Back To School with CCS Pinterest!

Are you ready for school to begin?  

Visit the CCS Pinterest page for exciting ideas and tips to make this

year's back to school transition an easy one!

www.pinterest.com/ccsaz1/school-days/

CCS - More Puzzles!

Puzzles are a great way to boost necessary educational skills during the hot summer months!  Here are additional online puzzle resources for students of all ages:

Tangaroos - a tangram puzzle app for all ages!  Students are encouraged to use seven simple shapes to create new arrangements or solve over 300 puzzle combinations.  Numerous settings can be customized for personalization.  (Ages 3 and up; $0.99; iPhone, iPad)
- Download Tangaroos

Winky Think Logic Puzzles - build your brain with hours of finger-twisting fun!  Simple matching to complex games packed with obstacles, mazes, and multi-touch action.  (Ages 5 and up; $2.99; iPhone, iPad)
- Download Winky Think Logic Puzzles

Thinkrolls 2 - a clever maze app that develops spatial relations and asks players to utilize tools to make their way through a vertical maze.  (Ages 3 and up; iPhone, iPad, Android)
- Download Thinkrolls 2 on iTunes ($3.99)
- Download Thinkrolls 2 for Android ($2.99)

CCS Preschool - Even More Pre-Reading!

Although summer is almost over, keep your preschool student engaged year-round with these exciting pre-reading resources:

Kids ABC Phonics - practice letter sounds, match sounds to the correct letter, learn phonetic sounds, and build three-letter words.  (Ages 3 and up; $3.99; Android, Kindle)

- Download Kids ABC Phonics

PBS Kids WordWorld - fun animation and big visuals help students learn to spell.  (Ages 3 and up; Free; website)

- Visit PBS Kids WordWorld website

ABCMouse.com - a subscription-based educational website.  Easy to use computer activities begin the journey to reading!  (Ages 2 to 7; Free; website)

- Visit ABCMouse.com website

CCS Elementary - More Reading!

Keep your elementary brains engaged all summer long with these fantastic reading resources!  Improve already learned skills, develop new skills, and fall in love with reading all over again!

Quik Tap Words - teaches sight words with flashcards and games.  (Ages 4 and up; $0.99; iPhone, iPad)

- Download Quik Tap Words

Read Me Stories 30 Book Library - keep beginning readers inspired with a new book every day!  Features 30 books complete with music and sound.  Develops word and sound recognition to improve reading skills.  (Ages 6 and under; Free; iPhone, iPad)

- Download Read Me Stories 30 Book Library

Dr. Seuss's Seussville - this interactive website features games based on Dr. Seuss's books,  Play games, chat with the Cat in the Hat, win prizes and more!  (Ages 4 and up; Free; website)

- Visit Dr. Seuss's Seussville website

Into The Book - a reading comprehension resource for elementary students.  Interactive reading comprehension activities focus on eight learning strategies:  using prior knowledge, making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, summarizing, evaluating and synthesizing. (Ages 5 and up; Free; website)

- Visit Into The Book website

CCS Preschool and Elementary - More Science!

These science resources are a fun way to keep elementary minds engaged over the summer months!

Crazy Gears - no instructions, just 'make the gear work'!  By attaching things together, students explore the physical properties of motion using gear puzzles.  Puzzles get more difficult as the levels progress.  (Ages 6 and up; $2.99; iPhone, iPad)
- Download Crazy Gears

Seasons and Weather - educational science games designed to teach young elementary students the difference between the seasons and other weather information. (Ages 7 and under; $1.99; iPhone, iPad)
- Download Seasons and Weather

Switch Zoo - make new animals, play games, solve puzzles, join a zoo quest, and read interesting and amazing facts about animals!  Also learn about habitats, and build your own biome or online habitat.  (Ages 4 and up; Free; download to iPad, iPhone, Android from website)
- Visit Switch Zoo website

Money Math - for kids of all ages!

MONEY MATH

Learning about money is a great way to practice math skills!  Take advantage of these fun and educational resources:

Peter Pig's Money Coin Counter - practice sorting, counting, and identifying the value of U.S. coins while learning about U.S. currency facts.  (All ages; Free, Android)
- Download Peter Pig's Money Coin Counter

Sheppard Software Elementary Money Skills - matching, comparing, addition, and subtraction skills will all get a boost with these fun, free, online money math games.  (Ages 4 and up; Free, website)

- Visit Sheppard Software Elementary Money Skills website

Learning Gems - My Piggy Bank - a fun, well-rounded, and educational game that teaches the values of coins, how to count and add.  Positive reinforcement encourages kids to build math skills and get excited about money! (Ages 4 and up)

- Download Learning Gems - My Piggy Bank for Android ($1.99)

-  Download Learning Gems - My Piggy Bank LITE for iPhone, iPad (Free)

Amazing Coin:  Educational Money - 9 interactive games about USD coins - practice counting, paying, making change, matching, and more.  (Ages 4 and up)

- Download Amazing Coin: Educational Money for Android ($2.99)

- Download Amazing Coin: Educational Money for iPad, iPhone (Free)

CCS Preschool - Skill Builders!

Here are a few great preschool resources perfect for summer learning fun!

Fish School - this app reinforces basic knowledge of numbers, letters, shapes and colors through fun and colorful thinking and reasoning activities.  (Ages 4 and under; $2.99; iPhone, iPad)

- Download Fish School

Avokiddo Emotions - playful learning for kids!  This is an entertaining and valuable way to teach little ones about emotions.  (Ages 3 and up; $2.99; iPhone, iPad)
- Download Avokiddo Emotions

Dexteria Jr. - these simple games strengthen fine motor skills by encouraging young students to tap, drag, and pinch animated vegetables and shapes.  Levels increase in difficulty as control improves.  (Ages 4 and under; $2.99; iPhone, iPad)
- Download Dexteria Jr.

Leo's Pad:  Preschool Kids Learning Series - designed by education experts at Stanford University to maximize learning and eliminate distractions for preschoolers.  Each of four 'appisodes' feature notable historic figures as young children and help preschoolers learn creative concepts alongside skills like measurement and magnitude.  (Ages 3 and up; Free; iPad)
- Download Leo's Pad