Educational Websites for Elementary School Aged StudentsLook here for educational games in math, science, social studies, language arts, typing, music and more!AppsModel Me Kids (social skills for ASD) iPhone and iPod app: Model Me Kids recently introduced a new visual teaching tool
for helping children learn to navigate challenging locations in the community:
Model Me Going Places, an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The app
contains photo slideshows of children modeling appropriate behavior in various
community locations, including Hairdresser, Mall,
Doctor, Playground, Grocery Store, and Restaurant. The app is based on locations
included in the Model Me Going Places DVD, the latest addition to the Model Me
Kids social skills training series for children with autism and Asperger's
Syndrome. Users can touch the forward and back buttons to move through the photos
one by one, or simply press a slideshow button to advance photos automatically. A
home button brings users back to the navigation menu where they can choose their
next destination. The app also includes audio narration (English) and descriptive
text for each photo. Download the free app at the Apple store or to learn more,
visit http://www.modelmekids.comBay Area Speech and Language Therapist Dawn Ferrer has launched a new app, "That's Silly" to enhance vocabulary, showing part/whole relationships, sentence expansion, inferential thinking, experiencing shared enjoyment and building creative thought and imagination. Visit www.morning2moon.com Do2Learnwww.do2learn.com has free educational games, supplies and resources for kids, teachers and parents, including downloadable picture card sets for parents to create picture schedules and more for their children.Sparktopwww.sparktop.orgSparkTop.org - where no two brains think alike - is a place where kids who learn differently can create awesome stuff … play great games … connect with other kids … and discover new ways to succeed in school and in life. SparkTop.org is run by the Professor Garfield Foundation (PGF), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the free delivery of fun, engaging educational content. Jim Davis, creator of Garfield the Cat, had to overcome asthma and a stutter as a young child and feels that all of us have some challenge to overcome as we learn. SparkTop was originally created by Schwab Learning, formerly a program of the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation. In January, 2008, PGF was selected to care for the SparkTop.org site. Starfallwww.starfall.com Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public resource. Their
systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness
practice is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second
grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development
(ELD, ELL, ESL). Starfall is an educational alternative to other
entertainment choices for children. Watch Me Learn (video modeling for ASD) DVDs and iPhone Flashcardswww.watchmelearn.com
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