Screenshot from Play-Move-Develop Yesterday’s blog post was on 10 apps that get you moving. For today here are 3 more tips to encourage movement when using smart phones or tablet computers. 1. You Tube – There are so many exercise videos on You Tube that you can access for free. Watch learn tai chi (wonderful for […]
Here are 10 apps to get you moving with your iPhone or iPad (in no particular order). You can click on the links to get more information about the apps. 1. Dance Party Zoo – dance and iphone measures your rhythm. 2. Walk N Play – track physical activity with the iPhone 3. Footsteps – […]
There was a new app released this week for the iPad titled Chalk Walk ($3.99). It states that it helps children develop the pincer grasp. After testing out this app, it does encourage the use of a pincer grasp in children. It goes through various levels of visual motor patterns for a child to follow. […]
I have had the pleasure of playing around with a new app – Intellipad for the iPad. It was created by an occupational therapist, Cheryl Bregman. This app is quite impressive for a simple way to create individualized keyboards. It allows you to make any keyboard you want which is great for simple layouts. It […]
Letter School is an app that was just released. I just tested it out because it looked so interesting. I have to admit I am pretty impressed for $2.99 (there is even a free version so you can test it out yourself before buying). Here is what it has to offer: different fonts to practice […]
Here is an app I came across called Spinnerz. This app is only $0.99 and you can customize the spinners with your choices. There are some fun graphics to spin with as well – Holiday themes (i.e. Santa’s arm spinning), a fish spinning around and lots of mesmerizing images. There are many preinstalled spinners that […]
There is a fun new website entitled Apps for Children with Special Needs. The unique thing about this website is the video demonstrations of the apps. For example here is an app about dressing skills. There are videos on how to dress, how to wash your face, how to wash your clothes, etc. You can […]
Here are two iPhone apps that I have tested out for letter formation. Either of these could be used as fun tools to encourage kinesthetic practice of letter formation. The first I tested was Letter Tracer. This app was $0.99 when I purchased it. I really liked the simplicity of Letter Tracer. The letter is […]