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3D Sound Literacy: An App Tool to Aid in Reading Curriculum

Product:  SoundLiteracy By:  3D Literacy, LLC Format:  iPad App Category: Education Cost:  $24.99 Focus:  A tool to use with your current Orton-Gillingham influenced reading program. Description: Sound Literacy is intended to facilitate interaction between a teacher and student(s). An instructor is needed to demonstrate concepts and skills as well as guide practice sessions with student(s).  Sound Literacy can be used in conjunction with any curriculum that emphasizes phonemic awareness, phonological processing, systematic phonetic instruction, or word building with ‘meaningful word parts’. Features: • Blank tiles for counting, ordering, and manipulating the phonemes within words • Tiles organized in pantries and ready … Continue reading →

Favorite App of the Week: Toca Tailor Fairy Tales

Toca Tailor Fairy Tales Cost:  FREE Format:  iPad, iPhone Description: Design and style your own clothes.  Mix and match colors, patterns, and your own patterns you can upload from the built in camera.  Chose from two characters and easily adjust sleeve length, pant length, skirt and more with a swipe of your finger.  A variety of colors, patterns, and accessories to chose from to keep your child busy for hours. What I Thought… Back in December Toca Tailor Fairy Tales was app of the week.  I glossed over it at that time thinking it was just another dress up game. … Continue reading →

App-Schooling: New Tech Trend in Homeschooling

Computers and other forms of technology are no strangers to homeschooling.  Homeschool moms learned a long time ago that computers can aid the homeschool experience for both the student and the teacher.  If laptops gave our techie homeschool feet than the tablet gave it wings. Homeschool students and moms are finding the value in app-schooling.  App-Schooling is when a student uses a tablet and applications to study, reinforce lessons, or house lessons.  With tablet in hand, a homeschool student can unlock the door to the world one application at a time.  Homeschool moms can record, store, and plan, lessons. Homeschool portfoilos can … Continue reading →