A list of some core apps for SK student extended learning, creating, and sharing.

The following apps cover a range of activities and enrichment opportunities across all academic subjects.

While SeeSaw will be one that is most frequently used by your child's teachers to share activities and by students to share their learning and creativity, there are some other great options for engaging and creating as well.

Many of these apps will already be familiar to SK students as we have been using them throughout the year, as well as last year in JK.

If you happen to have your child's school iPad at home with you, these apps are already installed.

If you are using your own tablet, you can click on each app listed to be taken to the app store where it can be downloaded.

In some cases, once you successfully have the app, there may be some additional steps listed for how to log your child into our school account.

Drawing Pad

Drawing Pad is a “go to” app for digital drawing and creating. It is an especially strong tool for “app smashing” between other apps such as book creator. It is a great beginner tool for JK and SK but can also work for students who want to do more as you can draw/mark right on photos, tell stories, label etc…

Drawing Pad Click HERE to download the app.

Letter School

Letter school is a handwriting app that helps reinforce the same letter formation skills your JK student learns at Meadowbrook. Because you can adjust the settings in Letter School to “Handwriting Without Tears” (or other programs) it is a slightly better alternative to HWT’s own app, Wet Dry Try. It is recommended that beyond the first weeks of JK, students have to use a stylus to better reinforce pencil grip at the same time of letter formation.

Please install Letter School by clicking HERE to download app from app store.

EPIC

EPIC is an online library of ebooks specifically designed for elementary students. It not only includes standard ebooks, but also books that can be read to your student while they follow along. EPIC is such a strong option for emergent and developing readers to have text highlighted for them as it reads to them, it is a quality app to have on hand.

Please Install EPIC by clicking HERE to download from the app store.

Please use our MB account code (JIZ0271) to sign into your child's library for free between the hours of 8:00-3:00 ET OR...

EPIC is offering Meadowbrook parents free access to their child's library outside of the 8:00-3:00 window for the remainder of this school year. If you are interested, please email tcorbin@meadowbrook-ma.org and look for an invite email and follow the steps to access your child's library.

Please Install EPIC by clicking HERE to download from the app store.

Please use our MB account code (JIZ0271) to sign into your child's library for free between the hours of 8:00-3:00 ET OR...

Felt Board

Felt Board is a great app for not only creating, but also storyboarding as well. You can CLICK HERE to find it in the app store to download. Students can create a scene with backgrounds and characters, save it as a picture, and then change it slightly and continue the process of saving each change as a new picture. They can then "app-smash" by inserting the saved pictures from their tablet's camera roll into Book Creator and use those tools to finish their story. Younger students who are just getting started on their writing journey could take advantage of the voice recording feature in book creator to narrate their story that originated in the Felt Board app.

Short Vowels

You can CLICK HERE to find the Short Vowels app in the app store to download to your iPad.

Word Wizard

You can CLICK HERE to find the Word Wizard app in the app store to download to your family iPad.

Maths Facts: Number Bonds

CLICK HERE to find the Maths Facts: Number bonds app in the app store to download to your family iPad.

codeSpark Academy

You can CLICK HERE to find codeSpark Academy in the app store to download to your family's iPad. CodeSpark is an iPad app that provides a great bridge between the introductory coding language first introduced in Code.org. Like all platforms we embrace, CodeSpark lets each individual student move at their own pace while aligning with developmental readiness to layer in new concepts when they are ready.