IPAD and APPS for education

I finally have an IPAD that I purchased largely for educational apps for my child with Ds and in anticipation of the upcoming adoption of our 8 year old with a developmental disability.  While there are certainly plenty of apps available, I was largely disappointed.  While there are lots of games to entertain and there is always some learning in games, I haven't found a great deal of teaching that occurs via apps rather more practice and most with very little repetition opportunities.  There just doesn't seem to be enough intermediate steps between advancing from one concept to the next, rather big leaps are made that most typical kids can handle, but my child needs instruction to be broken down into much smaller steps to progress.  I am longing for a online math curriculum that provides small step by step math instruction with loads of repetition once a student is beyond recognizing numbers and number sense and is ready to add and subtract.  There are so many possibilities and simple alterations that could be made to apps and online programs for typically developing kids that would  make a huge difference for our visual/hands on learners.  What I want is an Explode the Code Workbook and online version but one that teaches Math. 

I do very much like the Bob Book series apps.  Great graphics and the practice and spelling component is fabulous.  If you like these, you'll like Explode the Code Online.
BTW, I receive nothing for promoting Explode the Code; I just really like it.

Explode the Code Online

I have been meaning to post about this wonderful online curriculum for a year now, but have been too busy.  For a year subscription of $60.00 you have a terrific online companion to the explode the code workbooks.  If your child has trouble holding a pencil or writing, but can manage a mouse, this may be the answer for phonics instruction and spelling.  It has all the positive elements of the workbooks but in an engaging online form.  Progress is monitored and the student cannot move on to a new level until complete mastery has occurred within the levels prior.  My favorite part about this curriculum is the high, really high amount of repetition.  While my son is currently in EC Workbook 3, I started him at the beginning of the Explode the Code online curriculum as a review and to help solidify earlier phonic reading and concepts.  One note, it can be frustrating if your student makes alot of mistakes due to inattention rather than lack of knowledge on a particular page, because the student will have to repeat whole sections of levels at near 100% accuracy to move on.  You may be able to adjust this, but I haven't looked into the possibility.  Also, my son loves that he has work to accomplish online like his sibs.  I can't say enough positive things about this curriculum.  I love it and so does my student! www.explodethecode.com .