Kidspiration Maps is a very appealing and helpful mind mapping tool designed for students to create visual maps and diagrams to classify and organize information. Mind maps can support students' reading comprehension, help them organize ideas for writing, and categorize information across a broad range of topics. Students may find themselves required to use mind maps throughout their schooling, and Kidspiration is an excellent starting tool. Elementary school students will need teacher support to learn how to create effective maps and lots of practice to get comfortable with the many Kidspiration features and icons. Fortunately, the app includes many built-in templates for a range of scenarios and needs in reading & writing, social studies, science, and math. Unlike mind map tools targeted for adults, Kidspiration is colorful and inviting and includes plenty of kid-friendly graphics, functionality to import pictures, and even the option to include audio recordings. Maps can be saved easily, but students will need to upgrade to save more than five maps or to share files via email. Overall, a superb tool to help students visually organize and present information provided they have the right initial support to get comfortable with the tool.

• Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
• Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
• Presents educational concepts accurately
• Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
• Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
• Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
• Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

• Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
• Subject matter and problems are relevant, interesting and authentic to students
• Visually appealing to children in the target age range
• Provides virtual rewards or incentives after meeting specified goals or objectives
• Provides a "break activity" between academic problem sets
• Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
• Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

• Has a free or trial version
• Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
• Provides an age-appropriate tutorial/first time users can work independently
• Student should be able to use independently after first use
• Has a multi-player option to foster in-person collaboration or cooperation
• Multiple users can save a profile
• Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
• Can play without sound and not distract others
• Students can save work between sessions
• Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
• Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
• Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
• Overall - Easy to use

• Fine Motor Skills
• Requires challenging finger movements, motor precision or physical manipulation
• Spatial Perception
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• Requires remembering and completing a sequence of visual steps
• Visual Discrimination
• Requires scanning in multiple places for words, objects or numbers
• Promotes purchases or upgrades to students
• Words used during activity can be too small or difficult to read

Preview Kidspiration Maps with Kidspiration Maps Lite:
See how students can use this colorful and constructive app to create visual maps that build reading, writing and thinking skills.
"awesome learning tools!" - Jamie Martin, edshelf

With Kidspiration Maps Lite, you can work with up to five diagrams to create maps, edit and stylize content, transform diagrams to outlines, and try out the built-in activities. *** For unlimited diagrams that you can use with other apps, and share with others: upgrade to Kidspiration Maps.***

Kidspiration Maps helps young readers and writers in grades K-5 learn to organize and classify information, gain sight word knowledge and expand their ideas into written and verbal expression. Tap to transform visual diagrams into text - perfect for pre-writing. Use Kidspiration Maps to:

- Support reading comprehension
- Organize thoughts and topics for writing
- Develop vocabulary
- Sort and classify information
- Organize projects
- Engage students with built-in activities in reading, writing, social studies, science and math

Features:
- Friendly design developed specifically for iPad
- Diagrams are easy to build - and save instantly
- Create an unlimited number of documents
- Includes symbol library with 1400+ images
- Picture-to-Text conversion: transforms visual representations into written words
- SuperGrouper™: helps teach students to sort, group and classify objects and ideas
- Audio notes: students or teachers can append audio to any symbol, or record verbal instructions

**Only with paid version**
- Create an unlimited number of documents
- Share files with other apps on your iPad, such as Pages
- Share files with other iPads via Dropbox or iTunes
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