Category Archives: Visual Motor

Viewers Tips and Tricks for Skill Training App… and More…

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Here is a tip regarding use of the Skill Training App from Margaret at Your Therapy Source : “I do enjoy this app but just a tip – need to use it on the iPad.  Way too small for iPhone for me.” Margaret also … Continue reading →

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Kids Bead App and Hands on Beading Activities for Kids

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Kids Bead App for Visual Motor or Hands on Beading Activities for Fine Motor Development I stumbled upon this free electronic app for stringing beads and thought this would be a fun electronic activity during the doldrums of winter. I believe most tablet apps support … Continue reading →

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Black Friday App Deals

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

If you are a Black Friday Shopper and love deals, save a few $$ for the app deals offered this weekend. There are an incredible number of apps gone free or on sale, so checking some of your favorite sale … Continue reading →

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Bug Games App – Gone Free

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

Bug Games app, by Busy Bee Studios, is a fun preschool app with four different activities: counting, letter identification, music  and phonics as well as visual motor activities to entertain (don’t tell them that they are learning!!!) preschool children. Based on … Continue reading →

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Toca Boca Builders – Free (for a limited time)

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

For those that work with preschool to early elementary aged students, Toca Boca is a familiar name for the creative apps they produce. For a limited time, their app Toca Builders (iPhone/iPad) is free. Developed with 6-8 year olds in mind, … Continue reading →

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Moose Math – A New Duck Duck Moose App

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

The folks at Duck Duck Moose develop great, classic preschool and primary skill apps. Among their apps are the classic Wheels on the Bus, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Old MacDonald and Baa Baa Black Sheep as well as their other preschool apps as Draw and Tell, Fish School … Continue reading →

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Smart Balloons – Learning to Write App

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Smart Balloons – Learning to Write App  (iPad; Free/1.99) – is a pre-writing program for  4-7 year olds featuring drawing on lines in a developmental sequence. Smart Balloons offers drawing on lines from horizontal, vertical, diagonal and on to complex curves.  A … Continue reading →

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Alien Buddies Gone Free – Today!

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

Alien Buddies app (iPhone, iPad) is a fun, preschool app with visual motor activities. It has been around for a while but has gone free today (regularly 1.99). This is a long standing fav of mine providing academics, visual motor … Continue reading →

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Button, Button, Do You Have the Button Board ?

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

I have a bit of an issue suggesting iPad apps as fine motor skill apps, I consider them visual motor activities with true fine motor skills developed using haptic skills of in-hand manipulation, tactile discrimination with three-dimensional objects. There are a … Continue reading →

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Play Your Musical Drawing – Hands Free with Color Band App

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Color Band App, for iPad (free with in-app purchases) provides an interesting twist of technology to drawing with music. It Combine a drawing with crayons and music with the ability to play the music with your fingers as well as hands free … Continue reading →

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