📱 Our favorite K-2 digital tools (Part 2)

💡 Tips, Tools and Templates

Our top digital tools for K-2 students

It can be a challenge to keep up with the latest and greatest in educational technology, especially when you're working with our youngest learners! To help you out, we've rounded up a collection of fantastic digital tools that are perfect for K-2 classrooms.

Whether you're looking for ways to capture student voice, inject some fun and games into a review, or simply help students practice their digital skills, there's a resource here for you. We've included everything from creative platforms to personalized learning apps—all designed to be engaging, effective, and easy to integrate into your daily routine.

Check out these great finds below, complete with a quick overview and links to help you get started right away!

🤿 Snorkl (snorkl.app)

Students share their thinking on a digital whiteboard, while Snorkl’s AI gives real-time, personalized feedback on what they know—visually and verbally! Great for supporting student voice and checking quick understanding.

• 10 ways to give instant feedback with Snorkl

• How to use Snorkl to support student voice

🧸 Khan Academy Kids (khanacademy.org)

From the creators of Khan Academy, this free, award-winning app is packed with thousands of standards-aligned lessons, games, books, and videos. It's a great tool for personalized learning in ELA and math for pre-K through 2nd grade.

• Quick start guide for preschool through 2nd grade teachers

🌈 Seesaw (Seesaw.com)

Help your students master the tools in Seesaw with these simple practice activities. They'll get hands-on experience using the pencil, pen, eraser, microphone, camera, and video tools.

• Practice the Pencil

• Practice the Pen

• Practice the Eraser

• Practice the Microphone

• Practice the Camera

• Practice the Video

📖 Book Creator (Bookcreator.com)

Make writing fun with Book Creator! Find engaging ideas you can use in your classroom immediately, from story templates to teaching resources.

• Explore student templates

• Check out the October Journal filled with tons of activities

• "Growing Authors" ideas for using Book Creator in the classroom

💠 Nearpod (Nearpod.com)

Need a quick, fun activity to reinforce a skill? Time to Climb is a game in Nearpod that gets students engaged with the material you just taught.

Here are a few to try with your class tomorrow (you’ll need to be logged into Nearpod to view them):

• Weather Conditions

• Show Me Your Senses

• Addition and Subtraction Equations

• Counting

• Sentences

• Letter Sounds

‼️ Kahoot! (Kahoot.com)

Who doesn't love games? Kahoot! is the answer to bringing fun games into your classroom. Search their free library for hundreds of games you can play as a whole class or have students complete individually.

• CVC Words

• Addition and Subtraction

• Communities Kahoot

🗒️ Padlet (Padlet.com)

Running out of wall space? Padlet lets you create digital walls for sticky notes, sharing ideas, video recordings, and more. It has endless capabilities for your classroom.

• Explore templates

• 20 ways to use Padlet in the classroom

📺 Teaching with Teachflix Junior

👩🏽‍🚒 Community Helpers

🎥 Video Link: My Neighborhood Community Helpers

Explore the different community helpers in your neighborhood with this catchy song by Patty Shukla. Students will learn about teachers, mail carriers, doctors, nurses, cashiers, police officers, dentists, and more.

Ready-made video resources:

👮🏼‍♀️ Community Helpers Job Presentation

👩🏿‍⚕️ Community Helpers Quiz

🖍️ Community Workers Coloring Pages

⚫️ All About Community Helpers Bingo

🔎 Community Helpers Word Search

🛍️Teacher Finds for the Classroom

🖊️ Dry-Erase Pockets

Slip in your activity and you have a dry erase board for your students.  Whether you are teaching math, phonics, or writing, students and teachers  will love the ability to write on these clear plastic sleeves

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