Tag Archives: Visual Perception

Orgami Genie App – On Sale (and other orgami resources!)

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

Have you ever used origami as an activity for improving visual perceptual, fine motor and direction following with your students (or some adults if used for napkin folding, creating decorations?) ? I have used books and online resources for thematic origami used with … Continue reading →

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Geoboard App

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

Geoboard app is a free iPad app providing an electronic method of producing geometrical designs on a 25 or 150 peg Geoboard. With 8 different colored bands, a wide variety of geometric models and levels of math instruction can be … Continue reading →

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Geoboard App

Posted on February 16, 2013 by

Geoboard app is a free iPad app providing an electronic method of producing geometrical designs on a 25 or 150 peg Geoboard. With 8 different colored bands, a wide variety of geometric models and levels of math instruction can be … Continue reading →

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Letter Reflex App – On Sale!

Posted on February 2, 2013 by

 LetterReflex by BinaryLabs (1.99 – currently on sale from 2.99) is an interactive app focusing on challenges of letter reversals for iPhone/iPad. Previously reviewed on OT’s with Apps, it’s unique features for intervention makes it worth reviewing again while on sale. … Continue reading →

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Visual Spatial Awareness Apps and Games

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

Visual perception is often a skill that OT’s assess and work on with children and adults. There is also a high correlation between visual perception and mathematic abilities, skills students need to achieve in school (The Free Library. N.p., 22 … Continue reading →

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Go Go Games App for Students with Autism

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

See on Scoop.it – OT mTool Kit Carol Leynse Harpold‘s insight: New app for students with Autism called Go Go Games. Visual matching activities are some of the features of this app. Are you familar with this app? Carol See … Continue reading →

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Leo’s Pad 1 & 2

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

 Leo’s Pad is a relatively new app for preschoolers created by Kidaptive and designed by Stanford University featuring interactive and animated appisodes of adventures in science. Leo’s Pad Appisode 1 (free; iPad) has been available since mid December with Leo’s Pad … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 31, 2012 by

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

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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Tangranimals App by Busythings Ltd

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

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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