Category Archives: Elementary School

MeeGenius!

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Looking for summer reading suggestions? AT Daily suggests  MeeGenius app for summer time reading options Get the  #1 App for Children’s Books. Read along technology. (For FREE!) via MeeGenius! . Carol Leynse Harpold‘s insight: The AT Daily provides a great suggestion … Continue reading →

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Bitsboard Pro App Gone Free

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Are you familiar with Bitsboard app? By the developers at Grasshopper apps, this fabulous iPad language app provides many activities that are customizable activities for students with special needs. Thinking this is just for speech or the special education teacher?  Think again! For students … Continue reading →

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OT’s with Apps mTool Kit App List

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

OT’s with Apps mTool Kit App List Updated 6-2-2013 (click on above link for Word doc app list) It’s been a while since the OT’s with Apps mTool Kit list has been updated. Please find this new list at the … Continue reading →

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Pictus Kid’s Coloring Book App

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Children’s Day (the first Sunday in June) brings some free offers to iTunes store for kids. Pictus – Kids Coloring Book app for iPad is one providing kids of all ages (young and old) coloring activities to occupy them this summer (and all … Continue reading →

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Touch ‘N Slide Calculator for iPad

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Unlike other calculators, the Touch ’N Slide Calculator visually displays the underlying mathematics giving users a visual and kinesthetic sense of what the arithmetic means. Created for iPad (Free), this app features an interactive calculator of addition and subtraction concepts with … Continue reading →

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Free App Friday Deals

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

There are many Free App Friday apps to check out today. With an early start (and no immediate reports to write this morning) here are a few apps I thought would be great in a teacher’s, OT’s or parents iTool … Continue reading →

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Let’s Trace App!

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Let’s Trace app is a visual motor integration app for the iPad (.99) that presents simple strokes and shape drawing in a developmental progression. Let’s Tracing app provides visual motor practice for 2-5 year olds learning to trace within lines … Continue reading →

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Write to Read – WriteReader

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Originally posted on On Sarah's iPad:
There are more than 750 000 apps in the iTunes AppStore, with many doing similar things, so it is very exciting to find an app that does something really different.  WriteReader is one…

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Preschool Visual Motor Apps Gone Free!

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

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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Write to Read – Cool Learning App ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Richard Byrne’s post Write to Read – Cool Learning App ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning” reviews  the Write to Read app. “Write to Read http://ow.ly/kHCNS ; is an educational iPad app that helps young kids, ages 3-10, hone their reading skills … Continue reading →

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