Category Archives: Visual Motor

iLuv Drawing People App

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

 iLuv Drawing People App is one of the three iLuv Drawing apps by Learn with Fun Apps. Free and available for iPhone and iPad, iLuv Drawing People app provides step by step drawing of people for individuals aged 4+ years. Twenty … Continue reading →

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Visual Perceptual Apps from Family Vision Care.org

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Searching for visual perceptual apps, I stumbled upon an extensive list of visual perceptual apps at Family Vision Care website. By permission from Dr. Carole L. Hong, OD, FCOVD, here is the link to the pdf entitled Apps that can aid in Visual … Continue reading →

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How to Draw App – Another Step by Step Drawing iTool

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

 How to Draw is another step by step drawing app appropriate for kindergarten to primary aged (app description indicates 4-7 years) children who have the ability to draw basic shapes from demonstration and align them somewhat accurately. Developed for iPhone and iPad, … Continue reading →

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Ready to Print – A Pre-Writing App

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

Ready to Print app – A pre-writing app for the iPad (9.99). Diane Reid, Occupational Therapist, created this pre-writing app as a supplement to develop the foundational skills of beginning writers. There are few such apps out there that truly provide visual motor activities in … 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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Grasshopper Apps has Freed Another App – Little Reader

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Grasshopper apps makes awesome apps that can be customized in a number of ways for students. You can record and import your own pictures, create a favorites list and choose specific content in the settings.  We use the apps at school for a … Continue reading →

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Cars 2 AppMates App with Manipulatives

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Thanks to my OT and AT colleague Bonnie, I had the opportunity to attend a free in service hosted by Concordia College’s School of Education in Mequon, Wisconsin with presenters Sue Gorman, an Apple  Distinguished Educator and Ann Barry and Kate Sieg … 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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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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