Could be better
I like the idea of this app, but it is a bit glitchy. My biggest complaint, though, is that it doesn't actually have the present tense. One of the most frequent challenges my students who are working on grammar have is using correct subject-verb agreement (I walk, he walks, etc.). This app substitutes the present progressive tense and calls it the present tense.
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Nothing happens!
I can get one verb to show, but how do I advance it? And, the student is only supposed to "tap the picture that shows what has already happened." They understand something has happened in the past, the weakness is expressing the verb correctly. This app does not allow for verbal expression. I'm not even sure what they're going for here; they don't allow for choices in order to indicate knowledge. Frankly, a total waste of time.
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Engaging
I am an SLP and my students enjoy this app. The videos and activities are simple and beneficial. I do wish it had ability for more than one student to play at a time, but for the price, it's a useful app.
Very helpful
Videos and pictures helped to teach tenses to my kid.
Fantastic App
This is the hands down best app for teaching tense. The movie quality animations are cute and really help students visualize the timeline. My kids ask to play this app over all other speech therapy app. Another amazing app from Mobile Education Store.
Waste of money
The software is messed up. Frequently says a correct answer is wrong and a wrong answer is correct. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!
Gotcha style questions are not what students need
As an elementary school English as a second language teacher, I find that many of Mobile Education Stores' apps are great! This one, however, proved to be only moderately useful. The best part of the app is the funny, short cartoons the children watch to see a sequence of events on which they will be questioned. The questions however can be too tricky and in a kind of, "gotcha" style, such that I, the teacher, even sometimes miss the nuance that's required to find the correct answer. I bought this rather expensive app because I wanted my students to practice using the correct verb tense. I'd like them to figure out, for example, whether you say, "I goed to the store" vs., "I went to the store." Or, "I went to the store yesterday, " vs., "I went to the store tomorrow." This app shows a picture from the cartoon, for example, a man holding a remote control pointed at the TV. If the student chooses, "The man is watching TV," the answer would be incorrect because the student didn't notice that in the picture the TV isn't yet on, so the answer should be, "The man will watch TV." This is nit picky and takes a lot of teaching time to direct the students to noticing the level of detail in the pictures instead of the more useful attention to the correct use of language. It targets language that my younger students (K-2) need to work on, but the gotcha questions are not age appropriate.
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Great app!
I love the way it explains the targeted tense when the child chose the incorrect picture. This is GREAT for any therapist or parent!!!
Great for special ed classroom
I am using this app with my 4th/5th grade behavior-disorder students. Teaching verb tenses is usually not greeted with enthusiasm by any student, but especially not by students with behavior disorders. My students love this app -- they like watching the movies and recording themselves saying the sentences. Level 2 where they have to drag the correct verb tense into the sentence is good practice for assessments that measure this grammar skill.
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Great!
Tense Builder is a great, fun way to work on a skill that can be rather dull. My students are really enjoying the movies, especially the humor in them, and they think they're playing a game. The choose your own verbs option is helpful also.
Been waiting for this !
And it did not disappoint! Funny, engaging, great instructions for parents, teachers and speech-language pathologists! I love the 2 levels and the flexibility of use! I've needed this to teach verb tense in a fun way!
A Must Have App for SLPs
This beautifully done app really gets at different verb tenses through colorful and entertaining animations that accurately depict the various tenses. In the settings menu you are able to precisely select the skills you want to work on and how they are presented. I have used it from elementary aged students, including ASD, to middle school language impaired students. This is such a value considering the quality, versatility, and volume of students that can benefit from it. Mobile Education Store has done it again!
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Wonderful to use in Language Therapy
This app is a great tool to use in Language Therapy with my students. The only complaint I have is that it doesn't track which verbs they got incorrect. A detailed list would make this app go from an A to an A+.
Used with ELL and language impaired students
I am a speech-language pathologist and I've been using this apps with English Learners and language impaired students. I love this app. It allows me to modify the lesson to target skills at that student's developmental level! Another GREAT app from the mobile education store!!!
Tense practice at its best!
Another great app by Mobile Education Store. There is nothing like this available to teach tenses. The animations are easy to follow so you can see each action clearly and select the appropriate answer. As always, great feedback when you need it. A must have for SLPs and Special Educators!
Fabulous!
What a way to teach verb tenses! My students LOVE using all of the Mobile Education Store apps! The new video and statistical features makes this one even better! Also, parents are thrilled to receive feedback while their child is still doing speech/language therapy! Keep them coming, Kyle! We still need your high quality, yet reasonably priced apps! Paragraph comprehension or problem solving next?!
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So engaging and fun!
This app makes it so easy for young kids all the way to teens to learn grammar in an enjoyable manner. I love how stats can be kept and how the tense forms can be worked on altogether or individually. This is a necessity for SLPs and teachers alike to teach grammar.
Debra
Debra
Another great app
I <3 you Mobile Education Store. Please keep the great, reasonably priced apps coming!
-An SLP
-An SLP
Must Have Verb App For All SLP's!
Wow! This is how to teach tense!!! Disney-quality movies play and you see an action before it happens, as it's happening and after it's happened. The feedback you get for wrong answers makes it all so clear for kids and the little movies are just so entertaining. I will use this app with my entire caseload, and not just for verbs. Every SLP should have this one.
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Makes tense easy to understand
Wow - this app is incredible! My daughter has struggled with tense for a while. This app has helped her like nothing else we've tried. The animations just make things so clear, even for more difficult verbs like go, come, do, etc. The animations are laugh out loud funny too. She enjoys playing so much, it's hard to get her to stop playing!! This app will become the standard for teaching tense.
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