Ipad Apps

Ipad apps – early literacy and numeracy supports via SEA funded ipads

Through specialized Ministry funding, (SEA – Special Equipment Amount), we have provided students with early
literacy and numeracy tools to support their access to the curriculum. Some of the key iPad apps currently used
are outlined in the table below. In addition, WCDSB also provides specialized iPad apps for students with
Vision needs. (see separate link for Vision)

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accessibility Read&Write for ipad Key features:*

  • Hear on-screen text read aloud with easy to follow highlighting
  • Word Prediction
  • Speak As I Type
  • Talking Dictionary and Picture Dictionary for use with any writing app
  • Spell checker
  • Read&Write web toolbar for Safari
  • English/French support (accessed via iPad Language settings)

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token-board Token Board Token Board is a customizable tool for kids to track goals and earn
rewards. It can be difficult waiting to earn the things they want
without something concrete and visual. Using our customizable
Token Board they can see how close they are to achieving goals.
Children choose from seventeen colourful tokens, sixteen
backgrounds and a variety of sounds to announce they have
completed a task. Upload images and record your own voice so they
know what they are working for or use two images for an “If I…,
then I can…” scenario.

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five-sharks-swimming Five Sharks Swimming Have fun with this counting song whilst learning the numbers from
one to five. Key features:

  • Sing along to learn the numbers one to five.
  • Lots of repetition of names and numbers.

Includes three follow-up activities:

  • Counting up – touch the screen or press a switch to count up to five.
  • Count along number line – errorless activity using touch or switch to count to five.
  • Counting in sets – find the right number of sharks to get your reward.

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handwiritng-without-tears Handwriting Without
Tears		 With Wet-Dry-Try, children learn and practice correct formation
habits for writing capitals, numbers, and lowercase letters. The app
simulates our Slate Chalkboard and Blackboard with Double Lines
and helps children learn handwriting skills. Children can practice
letters in any order they choose, or follow the HWT Order, which
presents the letters in the proven Handwriting Without Tears®
developmental teaching order. Each letter has three levels of difficulty that build skills progressively. Master a level and win a star.
little-writer-pro Little Writer Pro Tracing ABC uppercase letters, abc lowercase letters, numbers 1 to100 (only 1 to 20 are turned ON by default)

  • 20 basic shapes including lines, circles, rectangles and more
  • Dozens of 3 and 4 letter words to make practice more enjoyable and interesting
  • Ability to add an unlimited number of your own words and pictures for maximum enjoyment and variety

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google-docs Google Docs Create new documents or edit any that were created on the web or on another device

* Share documents and work together with others in the same document at the same time
google-drive Google Drive have all your files within reach from any smartphone, tablet or computer; all your files in Drive – like your videos, photos and documents – are backed up safely so that you can’t lose them; easily invite others to view, edit or leave comments on any of your files or folders.
google-sheets Google Sheets Create new spreadsheets or edit any that were created on the web or on another device

* Share spreadsheets and work together with others in the same spreadsheet at the same time
google-classroom Google Classroom Classroom is a free service for schools, non-profits, and anyone with a personal Google account. Classroom makes it easy for learners and instructors to connect—inside and outside of schools. Classroom saves time and paper, and makes it easy to create classes, distribute assignments, communicate, and stay organized
google-meet Google Meet Securely connect, collaborate, and celebrate from anywhere. With Google Meet, everyone can safely create and join high-quality video meetings
imovie iMovie
  • Use the iMovie extension to enhance video clips right in the Photos app
  • Add a video filter, animated title, and soundtrack to any clip
  • Instantly save new video clips to your photo library

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boardmaker-student-centre Boardmaker Student Centre The Boardmaker Student Center app is where students of all abilities can go to access activities assigned to them through Boardmaker Online. The app brings the power of personalized visual supports and symbol adapted educational materials to the iPad. The student’s custom accessibility settings are instantly in effect the moment they log in, providing the ultimate in personalization. The advanced access methods (scanning, touch enter, touch exit, etc) mean that these powerful activities are fully accessible.

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categories-from-i-can-do-apps Categories from I Can do Apps Categorization is an important cognitive-linguistic skill. The ability to accurately categorize allows individuals to learn and access new vocabulary, increase expressive, receptive and reading skills;
chooseit ChooseIt! Literacy contains over 250 activities with over 5,000 pages of simple multiple choice activities; each activity has a graded sequence of 20 to 40 simply presented multiple-choice questions; the Apps include simple performance reporting, so you can record student progress; LISTENING SKILLS:INITIAL SOUNDS Covers the sounds of the 26 letters; INITIAL LETTERS: INITIAL BLENDS: SOUNDS; INITIAL BLENDS: LETTERS: TRICKY HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS: ALPHABET: EVERYDAY WORDS:Provides practice in recognising, hearing, matching, reading and spelling everyday words for colour, number, days’ of the week, months and seasons.
following-directions Following Directions from I Can do Apps Following Directions from I Can Do Apps is an educational tool designed to work on following directions with a variety of difficulty (simple one step commands to two step complex commands) in order to improve language, auditory processing, vocabulary and memory skills. Multi-step directions include embedded concepts of: first/then, before and after.
rhyming Rhyming from I Can do Apps tool designed to work on phonological awareness skills; further develop the ability to listen, identify and manipulate individual sounds crucial for learning rhyming skills.; Pictures of real objects; Option to hear question and answer options; Multiple levels with increasing difficulty

  • Randomized auditory reinforcement
  • Turn on/off written words
  • Turn on/off audio reinforcement after answer selected
verbs Verbs from I Can do Apps is a tool designed to work on the understanding and use of action words as well as build grammar / syntax skills. Understanding action words and being able to use a variety of verbs is a crucial skills for language development. This app targets the use of present, past and future tenses and regular, irregular and helping verb forms.

Level 1: Flashcards – picture with verb
Level 2: Identify the picture that demonstrates the verb from two choices
Level 3: Identify the correct helping verb for the sentence
Level 4: Identify the correct verb for the sentence
Level 5: Identify the correct irregular verb for the sentence

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autism-dtt-numbers Autism/DTT Numbers by drBrownsApps.com – Includes Counting help your child learn the numbers (0-99) and to learn to count (0-9).

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autism-dtt-letters Autism/DTT Letters by drBrownsapps.com help your student learn the letters of the alphabet (A-Z) and to learn the difference between uppercase and lowercase letters. The letters can be viewed in a simple sans-serif font, serif font, handwritten print font, a cursive font and with several other new card sets
autisim-dtt-shapes Autism/DTT Shapes This app uses Discrete Trial Training (DTT) to help your child learn the basic shapes.
autisim-dtt-words DTT / Autism Words by drBrownsApps.com DTT Words includes hundreds of sight words for preschool, kindergarten, first, second and third grade children
dtt-animals DTT Animals help your student learn the names and images of the Animals
dtt-people DTT People help your student learn about people and people related words, including body parts and jobs/occupations/careers. In addition you can add your own pictures and record the names of your child’s family and friends.
interactive-alpahbet-abc Interactive Alphabet ABC A guided A to Z touchable tour (ages 1+)
Explore – discover hands-on interactive letter toys (ages 2+)
Sing – Sing along with letterbots! (ages ALL)
Type – Match letter keys to type a word (ages 2+)
Trace – Easy letter and word drawing (ages 2+);Choose lowercase, uppercase, or mixed case.
* Phonic Sounds

Icons Name of App Description
autism-ihelp-colors Autism iHelp – Colors SLP Edition This app includes groups of pictures categorized by specific color. This app helps to distinguish and identify common items by color and allows for increased environmental generalization.
autism-ihelp-comprehension Autism iHelp – Comprehension-SLP Edition Comprehension targets fundamental receptive language skills in a variety of formats. While utilizing real-life photographs, this app requires the learner to listen and follow directions of varying complexity. Comprehension of one- and two-step directions is essential for academic success on a fundamental level, and builds on short-term and auditory memory skills. Options include written directions and verbally presented directions.
autism-ihelp-languange-concepts Autism iHelp – Language Concepts – SLP Autism iHelp is a vocabulary teaching aid ; focusing on their unique strengths and difficulty with expressive vocabulary; targets fundamental vocabulary building concepts in a variety of formats; utilizing real-life photographs, this app requires the learner to demonstrate more than just basic understanding of targeted vocabulary during manipulation activities involving categorization, and sorting skills
autism-ihelp-opposites Autism iHelp – Opposites SLP this app introduces the learner to the concept of opposites;
autism-ihelp-sorting Autism iHelp – Sorting SLP Sorting is a fun and interactive app that requires the learner to drag and drop items into the appropriately labeled ‘categorical’ box
autism-ihelp-wh Autism iHelp – WH? SLP Edition WH?’s consists of questions paired with appropriate real world picture responses.
This app includes several photos and questions chosen based on established expressive language milestones; WH ?’s require incorporating more abstract thought and generalization in regard to the learned concepts
more-fun-with-directions More Fun with Directions HD with a focus on 12 concepts: turn on/turn off; up/down, front/behind, on/under, put in/take out, above/below; Help the monkey go up the tree, but watch out! He likes to throw those coconuts! Pop the bubble that is above the bird. Put the elephant under the larger table. Help the squirrel go down the tree. Turn off the red radio.
my-playhome-school My PlayHome School Explore the school and play at being teacher, experiment in the science room, take lunch in the cafeteria or even mop the corridors!
word-slapps-vocabulary Word SLapPs Vocabulary Word SlapPs can be used to teach receptive vocabulary specific to your child’s world with the images that you choose. Upload and save photos into customizable categories, pair them with your recorded questions. Children touch target images and are rewarded with sounds and/or visuals. Target vocabulary words alone or with up to five other images to increase difficulty. Word SLapPs Vocabulary comes pre-loaded with two categories (Colors and Animals), scoring and three themed backgrounds.
ilanguage iSequences practice 100 different sequences about everyday situations, such as:

  • Autonomous habits like brushing their teeth, washing their hands, getting dressed or going to bed
  • Fun activities like going to the beach, to the movies or do sports
  • Every day situations like falling down, taking the bus, going the doctor, buying bread or getting wet in the rain
  • Emotions like happiness, sadness, surprise or fear

Icons Name of App Description
weblink-tar-heel weblink – Tar Heel Reader; https://tarheelreader.org/ Tar Heel Reader, a collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics. A website that can be ‘appified’ for easy access. A collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics. Each book can be speech enabled and accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens, the IntelliKeys with custom overlays, and 1 to 3 switches. https://tarheelreader.org/

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chooseit-numeracy ChooseIt! Numeracy contains over 230 activities with over 6,000 pages of simple multiple choice activities; FOUNDATION SHAPE, SPACE & MEASURE-positional words, opposites, sequencing shapes and time awareness (non-clock time); KEY STAGE 1 SHAPE, SPACE & MEASURE-matching and recognition of geometric 2D and 3D shapes, sequencing shapes, counting sides, nets, weight, length, capacity, and planes and symmetry; EARLY NUMBER- numbers one to three;NUMBER 0 TO 5: NUMBER 5 TO 10: NUMBER 0 TO 100: MONEY (UK ONLY): TIME-24 activities around time, from times on-the-hour up to counting on and back in units of 5 minutes, and everything in between. Many of these activities give you a choice of analogue or digital clocks. Time also includes an activity on weeks, months and seasons.
splash-math-kindergarten Splash Math Kindergarten Numbers– 0 to 20; represent numbers

  • Counting – count up to 20; counting forward, counting with objects and numbers
  • Comparisons – compare numbers and groups
  • Addition Concepts – Add with/without pictures, addition word problems, make a ten
  • Subtraction – Subtract with/without pictures, addition word problems, subtraction sentence
  • Geometry – identify 2D/3D shapes and figures, positional words
  • Measurement – classify by color, size or object; length, width, weight, capacity
first-grade-splash-math First Grade Splash Math Addition – numbers 1-20; Subtraction – numbers 1- 20; Advanced Addition – Add three numbers within 20 and solve word problems involving addition; Advanced Subtraction – Subtract to compare and solve word problems; Mixed Operations – Fact families and missing numbers in addition and subtraction equation; Place Value place value involving amounts of tens and ones in two digit numbers; Counting and Comparison – Count to 120,compare and order 2 numbers two digit numbers; Time – Read and set time in hours and half-hours; Measurements; Addition Facts – Add 1, 2, 3…9 to another number; Subtraction Facts – Subtract 1, 2, 3…9 from another number; Data and Graphs – Analyze and organize data using charts and picture graphs; Geometry – Recognize shapes and partition circle and rectangles into halves, fourths; Money – Identify coins and their values and count money using coins
second-grade-splash-math-game Second Grade Splash Math Games Place Value – Extend place value understanding to hundreds place. Read and write three digit numbers in various forms; Number Sense – Compare and order three digit numbers, skip counting, recognize even/odd numbers; Add within 20 – add within 20 including word problems; Subtract within 20 – subtract within 20 including word problems; Add within 100 – Use place value to add two digit numbers; Subtract within 100 – Use place value to subtract two digit numbers; Add within 1000 – Add two three digit numbers; Subtract within 1000 – Subtract two three digit numbers; Time – Read and set time to 5 minutes using analog and digital clocks; Money – Work with money coins to count money and solve problems; Measurements – Measure and estimate lengths of objects in stand and metric units; Data – Represent and interpret data using line plots, picture graphs and bar graphs; Geometry – Identify two dimensional shapes including pentagons and hexagons, partition shapes into halves, thirds and fourths
third-grade-spalsh-math Third Grade Splash Math math facts, recognize fractions, identify place value, money, and develop number sense. The app also has a very comprehensive report card that tracks student performance

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bug-art Bug Art Create artwork using paint, glitter, stamps, brushes, stickers, or snap a picture with your camera! Design a bug and transform it into an animated insect with the tap of a finger! Learn to draw using our interactive bug drawing templates
bug-mazing Bug Mazing – Adventures in Learning Extending the Bugs and Buttons collection into adventure learning, Bug Mazing creates a unique experience of discovery and play. Practice traditional skills with letters, numbers, colors, and tracing or embark on unique quests that require critical thinking, memory, hand-eye coordination, and more. Each quest is generated from over 20 different challenges with 5 levels of difficulty for near endless variations of play.
bugs-bubbles Bugs and Bubbles Bugs and Bubbles is a collection of 18 activities designed to develop and reinforce a variety of early learning skills. With a mix of beautiful organic and industrial scenery, kids can pinch, pop, swipe, and tap bubbles for a delightful learning experience. Once kids have mastered these skills, easily change settings to learn colors, counting, and letters in a different language! Skills; Colors, Counting, Comparisons, Fine Motor, Letter Tracing, Logic, Memory, Shapes, Sorting, Tracking
bugs-buttons Bugs and Buttons Games of Bees eye, Patterns, Counting, Tic Tac Toe, Catch’em, Button Sorting
Bugs and Buttons 2 Bugs and Buttons 2 CREATIVE PLAY; Repair buttons, matching broken pieces. Follow directions by finding the correct body part, using a puppet! Find the button that does not belong. Navigate a bee through a lush flower garden, following the correct sequence of numbers .INCLUDES: Colors, Letter Identification, Find the Difference, Matching, Memory, Parts of the body, Shapes, Sorting, and more! FEATURES: ages 3-5; Motor skills: tap, drag, pinch and tilt
Bugs and Numbers Bugs and Numbers circus-identification; arcade – left and right, junk yard – seek and find; Diner – tap and count; Gallery – color by numbers; Hotel – matching shapes

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overdrive overdrive Access your WCDSB or Regional Library online reading resources with this app.

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Choiceworks Choiceworks helping children complete daily routines (morning, day, & night), understand & control their feelings and improve their waiting skills (taking turns and not interrupting); Three boards: Schedule, Waiting, and Feelings; Add your own images and record your own audio; Attach video to any board image; Speaks boards out loud with professionally recorded audio
MagnusCards MagnusCards MagnusCards is a fun, engaging app that helps those with autism and other cognitive special needs learn life skills while building the confidence they need to live independently. The app combines a proven way of learning with game design to prepare users for new situations and reinforce everyday routines. People are up and learning within minutes!

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ChooseIt! Science ChooseIt! Science FOUNDATION LIVING THINGS – human beings, animals and plants as well as the world around us.
LIVING THINGS – develop the knowledge gained from the previous activity-set, Foundation Living Things.
MATERIALS – materials from everyday life and their properties.
FORCES AND ELECTRICITY – electricity and various forces.
LIGHT, SOUND AND SPACE – topics of Earth and Space and Light and Sound

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Social Skill Builder: My School Day Social Skill Builder: My School Day 19 modules, with various sequences of videos and questions for the user to view and react to by answering multiple choice questions. These video scenarios are of real interactions in preschool, elementary school, middle & high school and community settings. Within these settings children and young adults demonstrate common social interactions with their peers and other adults.

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Barefoot World Atlas Barefoot World Atlas Fly around the interactive 3D globe and discover the rich wonders of our planet. Barefoot World Atlas show-stopping interactive app allows children to explore an enticing, spinning world packed with animated icons, an ever-changing soundscape and interactive quizzes.

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Book Creator Book Creator Book Creator is the simple way to make your own beautiful ebooks, right on your iPad.
Popplet Popplet Graphic Organizer done with Popplet which is the simplest tool to capture and organize your ideas. With Popplet you can quick jot down your ideas and sort them visually.