Category Archives: Speech & Language

Bluebee Pals Celebrate with Creativity

Recently I had the opportunity to work with Laura Jienke, founder of the brilliant Bluebee Pals in a preschool in Naples, FL - we had a blast! The teacher had been celebrating Dr. Suess's Bday & NEA's Read Across America the nationwide reading celebration that takes place the whole month of March. When Laura asked…

2018 ~ List of GREAT Apps for Everyday Learning

The following transcripts and quotes are from the E.A.T. chat hosted by Lauren Schwartz Enders 08/30/18. The quotes are from Lauren Scwartz Enders unless stated otherwise. The Facebook group Educational App Talk has a weekly event called EduAppTalk or E.A.T. every Thursday year-round. On 8/30/2018 the chat was hosted by Lauren Schwartz Enders, MA, CCC-SLP who is an expert in the field…

The NEW Bluebee Pals dedicated app is making inroads with multiple age groups with its suite of adorable minigames along with the inclusion of a vast teacher/parent resource section! You may remember recently reading about the new feature of a moving robotic head being added to these friendly, plush animals that are Bluetooth enabled and work with your phone or…

Peg and Pog – play, explore and learn first words with a choice of 5 languages

Peg and Pog by Kenikeni Limited introduce their spunky protagonists in the first of a series of apps designed to bring families together for quality screen time. We feel that Kenikeni along with their endearing characters, Peg, Pog, and their adorable cat, Cosmo have met and exceeded their goal of designing such an app. TWA highly recommends…

Phonics Museum by Veritas Press is a multimedia adventure through an awesome art museum, a scavenger hunt of sorts for exploring the fundamentals of beginning reading. This app opens with William about to enter an art museum and he is far from thrilled. Suddenly, Percival, a young knight appears and he whisks William away into a magical learning land. We soon meet Miss Biddle, the…

Total Talk is a new speech generating app

Total Talk is a robust new speech generating an app from Panther Technology, the creators of Tango. Total Talk was created with exceptional new and unique features to help strengthen the communication between AAC users and their communication partners. According to Total Talk’s creator, Panther Technology, “All of us have different approaches for different communication needs.…

Avaz FreeSpeech: Build Grammatically Correct Language – by Avaz, Inc. is a new innovative educational app that helps kids learn grammar and sentence structure by choosing a single word and expanding their thoughts through a series of wh- questions that create a “visual map” of their sentence. The question prompts help children to expand their…

I Can Have Conversations With You!

I Can Have Conversations With You! by Autism Breakthrough Solutions, LLC. What encompasses a conversation? Is it eye contact? Does it include gestures such as waving or shaking hands? Could it be that it includes understanding who and what you are discussing? These are some of the many aspects that Karen Kabaki-Sisto, M.S., CCC-SLP, the developer,…