Category Archives: Visual Perception

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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Visual Figure Ground (I Spy) Apps for Your Students

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

A request from one of the teachers I work with for “I Spy” apps started the search for such apps with hidden pictures. As an OT I would categorized these apps as visual figure – ground apps requiring users to find hidden … Continue reading →

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More Perceptual App Recommendations

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Thank you to Diane Novatnik, OTR for sharing recommendations on perceptual apps from Myfirstapps.com . Here are her  great recommendations:  Basic Matrix – A free app for iPad. The activity requires visual discrimination by color and image matching. Designed for ages 4+. … Continue reading →

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Merry Cubes App – Perceptual Game App

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Merry Cubes HD – Free iPad app that provides the traditional cube puzzle game requiring rotation to match  6 different cubes pictures. Recommended for children ages 2-7 years. Information on the website describes its features: 6 different 3D fruit to match and … 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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Apps Gone Free – Happy App Friday

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

Digital Storytime – one of my sources for reviewed and free educational apps has some apps you may want to peruse today or this weekend (I am not sure how long they will be on sale or available for free…). Here … Continue reading →

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Alien Buddies App Gone Free Again!

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

Alien Buddies App is currently free again (until 1-27-12 ?)! This is app was previously mentioned in a post in December, 2011 (when free) for its visual motor and visual perceptual activities. Geared for 3-7 year olds, the following activities are featured in the … Continue reading →

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Injini Child Development Game Suite App

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

Thanks to Molly Shannon for mentioning this app in the Lite version in one of her comments. I had seen this app but shied away from it due to the cost (49.99) not realizing that it came in a Lite-free version. Thank … Continue reading →

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Tanagram Apps

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Visual perceptual skills are another area OT’s provide intervention. As a OT I had my favorite parquetry or tanagram activities that ranged from simple to more complex as the student or client required. It was always interested to watch the … Continue reading →

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Little Finder app – Gone Free

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

Innovative Mobile apps has a new app gone free called Little Finder. Little Finder is available for iPhone and iPad and provides a one or more player game to visually search for objects. It provides  audio and visual matching supports making it more … Continue reading →

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