There's an App for that: Using iPads in Kindergarten Schedule

There’s an App for That!

A Day in the Life

of a Kindergarten iPad

by www.adigitalkindergarten.com

Dear Diary,  I love being an iPad in kindergarten- especially when I am used all day long.  It gets boring on the iPad cart and it's sad to see kids sitting around bored, or time being wasted when things are done the 'old' way... luckily I'm in Mrs. H's K and she knows I can do anything (ok, well... almost anything!) and her students use me a LOT!  
Here are some of the ways I am used in adigitalkindergarten!  

Before school starts: 

Sketchio to practice writing alphabet, numbers, sight words

Read I Like Books, 

Play apps in the ABC/123 folder

Create stories using StoryKit, Show Me, Screen Chomp, Doodle Buddy, Toontastic

Teach Me Kindergarten to practice addition, subtraction, phonics, sight words

TooLoud to help regulate volume control

During group time: 

Help teacher pick students randomly with Stick Pick or Decide Now

Sketchio for writing letters, numbers, words

Twitter (whole group) to write to K Around the World Pals

Counting Board to follow along as you count

Check the weather locally, and in K Around the World  locations (whole group)

Literacy Centers/Daily 5/Workshop

Sketchio to practice writing alphabet, sight words, sentences

Read I Like Books, We Give Books

Play apps in the ABC

Write stories using StoryKit, Show Me, Screen Chomp, Doodle Buddy, Toontastic

Play What Rhymes, ABC It! Or Alphabet

Handwriting Practice with Write My Name, BlobbleWrite, Letter School, iWriteWords,  Little Writer, Alphabet Tracing

Advanced readers can use Accelerated Reader to take tests

Practice phonics with ABC Magic series, Pocket Phonics, 

Rover to access websites like Starfall online

Math Centers

Use counting board to help fill out 100 board worksheets

Use Apples in Hour Hands to practice telling time

Rover to access websites online

Number Magic Apps, Montessori 100 Board, Montessori Numbers

Social/Free Time/Choice Time/Reward 

Angry Birds

Toca Boca (Band, Store, Salon, Tea Party, Doctor)

Felt Board

Playhouse Lite

Alien Assignment

Clock/Timer to let kids know how much time is left or when to clean up