App Friday: Almost Spring Break!

Welcome to App Friday, our weekly link exchange of family-friendly apps. We hope today’s selection gives you plenty of options during the Spring Travel season. You will find apps with Montessori, math, spelling and music concepts. If the app makes a positive difference in your home, please consider writing a review on iTunes. 

Featured Apps (Click the image to read the descriptions in iTunes. Promotional pricing lasts until 8pm US PST Friday, unless extended by the developer.)

• Numberland, FREE – learn numbers the Montessori way, and explore new objects as you go
• Numberland HD, $1.99 (from $4.99)
• Montessori Letter Sounds HD, $1.99
• Montessori Letter Sounds HD in French, $1.99

• Compound Words Montessori, FREE  – match root words to make compound words using photos
•  Stamp Game, $1.99

• Murky Reef Math Grade 1, FREE – number sense, arithmetic, logic and reasoning
• Murky Reef – Science, $.99
• Murky Reef – Language Arts Grade 1, $.99
• Murky Reef Language Arts Grade 2, $.99
• Murky Reef Math Grade 2, $.99

• Phonics Make a Word, $.99 – phonics, spelling and short vowel sounds, for those learning to read
• Fun Rhyming, FREE

• Simplex Spelling Phonics, $1.99 – spelling curriculum with over 450 high frequency words
• Simplex Spelling HD, $1.99

Pianoball, $.99 – open ended musical play with instrument ball, rainbow ball, or color ball

App Friday Lands on Facebook

Kick off down under on Treasure Kai’s Facebook Page with host Karen Robertson at 8pm Sydney time. Then, join me as I host on the New “App Friday” Facebook Page at 10:00am PST / 1:00pm EST. Interact directly with the developers who create the apps, while browsing app news and grabbing a few deals. NOTE: The new Facebook Timeline format has arrived, here are some tips for navigating group events.

News

• Siva of Technology in Education is hosting a HUGE APP PARTY for Autism Awareness Day on April 1st and 2nd. This may be his biggest one yet!
• We are on our Volume 23 of the App Report, thanks Garry of Jellybean Tunes!
• Are you new to app development? Visit our Mobile App Checklist to help you out.

The Link Exchange

Add links to your favorite apps, blog posts, Facebook pages – or any link that covers family-friendly apps. Please include the app name (or page name) in the Link Title, your email, and a URL. Thanks for participating!