The Grade 1 Math App Is Educational, Free (or Paid), and Fun
We still have the free version of the Grade 1 Math app for iPhones and iPads right now, but my daughter’s irritated by the 20 question limit per day because she loves it so much. We’ll be upgrading soon to gain access to the full version. The full one doesn’t give you access to all grades, unfortunately, so each year, you’ll need to purchase a new app.
This app has a cute sea theme that makes kids want to explore it more to play around with the starfish and other fish. The app lets the parents choose the number of questions and the number range (so you can only include single digit numbers, for example).
My daughter has learned so much from just the free app, her teacher was really impressed when it was time for the parent-teacher conference. She grasps the addition and subtraction concepts very well and will be moving to more advanced work soon.
She’s always liked math to a degree, but she gets very excited to play this game. The colors and graphics are great and you can customize them to make the problems harder over time.
If you purchase the whole app for $10, your child can branch out into additional (no pun intended) categories:
- Place Value
- Count and Compare
- Add with Models
- Addition Facts
- Subtract with Models
- Subtraction Facts
- Advanced Addition
- Advanced Subtraction
- Time
- Money
- Measurements
- Geometry
- Data and Graphs
- Mixed Operations
- Two Digit Operations
I recommend this app to parents of first graders or kindergarteners who are a little bored with what they’re learning in school and looking for more of a challenge. I’m guessing the preschool, kindergarten, and higher grades are just as good, too, so it’s at least worth giving the free version a try.
Photo credit: iTunes
