To my Speech Language Pathologist friends: I feel like you typically get slim pickings. Good news! This week SLP apps are the star of the show!
FYI: The number one question I get from my iPad users about this blog is asking how long the apps are free. The bad news is…most of the apps are only on sale today. In fact, some apps end their sale at 10pm tonight! A few apps stay free for the weekend or a whole month. A few apps make this list because they were a paid app in the past, but today are making their debut as a free app and will be free for a long time/from now on. The best thing to do if you missed reading this on Friday: Go through the list and open up ones you really want with your fingers crossed. If it went back to its original price, use this app called App Price Drops. You can search apps and then set an email alert to you for when it goes free again.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/app-price-drops-by-apple-sliced/id482491685?mt=8
Happy downloading!
Betsy
Early Childhood:
Size color shape by Baby Bus
normally $0.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/size-color-shape-by-babybus/id893828334?mt=8
This app has two parts, the first is shape exploration and then tap an icon to start a receptive identification activity. This app has very young graphics, so I wouldn't use it in elementary grades, only in an early childhood setting.
Elementary:
Frog Game - SCHOOL by Raddlist (sound discrimination)
normally $14.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/frog-game-school/id924546893?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Frog game has several sets of matching games that work on speech and language skills such as receptive identification, phonetics, phonemic awareness, etc. It has cute graphics and leveled in a path like you are playing Candy Crush.
Middle-High School:
iChecklist by Kaisatec
normally $1.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ichecklist/id392530408?mt=8
Here is a very simple to do list that would fit a student who wants a clean interface. Note that this is an iPod/Phone app, so it is zoomed so the graphics are not as crisp on an iPad. In addition, if you are using a 3rd party keyboard in iOS 8, you may have problems with the keyboard format and will need to go back to the default iPad keyboard. Supposedly you can change features but when I went into the preferences, but the app kept quitting on its own/crashing. The main features worked fine for me though.
All ages:
MyKees Keyboard for iPad (iOS 8 only) by Jonathan Teboul
normally $0.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mykees-keyboard-for-ipad/id939443671?mt=8
Is your student having problems visually with the standard iPad keyboard? You can change the font size, background and text color using MyKees. It does require set up both in your settings of the iPad as well as opening up the app. In the app itself, begin with selecting a theme and then using the slide button to play with opacity and hue. If does not have all the colors I would like for students with disabilities (bright contrasting colors), however they have a very dark gray keys with white letters that is the closet you are going to get with high contrast. The main issue I don't like with it is that you can't access the iPad's built in word prediction for iOS 8. This may be a good keyboard for a co:writer or read write gold user.
Also free today:
SPEECH-LANGUAGE
Kids Sound Lab Pro by Raddlist (English pronunciation)
normally $19.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kids-sound-lab-pro/id681462426?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Frog Game 1 by Raddlist (sound discrimination level 1)
normally $0.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/frog-game-1/id924551858?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Frog Game 2 by Raddlist (sound discrimination level 2)
normally $0.99
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/frog-game-2/id924553338?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Frog Game 3 by Raddlist (sound discrimination level 3)
normally $0.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/frog-game-3/id924553669?mt=8
Autism Language Learning by TalkTime Pediatric Speech Academy
normally $26.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/autism-language-learning/id502988833?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Autism Language Learning Series II by TalkTime Pediatric Speech Academy
normally $15.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/autism-language-learning-series/id600492237?mt=8
Autism Language Learning Spanish by TalkTime Pediatric Speech Academy
normally $15.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/autism-language-learning-spanish/id847081025?mt=8
Vocabulary builder 2 video - flashcard player by Bubmlebee kids
normally $3.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vocabulary-builder-2-video/id905942600?mt=8
Fonemo Lite by Yiva Nordwall
normally $0.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fonemo-lite/id484091969?mt=8
VISUAL PERCEPTUAL
Night Zookeeper Teleporting Torch by Wonky Star (daily drawing challenge)
normally $2.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/night-zookeeper-teleporting/id654094476?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Jenga by Naturalmotion (puzzle/fine motor precision)
normally $2.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jenga/id392915994?mt=8
Shapes Memory Match! Shape Learning Game by Eggroll games (visual memory, visual discrimination)
normally $2.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shapes-memory-match!-shape/id716379171?mt=8
Wee Kids Shapes by Ebooks&kids (puzzles)
normally $1.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wee-kids-shapes/id661233369?mt=8
Dyslexia Quest by Nessy Learning Limited
normally $1.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dyslexia-quest/id448166369?mt=8
EARLY CHILDHOOD
The four seasons - educational game for children and babies By Cristinal Bontas
normally $1.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/four-seasons-educational-game/id680341208?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Pre-school counting 123's with Bear and Duck by Kid Games Interactive
normally $0.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pre-school-counting-123s-bear/id391294319?mt=8
Talk in 3 by Bilingual Learning LLC (vocabulary/visual perceptual)
normally $2.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/talk-in-3/id750883891?mt=8
STORYBOOKS
My Annoying little brother by Kid Games Interactive
normally $0.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-annoying-little-brother/id634247760?mt=8
Birding Bobs' Backyard Adventure by Andrew Wayman
normally $2.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/birding-bobs-backyard-adventure/id928994762?mt=8
Magikid Christmas by Magikid
normally $2.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/magikid-christmas/id778147397?mt=8
Tinman Arts - Chickens Run - The Greatest Daddy
normally $0.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tinman-arts-chickens-run-greatest/id413946105?mt=8
Tinman arts - Jojo the chick 2 - I hate my cousin by Tinman Arts
normally $0.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id506938006
Tinman arts - Jojo the chick 2 - the no kid by Tinman arts
normally $0.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tinman-arts-jojo-chick-2-no/id486661541?mt=8
LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH
Spelling Star by Top Class Apps
Normally $0.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spelling-star/id557070660?mt=8
Flash Reader by Didstopia (speed reading)
normally $3.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flash-reader/id402491178?mt=8
MATH
My Multiplication - times tables by Tommy Gustavsson
normally $2.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-multiplication-times-tables/id457267986?mt=8
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES
Phy - pays formulas and calculator by Dominik Hauser (physics)
normally $1.99
https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/phy-physics-formulas-calculator/id325836855?l=en&mt=8
TopoQuiz by Mediabox Productions (Geography)
normally $0.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/topoquiz/id492024983?mt=8
MUSIC
Fiddlewax Blue by Fiddlewax (music creation and song writing)
normally $2.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fiddlewax-blue-music-maker/id814998374?mt=8
TASK-RELATED:
PDF Scanner - easily scan books and multipage documents to PDF by Darsoft
normally $2.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pdf-scanner-easily-scan-books/id784454179?mt=8
MISC:
Sharing with Duckie Deck by Duckie Deck Development
normally $2.99
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sharing-with-duckie-deck/id574861323?mt=8
