I appreciate that you can purchase a specific sound to work on, rather than having to buy access to the full program. This is actually one of my favorite speech production apps to use with kids working on articulation of specific sounds, as a speech therapist. For more information on our program, click here). (But also, don’t forget that Toddler Talk’s program uses a similar model and is even more individualized to your child. I would actually recommend this app to some parents needing a specific concrete hierarchy/checklist of skills to work on with their child, I was quite impressed. I like that it offers written explanations, as well as video clips to teach parents -however they learn best! There is also a “learning lab” portion, that includes articles and research information for parents wanting to read more on specific related topics. You can track your progress and it gives a lot of ideas of home-activities for each level/task. It guides you on where to start, based on some screening questions, then guides you through activities to work on a given level. I was actually quite impressed with this model, and with this app’s activity suggestions. It is designed as a parent education tool, giving caregivers tips and tricks, as well as activity suggestions to work on language and play development at home. This is a unique app among this list of reviews. ![]() Targeting parent education about language skills This app also allows for photo/video recordings of your child practicing the words, and it includes fun filters and stickers to add to the motivation level. And on the flip side, if my daughter was older and knew all about monkeys in space, then she would probably be too advanced to just practice the work “monkey” by itself. If my daughter was just learning about what a monkey was, it would be MUCH more relevant for a video clip to be about a monkey in the jungle, swinging from trees, eating a banana or kids visiting monkeys at the zoo. For example, one of the vocabulary words was monkey… and the video clip was about the first monkey that went into space. But these videos use a high language level which doesn’t match the skills targeted in the app. This app does however have some video clips after the word is completed, as a motivator. With no context or visual, your young child is not likely to learn a new word this way. Instead it just shows a video of a child saying “dog dog dog”. Just like the Otsimo app above, I wish that it had videos of a dog playing, paired with a video of a child saying “dog. However there is no context for learning the vocabulary. This app is teaching vocabulary words by having videos of a child saying a word. In addition, it does not appear to track your child’s developmental progress as they move through the app. This app starts off with a “developmental quiz” to see where your child’s skills fall, however the activities do not appear to unlock, based on your responses. I honestly wouldn't even recommend this if it was a free app. That being said,I was not very impressed with the audio quality of the children’s recordings, which is literally the whole point of the app. ![]() A child seeing and/or hearing themselves saying a word can be quite motivating for some children. Based on my trials, it seems to give more “credit” for productions that are closer to the word than for productions that are not even close. It allows for video/audio/picture recording of your child as motivation. Your child is then asked to repeat the word. If your young child doesn't know what that word is, hearing it a few times by itself with no context or visual is NOT going to teach them. I wish that it had videos of a dog playing, paired with a video of a child saying “dog. ![]() This app is teaching vocabulary words within a category, and having videos of a child saying a word. This app starts off with a “Child Development Test” to see where your child’s skills fall, however the app activities it recommends do not seem directly related to your responses.
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