Khan Academy Kids
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Update 2/5/2021 -- There's more content, especially ebooks. Review updated with the ethical seal. Free, easy-to-use, comprehensive and able to track multiple children; this complete curriculum contains approximately 775 (as of July 2018) leveled early reading, math and logic activities; including videos and ebooks; plus a drawing/coloring space. More activities are planned. It's easy to make individual profiles for each child consisting of hundreds of individualized, leveled early reading and math activities, as it tracks a child's progress. The games are just challenging enough to keep children engaged. The only cost? Your time and a few emails to set up the first child's account so the app can confirms your identity. After you create a profile for your child, the app serves up activities, books, videos, and lessons. As they finish content, they earn virtual bugs, hats, and toys. This app smells a lot like school, which is both a strength and a weakness. It was designed to multiple subjects and is carefully aligned to the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework for preschool-aged children and Common Core State Standards for kindergarten-aged children. It is designed to adapt over the years as a child grows, and includes a social-emotional learning. Content contributors include educators from the Stanford, book authors, and Super Simple Songs (from Skyship Entertainment),Bellwether Media and National Geographic Young Explorer Magazine. Parents are encouraged to read along in books, and can view their child’s progress on activities in the Library and set up accounts for multiple children, all at no cost. Learn more and access the latest download links at www.khanacademy.org/kids
iPad, iPhone
Teaches: early math, early reading, geography, letters, alphabet
CTR Rating: 100%