On September 22, 2012 my husband called me and asked whether I wanted an IPAD 3 or a Galaxy Note for my birthday. I knew that Apple had made a huge effort to get education apps on ITunes so I went for the IPAD. In the past year I have found wonderful educational apps and a lot of fun ones too. I have also found an awesome site which has free and discounted apps listed every day. For anyone with an Apple product looking for apps you need to check out www.smartappsforkids.com.
Many of the apps are for younger kids, but it is always worth looking to see if there is anything you can use. They also have a site dealing with special needs kids at www.smartappsforspecialneeds.com
I have thought about seeing if I can get my husband to offer me a Galaxy Note or if we can get an inexpensive android tablet for the kids because I have found that there are a lot of great apps coming out for android recently and I would like to take advantage of them. We have a Kindle Fire (the older version) and I don't know how to get a lot of the apps I have seen to run on it. On top of that my 13 year old daughter has "borrowed" it and I haven't seen it for a while :). If you have an android tablet check out www.smartappsforandroid.com . Again they have a lot for younger kids, but there is often apps for older kids too.
In the future I will be reviewing apps that I have enjoyed using and maybe some to avoid. The tablets are here to stay and can be a real asset to your homeschooling if you get the right apps.
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