving and visualising positions, directions and movements.

Tangranimals  ($.99)

Drag the shapes into the outline to complete the puzzle and make the creature come to life. The harder puzzles will need some of the shapes rotating before they will fit. For a really advanced challenge turn the guide lines off! Tangranimals has thirty eight shape puzzles designed for young children but parents and older children will love it too. The rewarding animations and sound effects will ensure that children want to play again and again. Tangranimals is a partner to Shape Up!, both games provide a great introduction of simple shapes of different colours and sizes to young children.

Tunnel Trouble ($.99)

Help the chicken escape by guiding him through the underground tunnels. Touch the tiles to rotate them into place. Create a tunnel so the chicken can get to the gate on the other side. In later levels you may have to cage the monster first! Great to introduce young children to problem solving and visualising rotations of simple shapes.

Line Up!  ($.99)

Young children will love this app. Look at the sequence of men. Use the shower and reshaper to complete the sequence. The sequences will get harder as the child progresses. Excellent for helping young children talk about, recognise and recreate simple patterns. As with all Busythings apps Line Up is full of fun animations and sound effects!

Shape Up! ($.99)

Simply trace around the shapes or use the paint bucket to fill them in. Once you have finished your creation it will come to life! The rewarding animations and sound effects will ensure that children want to play again and again.
Shape Up! introduces simple shapes of different colours and sizes to young children. The game encourages children to describe and name shapes as well as show curiosity about them.

Dial Safe Pro (Free)

DOES YOUR CHILD KNOW:
• To press Talk (the green button) when dialing?
• How to hangup and recover from misdialing?
• In case of a fire, call 000 from a neighbors home?
• What to say if a stranger calls?
Teach your child proper phone usage and safety with an app that lets them actually practice it! DialSafe is designed to teach these critical skills in a kid friendly manner through the use of animated lessons, skill building games, practice sessions, and even a realistic phone simulator. DialSafe helps provide a comprehensive learning experience in a safe environment where the child can both explore and learn.
Change from 911 to 000 in settings. The default is American.