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READING, WRITING AND MATH

Teach Your Monster to Read is an award-winning phonics and reading game helping children learn to read from preschool through first grade. Bundle with Adventurous Eating to assist with fussy eaters. ($5.99 for both; Apple/Android)

Sentence Builder from the Mobile Education Store helps elementary age children build grammatically correct sentences with pictures, three levels of play and encouragement animations and audio clips. Other apps from this developer include Story Builder, Sentence Builder Teen, and Conversation Builder Teen, a virtual conversation simulator. ($8.99; Apple iPad)

Adobe Fill & Sign lets you fill, sign and send any form fast. You can snap a picture of a paper form and fill it in on your phone or tablet, then e-sign and send without printing or faxing. (Free; iPhone or Android) iWrite Words teaches handwriting by tracing words, letters and numbers in a fun, entertaining way. ($2.99; Apple)

Count Money! for iPad helps people of all ages count money in practice or quiz mode. (Free, Apple iPad)

Learning Ally Audiobooks offers access to humanread audiobooks, including bestsellers, classics and textbooks, with highlighted text synced with narration, speed control, bookmarking, highlighting and note-taking. Membership is restricted to those with a demonstrated learning disability, visual impairment or physical disability that makes it difficult to read using traditional print. Documentation from a qualified professional for each member is required. ($135/year membership; Apple/Android)

ModMath is recognized for making learning easier for people with dyslexia and dysgraphia, autism and other learning difficulties. The app features virtual graph paper and a pen to set up and solve problems without pencil and paper. Use touchscreen and keypad to set up and solve basic math problems or complex algebraic equations. (Free with in-app purchases; iPad/ Mac, coming for Android and Chromebook)

Photomath allows you to point an iPhone camera at a printed or written equation, and it will solve it with step-by-step explanations. It works with integers, fractions, decimals, powers, roots and logarithms & more. (Free basic version, $9.99/ month and $69.99/year for Plus access to custom visual aids and animated tutorials, extra tips and deep-dive solutions for textbooks; Apple/Android)

Lightning Bug from the Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition helps caregivers of children with medically complex diagnoses — or anyone over 18 needing to manage medical information for themselves or their families — organize healthcare data by putting all of the changing information in one place, connecting appointments to reminders and sharing information with healthcare providers. (Free; Apple/Android)

Epsy seizure log for epilepsy is an awardwinning app for tracking seizures, medications, routines and more. Share data with your care team. (Free; Apple/Android)

Medisafe Medication Management helps track current prescriptions and set reminders for scheduled medications. Ranked highly by pharmacists, physicians and patients, it can check for interactions and send family/ caregiver notifications if the user forgets to take meds. (Free basic version, Premium $4.99/month or $39.99/year; Apple/Android)