All of these reviewed applications, for use with iPADs**iPHONEs**iPODs, are Rated I.M.T. (It’s Meryl Time).                                             

They have been selected for you and your child’s enjoyment and the reinforcement of individual It’s Meryl Time Teaching Strategies  toward the development of speech-language skills and social-communication functioning.

I.M.T. Descriptions of Each Application are provided for your review in choosing ideal activities for you and your family:

 

  • ABC Lite Enjoy reading the Dr. Seuss classic, ABC, with your child.
  • ABC Photo Touch    A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to recognize the letters of the alphabet.
  • AbitalkVowels  A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to recognize and learn vowel sound associations.
  • All About Sounds Lite A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to learn how to pronounce sounds in the initial position of words, while playing a picture-  matching game. 
  • Alphabet (flash cards)  A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to learn how to recognize and label letters, sounds, and related single words.
  • Animals An interactive and engaging way for children to learn the names of familiar animals and the sounds that they make.
  • At The Park A fun way to encourage a child’s ability to recognize and select (find hidden pictures) related to park-related themes.  
  • Autism iHelp A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to learn how to match single words to picture displays, and how to match pictures to related single words.  I would not suggest limiting access to this app to those youngsters presenting with diagnoses of Autism, as the title may imply,: a very engaging activity for children of all abilities and learning styles! 
  • Autism iHelp Comprehension A challenging presentation of 2-element directives involving shapes and spatial relations.  I would not suggest limiting access to this app to those youngsters presenting with diagnoses of Autism, as the title may imply,: a very engaging activity for children of all abilities and learning styles! 
  • Autism iHelp Phonological Awareness  An engaging activity to reinforce a child’s ability to learn how to recognize and select rhyming word pairs.  I would not suggest limiting access to this app to those youngsters presenting with diagnoses of Autism, as the title may imply, : a very engaging activity for children of all abilities and learning styles! 
  • Baby Hear and Read Nouns Lite  A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability  to learn how to read, pronounce, and spell the names of familiar objects.
  • Baby Hear and Read Verbs Lite  A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability  to learn how to read, pronounce, and spell the names of familiar action words.  
  • Bingo  A fun game of B.I.N.G.O.
  • Bla Bla Bla What a motivating way to elicit and encourage varied volume and duration of a child’s  spontaneous vocalizations, verbal productions. The app responds to your sounds and changes the presented illustrations!
  • Bob Books Reading  A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to read and participate in phonics-based games.
  • Body Puzzle Jigsaw puzzles and Memory Matching games regarding body parts and facial features.
  • Breathe, Think, Do A child-friendly way to learn how to recognize and solve problems, and calm down!  Learn from a Sesame Street character and imitate his behaviors.  
  • Buzz Me! Kids Toy Phone Free A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to learn and reinforce preschool based themes.  
  • Buzzer  Choose any sound you’d like to indicate Your Answer is Correct! Or to indicate, Try Again! 
  • Cat in the Hat LIte Enjoy reading the Dr. Seuss classic, Cat In The Hat, with your child. 
  • Children’s Countdown  A visual timer, with appealing pictures revealed as time passes.
  • Coloring   A fun way to color lined illustrations of familiar objects and scenes.
  • Color Mix Princess A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to recognize that combining two primary colors makes a new color! A fun way to paint lined illustrations of princess themes.
  • Cute Baby Flash Cards Lite  A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to recognize and label familiar animals.
  • Cut the Rope A fun way to participate in an engaging game with a play partner.
  • Electra Sensory Tap on the bright colorful image and change it’s direction and movement, and listen to the buzzing noises.
  • Family Feud   A fun way to play the well-known game of Family Feud to identify the TOP 5 items in a given category.
  • Farm Sounds  A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to recognize animal sounds and match each to a photograph  of select farm animals.
  • Findit! A fun way to play the well-known game of I Spy to find hidden objects in colorful illustrations. 
  • Finger paint A fun way to draw pictures and doodle with colors and glitter.
  • Food (flash cards)  A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to build vocabulary and label photographs of familiar food items.
  • Four In A Row Play Connect Four against the Computer! Four different levels of difficulty. It’s harder than it looks!
  • Fun Finder A resource for parents looking for fun-filled and creative activities to enjoy with your child. 
  • Fun With Directions Lite   A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to learn how to follow directions, in order to complete game sequences.
  • Guess Animal Play Guess Who against the Computer! Animal images fill the screen! Each win earns another animal to choose from. 
  • Hear Coach   A fun way to challenge your cognitive and auditory skills. 
  • Howie Hungry Monster Build Lite  A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to learn how to read and spell 3-letter word combinations.  
  • Hungry Hippo A fun way to play the well-known game of Hungry Hippos.
  • iAutism: Autism M-CHAT Screening  Recognize the red flags of Autism Spectrum Disorder and screen toddler-aged youngsters (16-months to 30-months).
  • I Can Articulate A library of words and pictures containing target speech sounds. 
  • Imagination Playground What a fun way to manipulate and build with blocks in this 3D perspective!  
  • IMIMIC A fun way to play the well known game of Simon: repeat presented sequences of tones and lights.
  • Infant Zoo Choose from WATCH or PLAY modes…color contrasting illustrations move across the screen for you and your child to interact.
  • KIDS Player A library of select children’s music to listen to and sing along with.
  • Knock Knock An exciting game for all to enjoy.  Presented with a closed door and “knock-knock” sounds, your child is directed to open the door to see Who is There? Adorable illustrations and opportunities to click and drag on related item to share with your guest.  BEST PART—-you can add your own photos and voice to announce your child’s favorite friends and family members!
  • LEGO 4+ A fun way to play with LEGO blocks to build selected vehicles and buildings.
  • Let’s Build (DRTL) A fun way to play with MEGA blocks to build selected animal and vehicles.
  • Let’s Count  An engaging way to learn how to count with one-onecorrespondance, with Fisher Price characters and animals.
  • Let’s Name Things Fun Deck  A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to build vocabulary and label images of familiar objects. 
  • Little Speller A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to learn how to spell words to label familiar objects. 
  • Little Writer Kids A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to learn how to draw shapes and form letters.
  • Make Dice Lite How much fun would it be to be able to create your own dice designs! This is easy! I’ve created number dice, and emoji dice, and rhyming dice, too! 
  • Matching Zoo A fun way to play the well know game of Memory: find matching pairs of zoo animal pictures.
  • Match It Up 3 A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to recognize and describe associations.
  • Model Me Kids Modeling Social Skills A teaching tool designed to introduce youngsters to target behaviors related to playground and hair salon experiences.
  • Monkey An interactive and engaging way for children to learn to recognize and name letters, with familiar Fisher Price characters.
  • Moody Monster An adorable game centered around specific emotions and commonly experienced contexts: worried, confused, hungry (although I wouldn’t have referred to hungry as an emotion), and scared. Character descriptions and directions are narrated by a friendly child’s voice.
  • Multiplication for Kids A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to compute multiplication tasks, including single digit multiplication and single:double digit multiplication exercises. 
  • Multiplication Genius A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to solve multiplication problems involving single digit and double digit multiplication tasks.  
  • My Play Home Lite A fun way to play the well-known game of Colorforms: arrange characters and  familiar items to create stories and sequences in a home setting.
  • PBS Parents Play and Learn An engaging play for parent and toddler centering around BATH TIME and ZOO themes.  Provides additional suggestions for you to enhance your child’s language development during these real-life experiences, too.
  • PCS Memory Play the familiar game of MEMORY, with the opportunity to select your playing field (ranging from 4- to 20- picture displays).  In this LITE version, select from vocabulary related to Animal- or B Words- or Alphabet- or Rhyming Words themes.  
  • Peekaboo A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to build vocabulary related to farm animals.
  • PepiBath Lite (DRTL) A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to follow directions, describe actions, and sequence events related to bath time, tooth brushing, and clothing care.
  • Phone4Kids A collection of fun-filled activities for you and your young child to enjoy.
  • Phonics Genius A resource for parents containing lists of words organized by target speech sounds.
  • Photo Factory (PBS) Add a photograph of your child to one of a PBS character to create a fun image.
  • PianoBot Lite What a fun way to enjoy the various sounds played by various musical instruments.
  • Professional Dress Up What a fun way to dress up a boy doll or girl doll to look like a police officer ,or  a farmer, or a fire fighter, or other community helpers.
  • Puzzle Me 1 A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to learn how to complete 4-piece puzzles.
  • Read Me Stories A fun way to engage in story telling and story listening with your child. 
  • Rocket Speller A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to spell words containing 3- to 10- letters.
  • Scout and Me A fun and engaging interactive game with a familiar Leap Frog character.
  • Seasons and Weather A fun and engaging way to reinforce a child’s ability to recognize and describe weather conditions and appropriate apparel.
  • Shapes What a fun way to learn general shapes and colors and number, Oh my!
  • Sight Words (flash cards) A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to recognize and read sight words at Preschool Grade Level, Kindergarten Grade Level, First Grade Level, and Second Grade Level.
  • Simple Simon An engaging game of Simon: re-create presented sequences of light and sound combinations.
  • Social Skill Builder A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to develop social thinking skills related to peer engagements. 
  • Sort it Out! A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to arrange items by shared features, functions, or categories.
  • Sound 123  You and your child can choose from FARM ANIMALS, JUNGLE  ANIMALS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, and  TRANSPORTATIONS, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS categories.  Select a picture and listen to the sound it makes. Photographic images are presented.  
  • Speech Stickers A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to imitate verbal models of select consonants and vowels in isolation, consonant-vowel structures, and vowel-consonant structures.  
  • Spelling with Cimo Lite or Cimo Can Spell A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to read and spell selected sight words at Kindergarten Grade Level, First Grade Level, Second Grade Level, and Third Grade Level.  
  • Storybook 1  Interactive and engaging animations of the familiar rhymes: One-Two…Buckle My Shoe and The Itsy Bitsy Spider, with Fisher Price characters.
  • Storybook 2 Interactive and engaging  animations of the familiar rhymes: Row-Row-Row Your Boat and The Animal Fair, with Fisher Price characters.
  • Storybook 3 Interactive and engaging animations of the familiar rhymes: Hickory-Dickory-Dock and Pat-A-Cake, with Fisher Price characters.  
  • Talking Tips Video clips of a Speech-Language Therapist providing suggestions for language stimulation for your infant and toddler. 
  • Tic Tac Toe Phonics A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to develop reading skills necessary at the Kindergarten Grade Level, First Grade Level, and Second Grade Level.  
  • Time to Go to Bed A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to follow directions, describe actions, and sequence events related to bedtime.  
  • Toca Builders  A very creative way for you and your child to engage in imaginative block building construction plays.
  • Touch and Say A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to recognize and label selected emotions, colors, letters, numbers.  In addition, this app includes engaging games to encourage a child’s ability to join in sing-a-longs and vocal/verbal imitation exchanges.  
  • Vehicles (flash cards) A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to follow directions of increasing complexity: selecting familiar vehicles described by color and shape.  
  • VisTimerFree A visual timer with disappearing color, as time passes.  
  • Vowels AbiTalk A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to recognize and read single words containing target vowel sounds. 
  • WaitStrip Timer An engaging and reinforcing visual schedule tool for two, three, four, or five activities.  
  • WGT: What Goes Together (DRTL) A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to recognize and describe associations regarding familiar items.  
  • What’s Different 1 A fun way to reinforce a child’s ability to recognize and describe differences amongst four presented illustrations. 
  • Where’s Puppy? What a fun way to play Hide n Seek, with adorable animations and entertaining sounds, highlighting Fisher Price animations.
  • White Board  Just as the name implies, have fun finger painting, or drawing, or writing, or doodling, or….. on the White Board! No mess!!
  • Word Jewels A fun way to reinforce a child’s (even an adult’s) ability to string letters to form words.  
  • Word Jigsaw A fun way to reinforce a child’s (even an adult’s)ability to string letters to form words.
  • Word Stack A fun way to reinforce a child’s (even an adult’s) ability to connect words by similar related associations.  
  • Wordtracker An easy way to record and monitor your child’s expressive productions: whether they are in the form of a  verbal production, a verbal approximation, a vocal production, facial expression, or gesture.
  • Zone In for Autism A teaching tool designed to introduce youngsters to target behaviors related to hand washing routines: in the home-bathrooms and community-rest rooms.   I would not suggest limiting access to this app, as the title may imply, to those youngsters presenting with diagnoses of Autism: a very engaging activity for children of all abilities and learning styles!