Prodigy
Tags: Technology, App
Individualized math curriculum made for practicing and mastering the required skills
Lalilo
Tags: Technology, App, Reading
Phonemic awareness, letter recognition, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
Help Me Talk About Math
Tags: Technology, App
“Askî’s Pond is an interactive game that reinforces Saskatchewan’s Grade 1 math curriculum while integrating
First Nations and Métis content and ways of knowing. The app engages children and helps them connect the math instruction in their classroom with the learning taking place at home.”
Scratch Jr.
Tags: Technology, Coding, App
With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) can program their own interactive stories and games. In the process, they learn to solve problems, design projects, and express themselves creatively on the computer.
Smiling Mind
Tags: Technology, App, Mental Well-Being
Was created by educators and psychologists with an aim to bring balance. A total of 72 modules and 242 sessions categorized by age that can be used for anxiety and stress relief. For adults too.
Positive Penguins
Tags: Technology, App, Mental Well-Being
Created to help children identify and understand their own feelings. Children use pictures to identify emotions and express them via talking or typing. Helps children reframe anxiety and become more resilient.
Calm Counter Social Story & Anger Management Tool
Tags: Technology, App, Mental Well-Being
The app helps children calm down. It opens with a face that is upset, and with each tap of the screen, the face becomes calmer. Children count backwards from ten and manage their feelings with or without a parent.
Thrive for Alexa from Thrive Global
Tags: Technology, App, Mental Well-Being
Excellent alternative for parents who want to utilize mindfulness apps for kids, but don’t want to give them access to a smartphone. Children can ask Alexa for meditations throughout the day, Alexa can guide them through a calming morning, or into rest at night.
Mindfulness for Children
Tags: Technology, App, Mental Well-Being
Has breathing and visualization exercises. These exercises can be applied to school, during sports, or anytime a child is feeling anxious or overwhelmed.
HelloMind
Tags: Technology, App, Mental Well-Being
An app to help change negative thought patterns. Children can choose treatments based on whatever is bothering them ex. low self-esteem, needing courage, or being afraid to stick up for one’s self
