Welcome to the mysterious Shadow Ranch, where whispers of a ghost horse scares away business—and Nancy Drew is on the case! This interactive reading app offers young readers the chance to choose their own path, full of interactive surprises at every turn.
Chicktionary
Reading
Chicktionary is a crazy henhouse hybrid of scrabble and boggle. Players start with a row of chickens that have the ability to lay letter "eggs". Force the hens to lay the letters in a particular order to form words to fill your egg crates. Speed is important, but you can experiment with possibilities before making word eggs.
Planets
Science
The phrase "a window on the world" has never been truer than in this breathtaking astronomy app that lets budding astronauts wander the heavens at will. The stunning interface of Planets has been featured on various Apple commercials, and includes real-time views of the solar system, moons, stars, and more.
BrainPOP Featured Movie
For even more access to BrainPOP’s award-winning content, choose an optional in-app subscription and enable kids to explore more than 750 Science, Math, Social Studies, English, Engineering & Tech, Arts & Music, and Health subjects right on their mobile devices. All movies are close captioned, so it’s easy for them to read along.
BRAIN QUEST
With Casey, Jake, and Gizmo by their sides, kids can sail through the wisdom islands, trek through a snowy mountain pass, or launch into a space voyage—all while honing their skills in math, science, language, and history. Featuring fun and challenging curriculum-based questions, immersive graphics and soundscapes, and a trio of friendly companions, it’s the app that turns learning into a game. Since content reflects national and state curriculum standards, it’s both a great review tool and a preview of what’s coming next.
Toontastic
Writing
Storytelling is a tried-and-true way of sparking creativity and building an understanding of story elements such as set-up, conflict, challenge, climax and resolution.
Kids Quiz
Social Studies
It’s trivia time! Help kids flex their brainpower and learn fun facts in this age-appropriate quiz-style game. Little learners pick an animated avatar and then answer questions on a wide range of topics—anything from history and geography to art and science.
The Oregon Trail: American Settlers
Social Studies
Join the westward migration of Americans in the 1800's along the Oregon Trail. From Missouri to Oregon your pioneer can decide what to bring, what route to follow and much more, just as you may have done as a kid yourself!
SkyView Free - Explore the Universe
SkyView Free is powerful, easy-to-use, and answers these questions and more. Simply point the camera to the sky, tap on what you see and discover neat things about these sky objects. SkyView Free is unique as it blends the camera view with incredible 3D graphics of the sky objects to provide an Augmented Reality (AR) view of your sky.