What Are the Best Iphone Educational Apps for 3Rd Graders?

what a defensive question.

my bookshelves are full of the 'apps' i used to raise mine.

khairete
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My kids' teachers were always great at suggesting quality educational internet games/sites. I'm sure the teachers today are aware of apps and have some recommendations. I would start there.

I don't think that most 3rd graders need iPhones or apps. They need books (not Kindle or E-books, but real books, and a good example set by their parents towards learning and education. If a child needs help with reading, or math, or writing, then the best teacher is a parent, an older sibling, or a teacher, not an iPhone. No child who isn't even 10 years old needs an iPhone.

It is possible to find some helpful learning games on a computer, but only with a parent's interaction and involvement. To hand a young child a smartphone and tell that child to sink themselves into a phone in order to learn is to deprive them of a world of learning that is available when they look around.

Cook with your child and teach measurements and how to read a recipe. Teach your child how to do some basic grocery shopping - they can weigh the apples and read ingredient labels. Read to your child and ask him or her to read to you. Go to the library together, and to museums. Make a photo album together. Take a parent/child class at the YMCA or library or community center. Enrich your child's life with real-life interaction, not a phone app.

I do agree with others that your child's teacher can help you best, because that teacher knows your child. We don't know your child's learning level, strengths, interests, or weak areas.

For a third grader, I would say the less screen time the better. Third graders need tactile education - real paper, a pencil, flash cards, manipulatives, markers, crayons, scissors, clay. Please, anything but more access to a screen. Please, please push back on the ease of screens. We are raising a generation of screen zombies. Put down the phone and pick up a book, do a puzzle, draw a picture.

Unlike most others here, i think gaming is great educational fun. Why not let your child pick out a few he/she think might be interesting? My oldest recently found a piano game that she loves. Mostly, though, they use my Ipad for plants vs zombies.

I have to say, the most educational game I've seen my kids play is minecraft. In fact, I highly recommend you skip the" traditional education apps." Normal games are terrific at helping to develop thinking skills. In these, they learn hard core problem solving and strategy, they get inspired, their creativity gets ignited, and they expand their world view to incorporate other perspectives.

I'm sorry folks decided to give you a lecture. Only you know what is right for your family. When I was a kid, we didn't have cable, but I can recall spending most of our time after school and on weekends trying to find something other than the farm report to watch. We also had a computer, so my brother spent most of his time gaming. There is nothing wrong with screens. Other things are not necessarily better than gaming. Some folks have just decided they are. Amazingly, there once was a great fear over books!

I was going to say that you should ask your child's teacher because YES they actually ARE aware of the latest apps, websites, games, etc.
Not sure why you think they don't keep up on this stuff. They actually have technology training and development as part of their continuing education. Plus they talk to their students and parents on a regular basis, so they generally know what the "hot" new apps/games are.
It also helps to talk to your child's friends parents and find out what they like.

My kids like Sushi Monster, a fun way to practice math facts and SumDog also for math as well as a little bit of spelling, reading, etc.

In both cases, you can start with the free version of the app, and if your kid likes it, upgrade to a premium version to unlock additional games.

My kids teachers sent home a flier with the apps they use in class that tracks the child's progress and reports it to the teacher so she knows who is struggling and who needs more challenging work. There was about 3 sites on there.. Prodigy for math, teach your monster to read for reading and phonics.. I don't remember the other one
ABC ya. PBS kids. Tynker. Maybe your child's teacher knows of a few that are favorites.. Prodigy is both my kids favorite game right now.. and it was the school teachers that for them hooked on it

My third grader likes:
Unblock
Stack
Checkers
Dotcraft
Color Number
Alchemy
Tricky
ChineseLearning (She randomly has an interest in learning Chinese)
24 Hour Speak Easy (And again, she was using this to try to learn French)

I agree with the other mom on here.
Nothing beats pen and paper. Kids are glued to screens blue light.
It has been proven writing improves memory and recall.