Not interactive, waste of $
This is just a duck and a picture of a mouth making sounds. There is no interaction with the app at all. My non-verbal 5yo looked at it for less than a minute before losing interest.
Blank screen
Bought for my grandson, and the app doesn’t even work. When opening up the app it is just a blank white screen.
App doesn’t work anymore
I tried several times and it doesn’t work. It goes blank when you click the app to open it. Please, fix it!
Not worth it
This app is cheesy and not interesting at all. There should be a way to get your money back for apps you are dissatisfied with. As a birth to three SLP, I know I will never use this app. Very disappointed.
Not worth the investment.
I was hoping to provide a fun alternative to a five year old patient's exercise regime with this app however we were both disappointed. First, I could not get this app to switch to a horizontal IPad and the vertical position cut out some of the screenshot. Second, I could not scroll through the exercise tabs. Third, I will agree that the duck's lips and tongue movements did not provide enough of a visual prompt. It simply wasn't worth the price.
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I wish I had time to make a good one...
A duck does not have lips, so this app does not really give the child a good visual model. A duck’s bill is naturally round and that makes it difficult to tell the position of the mouth. I was desperate to find an oral motor app for kids and this was disappointing. Not only do I not like the duck, the duck performs the exercise once and then pops off the screen. It needs to repeat until the child has joined in and the therapist taps it off. My kids watch it and don’t join it b/c it disappears AFTER they know what to do. It was a nice idea, but poorly executed.
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Good oral motor app for preschool
I just started using this app with 3,4, & 5 year olds. It is very easy to follow and makes exercises fun! It also makes data collection easy!
Awesome
This is a fantastic app for learning oral motor exercises. Must have. Also great to recommend to parents.
Eh....
Eh.... This is priced too high! The quality is cheesy and the wording is poor when giving directions. Hopefully someone else will create an OM app of higher quality. I wish I could return this and get my $ back!
Disappointed
Really wish I had read reviews. There's no way to go back to main page in the middle of the duck giving instructions so you have to listen to them each time. You also cannot go back in the middle of a production if done. It doesn't allow you to keep track of appropriate productions or vice versa. Really wish I could have my money back or at least get another app for the waste on this one!
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Makes oral-motor exams easier!
No child really enjoys having peculiar items poke and prod at their face, but with this app, it makes the whole process a lot easier. The kids love the graphics and animations, and I even have them try it on me first to get them engaged and help them understand it won't hurt! Another great app from Smarty Ears :)
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Oral motor
This is great for my preschoolers! Imitating the duck is more fun.
Not worth the money
This app is unrealistic and difficult to imitate due to the fact that the character is a duck with a bill instead of something with a more human like mouth. It does not have a wide range of oral motor exercises. My students and I are not impressed by this app at all. I am disappointed that I spent the money on it.
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Not worth the price
For 5.99 you get a duck (not even a real person) showing your child how to do different mouth and tongue exercises. There aren't even that many, maybe 12???... Different choices. Save yourself the money.
Perfect!
This app is wonderful for my son who has oral apraxia! Thank you!
Motivating app
I use this app with my students in preschool and elementary school. It is a good warm-up before beginning articulation practice. The interface is simple so even my three year olds can navigate independently. Whether it is the duck or the stars they accrue from completing various oral motor tasks, they are often willing to attempt many oral postures in a short amount of time. This app also provides me with good diagnostic information about their oral motor skills.
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Motivating app
The kids I work with enjoy watching the duck when they are doing their oral motor exercises. They are much more motivated when doing it along with the duck!
I would like the option to change repetitions and manipulate the app a little more.
I would like the option to change repetitions and manipulate the app a little more.
Please update
This app is simple, and easy to use. Please update and replace the duck with a child. We treat children and/or adults, not ducks.
Kid friendly
This app is very kid friendly!!! I tried taking real pictures of my students for oral motor, but nothing was more motivating than this little duck!! I'm not sure older kids would enjoy it as much, but my preschoolers love it!!
Just Ducky
Love this app to guide my students in oral motor exercises. However, I still need to give them my own visual cues with models since ducks don't have lips. But the graphics are cute, simple, and they to emulate human mouths. Works great with an Elmo to project on the board for classroom lessons.
