Category Archives: Early Childhood

Visual Figure Ground (I Spy) Apps for Your Students

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

A request from one of the teachers I work with for “I Spy” apps started the search for such apps with hidden pictures. As an OT I would categorized these apps as visual figure – ground apps requiring users to find hidden … Continue reading →

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Do Apps Help with Fine Motor?

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

KinderTown is a websites and app that curates apps for young children ages 3-6 years. Their website has reviews of apps, an educational blog for instructional ideas and resources, and is a portal for their KinderTown app,. The KinderTown app, compatible with iPad and iPhone, provides … Continue reading →

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More Perceptual App Recommendations

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Thank you to Diane Novatnik, OTR for sharing recommendations on perceptual apps from Myfirstapps.com . Here are her  great recommendations:  Basic Matrix – A free app for iPad. The activity requires visual discrimination by color and image matching. Designed for ages 4+. … Continue reading →

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App Gone Free – Action Words from Alligator Apps

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Are you using the customizeable Alligator and Grasshopper Apps developed by Innovative Mobile Apps? They are among my favorites for students learning basic vocabulary and emergent literacy and numeracy skills. They have just announce their new Action Words Touch and Learn … Continue reading →

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How Much Screen Time is Too Much? Is your iDevice use Developmentally Appropriate?

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

One of my early childhood colleagues shared with me the National Association for Educating Young Children position statement entitled,  “Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8“. The  statement is intended primarily to provide guidelines for the use of … Continue reading →

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123 Color HD: Talking Coloring Book – Just Another Coloring Book App? Take a Closer Look…

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

 123 Color HD: Talking Coloring Book app has been around for a while however quiet enhanced from its first version!. Available for iPad, iPhone/iPod and currently free (just for today?), this app provides coloring pages for elementary students with fair to … Continue reading →

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Drawing with the – Squiggles App

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Squiggles – A Fun Pre-Writing Development App! Squiggles  – is a fun, animated pre-writing and drawing app that will make you wiggle and giggle drawing squiggles or lines and more! This is sure to motivate students to engage in pre-writing tasks! … Continue reading →

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Injini Printables – Activity Worksheets for your iPad

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Did you know that Injini has printable Supplement Books available in PDF on their website? Suited to young children, these printable Supplement Books or worksheet provide beginning visual motor tracing activities starting with simple straight lines and another set providing … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentines Day ….

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

My apologies… I made a change to this Happy Valentines Day post….(the original Valentines Day card app post had more charges to it than I realized – I though it was free but was not really!)… to an option of a sweet, … Continue reading →

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Draw a Person for Young Children on the iPad

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Julie posted a comment with a question about finding an app for Draw A Person on the iPad. She commented that Doodle Buddy could be used to assist with drawing but she was looking for an app specifically for drawing a … Continue reading →

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