Apps+for+Counting

Target: Nursery and Pre-K by: Lucia Osorio and Patricia Bortoni
 * Apps for Counting**

@http://itunes.apple.com/mx/app/candy-count-learn-colors-numbers/id454950461?mt=8 This app is a very good one for counting and sorting. It meets some of the requirements from the ASFM App Rubric. It reinforces their skills for counting and sorting as they arrange different colored jelly beans into different colored jars. The app also makes the students arrange the jars from largest amount of jelly beans to least. I think this app is engaging, but maybe using it once is enough. It gets a little repetitive. Also, if you want to sort other candies apart from jelly beans it requires an in-app purchase.
 * Candy Count**

We do recommend this app and it does provide clear instructions from the students. It doesn't require a lot of teacher assistance, but we do think that kids will get bored with this app quickly.



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 * Eddie's Number Party**

As you can see in the video above, this app is very complete and meets all the requirements from the ASFM App Rubric. It reinforces the skills for counting, matching, and encourages them to pay close attention to detail. It is very engaging and authentic, the students have to solve math problems in order to get to Eddie's surprise party. This app differentiates in level of the skill because it starts out at an easier level and increases in difficulty as you go. It helps and encourages students with tips along the way when they get stuck or struggle. This app does not require internal purchases in order to get entire content. Eddie's number party has immediate feedback and celebrates each level by adding a sticker to the sticker collection. At the end they can decorate their own party with the stickers that they earned. This app also tracks their improvement, but does not personalize or have a place for them to enter their name.

We very much recommend this app, as it is very fun and engaging and narrated in a very age-appropriate manner. The instructions are easy to follow and it will help improve and apply their counting skills. If we had to pick one for the students to use, this one would be it.



@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jumping-grasshopper-learn/id436621247?mt=8 This app is very simple and does not meet many of the requirements from the ASFM App Rubric. What you can do in this app is simply click on the grasshopper and as it jumps it counts how many times it has jumped.
 * Jumping Grasshopper**

We would not recommend downloading this app because we think that the students would get bored really fast.