Summer+Discoveries

= Summer Discoveries! = I'm so glad that I kept the iPad for the summer! My students at ESY have been using it to work on their goals. They have used it for their reading and math goals, as well as for entertainment. The iPad has been a great tool for the summer camp!

Evelyn Deschamps

This summer I read the app reviews listed on the ipad CLIU Wikki page. I downloaded the following free apps to help enhance my OT intervention.

Mouse Maze Yoga free Little writer Paper Dictionary.com Picture card maker Morning call Shopping cart Read me stories

The following apps are listed but are not free, so I did not down load them. I will try to find out if I can purchase the following: Cut the buttons Counting dots

I could not find daily yoga but I did find Simply Yoga which is a free app.

I downloaded 2 apps not listed on the review list. Skywriter—a child draws and an airplane follows making a trail of airplane smoke. It reinforces a child to start letters at the top since the plane begins at the top of every letter. You can change the background and speed of the plane.

iDoodle2 lite---A blank drawing board in which a child can choose background colors and several writing tools. With a touch of a button one can “undo”/’ redo” one line at a time—not erasing the entire drawing or letters.

Can’t wait to try these apps with my students!!! Linda Murphy OT dept.

My favorite app that I discovered over the summer is __**Math Doodles**__. It's a numbers game that deals with adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. It is really cool to look at the "doodles" because it makes the app visually appealing. There are also options for the numbers including dice, fingers, tick marks, spanish tally marks, roman numerals, chinese, arabic, hindi, binary, braille, prefixes, polygons, coins, dollars, fractions, You can select easy and hard levels with the option of solving the puzzle, infinity mode, and racing. It is a paid app but I believe it was only $1.99 and it is definitely worth it to work with students on number sense! There is also another add-on game in development for this app.

Inkflow is another drawing application but it is for more advanced artists. It allows you to purchase different "tools" and resize your writing. The free version comes with a pencil and eraser tool and 20 pages to draw on.

Motion Math: Wings is another number sense app in which there are different levels of ease. You fly a bird through the air by moving/tilting the iPad left and right. Each level earns the bird different colored feathers and increases the difficulty. A nice app that was free and uses the movement options of the iPad.

Animal Origami: Guides the user through origami paper folding of various animals. A video goes through the steps which is nice for visual learners and can be played back. Great for Geometry!

Audra Krakoski - Itinerant Learning Support Teacher (Secondary Math)

Easy Writer is a great Ipad app to develop prewriting skills/ fine motor skill for Early Intervention. It is fun and the kids love it!- Elizabeth Bartolucci OT

Fair Food Maker helps kids make choices and facilitates motor planning; I used it as a reward for children to encourage non-preferred tasks. Elizabeth Bartolucci OT

MeMoves- Nice way to incorporate sensory breaks in a socially appropriate way for older students. Start with just one hand for younger children. Elizabeth Bartolucci OT