Smarty Shortz 1st Grade
© 2010 Smarty Shortz
This educational app consists of 26 lessons and 26 corresponding games. Your child can choose from a variety of core curriculum subjects. In Geography, you must figure out and locate the continents and oceans, then help Smarty Shortz inflate his raft and maneuver to destinations in five different vessels. In Spelling, you can practice spelling a number of words and then read and write them. You can also finds words with similar sounds and patterns. In the History lesson, you will identify pieces of art such as the Mona Lisa, learn important dates, and events such as Columbus Day, and play putt-putt to strengthen your recall of these dates. In the Reading lesson you follow along to stories as they are read aloud and also must identify beginning, middle and end in stories. You will also unscramble words to form sentences, learn what a complete sentence is, choose a cover, and watch the story come to life. You will also locate and learn the key components on a plant in the Science lesson, and learn about measuring, money, and graphing in the Math lesson. Once a lesson is completed correctly, you are rewarded by a game, which strengthens and reinforces what was just learned. According the developer's website, this is just the first in a series of educational apps.
$1.99, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
Teaches: geography, history, math, reading