Apps for Chagim Booklet

Rosh Hashana
Mitzvah Hunt
Free
This easy-to-use, vivid, mitzvah game app encourages children
to look for the good in their family and friends, and to notice the
good deeds that they do. Fill in the pomegranate with your class
and print out the list of mitzvoth they have achieved.
JI Studio
£1.49 (iOS)/£1.19 (Google Play)
Create place cards for your Rosh Hashana
table! For tips and more ideas click here.
Shofar 4 Kidz
Free
“Shofar 4 Kidz” will teach you about the history of the Shofar. It
will tell you all about what the Shofar is and why we blow it on
Rosh Hashanah! You can also ‘blow’ the Shofar from the app!
Rosh Hashana - The Jewish New Year
£1.49 (iOS)/£0.60 (Google Play)/£1.30 (Amazon Apps)
This app will teach you about this important holiday and how we
celebrate it. You will learn Hebrew words and about the things we
do on Rosh Hashana. You can also hear the shofar, send Rosh
Hashanah cards to your friends and family and much more...
Wake Up World
Free
Celebrate Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year with this
groundbreaking app that turns your phone or tablet into a
shofar you can really blow!
Voice Memo
Free
Use voice memo on your smartphone to record each sound of
the shofar. Play back to the class and ask them to shout out the
name of the note.
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Succot
Sukkah Challenge
£1.49 (iOS)/£0.60 (Google Play)/£1.30 (Amazon Apps)
Earn virtual shekels and explore the original blueprints of the
Torah texts & discussions of ancient Jewish sages. Find the
Arba Minim and build a Sukkah. View your Sukkah in 3D from
all directions! Move inside and look through the schach at the
sky.
JI Studio
£1.49 (iOS)/£1.19 (Google Play)
Create decorations for your Sukkah! For tips
and ideas click here!
Skitch
Free
Label your pictures with arrows and text! With ‘Skitch’ you can
take a photo or PDF and add your own comments right in the
app! You can share your comments and thoughts. Use different
colours and shapes.
Super Sukkah Shake
Free
Try to follow the Rabbi’s super lulav shaking skills with this fun
‘call and response’ Succot themed game!
Bedtime Shema Storybook
Free
A fun and interactive app to help you learn how to say the Bedtime
Shema! This app joins you on your typical bedtime routine and
ends with you, along with the app saying Shema in bed! You can
flush the toilet, brush your teeth, shut the lights, cover your eyes,
and then say the Shema, even in your Succah!
iMovie
£2.99
Make a Sukkah music video featuring all the sukkot you can
capture on your iPad/iPhone camera roll. Edit, add features
and make it into a Hollywood style masterpiece. Or how about
recording and editing the lulav shake
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Chanukah
iHannukkahCandles
£0.69
Learn or refresh reading and singing the Chanukah brachot.
JI Studio
£1.49 (iOS)/£1.19 (Google Play)
Create a poster about the Chanukah story! For
tips and ideas click here.
Chanukah Fun
Free
A fun and educational puzzle game for iPhone and iPod Touch
Chanukah Fun
Free
A fun and educational puzzle game for iPhone and iPod Touch
Chag HaChanukah
Free
Learn the songs and blessings of Chanukah.
Hanukkah: The Festival of Lights
£1.49
Teach your children about the brave Maccabees with this universal book app. Read aloud to your child or have the app do the
reading. Music and games accompany the story.
Menorapp
Free
A portable, fun, and Jewish guilt-free menorah that you can
leave burning - even after all the oil runs out!
Menorah - Chanukah Free
This iPhone Menorah will show you how many candles to light for
each day of Chanukah. It has a cute animation, that shows you
which way to light, in accordance with the Ashkenaz customs. It
also has the Chanukah prayers in Hebrew, English and Transliterated.
Creative Apps
JI Studio
£1.49 (iOS)/£1.19 (Google Play)
This app covers the entire Kodesh curriculum for ages 5-13.
Children can set the table for Rosh Hashanah, put notes into
the Kotel, illustrate the story of the Purim, make their own
Hagaddah for Pesach, simply illustrate the 10 plagues, make
invitations, collages, posters, comics, stories, multimedia
flashcards and more. Teachers can make source sheets,
multimedia flashcards and worksheets in seconds. Make A
Book version available 2015.
Scribble Press
£2.49
Make any book of your choice. Use writing tools, insert photos
and pictures. Write a story for each of the Ushpizin, keep a
Tishrei diary. Suitable for KS1.
Book Creator
£2.99
Make a multi media book - can import videos and clips. How
about an instructional guide to building a Sukkah? Suitable for
KS2
Comic Life
£2.99
Make a comic about any story - Try a comic about Yonah or the
Chanukah story.
Tiny Tap
Free
Make your own interactive simple game. Find the lulav, or circle
the shamash. Suitable for age 6-9.
Puppet Pals
Free
Create your own puppet show story with any character or object
and multiple backgrounds, or insert your own! Great tool for any
story you want children to retell.