WordConnex

WordConnex by Chilly Brrr is a great sorting game. My daughter uses this regularly. You can learn to sort words about spelling, vocabulary, and other things. There is over 1000 different words to sort with over 70 different word sorts. You can pick which ones you want your child to work on by clicking the check marks on them. This is a nice option because they also have the levels from easy to diffacult so you know which your child may or may not be able to do. They hope in the future to add options to upload your own list in the game. My only complaint with this app is the sound. It's hard to understand the words when spoken and they don't read the catagory words outloud so your child needs to know how to read or you have to help by reading them. I'm hopeing that they will fix this but for now that's my only complaint otherwise it's a great app that has many catagories to sort.

www.wordconnex.com
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordconnex/id430701220?mt=8

Hairy Letters

Hairy Letters by Nessy is a very very cute app. I loved the little hairballs that are used for tracing letters. This app is great fine motor skills and perfect for children learning the alphabet and how to write it. There are games to play to reinforce the learning and starts to teach simple words all by the help of the hairballs. The characters are animated to keep your childs attention all through the app. My boys loved this app. They find the hairballs wonderful to play with and it keeps their attention no problem which is normaly hard to do. I love how the app starts out with only a few letters at a time so not to confuse the child. You can choose small letter, big letter, and dotted letter which is great so you can get more long time use out of the app even past learning the alphabet in capital letters like some others I've used. It sounds out the letter as you push it so the child can also start learning the sounds each letter makes. Before your child goes to trace the letter the little hairball with show them how and then they trace it with their finger. If they go too far off it will make a sound and it will have a sign with a hairball saying try again. When you first push a letter you will get a picture that when pressed becomes animated, the letter with letter sound, a word of the pictured above, and then the to be traced letter. This app is great. I would recommend it to any child learning to write and learning letters sounds. Highly recommended :)

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http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/hairy-letters/id410276288?mt=8

Dyslexia Quest

Dyslexia Quest by Nessy is great for many things not just dyslexia. I was a little worried at first that this app would be too hard for my daughter to use but boy did I get a surprise in the fact that it is wonderful. The pictures and sounds are very cute and the games are put in levels of learning ability. I chose the youngest level for her and found that it worked perfect for her. I also found that parts of it work great for my 6yr old son who I thought would never be able to use this app. This app has working memory, phonological awareness, processing speed, visual memory, auditory memory and sequencing skills. Many of these problems my children struggle with daily in school. Logan my 6yr old stuggles with auditory memory a lot and this works very well for him to build that skill up. He even tries the other things with some sucess. My almost 8yr old uses them all and they seem to be helping in the short time I've used the app with her. I can even use it since there is a level for all the way up adult. The levels are under 10, 11-16, and 17+ so even if you are an adult that struggles or you have an older child that struggles with any of these this app is for you :)

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http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/dyslexia-quest/id448166369?mt=8

If... Then... Fun Deck

If... Then... Fun Deck by Super Duper Publications is a great thinking and reasoning app. It comes with 52 cards with up to 5 players at a time. I love this app because it makes your child think ahead. If you do this then .... this might happen. This helps children with many different delays and will even help younger "typical" children learn what happends next. The app gives the prompt to the child to continue on the sentence and may even strike up a conversation. You can build on this app by asking your child more questions after they answer the prompted sentence. I do this with my kids to get them to go further with their conversation since they have major issues with this. They have a hard time doing the first step but if they get it I try to continue with it. I love these apps from Super Duper since you get wonderful ideas of conversation starters by starting with the basic sentence and you can end there and keep track of right and wrong answers but then also pick only certain questions you want so you might be able to build around more and longer answers after the starter. The pictures in these apps are great and clear for our children to understand. No stick figures here :)

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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/if-...-then-.../id456643575

How? Fun Deck

How? Fun Deck by Super Duper Publications is a great problem solving, reasoning, and sequencing skills app. This app has 52 cards included and allows you to have up to 5 players at a time. I love problem solving apps. These apps help children with special needs learn how to recognize and solve problems that happen in every day life. There is questions such as how do you clean up leaves in your yard? and How do you make a new friend? This app helps develop many skills that our children may lack without being taught. My children love trying to answer these questions as a group even if they can't answer them correctly. When I use this app I have one start each question and see who can either get it right and then talk about it if they get it right. If noone gets it right I tell them the correct response and then talk about it. I really hope you will try this app if you have a child that has problems with problem solving. Highly recommend app :)

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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/how-fun-deck/id464912259?ls=1

How Would You Feel If...

How Would You Feel If... by Super Duper Publications is a great app for feelings. This is another common problem with children on the spectrum. They don't understand feelings very well and need practice at learning them. My kids struggle to understand why someone might feel hurt when something bad happens or why someone is laughing when a joke is told. This app helps them understand what they might feel if something happends to them such as a flat on their bike. When the child presses the screen they can listen to the prompt or be read the prompt and then must answer how they might feel in the situation. You can then hit red or green for a correct or a incorrect response. This again has 56 cards included and you can have up to 5 players at a time. I know with my kids since I have three of them with simmilar problems I love that you can have more then one at a time join in. I can keep track of right and wrong answers and email it to whoever might need it. This app is wonderful and highly recommended by me for children on the spectrum or children that don't quite understand feelings yet.

http://www.superduperinc.com/apps/apple.aspx
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/how-would-you-feel-if-.../id459752073

What Would You Do at Home If...

What Would You Do at Home If... by Super Duper Publications is a great speech app for children that have a hard time with both problem solving and social skills. My children lack both of these and struggle with them everyday. This app helps them learn what they would do at home if certain things happen. Children on the spectrum and other disorders run into these problems everyday and don't know how to react. They must be taught what to do in situations and this app helps a lot with that. There is 56 cards included in this app. You can chose which ones to work on or you can work on them all as you see fit. This is great for multiple children and can run it for up to 5 at a time. This is great for home, social groups, schools, theripst, and more. You can keep track of the correct and incorrect responses for 5 players with their names and email them when you are through. I highly recommend any Super Duper apps for special needs children. They will help them with many needs if you find the right combinations for your child :)

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/what-would-you-do-at-home/id463529409?ls=1
http://www.superduperinc.com/apps/apple.aspx
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