Free iPad Apps for the Under 5's in Reception Classrooms (EYFS)

Since the beginning of the year we have rolled out the iPads to the Reception teachers, assistants, specialist teachers and EAL suport staff.

What I had to do was figure out which apps would be suited to them all initially and prompt them all to go on the hunt for verified apps in the App Store. This has taken some doing as time is a great factor and hindrance. During the week the TA and the teachers dont have the time to sit and plough through blogs, sites and tweets about every app that could be useful.

So, after we got the cash (in the blog post) and purchased the iTunes cards, I spent about £100 getting books, apps and films for the iPads so that there would be plenty of scope for even the quickes to users. £100 pounds may sound a lot but really, when you get spending and really digging deep it is a bargain when spread over 13 machines.

So, where did I look. These links provide the sources of my finds.

http://www.funeducationalapps.com/

CNET Apps for Toddlers

Fun Educational Books for the iPad

The heralded Apps in Education

iLounge (mostly for a review and back up to a story)

the rest came from Twitter, YouTube and very basic searches.

So, which came first. The Free ones obviously!

This is the list of free apps that I began with to get a taste of the apps I thought the staff amy enjoy in part due to the fact we have such a convuluted method of iTunes credit purchase.

1. Lady bug count  by Joe Scrivens (these 3 say  that the app is $0.99 but they were free)

2. Lady big Subtraction by Joe Scrivens

3. Lady bug addition by Joe Scrivens

4. Playing Teddy HD  by By Rockin' Labs

5. Egg aSketch by Applied Voices LLC

6. Free Art App by Digital Brain Wash

7. Kid Art App by GP Apps

8. Lego Creationary by The LEGO Group

9. ABC Tracing by Critical Matter Apps

10. ABC Letter Tracing App by Brain Counts

11. Dress Up Angelina Ballerina by HiT Entertainment ($0.99 but was free at the time)

12. Emma Zoo by Difference Games

Occaisonally books are free for a period of time so try to see if these are still free.

13. Teddy's Day By Auryn Inc. (usually $3.99)

14. Nash Smasher by Crab Hill Press LLC ($1.99 usually)

The Usual list of apps for teaches to upload and share the files with the classroom computer rather than trying to find a way to connect to the local intranet.

16. Evernote by Evernote

17. Dropbox By Dropbox

18. Box.net by box

19. Cloud Reader  By Cloud Readers

20. Showme By Easel

21. ScreenChomp  by TechSmith