Category Archives: Apps for OT’s

WordToob App

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Do you ever stumble upon an app and think ” that is really cool” but the light bulb just doesn’t go on for application of it (or may be you don’t have an immediate application) ?? WordToob app (iPad; 19.99 for … Continue reading →

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Maze Activity App Suggestions – From the Voice(s) of Experience

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Thanks to comments from a recent post entitled “Mazes Activities – Magnetic Maze Boards or an App?“, I received some good suggestions of apps with bilateral, maze activities embedded with academic tasks. HT (hat tip) to Dana C. and Michelle P. who suggested … Continue reading →

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Cursive Writing Wizard App – Gone Free!

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Familiar with the popular Writing Wizard app? It’s cursive counterpart – Cursive Writing Wizard app has just gone Free (for how long – it’s always a mystery)! Cursive Writing Wizard app (typically 3.99) for iPhone and iPad provides the same fun … Continue reading →

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Mazes Activities – Magnetic Maze Boards or an App?

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Maze activities have been a fun visual motor, fine motor coordination and spatial reasoning task for students. I especially enjoyed (and so did the kids!) the magnetic maze activities we used with students on 1:1 or as provided in play centers … Continue reading →

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Kidori Pen Easy App

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Looking for a fresh visual motor app? Kidori produces maze, letter and number apps for iPad , that are graded as easy, intermediate and advanced. Only the Easy Mazes App (works on iPad OS 4.0 – iPad 1 and up) … Continue reading →

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Back to School – Producing & Sharing Your Schedules

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Back to School Time! Creating and Sharing Schedules  After you have gathered schedules, one of the next important tasks is crafting your schedule and sharing it with the dozens of teachers, administrative staff for accountability. You will need to manage … Continue reading →

Posted in Administrative Apps, Apps for OT's, Google, Google Chrome, Google Docs, iOS, iPad, iPad Management, Occupational Therapy, School Based Interventions, Therapist/Teacher Tools | Leave a comment

App Gone Free – Spiffy Photo Editor

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Spiffy Photo Editor app (iPhone/iPad; .99), a photo editing app is currently free. Although not a huge savings, if you are in need of an app to do some photo editing if creating or modifying a book or story for … Continue reading →

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Dexteria Dots 2 – Fine Motor Skills and Math Concepts

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Dexteria Dots 2 App Review from Teachers with Apps (As Scooped from: Dexteria Dots 2 – Fine Motor Skills and Math Concepts ) Binary Labs is known for quality educational apps, and Dexteria Dots 2 readily joins the ranks with exceptional content … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps for OT's, Early Childhood, Fine Motor Development, Finger Isolation, iPad, Math, Visual Motor | Leave a comment

OT’s with Apps for School Based Therapist- August 11 & 12

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

What’s in your OT mTool Kit?  Interested in functional ways to use your iPad as a tool in OT? Manage your iPad and student iPad for safety and focused use? Review apps for school based occupational performance using feature matching (handouts)? Explore apps … Continue reading →

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CyberChase Shape Quest App – A PBS Kids VR Perceptual Motor App

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

CyberChase Shape Quest free app developed by PBS Kids app for iPad and Android tablets providing a virtual reality games for ages 6-9. The app provides three games using geometry and spatial reasoning improve their problem solving skills. It is highly interactive, … Continue reading →

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