App Detail » Kidioms 3

What's New

This update provides additional speech functions for the meaning of the idioms presented and for the examples given. If your students who are working to improve reading skills teachers may want to use the speech function so that the idioms, their meanings and explanations are read aloud. Kidioms 1, 2 and 3 have all been updated.

App Description

Kidioms 3 - Even More Idioms for Kids

Kidioms 3 introduces 64 more commonly used idioms.This iPad app makes learning idioms fun for children, ELL students, or anyone wishing to improve their understanding of English. The app uses an interactive notebook to present an idiom, it's meaning and an example showing the idiom used in context. Each page of the notebook also has a graphic to help illustrate the idiom’s meaning.

In addition to the lessons, Kidioms offers three interactive activities to help reinforce the concepts and provide practice using and understanding the idioms. Word Drop challenges the learner to complete the idiom by choosing the correct missing word. Missing Word asks the user to spell the missing word. In Match-Up the player selects the correct idiom to fill in the blank in a larger block of text.

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Grade 3

•L.3.5. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
◦Distinguish the literal and non-literal meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g.,take steps).
◦Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
◦Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).

Grade 4

•L.4.5. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
◦Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in context.
◦Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words with similar but not identical meanings (synonyms).

Grade 5

L.5.5. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
•Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.
•Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words.

App Changes

• November 16, 2012 Initial release
• November 03, 2014 New version 2.0
• December 08, 2015 New version 2.1
• October 22, 2020 New version 3.0
• May 06, 2021 New version 3.1