Monkey Math School Sunshine

The next educational app that I’m going to talk about is Monkey Math School Sunshine allows your child to build fundamental math skills while they are endlessly entertained. Your child will count, add and sort their way through engaging games with uninterrupted play. For ages 3 to 6 (I would actually go higher in age). 9 interactive games that teach kids about sequencing, patterning, counting, adding and subtracting. With very little interface, your child presses one button to immediately launch into uninterrupted play. Uses Knack™ Technology to instinctively adjust the challenge levels to each individual player. Irresistibly cute monkey guides the children through game play with animated celebrations for correct answers and gentle redirection for incorrect ones (more like a hint to give them the answer).  Kids collect rewards in their Animated Aquarium. Uninterrupted and unlimited play: game continues as long as the player desires. Add it up and Take it away- Use your addition and subtraction skills to solve math problems. Trusty animated crab assistants supply multiple-choice options; Patterns- Monkey has a problem: Objects keep popping out if his bucket, creating a pattern - but one piece is missing! Help the monkey by completing the pattern with the choices provided, Shapes- Is it an octagon? Or maybe a hexagon? Count each side of these shapes to help Monkey figure it out, Sequences- Monkey has a group of numbers in the right order, but some are missing. Help him complete the sequence with the correct numbers, Less/More- Monkey loves to blow bubbles, but when he does, groups of shells, fish or turtles are inside each bubble! Use your expertise to figure out which bubble has either the most or least objects inside, Bigger/Smaller- Which bubble has the bigger number? Which bubble has the smaller one? Help Monkey figure it out by popping the correct bubble, Connect the dots- Baby Turtle is stuck on the beach and she needs your help to get to the sea! Connect the dots to show her which way to go, Write it up!- Help Monkey identify numbers by tracing them in the sand, Bubble pop- Monkey is running out of time! Pop all the bubbles that have either the right number or the right amount of objects inside before the time runs out! This app is available on amazon at the price of $1.99. It’s available on Google play at the price of $1.99. It is available on iTunes at the price of $1.99.

Eggy Words

The next educational app that I’m going to talk about is called Eggy Words. I just started using this app with my nephew as they are sight words that are on eggs that he will be learning and using. Eggy Words 250HD is an application designed to help children recognize and learn sight words. Sight words are words that readers should know automatically “at sight”, such as he, the, was and where. This app covers the first 250HD sight words using a fun and motivating game to keep kids learning. Learning to read is an important milestone in every child’s life. Knowing these sight words makes fluent reading easier, which lets the brain focus on the real enjoyment of reading – comprehension – understanding and enjoying what you read. Eggs Words 250 is brought to you by the team behind the popular educational website Reading Eggs. Developed by educators with more than 20 years’ experience, the program comes highly recommended by parents and teachers worldwide. Key features- 10 levels with 25 words in each, making a total of 250 sight words, First 4 levels are unlocked, Fun and motivating game suitable for children aged 3+ years, Most common, highest frequency words are introduced first, Multisensory approach - combining voice and written words, Choice of accents – Australia, English, United States, Flying eggs with the correct word to be swiped, 3 lives per level, Lives are lost when bad eggs, distractions and wrong words are swiped, Mini eggs provide extra lives, Jigsaw eggs build a surprise jigsaw, The word is spelt at the end of each lesson, Egg ratings to be earned for every level, Egg critters with unique animations hatch at the end of a level, Bonus level with 100 golden eggs, Trophies earned for completing 25 levels. This is a fairly new app coming out in May of this year but has a 4.8 rating. You can purchase this app for $0.99 from Amazon.

Podcast Hosting Site

The podcast hosting site that I would suggest is http://www.podbean.com/ it is so very easy to use and navigate you can even put your script on the post.

Beginners Guide to podcasting

I am going to suggest the site http://wpcurve.com/the-beginners-guide-to-podcasting/ on a how to guide to podcasting they have a lot of information.

Educational app Podcast

Podcast Script

In today’s world it is all about technology for all ages from infants to adults. When you look around more and more these day’s children can be seen using computers, tablets, and even cell phones. From their early years children are learning through this technology and need apps designed for their brain development and growth. Educational apps help in this development both mentally and with their hand eye coordination by keeping them interacting with the on screen prompts. When picking out educational apps you want to keep in mind the age range of the app for the child and pick apps that are of an interest to the child. You don’t want to give a child an app that is above their age range as it may be too hard for them to use; also an app that’s below their development may not keep their interest in the app. Unlike when we were children and our work was on worksheets and chalkboards, today’s technology is mainly on screens even in the classroom. Due to our use of technologies our children are exposed at a very young age and most know the basics of cell phones and more before they start kindergarten. As the technology moves forward we need to make sure that whatever apps we introduce to the devices that the children use are suitable for their age group and safe for the child to have on the device they are using.

Concise communication

To use concise communication is to always think about what you’re going to say when you communicate because you don’t want to ramble or go off topic.

Hat Tip

A hat tip is when you thank a person for information that they have given you to use online. It is important to thank your sources for information.

Colors of a blog

The colors you pick for your blog should be colors that are pleasing on the eyes and ones that allow for the text of your blog to be easily read on the background colors for your blog.

Designing a blog

In designing a blog the best idea is to make sure you talk about something that you're passionate about, this way you won’t lack enthusiasm and it will not be found as boring.

Monkey Word School Adventure

The next educational app that I’m going to talk about is Monkey Word School Adventure.  The app age range is really any age. Honestly my nephew does play this app from time to time but it is a little harder for him because he is still young. In this app you will find Spelling Stone- Monkey needs help with his spelling. He can show you what it looks like, but do you know how to spell it? Use the magic gold letters to solve the puzzle! Sight Birds- Monkey is looking for special gems and the sight birds have them! Help him collect as many as you can before the time runs out! Features letter recognition and sight words., Letter Writing- Learn to write uppercase and lowercase letters by carving them in the ancient stone writing wall., Phonics Bridge- Oh no the bridge is out and two little chinchillas are going to miss their play date! Help them get together by fixing the bridge using the engineering power of phonics!, Word Wall- Using and ancient map Monkey has stumbled upon a mysterious puzzle. Help him solve it by finding all the words on the map!, Rhyming Maze- Help a greedy little Chinchilla find his treasure by drawing a path using words that rhyme, & Terrarium- Populate and decorate your own interactive terrarium! Choose from tons of plants, frogs, butterflies and dragonflies to create your own unique worlds. The only thing that I don’t like in this game are the hints because they tell you were the stuff is it’s not actually hints but the answers. This app is available on amazon at the price of $1.99 and it has a 4.7 rating with 224 reviews mostly 5 star ratings. It’s available on Google play at the price of $1.99 but it has a 4.4 rating with 166 reviews mostly 5 star ratings. It is available on iTunes at the price of $1.99 and it has no rating or reviews on iTunes.

Monkey Preschool Lunchbox app

My topic is about Educational apps for children. I am going to be using the formats of Kindle Fire and iPhone 5 but mostly the Kindle Fire. The first app that I’m going to talk about is Monkey Preschool Lunchbox. This app I would range from age 3-6. This app is one of the apps that I use with my nephew a lot and he’s always asking for monkey and he plays it all the time. This app you find the different fruit, touch the shape, match the fruit, there is a sticker area in the game as an award to encourage progress, put the fruit back together, count the fruit, find the color, and the letter that the fruit starts with are all the games in this wonderful game. If you happen to pick or guess the wrong one the monkey will tell you by shaking its head and making a monkey sound. This app is available on amazon at the price of $1.99 and it has a 4.5 rating with 653 reviews mostly 5 star ratings. It’s available on Google play at the price of $1.99 but it has a 4.5 rating with 1,329 reviews mostly 5 star ratings. It is available on iTunes at the price of $1.99 and it has a 4.0 rating with 118 reviews mostly 5 star ratings.

My Inspiration

My Inspiration came from 2 amazing children in my life they are my niece and nephew. When you think about your career when you are younger you don't really think about the people that will inspire you. I knew I always loved and wanted to work with children but it really didn't completely hit me until I was holding my nephew that is almost 4 years old then 2 years later when my niece was born now that I'm going to have another niece or nephew soon it's showing me even more that I want to work with children. Now I have not always persuade my degree in Early Childhood Education but I was going to do Graphic Design but then I changed my mind back to my true calling of teaching our future leaders.

Hello

My name is Jessica and I'm from Ohio and I'm 27 years old. This blog is part of my classwork that I have to do. My degree is in Early Childhood Development. I hope you all enjoy my blog.