Category Archives: Primary Grades

Flow Free – Fun Visual Motor App!

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Flow Free is a free, fun iPad and iPhone app requiring the user to connect matching colors with a line or pipe to create a flow. Not just a matching game, this app requires spatial reasoning and planning to complete all of … Continue reading →

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Chalk Walk App

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Thanks to Carol Hesch, a regular to this blog, cued me into this interesting visual motor app called Chalk Walk . Compatible with iPad only, this 2.99 app provides slightly different dynamics when working on visual motor skills. Chalk Walk app guides the … Continue reading →

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Word Games Part 1: Word Search from Sarah DeBellis

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

Originally posted on On Sarah's iPad:
Wordsearch (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Playing games with words is not only fun but can help your children (and you) to practice spelling and to develop your vocabulary. Personally, I love word games and…

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Let’s Color App – from Lazoo

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

Let’s Color app by Lazoo, is a free iPad app by the same developers as Squiggles. This is a fun drawing and coloring app that provides animation with your coloring.  You simply color a page, press the GO button, and watch your drawings … Continue reading →

Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Drawing, Early Childhood, iPad, Occupational Therapy, Pediatrics, Primary Grades, Uncategorized, Visual Motor | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

My Little Suitcase – Memory Board Game – Gone Free from Grasshopper Apps!

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

Those busy folks at Grasshopper Apps just keep developing! Here is another app gone free from them… My Little Suitcase – Memory Board Game for iPad only, now free.  Here is their description of the app: The premise of the … Continue reading →

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