Cognition and Learning
English: Language and Literacy
The following apps provide literacy, speech and language support.
Scroll down the page for apps to support mathematics.
Developed in conjunction with education and speech and language professionals, this app is a collection of colourful and engaging activities to introduce and develop basic vocabulary on the theme of ‘Animals’. Activities focus on listening, speaking and reading.
ChooseIt! Literacy has a simple and consistent presentation, clear language, switch accessibility and full audio support which has made them a valuable resource for children with special needs. Built-in performance reporting.
Contains over 250 activities with simple multiple choice activities to work on literacy skills.
Develop pupils’ writing skills and build struggling writers’ confidence with Clicker Writer – the writing tool that provides differentiated support for pupils of all abilities.
Designed for pupils aged 5-11 of all abilities. It incorporates all the extensive support features from the apps Clicker Sentences, Clicker Connect and Clicker Docs (and more too), all within a single app.
Free Duolingo ABC is the fun, hands-on way for your child to learn to read.
Engage preschool to year 2 children with interactive stories and over 700 hands-on lessons. Duolingo ABC offers bite-sized lessons to help kids learn the alphabet, phonics, sight words, vocabulary, and more. Lessons also include multi-sensory activities, such as tracing, drag-and-drop prompts and more.
A collection of fun, engaging activities to introduce and develop basic reading, sound identification and spelling skills linked to the sounds at the ends of words. Activities focus on listening, speaking and reading, essential skills for developing reading and spelling capability.
Ideal for home, classroom and therapy use. Developed with education and speech and language professionals.
Learn the names and sounds of each letter with the Hairies. Designed for children aged 4 to 6.
After you have learnt the alphabet with Hairy Letters, Hairy Phonics develops phonemic awareness with the introduction of the 9 most common consonant digraphs. This is where two consonants join and make one sound. Designed for children aged 4 to 6.
Following Hairy Phonics 1, Hairy Phonics 2 introduces the next set of phonemes every child needs to learn.
Develop phonemic awareness with the 9 most common vowel digraphs. This is where two vowels join together to make one sound. Designed for children aged 4 to 6.
Hairy Phonics 3 – The final Phonics app in the Hairies series.
Developed by Nessy Learning.
Learn the first 100 high frequency Sight words and introduce Tricky words.
Sight words are words that appear frequently in most of the text we read but can’t easily be sounded out.
Tricky words are phonically irregular words that cannot be sounded out in your head, children need longer to decode these.
The ideal app to follow Hairy Words 1. Learn the second 100 high frequency Sight words. Sight words are words that appear frequently in the most of the text children read, but can’t easily be sounded out. Learning them helps children become more confident at reading and spelling.
Simple cause and effect activity designed to provide a great opportunity for discussion and the development of everyday day vocabulary associated with using a car wash. Simply touch the screen or press a switch to advance the animated story step by step.
Simple cause and effect activity designed to provide a great opportunity for discussion and the development of everyday day vocabulary associated with using a photo booth. Simply touch the screen or press a switch to advance the animated story step by step.
A collection of colourful and engaging activities to introduce and develop basic vocabulary on the theme of ‘In the Home’.
The activities focus on listening, speaking and reading, essential components of language and writing.
A collection and engaging activities to introduce and develop basic reading, sound identification and spelling skills linked to the sounds at the beginning of words. The activities focus on listening, speaking and reading, essential for developing reading and spelling capability.
A collection of colourful and engaging activities to introduce and develop basic vocabulary on the theme of ‘Ourselves’. The activities focus on listening, speaking and reading, essential components of language and writing.
A collection of colourful and engaging activities to introduce and develop basic vocabulary on the theme of ‘By the Seaside’.
With the ‘Listen and Learn’ activities, users can learn the vocabulary by first seeing a Widgit symbol as a visual reminder of the concept, then hearing it spoken aloud and beginning to read the written word.
A collection of colourful and engaging activities to introduce and develop basic vocabulary on the theme of ‘Seasons’.
The testing activities give users the chance to practise their new vocabulary with a mixture of listening and reading skills.
A visual storytelling tool. Each page in a Pictello story consists of a photo or video and some text, which can be read aloud by a Text to Speech voice or your own recorded audio.
A collection of colourful and engaging activities to introduce and develop basic vocabulary on the theme of ‘Transport’.
Designed to teach children with Down syndrome to progress from using single words to using two words together when they talk.
Designed to teach children with Down syndrome to progress from using single words to using two words together when they talk.
Designed to teach children with Down syndrome to progress from using single words to using two words together when they talk.
Offers activities to encourage the imitation and repetition of one- and two-syllable words. It aims to help children with Down syndrome learn to say whole words clearly.
A collection of colourful and engaging activities to introduce and develop basic vocabulary on the theme of ‘In the Town’.
A collection and engaging activities to introduce and develop basic reading, sound identification and spelling skills linked to the vowel sounds within words.
A fun cause and effect activity – look at the pictures and talk about the story in your own words. Touch the screen to see what happens next. Switch access for one or two switches is included for users with motor difficulties who need switch input.
Clutter free, bright, clear graphics make it easier for students with visual impairment to see the screen.
Learn Sight Words in context by building sentences with this useful learning tool for young readers. The app trains children to quickly recognise all 220 Dolch Sight Words and more.
A simple cause and effect activity designed to provide a great opportunity for discussion and the development of everyday day vocabulary associated with using an underground subway. Simply touch the screen or press a switch to advance the animated story step by step.
Supermarket Vocab is a collection of colourful and engaging activities to introduce and develop basic vocabulary on the theme of ‘In the Supermarket’. The activities focus on listening, speaking and reading, essential components of language and writing.
Designed to introduce and develop the student’s skills in basic description. The students will develop and practise their ability to describe various objects through a progressive set of activities.
Designed to introduce and develop the student’s skills in using nouns and plurals. The students will develop and practise their ability to recognise nouns and correctly apply the spelling rules linked to plurals.
Supports simple sentence building for students with early language abilities. Through a variety of activities, it supports the introduction of subject, verb, object with a widely-used colour coding system.
Designed to introduce and develop the student’s skills in using verbs. The students will develop and practise their ability to recognise verbs and correctly use the present and past tense.
Time Vocab is a collection of colourful and engaging activities to introduce and develop basic vocabulary on the theme of ‘Date and Time’.
SnapType helps students keep up with their peers in class even when their penmanship holds them back. Students can easily complete school worksheets with the help of an iPad or iPhone.
Join Milo, Zuzu and Jasper as they hop in to their incredible Rovers, and explore Monkey Preschool.
Learn the fundamentals of early education: numbers, upper and lower case letters, colors, shapes and more.
A creative app that brings children’s stories to life! Use the tool to draw, color, decorate with stickers, create animations and record stories.
A free creative kids app for telling larger-than-life stories! Create and record animated comic strips with monster and superhero stickers!
Free app makes learning fun with thousands of educational games, books, and activities that inspire a lifetime of learning and discovery for children ages 2-8.
Join Milo and his jungle friends as they explore a fun-filled world of letters, sight words, phonics and spelling. For ages 3 to 7.
An educational game that helps children rapidly learn to recognise and read words by sight, sound, and touch. The interface is so easy to use and is ideal for ages 0 to 6.
LetterSchool – Learn to Write!
The #1 alphabet tracing and words spelling app for toddlers & pre-schoolers. Recommended and used by parents, teachers, and occupational therapists!
Loved & played by more than 2 million kids and use.
A tracing app that’s done just right. Little Writer is super fun and so easy to use that your kids will think letter tracing is a game vs. a boring chore.
EasyReader removes barriers to reading, connecting users to accessible book libraries and talking newspaper stands globally, so readers can enjoy books in ways they find comfortable and accessible.
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Cognition and Learning
Mathmatics
The following apps provide numeracy support.
Designed for children to practice a wide range of maths skills. Organized into three stages, the app covers pre math to early fractions.
Each activity is crafted for a basic set of math skills that introduces zany game play, fun graphics, and beautiful music.
Contains over 230 activities with over 6,000 pages of simple multiple choice activities to work on numeracy skills.
Simple and consistent presentation, clear language, switch accessibility and full audio support.
Touch the screen or press a switch to play each verse of this easy to learn counting song which reinforces early number skills.
Count up from one to five as the baker makes some tasty currant buns. The clear graphics, catchy tune and theme make this activity ideal for learners working on early number concepts.
Touch the screen or press a switch to play each verse of this easy to learn counting song which reinforces early number skills.
Count up from one to five with the five girls in the ring as they sing a fun tune.
Touch the screen or press a switch to play each verse of this easy to learn counting song which reinforces early number skills.
Count down from five to zero as the frogs jump off the log and sing along to the catchy tune.
An adaptive program to assist students who struggle with Mathematical notation. The app lets you write and solve math problems right onto the touch screen of an iPad using the custom keypad, and you can print, email, or save to cloud services like Dropbox.
Uses step-by-step explanations, how-to animations and multiple solving methods to teach maths from basic arithmetic to advanced calculus and geometry.
Includes over 200 colouring pages and is packed with features to teach skills such as numbers, spelling basic shapes, colours, drawing and painting skills and more.
Drive, fly, or sail around Number Neighbourhood, day or night, in a delightful world filled with early math.
A tool for exploring a variety of mathematical topics introduced in the elementary and middle grades.
Help a friendly and curious little ghost rescue the fireflies that are hidden in Mystery Math Town. Players use maths skills to unlock rooms and passages on their journey.
Solve math problems by collecting numbers as you move your marble through a series of fun mazes (with audio questions for emerging readers).
The award-winning Jump Numbers is a flexible and fun skip counting game to excite and engage mathematicians of all ages and ability.
Designed to help every child learn how to trace letters, numbers, and words through a fun system carefully designed to maintain motivation.