The kindergarteners have been busy using iPads to explore all kinds of subjects. Working both alone and in groups, they’re practicing handwriting, phonics and introductory mathematics using Montessori-based apps, experimenting with counting coins and telling time, designing digital cars, playing a virtual piano, looking at pictures from NASA and trying to stack up the 50 states. iPad work involves tactile and kinetic learning, and gives children a chance to work at their own pace, try new and difficult tasks, make mistakes and figure out how to correct them on their own, and practice solving problems together.