A list of some core apps for 1st grade 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.

Most of these apps will already be familiar to 1st grade students as we have been using them throughout the year, particularly during Monday morning stations.

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 younger students but can also work for older 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 1st grade student has learned in the early grades 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. While your first grader will be comfortable at this point using paper and pencil for handwriting practice, this can be a nice complement for extra practice should they still have the occasional letter or number reversal.

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.

Book Creator

You can CLICK HERE to find the Book Creator app in the app store to download to your family's iPad.

Book Creator is available as an app, and is a great option for students of all ages when it comes to digital creation and sharing. It is very versatile in what it can do, used by the youngest learners as a way to incorporate drawings into a story and record their own narration. It has a "voice to text" option which can accommodate younger students who also want to add text but are still learning how to spell and navigate a keyboard. It is also easy to add video, photos, drawings, links, etc...

Maths Facts: Number Bonds

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

Jungle Coins

You can CLICK HERE to find the Jungle Coins app in the app store to download to your family's iPad.

Jungle Time

You can CLICK HERE to find the Jungle Time app in the app store to download to your family's iPad.