Category Archives: App Reviews

Free Apps for Early Learning

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Free app for weekend only (Bug Game) … Bug Games HD – iPad only featuring all kinds of critters to promote letter and word work, number concepts with dot to dot and puzzle activities. Stickers as a reward system is included. No ads, … Continue reading →

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Type Fun Lite -Another iPad Keyboarding app

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Thank you to Bonnie Shams, OTR for her comment about Type Fun app, a keyboarding game app for the iPad and iPhone. Available in a lite and full version (.99) with more words provided in the full version. Practice levels for beginning … Continue reading →

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OT iTool Kit App List – Updated

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

What’s in your iTool Kit? Can’t find an app? Checkout this updated, categorized listing of app geared to OT’s, special education, individuals with LD, ADHD, students, teacher or parents. It has a brief description of the apps which hopefully will make it a … Continue reading →

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Game Apps for Individuals with Special Needs

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Looking for games, leisure activities or cause and effect activities apps for students with cognitive challenges using a iPad or iPod? Here is a combination of games, leisure, cause and effect apps that could be used for inclusion as well as a link to prior … Continue reading →

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Reading Apps – Support for Students with LD #5

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

What’s available or new in reading apps for iOS devices? With hundreds of new apps released everyday fortunately some of them are targeted for individuals with special needs. It has been about 2 years since the first debut of the … Continue reading →

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Finger Fun App

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Finger Fun app currently is a free app for iPhone/iPad that is described for children ages 2-6 years of age. It is rather unique as it requires finger isolation skills while touching dots. One or more dots can be presented on … Continue reading →

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Firefly App – Text to Speech on Your iPad

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Are you a Kurzweil 3000 user and interested in accessing your universal documents from your iPad? Not a Kurzweil 3000 user but interested in accessing pubic domain classic literature or trialing Kurzweil’s text to speech iPad app?? Firefly app, made for … Continue reading →

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Keyboarding Practice on Your iPad or Android – Apps and Other Equipment

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Considering the need to practice keyboarding on your iPad or Android Tablet? Following an earlier comment asking about the possibilities of iPad keyboarding practice apps and considering the needs of a student who will be producing word processing  on his iPad during his school … Continue reading →

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Bugs and Buttons App

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Thanks to Christina Scheer MHS, OT from Grafton School District in Wisconsin for her recommendation of the Bugs and Buttons app. Ms. Scheer reported Bugs and Buttons is a favorite of her students.   Bugs and Buttons app for iPhone and iPad ($2.99) … Continue reading →

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Flow Free App – Available on Android

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Flow Free App developed by Big Duck Games is now available on Android. A fun visual spatial app, provides 300 free puzzle games. The goal is to connect matching colors with pipe to create a flow. Pair all colors, and … Continue reading →

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