Category Archives: Primary Grades

Top Innovative Elementary School Math Apps for iPad | PadGadget

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

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 Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

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 →

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Clicker Docs App

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

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 →

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First Words Valentine App

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

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 Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

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 →

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Kindergarten Reading – New App from Duck Duck Moose

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

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 Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

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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Must See Apps List… Really!

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Samuel Sennott shared this resource on the QIAT list serv – and it is a must see app and equipment listing on Pinterest! Created by Lauren S. Enders, SLP/ Augmentative Communication Specialists / Assistive Technology Consultant, her app list seems to have … 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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Tap the Frog HD App – Finger Tapping and Swiping Fun!

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

Here is an app review from Carol Hesch, OTR/L on… Tap the Frog HD is an App for the iPad (1.99) by Mentals LLC that I use almost daily for fine motor fun with my student’s.  The app has colorful graphics, … Continue reading →

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