Dyspraxia
All of these apps should be used under the guidance of an educational or clinical psychologist, speech and language therapist, occupational therapist or other professional agencies.
Dexteria Junior
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
The Dexteria family of apps have been specially created to aid children with developing their dexterity and fine motor skills. Three activities-Pinch the Pepper, Squish the Squash and Trace & Erase allow children to develop their finger control, finger isolation, finger strength, finger manipulation, pincher grasp, wrist flexion and hand co-ordination. The activities get progressively more difficult and it tracks a child's progress along the way.
Cost: €4.49
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
The Dexteria family of apps have been specially created to aid children with developing their dexterity and fine motor skills. Three activities-Pinch the Pepper, Squish the Squash and Trace & Erase allow children to develop their finger control, finger isolation, finger strength, finger manipulation, pincher grasp, wrist flexion and hand co-ordination. The activities get progressively more difficult and it tracks a child's progress along the way.
Cost: €4.49
Rating: 5/5
Dexteria VMI- Visual Motor Integration Skills
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
The Dexteria family of apps have been specially created to aid children with developing their dexterity and fine motor skills. Children can develop their visual motor integration skills through two different activities - Match This and Make This. These are fun activities where children need to reproduce the images presented and develop their hand-eye co-ordination and visual discrimination skills at the same time. This app would be suitable for children with Dyspraxia. The Report feature allows teachers or parents to track a child's activity and progress within the app.
Cost: €4.49
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
The Dexteria family of apps have been specially created to aid children with developing their dexterity and fine motor skills. Children can develop their visual motor integration skills through two different activities - Match This and Make This. These are fun activities where children need to reproduce the images presented and develop their hand-eye co-ordination and visual discrimination skills at the same time. This app would be suitable for children with Dyspraxia. The Report feature allows teachers or parents to track a child's activity and progress within the app.
Cost: €4.49
Rating: 5/5
Dexteria- Fine Motor Skill Development
Available from: Apple App Store and Google Play Store
Description:
The Dexteria family of apps have been specially created to aid children with developing their dexterity and fine motor skills. Choose from different activities like Write It, Pinch It and Tap It which are a set of therapeutic hand exercises which help to develop fine motor skills. The app can be set up to accommodate both right and left handed users. This app was designed in consultation with occupational therapists and can be used with students with Dyspraxia and fine motor needs. The app generates user reports that can be viewed by the teacher or parents.
Cost: €5.49 (Apple)/ €10.99 (Google Play Store)
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Google Play Store
Description:
The Dexteria family of apps have been specially created to aid children with developing their dexterity and fine motor skills. Choose from different activities like Write It, Pinch It and Tap It which are a set of therapeutic hand exercises which help to develop fine motor skills. The app can be set up to accommodate both right and left handed users. This app was designed in consultation with occupational therapists and can be used with students with Dyspraxia and fine motor needs. The app generates user reports that can be viewed by the teacher or parents.
Cost: €5.49 (Apple)/ €10.99 (Google Play Store)
Rating: 5/5
Super Stretch Yoga
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app contains 12 different yoga stretches, each based on a different character. Children can watch short animations and simple videos which demonstrate yoga poses and breathing techniques.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app contains 12 different yoga stretches, each based on a different character. Children can watch short animations and simple videos which demonstrate yoga poses and breathing techniques.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4/5
Small Talk Oral Motor Exercises
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app can be used with children to develop their oral motor skills. Children can watch a range of videos that target areas such as the cheeks, tongue, palate, lips and jaw. This app is best used under the guidance of a Speech and Language Therapist.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app can be used with children to develop their oral motor skills. Children can watch a range of videos that target areas such as the cheeks, tongue, palate, lips and jaw. This app is best used under the guidance of a Speech and Language Therapist.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4/5
Wet Dry Try Suite App
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app is based on the popular Handwriting Without Tears programme and includes formation of lower and upper case letters as well as numbers. This supports a multi-sensory approach to learning.
Cost: €6.99
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This app is based on the popular Handwriting Without Tears programme and includes formation of lower and upper case letters as well as numbers. This supports a multi-sensory approach to learning.
Cost: €6.99
Rating: 4.5/5
Writing Wizard
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This is a fun app which allows children to develop their fine motor skills. It has lots of pre-writing activities and allows children to learn how to form upper and lower case letters as well as numbers. A great feature of this app is that you can add your own words so children could use this app to learn how to write their name and other key words. You can also create an unlimited number of user logins which will track the progress of each student in your class. The app offers a variety of fonts including the Jolly Phonics and Handwriting Without Tears fonts.
Cost: €4.99 (iOS) and €0.99 (Android)
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This is a fun app which allows children to develop their fine motor skills. It has lots of pre-writing activities and allows children to learn how to form upper and lower case letters as well as numbers. A great feature of this app is that you can add your own words so children could use this app to learn how to write their name and other key words. You can also create an unlimited number of user logins which will track the progress of each student in your class. The app offers a variety of fonts including the Jolly Phonics and Handwriting Without Tears fonts.
Cost: €4.99 (iOS) and €0.99 (Android)
Rating: 4.5/5