Smart Apps For Kids

Good Free App of the Day: Star Chart

(Also check out today's Featured Free and Discounted Apps post)

Kids are totally enamoured by the stars. Me, I'm just happy to know that the sun and the moon are pretty consistent about turning up when they should. But no, my little girl is now asking me all sorts of difficult questions about what she's seeing in the night sky.

Cue Star Chart. Download this little beauty, turn on the location finder so that the GPS can find you, point your device at the sky, and lo, it tells you what you are seeing! Such a face-saver for an unknowledgeable mother like me>: "Yes sweety, that's Mars (and not a shiny star with a cool reddish tint like I tried to tell you it was yesterday)".

There is a reason that this app is the best-selling augmented reality app on the app store. It's really very beautiful to use.

There are in-app purchases but unless you are really into your astronomy you're not going to need these, the basics of what you are looking at are all included in the start-off app price, which is FREE today! 

FTVS HD - First Then Visual Schedule HD: Review

 

 

Bottom Line: This well-designed tool for creating visual schedules and choice boards for individuals with autism and others comes with a huge symbol library and the ability to add photos, videos, text and voice to any routine.

Giveaway: TouchChat AAC App ($150) x2!

In celebration of the awesomeness that is Smart Apps for Kids and our milestone of 1 million pageviews in April, Saltillo Corporation has graciously shared two codes for their fully customizable high-powered AAC app TouchChat. With a library of 10,000 Symbolstix, four vocabularies, and excellent training and support, this is a superstar app for kids and adults alike.

BuzzMath Middle School: Review

  

  

Bottom Line: a whopping 2800 common core aligned middle school math problems presented in a variety of formats for Free. You won't need any number sense to figure out the absolute value of this deal.

Grace – Picture Exchange for Non-Verbal People: Review

 

 

Bottom Line: a customizable picture card AAC system that emphasizes communication and interaction rather than a "voice." It was developed by a mother of two autistic children.

TouchChat HD: Review

  

  

Bottom Line: My son wouldn't be the spokesmodel for just any old AAC app. Out of a dozen AAC apps and an $8000 Dynavox, this is what we've found works best for us.

iRecognize: Review

  

  

Bottom Line: An app designed for speech-language pathologists working with clients with aphasia. Professionals will appreciate the ability to design any kind of exercise needed for older students and adults. Lite version available to test it out.