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    Essential Primary Ipad Resources

    Alpha Writer, by MontessoriumLearn to read, write and spell phonetically, while composing words and creating stories.

    StoryBuilder for iPad

    Story Builder is designed to help children accomplish the following educational goals: 1) Improve

    paragraph formation; 2) Improve integration of ideas; and 3) Improve higher level abstractions byinference.

    Ocean Encounters: A Photographic Exploration of Marine Wildlife

    Travel the Oceans of the World with Award-Winning Wildlife Photographer and Author Brandon Cole,

    exploring the beauty and diversity of earth's marine life.

    Strip Designer

    Create your own personal comic strips on your iPad.

    Divide it up: puppies

    Students model division as both sharing and grouping (repeated subtraction). They interpret

    remainders (as whole numbers or fractions) in relation to the context of a problem.

    Word Magic

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    Ideal for kids between the ages 3 to 8. It is an excellent application for kids to have fun with words

    and their spellings.

    Recorder HD

    Record audio notes, send them via e-mail, or transfer them to your computer using iTunes File Sync .

    The simple controls are ideal for recording audio quickly and easily.

    Talk To Me Photos

    This app allows you to record a name or message that will play each time that photo is displayed

    (max 15 secs). For example, when a picture of Grandma Becky comes up, Grandmas voice is heard

    saying her recorded message.

    Starfall ABCs

    Children delight as they see, hear, and interact with letters and sounds in words, sentences, andgames. They learn to recognise letters and develop skills that will ensure they become confident

    leaders.

    Birthday Buzz Australian Edition

    Students make a prediction about a storyline by exploring the title and illustration on a book's cover.

    Students interpret a visual text and identify the sequence of events in a story by putting them in the

    correct order on a storyboard.

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    Puppet Pals HD

    Simply pick out your actors and backdrops, drag them on to the stage, and tap record. Your

    movements and audio will be recorded in real time for playback later.

    SENTENCE READING MAGIC

    This app provides the missing link between reading words and reading books-reading sentences.

    Gives emerging readers a step that will encourage skill building and confidence in reading.

    Goosed Up Rhymes HD

    Mother Goose will read to you while you have fun watching the characters come to life in full

    animation. Then you can enjoy interacting with the characters and scenes by touching the screen and

    finding the hidden animations.

    ABC Alphabet Phonics Song - Alphabet Ordering, ABC Song, Letters and Phonics Sound

    Abatalk Alphabet is a fun activity for children learning the alphabet. They will learn the alphabet song,

    and have fun placing the dancing letters in order. They will learn the name of each letter, and also

    learn the sound that the letter makes when forming words.

    ABC SPELLING MAGIC 3 Blends and Syllables

    Gives the opportunity to practice spelling and building 5-7 letter words with consonant blends and

    syllables.

    SoundPrism

    Enables you to create beautiful music immediately without any previous knowledge. With its

    visualization of pitches and intuitive controls composing sophisticated melodies, tone and chord

    patterns becomes child's play.

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    Pocket Universe: Virtual Sky AstronomyAn easy-to-use app that will help you learn constellations, stars and planets.

    HowStuffWorks for iPad

    A massive collection of articles, quizzes, podcasts and videos demonstrating how things work.

    Mickey's Spooky Night Puzzle Book

    Read along as your favourite Disney friends get to the bottom of this haunted house mystery, and be

    on the lookout for ghostly surprises. Real character voices and sound effects add to the fun in this

    spooktacular adventure.

    Solar Walk - 3D Solar System model

    This 3D Solar System model enables you to navigate through space and time, observe all the planets

    in close-up, learn their trajectories, inner structure, history of their exploration, points of interest and

    more.

    Sly the Dragonfly

    Find out why Sly the Dragonfly flies higher than the other dragonflies. Sly teaches a precious lesson

    on how to live.

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    Phonics Silly Sentences Free - Short Vowels

    Provides fun activities that introduce vowel sounds and their letter combinations. The activities will

    help kids identify short vowels.

    Skippyjon Jones App

    Chlidren can sing and clap along as the story is read by the author, Judy Schachner. There are

    enhancements on every page that allow viewers to interact with El Skippito and his gang as he gets

    the job done, yes indeed-o.

    Alice for the iPad

    This wonderful book includes hundreds of pages and amazing animated scenes. Watch as full screen

    physics modeling brings illustrations to life.

    Ace Kids Math Games HD

    Easily teaches children how to count, add, and subtract visually using fun animations with a prize

    reward system for completing each level.

    Toy Story Read-Along

    A fully interactive reading experience packed with Games, Movie Clips, Coloring Pages, Sing-along

    Tunes, and Surprises on every page. Hear the story read aloud, record your own narration, or explore

    at your own pace.

    NASA App HD

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    Come explore with NASA.

    Thumbelina StoryChimesThumbelina is the timeless tale of a tiny sized girl who overcomes great obstacles. She may be small

    in size, but has a big heart.

    Intro to Math, by Montessorium

    Created by a team of Montessori educators and parents, Intro to Math is a fun and interactive first

    step into the world of mathematics. It is easy to use, intuitive and, most importantly, educational.

    Kids Can Match - Animals , vocal memory game for children HD

    Engage children in a fun game while they learn about a broad range of animals from all over theworld.

    G1 Math HDThis app combines with 15 different games appropriated for primary year (Grade 1-3). You can

    choose which topics you want the child to learn.

    Down On Grandpa's Farm

    This animated "Sing 'n Read" songbook engages every child with hip music, clever and familiar lyrics

    and delightful illustrations.

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    The Ugly Duckling StoryChimes

    The Ugly Duckling is the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale about a bird born into the wrong family.

    As a young duckling, the bird was not very attractive or liked very much.

    Kids Learning - My First Numbers Counting Game

    A great and exciting introduction to learning numbers 1 to 20. Ideal for children 1 - 4 years old

    Montessori Crosswords - Teach And Learn Spelling With Phonics-Enabled Alphabet and 300 Words for

    Children

    A great way for kids to develop literacy in an engaging way that feels like play.

    3D Brain

    Discover how each brain region functions, what happens when it is injured, and how it is involved in

    mental illness. Each detailed structure comes with information on functions, disorders, brain damage,

    case studies, and links to modern research

    Twas The Night 3D, Christmas Experience

    The classic story 'Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore brought to you with the

    beautiful artwork of Greg Hildebrandt enhanced into a 3D pop-up that you can move around

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    Ladybug Count

    Help children learn how to count up to 10 using ladybugs. There are two modes, finger touch and tap

    mode.

    Fraction fiddle: reach the target

    Students explore the effect of changing the numerator and denominator on the type and size of a

    fraction. They identify pairs of fractions that add up to a target number and find equivalent fractions.

    Climate Changes

    In this encyclopaedia you will find information about climate change, how its been incrementing the

    global warming, the effects and how is the global dimming.

    Winnie the Pooh Puzzle Book

    Read along as your favourite stuffed bear searches high and low for a sweet treat. Then its up to you

    to help Pooh Bear find his missing honey pots, and complete fun and challenging puzzles along the

    way

    Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's DairyHelps with early learning and literacy development. Children can even explore other languages and

    have fun while they do it. From one of the most popular children's authors in New Zealand.

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    ABC SPELLING MAGIC Short Vowel Words

    Teaches the sounds of the letters and how to build words.

    History: Maps of World

    A fun and educational collection of high-resolution historical maps.

    Disney Fairies Fly on iPad

    This magical game captures the excitement of the changing seasons in a place called Pixie Hollow.

    Celsius - Weather & Temperature on your Home Screen

    Monitor your local weather.

    Australian Broadcasting Corporation for iPad

    Features a great range of content including the latest stories from ABC News, live TV streaming ofABC News 24, some of your favourite ABC TV and Radio podcasts and more than 20 radio stations

    streamed live to your iPad.

    Speech with Milo: Sequencing

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    Created by a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist to help students develop sequencing and

    storytelling skills. The adorable mouse Milo brings a friend along this time to entertain and assist

    children.

    I Wish Story Book & Xylophone

    Kelly Jarris is an Australian author who's aim was to make something very special for her three boys.

    With it's beautiful originally hand painted illustrations by talented illustrator Rosy Sale and simple

    sound effects, 'I Wish' has a unique touch.

    Science Glossary

    A glossary of scientific terms and short biographies.

    Bobo Explores Light

    Takes fundamental scientific concepts for school-age children, and injects them with humour,astonishment and whimsy.