Parents,
Please use this time over the summer to help your child get familiar with the iPad. These are some of the apps we will be starting off with initially in our classroom. Download the ones listed here to give your child a head start on reviewing and improving important MATH skills. I recommend you introduce each app to your child one at a time to keep the activities fresh. Your child should practice 10 minutes a day.
As of June 29th (the day I am posting this blog), the total cost of the apps below is $9.00. Please note the prices are subject to change. I have roughly 5 more that I will ask you to download over the course of the year as their ability increases and as the seasons change (i.e. Halloween & Christmas specific ones).
Enjoy!
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Math Series: Practice putting the numbers in order up to 100. Have your child move both in an increasing and decreasing order to demonstrate mastery of their numbers to 100. If students master counting by 1's, have them practice skip counting by 2's, 3's, 4's or 5's. It's okay if they refer to a 100 chart beside them as they work through this.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-series/id301019765?mt=8
Math Magic: Use to practice addition and subtraction facts. Increase the maximum number students add as well as the skill level as they advance. Check how many they got right & wrong on the top right hand corner.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-magic/id291478690?mt=8
Kid's 6 in 1 Math: This app has six excellent functions your child can rotate through, including basic counting, adding and subtracting (use the show hint function if your child needs to physically count objects to add/subtract), comparing numbers, the clock, etc. Explore all of these functions as they are all essential first grade mastery skills. Move through difficultly levels as appropriate for your child.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/6-in-1-kids-math/id421147937?mt=8
KidCalc 7 in 1 Math Fun: This is actually an iPhone app, but will work fine on the iPad. Use the counting puzzles to help your child practice skip counting by 2's, 5's and 10's over the summer. Once they go in order, switch the settings to random. If they have mastered this, help them skip count by 3's.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kidcalc-7-in-1-math-fun-including/id324332876?mt=8
Math Aliens: A favorite from Kinder! Practice your math facts in different ways with this engaging apps. Make sure to adjust the level as needed.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/basic-math-with-mathaliens-hd/id384258547?mt=8
Pizza Fractions: Last time I checked, this one was free. Use pizzas to help your child understand and read fractions. We briefly discuss this in first grade, but we don't spend much time on it. This is an excellent enrichment app to have your child reading fractions in no time.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pizza-fractions-beginning/id374084320?mt=8
Coin Math: Excellent, Excellent, Excellent! Regardless of where you child is in their ability to count and sort change, this app will help them. Counting change is extremely difficult for children at this age, so spend some time with them, helping them buy items in the store and correctly sorting the change. Then, use this model to sort and count change out of your own pocket.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/coin-math/id296596459?mt=8
10 Frame Fill: One of the most effective ways to teach children to add quickly is to recognize numbers in sets of 10. This 10 Frame fill (through practice) will help children quickly recognize the number combinations equalling 10.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/10-frame-fill/id418083871?mt=8
Math Bingo: Yet another way to practice math facts for your child. Your child should master their math facts by the end of the year.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-bingo/id371338715?mt=8
