Welcome to App Friday, our weekly link exchange of family-friendly apps. Today we are featuring a counting app from Arithmaroo. Creators Lynn and Molly Rasmussen, a mother-daughter team based in Maui and Los Angeles, work together on this series of inspiring and educational math apps for kids. Want to get your little kangaroos excited about math? Then c’mon – let’s go counting with Arithmaroo!
What is the app about? Arithmaroo Counting so simple that it’s genius. At first kids count how many rocks and how many hands and fingers. Then they discover that seeing patterns is easier and faster. They start with 1 to 5 and work up to seeing 50 on the screen. Even adults feel the brain workout!
Why is it special? Watch the “ahas” kick in. Arithmaroo is a right brain approach that fills in the missing steps to mastering addition and multiplication. Kids start to add and multiply without even knowing that’s what they’re doing. Arithmaroo develops number sense, that all-important “feel” for numbers that is found in every state’s math standards. The soon-to-be-released Arithmaroo series–adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing–will prevent the “bad at math” syndrome that haunts too many smart, capable people.
What in it for me? ZERO! That’s right! DOWNLOAD ARITHMAROO FOR FREE this App Friday. No counting required, until you download the app, of course!
Related Apps? Interested in math? Check out this feature Lynn wrote earlier in the week, highlighting some of the terrific kids math apps we have from developers in Moms With Apps.
App Friday Link Exchange Our goal at Moms With Apps is to spread the word about family-friendly apps. Do YOU have a favorite app to share? One about math, or just one your kids enjoy? Then please post your favorite apps in the comments down below. The more great apps for kids and families – the better!
We usually use Simply-Linked for our link exchange, but the widget seems to be having trouble tonight. So I’ll kick off the exchange by posting one of our favorite new apps in comments. It’s one I just reviewed today called “But That Wasn’t the Best Part” by Jerry Jindrich, a storybook app created by Once Upon an App. You can find it on iTunes here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/but-that-wasnt-the-best-part/id359061953?mt=8 (Lorraine, Moms With Apps)
One of my favorite new iPad apps is Magic Piano (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/magic-piano/id356416346?mt=8). It allows you to create your own music, or play along with songs like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Amazing Grace. It has amazing visual effects as you’re playing the piano. I have to say it’s the best $.99 I spent in a while. To see a professional play Magic Piano, check out Lang Lang on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvplGbCBaLA.
(Eric Sailers, ArtikPix and Percentally)