Category Archives: Visual Perception

Alien Buddies – Coming to Town for Free App Friday

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

Heads up! The folks at Artgig Studios are providing a holiday gift – Alien Buddies – Free on December 14th! Stock the fridge with eggnog and put out your finest fruit cake, the Alien Buddies are coming to town! This Holiday Season … Continue reading →

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Block a Doodle Do & Line-Up – Visual Spatial Apps from BusyThings

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Block-a-doodle-doo app for iPhone/iPad ($.99) by Busythings.co.uk  is cute game where you move a chicken riding on a gator looking mobile device through cars and trucks on the street.  The user has to problem solve to plan a course to get the chicken through the street … Continue reading →

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Little Solvers – Figural Analogies – Free!

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Innovative Mobile Apps has been developing again and this time it is a visual – spatial reasoning app called Little Solver – Figural Analogies. Just gone free this looks to be another great app to work on visual spatial reasoning … Continue reading →

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Shapes Touch and Write for iPad – Gone Free!

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Reminder… Shapes Touch and Write  gone free today! For more information on the app see Shapes Touch and Write for iPad post dated October 25, 2012. Carol

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Tangranimals App by Busythings Ltd

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

Busythings Ltd  has developed a number of apps that caught my attention during a recent Internet quest. Their variety of visual perceptual apps especially caught my eye, with mobile apps that resembled many of the manual visual perceptual activities used with students … Continue reading →

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Shelby’s Quest App

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Shelby’s Quest App for the iPad ($4.99), designed by an occupational therapist,  is a therapy tool specially made for OT’s, teachers and parents that gives the child a fun way to practice fine motor and visual perceptual skills. Shelby’s Quest guides … Continue reading →

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Shelby’s Quest by Doodles Therapy Apps for OT

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Shelby’s Quest is an app created by a OT from Doodle Therapy Apps. Described as “therapeutic tools for fine motor and visual perceptual development”, its first debut will be on September 6, 2012 in the App Store. Here is a preview of the … Continue reading →

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Free Apps for Early Learning

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Free app for weekend only (Bug Game) … Bug Games HD – iPad only featuring all kinds of critters to promote letter and word work, number concepts with dot to dot and puzzle activities. Stickers as a reward system is included. No ads, … Continue reading →

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Bugs and Buttons App

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Thanks to Christina Scheer MHS, OT from Grafton School District in Wisconsin for her recommendation of the Bugs and Buttons app. Ms. Scheer reported Bugs and Buttons is a favorite of her students.   Bugs and Buttons app for iPhone and iPad ($2.99) … Continue reading →

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Flow Free App – Available on Android

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

Flow Free App developed by Big Duck Games is now available on Android. A fun visual spatial app, provides 300 free puzzle games. The goal is to connect matching colors with pipe to create a flow. Pair all colors, and … Continue reading →

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