Techno Girls

Earlier this month I posted on my Facebook page asking if anyone had any good websites, iPad apps or computer games to recommend that the girls might like.  And thanks to my super fabulous friends a list was quickly generated.  I spent that day downloading apps and bookmarking websites and we spent the next day checking them out. 

Checking out Starfall on the web and

on the iPad app!

Grace practices tracing letters on Montessorium's Into to Letters App.

The girls quickly fell in love with Starfall (both the app and the website) as well as the Intro to Letters app and the Intro to Numbers app (by Montessorium).  The Intro to Letters and Numbers apps are divine! Just what I was looking for for them!  The foundational skills that these apps work on are just what the girls need to become successful in the areas of reading and math.  It speaks volumes to how much they enjoy the apps that I will often find either one of the girls sitting quietly with the iPad working on one of them (as well as any of the others we have on there too).  Other apps that we have and love:  ABC Food, Ladybug's Bookshelf, Zane Bloser Handwriting (though I think Grace likes the Intro to Letters app better), and the OregonTrail.  

To learn more about how to use technology in your family (and homeschool) click here to head to the Three Thinking Mothers website!