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Hands-On Math: Interactive Color Tiles provides students with an open-ended tool for exploring fundamental math concepts. The use of a Color Tiles is one of the best ways to give students an insight into a variety of important mathematical topics. Students place Color Tiles on an interactive Playground to represent mathematical ideas. Using Hands-On Math: Interactive Color Tiles students can develop and explore a variety of important mathematical concepts. Very young children can learn positional terms such as above, below, right,and left while creating colorful designs. Equivalency and related concepts for example, equal to, not equal, more, less, greater than, and less than are easily represented using Color Tiles. The basic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division can all be represented using Color Tiles. Visualizing the meaning of these operations is a fundamental skill. More advanced ideas such as working with integers, fractions, decimals and percents are topics including in the lesson strategies. Color Tiles are especially well suited for introducing symmetry and asymmetry. Fact familes can be studied using two different Color Tiles to represent sets. An extensive Instructor's Guide for this app is available at the support website. Download the document and install it in iBooks to access ideas about how to use Color Tiles for teaching elementary mathematics.

An award-winning app based on Common Core State Standards, Duck Duck Moose Reading teaches phonics and reading skills in a fun zoo-themed adventure. With word and letter activities, kids learn by playing with flamingos, monkeys, lions and more. Keep track of progress through a new parent reporting tool. AWARDS: Parents’ Choice Gold Award; Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice Award. AGES: 3-7. PLAY CATEGORY: Early Learning/Curriculum ACTIVITIES 9 ACTIVITIES BASED ON COMMON CORE STANDARDS 
 - Letter-sound and word activities 
 - Recognizing and naming lowercase letters 
 - Demonstrating knowledge of letter-sound correspondences 
 - Isolating and pronouncing sounds in CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words WORDS & LETTERS: Teaches phonics through 9 different activities - Learn the letter sounds for all consonants, short vowels and long vowels - Practice spelling consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words PARENT REPORTING: Includes a new reporting tool so parents and teachers can see how a child is progressing DEVELOPED WITH EDUCATORS: - Developed in conjunction with Stanford University Educator, Jennifer DiBrienza, PhD in - Early Elementary Education and former NYC public school teacher (K-Grade 2) - Tested extensively in Kindergarten classrooms COMMON CORE STANDARDS: RF.K.1d, RF.K.2d, RF.K.2e, RF.K.3a, RF.K.3b ABOUT DUCK DUCK MOOSE (A wholly-owned subsidiary of Khan Academy) Duck Duck Moose, an award-winning creator of educational mobile apps for families, is a passionate team of engineers, artists, designers, and educators. Founded in 2008, the company has created 21 top-selling titles and has received 21 Parents’ Choice Awards, 18 Children’s Technology Review Awards, 12 Tech with Kids’ Best Pick App Awards, and a KAPi award for “Best Children’s App” at the International Consumer Electronics Show. Khan Academy is a nonprofit with a mission to provide a world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Duck Duck Moose is now part of the Khan Academy family. We rely on our community of volunteers and donors. Get involved today at www.duckduckmoose.com/about. Check out the Khan Academy app to learn and practice all kinds of topics for elementary school through college and beyond. We’d love to hear from you! Visit us at www.duckduckmoose.com or drop us a line at support@duckduckmoose.com.