In honor of Read Across America week and Dr. Seuss’s birthday, I have been using The Cat and the Hat app on the iPad. Research (Gail T. Gillon, Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 2000;31;126-141) shows that phonological awareness training for children with Spoken Language Impairment leads to better outcomes in reading and language abilities. Rhyming games and activities are an important part of phonological
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I just started using Toontastic by Launchpad Toys this week with my crew and it has been a huge hit! I love that it teaches the components of a story (setting, characters, conflict, resolution) as it encourages you to create and animate a unique storyline. Users are given the choice to select from custom settings and characters or design their own. In my groups
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I spent some time browsing available language apps and have decided to start with the following… Story Builder by Mobile Education Tools which I reviewed in a previous post. Language Builder by Mobile Education Tools for a price of $3,99. This app has a variety of real life pictures and scaffolded written and verbal prompts. The purpose of the app is to encourage sentence
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