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Tag Archives: fine motor
Cut the Buttons App
Cut the Buttons is a free app (but with in app purchases) for iPhone and iPad that actually resembles a fine motor task. Promoting use of the iPad as a fine motor tool stretches my professional sense of what fine motor involves … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Fine Motor Development, Finger Isolation, Free apps, Game, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Occupational Therapy, Visual Motor
Tagged App Review, fine motor, Fine motor apps, Games, iPad, iPhone, iPod, occupational therapy
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Dexteria Jr App from Binary Labs
Dexteria Jr. app for iPad (2.99) is described on Binary Labs website as “a set of hand and finger exercises that help develop fine motor skills and handwriting readiness. The activities are specially designed for kids age 2-5. New characters, … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, AT for Handwriting, Early Childhood, Education, Fine Motor Development, Finger Isolation, iPad, Occupational Therapy, Pediatrics, Pre-writing, Visual Motor, Writing
Tagged App Review, Early Childhood, fine motor, Fine motor apps, Handwriting, iPad, OT Apps, pre-writing, Visual motor apps
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Bugs and Numbers App (Little Bit Studio offers a free code)
Bugs and Numbers app is new iPhone/iPad app (2.99) developed by Little Bit Studio . The third of their educational apps, this app features math activities and provides fine motor, visual motor and visual perceptual activities for preschool and elementary ability aged students. The … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Developmental Delay, Early Childhood, Education, Elementary School, Fine Motor Development, Finger Isolation, Game, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Occupational Therapy, Pediatrics, School Based Interventions, Special education, Visual Motor, Visual Perception
Tagged App Review, Early Childhood, fine motor, Fine motor apps, iPad, iPhone, iPod, occupational therapy, OT Apps, special education
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Pincer Grasp on iPad – Ideas from Your Therapy Source
Pincer Grasp on iPad (click to link to post) provides a few ideas on developing pincer grasp with appropriate iPad apps from Your Therapy Source . Just a note – the cellulose sponge may not work with some iPad screen protectors as … Continue reading
Tap the Frog HD App – Finger Tapping and Swiping Fun!
Here is an app review from Carol Hesch, OTR/L on… Tap the Frog HD is an App for the iPad (1.99) by Mentals LLC that I use almost daily for fine motor fun with my student’s. The app has colorful graphics, … Continue reading
Chalk Walk App
Thanks to Carol Hesch, a regular to this blog, cued me into this interesting visual motor app called Chalk Walk . Compatible with iPad only, this 2.99 app provides slightly different dynamics when working on visual motor skills. Chalk Walk app guides the … Continue reading
Cosmonaut Stylus – A Really Chunky Stylus
Need a stylus that has some weight and a large shaft for gripping? The Cosmonaut: Wide-Grip Stylus for Capacitive Touch Screens may be what your looking for. This stylus has a large shaft that is compariable to the size of a fat marker. Although I … Continue reading
Injini Printables – Activity Worksheets for your iPad
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
Injini Child Development Game Suite App
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
Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Developmental Delay, Early Childhood, Fine Motor Development, iPad, Occupational Therapy, Visual Motor, Visual Perception
Tagged App Review, fine motor, Fine motor apps, Handwriting, iPad, occupational therapy, OT Apps, special education, Visual motor apps
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Apps for Pre-Writing Skill Development
A comment on this blog questioned if there were apps that supported early imitation of lines and shapes also known as pre-writing skills. My search (which could easily have missing apps) found that such apps seem to be in limited supply! Most of the apps focus on … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, AT for Handwriting, Fine Motor Development, iPad, iPod, Pre-writing, Special education
Tagged fine motor, Handwriting, iPad, iPod, pre-writing
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