Check out These Fun iPad Apps for Helping Young Students Learn About Coding, Logic, Math, & More!
Dr. Leslie Suters is a faculty member in the College of Education’s Curriculum & Instruction Department at Tennessee Tech University. She will present the session “Coding for the Core: Using the iPad to Develop Computational Thinking and Mathematical Practices” at the 2015 Teaching and Learning with the iPad Conference this November in Raleigh, NC.
Yesterday we published the article, “Coding for the Common Core – Apps for Integrating Coding With Math and ELA“, in which we shared numerous programmable robots and insights and lesson plans that offer ideas for how they can be used in classrooms teaching various subjects.
Today, we share 15 different iPad apps (many of them are free!) that can help teach coding skills while reinforcing related skills like mathematics, logic, reading, and more! These apps are geared toward students of elementary through middle schools ages.
Scratch Jr (Free, Ages 5 to 7):
itunes.apple.com/app/scratchjr/id895485086
Bee Bot (Free, Age 4 and up):
itunes.apple.com/app/bee-bot/id500131639
Kodable (Free, Age 5 and up):
itunes.apple.com/app/kodable/id577673067
Daisy the Dinosaur (Free, K-2):
itunes.apple.com/app/daisy-the-dinosaur/id490514278
Lightbot Jr ($2.99):
itunes.apple.com/app/lightbot-jr-4+-coding-puzzles/id858640629
Tynker (Free, Grades 3 to 5; Also works with Sphero robot from yesterday's post):
itunes.apple.com/app/tynker-learn-programming./id805869467
Cato's Hike ($4.99, Ages 5 and up):
itunes.apple.com/app/catos-hike-programming-logic/id574335479
Cargo-Bot (Free, Age 10):
itunes.apple.com/app/cargo-bot/id519690804
Hopscotch (Free):
itunes.apple.com/app/hopscotch-coding-made-easy!/id617098629
Lightbot ($2.99, Ages 9 to 11):
itunes.apple.com/app/lightbot-programming-puzzles/id657638474
Move the Turtle ($3.99, Ages 9 to 11):
itunes.apple.com/app/move-turtle.-programming-for/id509013878
A.L.E.X. Pro ($0.99, Age 6 and up):
itunes.apple.com/app/a.l.e.x.-pro/id918695202
Robot School ($4.99, Age 7 and up):
itunes.apple.com/app/robot-school/id959959681
The Foos (Free, Age 5 and up):
itunes.apple.com/app/id923441570
Code Blast ($0.99, K - 2):
itunes.apple.com/app/code-blast/id953601961
Come join Leslie Suters and hundreds of other educators at the 4th annual Teaching and Learning with the iPad conference!
