It can be tough to pull kids away from their computers and mobile devices these days. While they're playing games, wouldn't it be great if they could be learning at the same time? Good educational apps offer fun challenges that teach specific grade-level skills. Here are 4 that combine fun and learning.
Understanding Math---Addition and Subtraction ($3.99; iOS)
Understanding Math---Addition and Subtraction goes beyond basic comprehension to instill a deeper understanding of the whys and hows of math. The app tracks your child's progress to determine strengths and weaknesses in different skill areas, and you can customize your child's learning experience to suit the needs.
Word Creativity Kit ($52.99; iOS)
Word Creativity Kit aims to make creative writing fun while also build up grammar rules. The app presents a series of words from seven categories, such as space or fantasy. Kids add their own words to finish the complete thoughts that these words have inspired.
Barefoot World Atlas ($4.99; iOS)
Barefoot World Atlas helps kids learn about geography and world cultures with a touch of the screen. Each region features a set of subtopics, from wildlife and natural features to native people, landmarks, and architecture. These facts and illustrations are delivered in photographs, sounds, and hundreds of mini videos.
My Grades & Homework (S0.99; iOS)
A combination of grades and homework tracker, My Grades & Homework can help your child stay organized and on top of the progress in school. A convenient calendar and course list format offer a glance at your child's assignment schedule that he/she might not normally get from standard homework planners.
1.What is the common part of the four apps?
A.They can encourage children to study harder.
B.They cam help parents know their children's progress.
C.They can make study fun by mini videos.
D.They can be installed into iOS operation systems
2.What is the purpose of the text?
A.To encourage parents to allow their students to play apps.
B.To wish readers to bring in more similar apps for children.
C.To introduce 4 educational apps for readers to buy and use.
D.To design the educational apps to combine fun and learning.
ProjectArt is an arts program providing free arts classes to children at public libraries in major US cities.
____ to the arts encourages children's self-worth, helps them communicate and improves their _________in academic areas. Yet, since the 1980s, access to arts education for American school children has been on the________
But where the American public school system is______ children, non-profits are ______ to fill the emptiness, and one organization in particular has __________ plans to become the largest free art school for children in the country.
ProjectArt, founded by AdarshAlphons in Harlem in 2011, is______to New Orleans and San Francisco, two cities with many homeless young people and giving the organisation a(n)_______ in a total of eight cities across the US.
Its executive director, Diana Buckley Muchmore _______with ProjectArt in its early days, and one experience impressed on her the_______that art can make on a child's development._______ her friend Alphons in teaching in a Harlem community center, Buckley Muchmore met a boy. "He was very quiet, but I _______ with him through a sculpture he was making_______wood, and he slowly started to_______to describe his work," she remembers.
Since then, Buckley Muchmore has watched as ProjectArt has embraced a model of_______with the country's public library systems. The libraries give them_______ space, access to existing communities and materials to _______ the children's creations.
In the meantime, the organization is working to serve the particular needs and take_______of the resources of its newest cities. In San Francisco, Buckley Muchmore has an eye on big companies like Airtbnb and Adobe, which she hopes to _______ for funding. The organization also receives_______ from foundations and individuals.
“In terms of less populated communities, we'll get there too," says Buckley Muchmore. "Eventually, we'll be in all the cities that have libraries."
1.A.Exposure B.Entrance C.Invitation D.Addiction
2.A.popularity B.expectation C.performance D.identity
3.A.decline B.account C.way D.rise
4.A.satisfying B.transforming C.supporting D.failing
5.A.letting of B.stepping in C.taking up D.falling out
6.A.great B.strange C.difficult D.secret
7.A.moving B.allocating C.returning D.expanding
8.A.evidence B.guidance C.presence D.reference
9.A.separated B.volunteered C.toyed D.conflicted
10.A.impact B.remark C.barrier D.progress
11.A.Appealing B.Including C.Joining D.Watching
12.A.dealt B.connected C.played D.compared
13.A.in between B.up to C.out of D.away from
14.A.hold out B.stand up C.figure out D.open up
15.A.partnering B.struggling C.exchanging D.consulting
16.A.parking B.green C.living D.free
17.A.respect B.inspire C.reward D.challenge
18.A.charge B.advantage C.notice D.control
19.A.arrange B.prepare C.trade D.approach
20.A.invitations B.appreciations C.donations D.congratulations
--- Do you know anything about War of Seven Kingdoms, the Chinese Game of Thrones?
---Sure. Although each event _____ a well-known actor playing the key roles, it has all its plots well _____on established historical records and archaeological findings.
A.features; grounded B.characteristics; witnessed
C.stars; depended D.displays; commented
I watched Mike's adolescence, _____ he ran into trouble, _____things at the wrong time and misunderstood by many people.
A.when; saying B.which; said C.when; said D.which; saying
China’s year-on-year growth in consumer price index ________ an almost eight-year high at 4.5 percent in November ________ higher prices of pork and other meat said the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday.
A.hit; but for B.beat; due to C.beat; but for D.hit; due to
With computers replacing humans in many industries, there have been many reports in recent years _____ warn of future job losses.
A.when B.where C.which D.as
