Researchers randomly assigned 50 preschool-age children from high-poverty families to use loaned iPads loaded with either the Khan Academy Kids app or a control group of art or music apps. In a small-scale randomized controlled trial researchers led by lab director David Arnold found the free literacy app Khan Academy Kids boosted early literacy skills-but parents also said it improved their skills in teaching their children literacy at home. Videos in the Library area include Super Simple Songs (with such faves as Old MacDonald, If You’re Happy and Apples and Bananas) Counting, Shapes, and Measurement Reading and Language and Letters.With even the youngest students exposed to hours more screentime than typical as school closures drag on, researchers from the Early Academic Development Lab at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst said schools can support parents as educators by guiding their use of educational apps. Mathematical concepts introduced include counting, comparing numbers and shapes and measurement. Among the logic activities are Focus, Memory and Flexible Thinking, Patterns and Shapes. Children may choose to have the app read them books or to read selected books independently. The Nonfiction section includes animals and vehicles and leveled readers and there are also Young Explorer titles from National Geographic. Additional titles introduce concepts in writing and language. Individual books introduce letters and their sounds.
The Library is packed with content, offering books focused on Reading Foundational Skills–including rhyming, syllables, sounds, word families, book structure, and words in signs.
And as they interact, children collect bugs, hats, and toys for their new animal buddies. Available free in the App Store, and in beta for Google Play and the Amazon Appstore, Kahn Academy Kids, offers thousands of opportunities for learning as animated animals guide children to original, leveled and adaptive activities, books, video, and lessons.
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