Category Archives: Visual Perception

Bo’s Jigsaw Puzzles

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Bo’s Jigsaw Puzzle is a new iPhone/iPad puzzle app currently free. Another puzzle app however it has no other in-app purchases and features 24 different puzzles. A choice of easy (four pieces), intermediate (9 pieces) and hard (12 pieces) levels are available … Continue reading →

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Free App Friday – Free iOS and Android Apps!

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

Here are some apps gone free (typically only for today, June 22) for Free App Friday. Some apps were previously reviewed but have come around free for the downloading. The iOS apps are appropriate for visual perceptual , visual motor and visual memory skill development depending … Continue reading →

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Router Aqua App for Android – Free Today!

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

  Router Aqua app for Android is comparable to the Flow App (iOS) previously posted. Currently free in the Amazon App Market (today only!), this app provides visual spatial reasoning and visual motor challenge for your clients needs or you (this is … Continue reading →

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Digital Storytime Deals for June 21 – Free apps!

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

Digital Storytime is one of the app review websites I peruse for free or reduced educational apps. They have some free apps today only (I am never quite sure how long free apps are available!) that you may want to include in … Continue reading →

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More Android Puzzle Apps and Games – For Adults Clients

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

A comment from Sandy asked about Android puzzle apps and what might be suited for adults with head injuries. Although this is not my area of expertise, I did a search in the Android app market to see if there … Continue reading →

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Puzzles for Young Learners for Your Android

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

Looking for puzzle apps for young learner for an Android device? Here are some of the same puzzle apps available for iOS now available for the Android. These apps have received good ratings on either platform. Make sure before you download that the app … Continue reading →

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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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Heydooda! Preschool Apps!

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Are you familiar with the Heydooda Apps? Heydooda has preschool puzzles, numbers, animals and visual matching game apps.  Compatible with iPhone, iPod and iPad, many of the apps are free or up to  $1.99. These apps caught my attention as … Continue reading →

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Puzzles for Young Learners for Your iPad

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Looking for simple puzzles for your student? A comment from a previous post from Claire requested simple puzzle apps suitable for a student with CP. She was looking for apps with limited pieces. I am assuming that the puzzles would require limited … Continue reading →

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Alien Buddies App – Gone Free (Summer Sale)!

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

Alien Buddies is a fun preschool app that contains preschool skill development as counting, matching, dot to dot, puzzles and memory activities. Great for concept development as well as visual motor skill practice.  A tried and true app for iPhone … Continue reading →

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