There are now a large number of iPad apps to assist students with several skill areas: fine motor, visual motor, tracking, motor planning, figure ground, bilateral coordination, visual sequential memory, coordination speed, range of motion of wrists and forearms, and visual attention. Here are some worth noting:
ABC Cursive Writing:$.99 - Cursive letters written in dots for tracing. Works on fine motor skills, pencil grasp, and correct letter formation.
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SuperSearch 60:$.99 - For students 8 years and up. Not only are they playing a game, but also working on their visual motor, fine motor, visual memory, figure ground, scanning and finger isolation. Alphabytes:$1.99 - Four games built into one: tracing the alphabet, writing, spelling, and memorization. Improves fine motor, motor planning.
Helperbird Whether you need speech to text, text-to-speech, Opendyslexic font, highlight tools, note-taking, clutter removal, Immersive Reader, etc., this tool has all of your favorite accessibility tools rolled into one! video tutorial
Dexteria:$4.99 - Set of therapeutic hand exercises (not games) that improve fine motor skills and handwriting readiness in children.
Bitsboard uses beautiful photos, has 1,000 lessons and gives the ability to create your own new boards. There are Flashcards that have a word and picture. Students can play mini-games by touching the correct photo or matching up images to the correct word. Word and sentence builder have the child drag and drop letters or words into the correct sequence. It’s easy to create new boards that can be tailored to their curriculum. Grasshopper Apps offers numerous free and inexpensive early learning apps that offer flexibility and customization that is so important for our students.
Kindergarten.com has nineteen excellent ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) flashcard apps that are worth exploring too.
iWriteWords:$2.99 - Tracing letters and words to help with correct letter formation. Increase visual and fine motor, letter formation, sequencing, and word/letter recognition.
Magic Shoes: $1.99 - Tying shoelaces can be a very difficult task for children and young adults who have fine motor weakness. This app offers step-by-step instructions and a video collection.
123 Tracer and More Lite: Free - Number recognition and formation, visual and fine motor skills.
Pirate Treasure Hunt: Free - Eight challenges are presented with reading and math skills. Increase visual and fine motor, direction following, sequencing, and visual memory.
Sammy-Squirrel Battles the Alphabet Robots:$.99 - Match upper and lower case letters. Works on visual motor and memory, matching, sequencing, fine motor, and visual sequential.
Sky Burger: Free - A game that children will love without realizing they are working on visual motor, fine motor coordination of speed, range of motion of wrist, forearms, and more.