Anonymous
05/16/2020 20:45
Subject: Best preschool learning app
Anonymous wrote:Suggestions? Zoom isn’t cutting it, but kid is happy to play games. Anyone have a favorite little kids learning app (like ABCMouse)?
Toca has great open ended apps.
Sago has some cute “learning” apps.
Todo number matrix
Hairy letters
Try common sense media for app reviews
Anonymous
05/16/2020 07:08
Subject: Best preschool learning app
Anonymous wrote:Unstructured, imaginary play
Writing name with: sidewalk chalk, fingerprint, in shaving cream, making it with leaves, legos, play dough, Cheerios, blocks, twigs...
Making letters and numbers with all of the above
Being read to and having adult ask questions about the books read (what happens first/next/last, what part did you like? What did this remind you off?)
Playing restaurant, make up menus, scribble out receipts
Play book store
Play vet
Play kitchen
Build with blocks
Open ended art experiences
Teach your child how to entertain themselves, without a device, for small periods of time.
Show them how to llook at books and make up a story by looking at the pictures. Give them coloring books or blank paper and crayons.
No app can teach the skills these activities will.
—-PreK teacher
Great list! Thank you. Hopefully OP will try some.
Anonymous
05/15/2020 15:14
Subject: Re:Best preschool learning app
Reading Eggs
Anonymous
05/15/2020 14:52
Subject: Best preschool learning app
Anonymous wrote:Unstructured, imaginary play
Writing name with: sidewalk chalk, fingerprint, in shaving cream, making it with leaves, legos, play dough, Cheerios, blocks, twigs...
Making letters and numbers with all of the above
Being read to and having adult ask questions about the books read (what happens first/next/last, what part did you like? What did this remind you off?)
Playing restaurant, make up menus, scribble out receipts
Play book store
Play vet
Play kitchen
Build with blocks
Open ended art experiences
Teach your child how to entertain themselves, without a device, for small periods of time.
Show them how to llook at books and make up a story by looking at the pictures. Give them coloring books or blank paper and crayons.
No app can teach the skills these activities will.
—-PreK teacher
Given the situation, and our area, another +1 for this being a seriously obnoxious post. We all know what’s ideal.
Anonymous
05/15/2020 14:24
Subject: Best preschool learning app
DuoABC
Khan Kids
Endless ABCs, Numbers
Khan Kids
Endless ABCs, Numbers
Anonymous
05/15/2020 14:23
Subject: Best preschool learning app
Just chill out you wackos
Anonymous
05/15/2020 13:35
Subject: Best preschool learning app
Anonymous wrote:Unstructured, imaginary play
Writing name with: sidewalk chalk, fingerprint, in shaving cream, making it with leaves, legos, play dough, Cheerios, blocks, twigs...
Making letters and numbers with all of the above
Being read to and having adult ask questions about the books read (what happens first/next/last, what part did you like? What did this remind you off?)
Playing restaurant, make up menus, scribble out receipts
Play book store
Play vet
Play kitchen
Build with blocks
Open ended art experiences
Teach your child how to entertain themselves, without a device, for small periods of time.
Show them how to llook at books and make up a story by looking at the pictures. Give them coloring books or blank paper and crayons.
No app can teach the skills these activities will.
—-PreK teacher
I am so sick of these responses from people asking about app suggestions. I assume OP is asking for apps as a supplement and while she is WFH full-time and trying to provide childcare.
It is also obnoxious to see this post from a PreK teacher- does this mean that you have time to do all of this? While your students are home with their parents who are ACTUALLY doing work? While perhaps still paying tuition to the school that is paying you? Are you saying that a preK teacher is not a necessary occupation since we can just teach our kids how to read books and entertain themselves all day?
Anonymous
05/15/2020 12:30
Subject: Best preschool learning app
Anonymous wrote:Unstructured, imaginary play
Writing name with: sidewalk chalk, fingerprint, in shaving cream, making it with leaves, legos, play dough, Cheerios, blocks, twigs...
Making letters and numbers with all of the above
Being read to and having adult ask questions about the books read (what happens first/next/last, what part did you like? What did this remind you off?)
Playing restaurant, make up menus, scribble out receipts
Play book store
Play vet
Play kitchen
Build with blocks
Open ended art experiences
Teach your child how to entertain themselves, without a device, for small periods of time.
Show them how to llook at books and make up a story by looking at the pictures. Give them coloring books or blank paper and crayons.
No app can teach the skills these activities will.
—-PreK teacher
This is ideal but I suspect the OP has to juggle FT work and can't do too much of this M-F daytime.
For the same reason, I subscribed to ABC mouse, and let my kid access PBS kids app.
Anonymous
05/14/2020 00:09
Subject: Best preschool learning app
Unstructured, imaginary play
Writing name with: sidewalk chalk, fingerprint, in shaving cream, making it with leaves, legos, play dough, Cheerios, blocks, twigs...
Making letters and numbers with all of the above
Being read to and having adult ask questions about the books read (what happens first/next/last, what part did you like? What did this remind you off?)
Playing restaurant, make up menus, scribble out receipts
Play book store
Play vet
Play kitchen
Build with blocks
Open ended art experiences
Teach your child how to entertain themselves, without a device, for small periods of time.
Show them how to llook at books and make up a story by looking at the pictures. Give them coloring books or blank paper and crayons.
No app can teach the skills these activities will.
—-PreK teacher
Writing name with: sidewalk chalk, fingerprint, in shaving cream, making it with leaves, legos, play dough, Cheerios, blocks, twigs...
Making letters and numbers with all of the above
Being read to and having adult ask questions about the books read (what happens first/next/last, what part did you like? What did this remind you off?)
Playing restaurant, make up menus, scribble out receipts
Play book store
Play vet
Play kitchen
Build with blocks
Open ended art experiences
Teach your child how to entertain themselves, without a device, for small periods of time.
Show them how to llook at books and make up a story by looking at the pictures. Give them coloring books or blank paper and crayons.
No app can teach the skills these activities will.
—-PreK teacher
Anonymous
05/13/2020 23:33
Subject: Best preschool learning app
My active 4yo boy got bored with ABC mouse after 2-3 days.
Anonymous
05/13/2020 15:20
Subject: Best preschool learning app
Homer
Anonymous
05/12/2020 20:40
Subject: Best preschool learning app
Outdoors.
Anonymous
05/12/2020 20:32
Subject: Re:Best preschool learning app
The Khan Academy Kids app is the only one we've used and it seems good. My son enjoys it and seems to retain information from it.
Anonymous
05/12/2020 20:26
Subject: Re:Best preschool learning app
Brainzy (on education.com) has some good learning games.
Anonymous
05/12/2020 20:21
Subject: Best preschool learning app
Suggestions? Zoom isn’t cutting it, but kid is happy to play games. Anyone have a favorite little kids learning app (like ABCMouse)?