Kids enjoying it
Bought this for my 6 year old who has a poor pencil grip and gets easily frustrated with writing. The plan is to build up the strength in his fingers. He enjoys all the games, especially since they are timed and we can check his progress as his times are saved in a report. My 3 year old daughter loves the games as well.
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OT's need this app!
Dexteria - Fine Motor Skill Development is one of the mainstays in an OT's toolbox for teaching kids how to write. Why? Because it looks at learning to write from a developmental point of view. If kid's hands are not prepared to write- meaning the musculature is not there, then they can't control a writing utensil to form letters - Period. Dexteria has 2 games to develop hand skills before the third tracing the letters. The first game "Tap it", helps warm up the hand and introduces isolating the fingers, motor planning and sequencing. Using your thumb as an anchor each finger is called upon to tap a colored triangle. It's sort of like the light up memory game, but for fingers. The second game, "Pinch it" helps develop thumb and index control by picking up first little crabs that are stationary, and then stepping it up to moving targets. Finally, after giving the hands a brief wake up, tracing the letters are introduced. I love how every aspect of this app is thought out, from color schemes to activities. All modes can be translated to off screen games to refine these skills with real life manipulatives, which is the point of using an app for therapy. Data for accuracy and speed can be tracked and there is an in app purchase to expand data collection for unlimited users. Recommended.
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Mr
Absolute ripper! Make sure all your kids get to use this. Best tool around for pre schoolers or kids with a special need.
Ms
I have recently had a stroke and dexterity has been part of my therapy to work at getting my fine motor skills to return
Great app
I too use this app for occupational therapy and it would be great it you could enter different users and track their progress. I use it in elementary and middle school. The tap is even difficult for middle schoolers with fine motor issues, really helps.
Can't get Tap It section to work
App shuts down automatically when doing hand calibration on the Tap It section. Other two sections work fine. Disappointed I paid money for something that seems really glitchy. I even turned off my iPad's multitasking gestures as indicated, still didn't work.
Good app
I am an OT that uses this app with students on my caseload. I like how the writing program let's a student know when they are forming a letter incorrectly. This has been helpful to several students of mine. I use other therapy tools as well so I have not had my students get bored with writing program. Pinching program challenging for students until they get the feel for it. Variety would be nice instead of just crabs. Would like ease in tracking progress of multiple students. Overall helpful therapy tool.
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Response from developer
Thanks for the review! We offer an in-app purchase to track progress of multiple users. Just click the star banner on the main screen.
Wonderful!
Worth every penny! This is a powerful tool to use in the classroom!
high score board?
tracking a single child's scores from day to day would be helpful...
some variety in the pinching game would help. 10 levels...could we do those same levels again, only with a slightly smaller animal?
if this game were free i MIGHT have given 4 out of 5 stars, but we paid for it, and it lacks the 'longevity factor' as all of the kids i've used this (albeit, great) program with, have gotten bored in just 2 weeks, even though we are limiting them to 10 minutes of use per day.
my own child (who does not have any dexterity troubles except for her age factor) used this program and got very bored and frustrated with the seemingly tedious letter-writing function. even when i try it, it frustrates me. it is great but you have to tell kids it's only a computer and give them lots of positive feedback so they don't give up all together. we tried it with the stylus, but you can't lean your hand on the tablet while you are writing, and that IS how a normal person would write, so it only serves to function for dexterity issues...which i think should NOT be mixed with academic writing process, as it could confuse children who may struggle with other possible recognition problems, etc.
some variety in the pinching game would help. 10 levels...could we do those same levels again, only with a slightly smaller animal?
if this game were free i MIGHT have given 4 out of 5 stars, but we paid for it, and it lacks the 'longevity factor' as all of the kids i've used this (albeit, great) program with, have gotten bored in just 2 weeks, even though we are limiting them to 10 minutes of use per day.
my own child (who does not have any dexterity troubles except for her age factor) used this program and got very bored and frustrated with the seemingly tedious letter-writing function. even when i try it, it frustrates me. it is great but you have to tell kids it's only a computer and give them lots of positive feedback so they don't give up all together. we tried it with the stylus, but you can't lean your hand on the tablet while you are writing, and that IS how a normal person would write, so it only serves to function for dexterity issues...which i think should NOT be mixed with academic writing process, as it could confuse children who may struggle with other possible recognition problems, etc.
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Love it
I've used this app with many of my OT patients, pediatrics & hand therapy. I'd love to see more like it, or more options within this app. Thanks!
