Some moms from SensiGirl's class got together with her teacher to help with a grant the teacher was writing to get iPads for her classroom. We had lots of information about apps to share so here is part one of our findings.
For
communication apps we had some new information, besides Proloquo2Go there are two more apps, they are all expensive, so choose carefully:
proloquo2Go
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/proloquo2go
Sono Flex
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sono-flex
Verbally
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/verbally-premium/id470081134?mt=8
We also discussed
social stories and came to the conclusion that you really need to make your own stories for some situations. Here are the apps:
Stories2Learn
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stories2learn
Potty Training Social Story
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/potty-training-social-story
Model Me Going Places
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/model-me-going-places
First Then Visual Schedule, great for making a social story yourself
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/first-then-visual-schedule
Pictello, also good for building social stories
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pictello
My Stories, I haven't tested this one:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-stories
Language and Sequencing apps:
Sequencing with Milo
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/speech-with-milo-sequencing
Cookie, Cake and Candy Doodle, they all have recipes to follow in a sequence
http://www.shoethegoose.com/
Speech with Milo: Verbs
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/speech-with-milo-verbs
Question Builder
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/question-builder/id360577727?mt=8
Sentence Builder: This one is more difficult
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sentence-builder
Language Builder:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/languagebuilder-for-ipad
There are a few more "Builder" apps, I haven't checked them all yet.
Math and Money apps:
Coin Math
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/coin-math
Make Change
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/makechange-money-counting/
Jungle Coins
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jungle-coins-learn-coin-math
AWEsum! Like Tetris with numbers
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/awesum!
Monkey Math School Sunshine
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/monkey-math-school-sunshine
Park Math
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/park-math-by-duck-duck-moose
Motion Math: Hungry Fish
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/motion-math-hungry-fish
AppShopper has a price drop button to check periodically as well as all things apps.
http://appshopper.com/
We agreed that Talking Ben and Talking Tom are not good apps for our children with language learning delays. We had to delete those apps. Our children just ended up screaming at it to hear themselves scream.
A special thanks to SensiGirl's teacher and Ms. Liz and Ms. Marjorie for all the great info.