Category Archives: Primary Grades

OT’s with Apps Workshop: “Apps and Application for Your School Based OT mTool Kit!

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

Interested in learning about apps related to school based Occupational Therapy intervention and administrative tasks? Join OT’s with App’s for “Apps and Application for Your School Based OT mTool Kit” August 7th & 8th ! Registration Information For more information visit … Continue reading →

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Preschool Visual Motor Apps Gone Free!

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

Here are a few apps with visual motor activities gone free for the weekend. Whether they are for a day or for a few days is not always known so check them out soon to see if they will be added to your … Continue reading →

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Endless Alphabet app

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

Endless Alphabet app is one of those must have apps if you are working with young children. Free, Endless Alphabet is definitely a bargain and certainly worth an in- app purchase of .99 to remove ads. Child tested, this is a motivating and … Continue reading →

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Top Innovative Elementary School Math Apps for iPad | PadGadget

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

Top Innovative Elementary School Math Apps for iPad from Pad Gadget. See on Scoop.it – OT mTool Kit Even though math is an essential part of everyday life, many children still resist its charms. When I was growing up “math … Continue reading →

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Putting Tar Heel Reader Books into iBooks – with Speech!

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

Jane Farrall shares her expertise on “Putting Tar Heel Reader Books into iBooks – with Speech!  In her blog post Jane provides step by step directions on how to import Tar Heel Reader books into iBooks with text to speech … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Book, eBook Creating, Education, Elementary School, Emergent Literacy, iBooks, iPad, Occupational Therapy, Primary Grades, Reading, School Based Interventions, Special Needs | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Clicker Docs App

Posted on February 10, 2013 by

Clicker Docs app (25.99) for iPad, developed by Crick Software , is a new iOS app that provides differentiated writing support for struggling writers. As one of Crick’s  two new apps,  Clicker Docs  provides  text only word banks and word prediction options offering support for primary … Continue reading →

Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Customizable app, Differentiation, Elementary School, iPad, Language Arts, Occupational Therapy, Primary Grades, School Based Interventions, Special education, Special Education Teacher, Special Needs, Text to Speech, Uncategorized, Word Prediction, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

First Words Valentine App

Posted on February 10, 2013 by

First Words Valentine is a free app for iPhone/iPad providing basic vocabulary for Valentines Day. Learning Touch ‘s First Words Valentine is one of more than 10 other First Words apps providing interaction with vocabulary words for iDevices. First Words Valentine provides 8 holiday … Continue reading →

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Apps4Stages Wiki

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

Looking for apps that fit the characteristics of your students? Familiar with Stages© Framework from Cambium, produced by Madalaine Pugliese? “Stages© framework takes a research-based approach to defining developmentally appropriate observable learner characteristics for each Stage and recommends features to consider … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Cause and Effect apps, Early Childhood, Education, Emergent Literacy, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iPod/iPad Accessory, Life Skills, Occupational Therapy, Primary Grades, Special education, Special Education Teacher, Special Needs, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Kindergarten Reading – New App from Duck Duck Moose

Posted on December 8, 2012 by

Duck Duck Moose is an award winning developer of  preschool and kindergarten educational apps with familiar apps as their Wheels on the Bus, Old MacDonald, Draw and Tell, Park Math and Word Wagon to mention a few of their interactive apps. Duck Duck Moose’s  most recent app, … Continue reading →

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Tiny Tap App – Turn Moments in to Games

Posted on August 26, 2012 by

Tiny Tap is a free iPad app that makes creating content and ”games” an easy task. Not only is it very easy to use, but offers a method of creating a quiz with basic data collection on  user responses. Geared to users who … Continue reading →

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