Mom's iPad Info Meeting: Part 2

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This is part two of the discussion I had with SensiGirl's teacher and some other moms of the children in her class.  We had a discussion about apps that we found helpful for our kids. Things we liked and things that we would like to see, as well as some apps that had to go to the delete pile.

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Emotion and Feeling apps:

Electric Company: Feel Electric
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/feel-electric!
 Moody Monster Manor
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moody-monster-manor
iTouchLearn Feelings
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/itouchilearn-feelings-for

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Music apps:

My First Songs
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-first-songs-music-game
Moozart
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moozart

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Story book apps:

MeeGenius books, this library platform is free, the books cost  99 cents to $ 2.99
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meegenius!-kids-books

Ibooks: One of the moms liked this app. The reviews since the last update aren't so good. Hopefully the bugs have been worked out.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibooks

Our local library has a device resource center to download books for free, I haven't tried it yet:
http://www.rclreads.org/books/downloads
http://www.overdrive.com/resources/drc/Default.aspx?type=ebook

My stories ,create your own social story or story book
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-stories

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Telling Time apps:

Interactive Telling Time
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/interactive-telling-time-learning/id477389150?ls=1&mt=8

Telling Time Free
http://itunes.apple.com/app/telling-time-free/id473879314?ign-mpt=uo%3D6&mt=8

Monkey Time
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/monkey-time/id360735712?mt=8

Visual Timer, it costs less than the Time Timer app
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/visualtimer/id301558975?mt=8

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Other favorites:

Red Fish/ Poisson Rouge:
moderately expensive app, $9.99, test it for free online, press play to try it ( middle left above the red fish.)
http://www.poissonrouge.com/

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/redfish-4-kids/id364898590?mt=8

Puppet Pals, (Director's Pass 2.99)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puppet-pals-hd/id342076546?mt=8

My Play Home - Dollhouse app
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-playhome/id439628153?mt=8


An app I could live without is the emotions app, Autism Xpress, that only has 12 emotions and uses a kind of emoticon animation with sound. It wasn't very helpful and it turned into a noise maker rather that a learning app.
Twinkle twinkle storybook piano wasn't very helpful either since it only teaches one tune. If your child is not interested in that tune, there won't be much music learning going on.

Again, a special thanks to SensiGirl's teacher and Ms. Liz and Ms. Marjorie for all the great info.