This website provides parents, teachers, children, and teens with information about health, behaviour and development. Information on a variety of topics related to ADHD is provided. Resources can be played in audio and are also available in Spanish. Here are some topics for children and teens to check out: What is hyperactivity? - When someone says a … Continue reading KidsHealth.org
Touch and Write Phonics App
By: Fizzbrain LLC Cost: $2.99 This app helps children practice their writing skills while learning the sounds of the English language, including vowels, blends, and digraphs. This app integrates visual, kinesthetic, and simulated tactile modalities to enhance learning and fun. Pros: Provides explicit lessons on vowel sounds, blends, and digraphs. Makes writing fun by allowing … Continue reading Touch and Write Phonics App
Little Writer App
By: Innovative Mobile Apps Cost: Free Little Writer - The Tracing App for Kids (Lite). This app allows young children to develop their writing skills by practicing tracing letters, numbers, shapes, and words. Colorful graphics and fun sounds keep children engaged in the activity. Pros: Very straight forward and simple to use. Option to upload … Continue reading Little Writer App
myHomework Student Planner App
By: Rodrigo Neri Cost: Free This app allows students to track and organize their homework and provides reminders when homework is due. It also allows students to check off when homework has been completed, providing a sense of accomplishment for them. Pros: Fairly simple to use. Allows user to categorize homework by subject, type of … Continue reading myHomework Student Planner App
Quizlet App
By: Quizlet Inc. Cost: Free to $19.99/year This app allows students to create flashcards that can be used to study and learn new information. Students can make their own cards or search the Quizlet database for card sets on a wide range of topics. Pros: Encourages active studying because the student makes the cards … Continue reading Quizlet App
Inspiration and Kidspiration Apps
By Inspiration Software Cost: Free to $9.99 These apps helps elementary to post-secondary aged students learn to graphically organize and classify information, gain sight word knowledge and expand their ideas into written and verbal expression. This app can be used to organize written tasks, help with reading comprehension, and aid in the understanding of information … Continue reading Inspiration and Kidspiration Apps
Dictionary.com App
By Dictionary.com, LLC Cost: Free This app is able to work offline and online to search for English words, definitions, synonyms, and antonyms. Additionally, the app provides audio pronunciation of words, examples of words in sentences, and translation into 30 other languages. If the user is unsure of spelling, the app provides spelling suggestions for … Continue reading Dictionary.com App
Where’s My Water? App
By Disney Cost: Free This game provides experience with problem solving through several puzzles where the user has to move water through obstacles to provide a friendly gator with a shower. The user must identify the water source, the end goal (a pipeline to the shower), and the various challenges in the way (rocks, mud, … Continue reading Where’s My Water? App
Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS)
Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS, pronounced "Alice") is the provincial gateway to help Albertans plan and achieve educational and career success. This website has resources for helping you to plan your career, thinking about your education, looking for work, being successful at work. If you are thinking about post-secondary or going into the workfoce, then … Continue reading Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS)
LD OnLine
LD OnLine.org seeks to help children and adults reach their full potential by providing accurate and up-to-date information and advice about learning disabilities and ADHD. This is an American based site, however they have many helpful resources on learning disabilities and ADHD. They also have resources in Spanish. Visit the LD Online website now.