Best Elementary Learning Apps
1. Pages
Apple’s word processor for the iPad. Part of the iWork suite.
2. Evernote
Invaluable tool for collecting and organizing digital information, taking notes, sharing content, and more.
3. Book Creator
Simple editor for creating digital books.
4. Dictionary
From Dictionary.com.
5. Explain Everything
Full featured screencasting and tutorials.
6. BrainPOP
Features an education movie and activity every day.
7. Calculator for iPad
Free calculator.
8. Math Bingo
Math problems presented in a popular gaming format.
9. Doodle Buddy
Easy drawing app for younger students.
10. Lifecards
Creates simple digital postcards with images and text.
11. Pic Collage
Great for creating photo posters, short image based stories, learning vocabulary by associating
words with images and more.
12. iMovie
Apple’s movie editing app.
13. GarageBand
Apple’s music editing app. Can also be used to create and record voice podcasts.
14. Socrative Student Clicker
Student app for responding to class polls and quizzes.
15. Screen Chomp
Create screencasts and tutorials.
16. Star Walk
Astronomy app that identifies and maps the constellations as you point the iPad at the sky.
17. Notability
Take notes & annotate PDFs. Synchronize with Dropbox and Google Drive. Great for note taking.
18. Popplet lite
Idea mapping app.
19. Sock Puppets
Simple puppet movies. Select puppets, direct and narrate
20. PhotoSync
Great tool for transferring photo and video wirelessly between devices and laptops.
21. Discovery Channel HD
Requires a school subscription to Discovery Education website.
22. Comic Life
Create digital comics. Include your own photos.
23. NOVA Elements
Variety of science demos and activities based on the program from PBS.
24. Google Search
Google Search and Apps.
25. Scribble Press
Story creation app for younger kids that has built in drawing tools.
26. Timeline Eons
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than the Earth’s circumference. 10 History apps that immerse you in the past.
27. ThingLink
Create interactive images. Use ThingLink to enrich your images with hotspots to embedded video and text.
28. Motion Math
Games for learning fractions.
29. Motion Math Zoom
Number line games for younger students.
30. MathBoard
Math questions and drills for beginners to advanced.
31. Animate It
Wonderful and simple app for creating stop-motion animations. Can be used at any grade levels.
32. Doodlecast for Kids
Record your voice as you use the drawing tools.
33. Strip Designer
Impress your friends with you own personal comic strips.
34. Monster Physics
Build intricate, working contraptions with over 68 different parts including wheels, rockets propellers,
cannons, magnets, claws, wings, and more.
35. Sums Stacker
Challenges players to rearrange stacks of numbers until each stack equals the target sum of the bottom.
Fun thinking math app for addition skills.
36. Haiku Deck
Create stunning slideshows for visual storytelling.
37. Audioboo
Your students have a lot to say! Capture their thoughts by giving them access to Auidoboo – easiest,
simplest way to let your students express themselves.
38. Sonic Picss
Makes digital storytelling fun and easy! Turn your photos into narrated slideshow movies to share.
39. Animoto
Produces video from photos, video clips, and music into video slideshows.
40. ChatterPix Kids
ChatterPix can make anything talk – pets, friends, doodles, and more.
Simply take any photo, draw a line to make a mouth, and record your voice.
41. Tellagami
Lets you create and share a quick animated video called a Gami.
A Gami can be an exciting tweet or status update.
Apple’s word processor for the iPad. Part of the iWork suite.
2. Evernote
Invaluable tool for collecting and organizing digital information, taking notes, sharing content, and more.
3. Book Creator
Simple editor for creating digital books.
4. Dictionary
From Dictionary.com.
5. Explain Everything
Full featured screencasting and tutorials.
6. BrainPOP
Features an education movie and activity every day.
7. Calculator for iPad
Free calculator.
8. Math Bingo
Math problems presented in a popular gaming format.
9. Doodle Buddy
Easy drawing app for younger students.
10. Lifecards
Creates simple digital postcards with images and text.
11. Pic Collage
Great for creating photo posters, short image based stories, learning vocabulary by associating
words with images and more.
12. iMovie
Apple’s movie editing app.
13. GarageBand
Apple’s music editing app. Can also be used to create and record voice podcasts.
14. Socrative Student Clicker
Student app for responding to class polls and quizzes.
15. Screen Chomp
Create screencasts and tutorials.
16. Star Walk
Astronomy app that identifies and maps the constellations as you point the iPad at the sky.
17. Notability
Take notes & annotate PDFs. Synchronize with Dropbox and Google Drive. Great for note taking.
18. Popplet lite
Idea mapping app.
19. Sock Puppets
Simple puppet movies. Select puppets, direct and narrate
20. PhotoSync
Great tool for transferring photo and video wirelessly between devices and laptops.
21. Discovery Channel HD
Requires a school subscription to Discovery Education website.
22. Comic Life
Create digital comics. Include your own photos.
23. NOVA Elements
Variety of science demos and activities based on the program from PBS.
24. Google Search
Google Search and Apps.
25. Scribble Press
Story creation app for younger kids that has built in drawing tools.
26. Timeline Eons
When is the historical timeline truly out of this world? When it is thousands of times longer
than the Earth’s circumference. 10 History apps that immerse you in the past.
27. ThingLink
Create interactive images. Use ThingLink to enrich your images with hotspots to embedded video and text.
28. Motion Math
Games for learning fractions.
29. Motion Math Zoom
Number line games for younger students.
30. MathBoard
Math questions and drills for beginners to advanced.
31. Animate It
Wonderful and simple app for creating stop-motion animations. Can be used at any grade levels.
32. Doodlecast for Kids
Record your voice as you use the drawing tools.
33. Strip Designer
Impress your friends with you own personal comic strips.
34. Monster Physics
Build intricate, working contraptions with over 68 different parts including wheels, rockets propellers,
cannons, magnets, claws, wings, and more.
35. Sums Stacker
Challenges players to rearrange stacks of numbers until each stack equals the target sum of the bottom.
Fun thinking math app for addition skills.
36. Haiku Deck
Create stunning slideshows for visual storytelling.
37. Audioboo
Your students have a lot to say! Capture their thoughts by giving them access to Auidoboo – easiest,
simplest way to let your students express themselves.
38. Sonic Picss
Makes digital storytelling fun and easy! Turn your photos into narrated slideshow movies to share.
39. Animoto
Produces video from photos, video clips, and music into video slideshows.
40. ChatterPix Kids
ChatterPix can make anything talk – pets, friends, doodles, and more.
Simply take any photo, draw a line to make a mouth, and record your voice.
41. Tellagami
Lets you create and share a quick animated video called a Gami.
A Gami can be an exciting tweet or status update.