Class schedule
I often use this in my classroom. I have saved PCS symbols for our classroom routine and use these to help my students with autism. It would be great if I could just have a day option too rather than the whole week.
Cannot Live Without This !!
Best Assisting Tool Ever !! I have a child with Autism, this is our saving grace. It’s important for all kids especially those with a
few unique quirks to have “routine” & comfort/security in planning out the day & week. We love the interactive fun ! The coloured days, checking the weather, finding images for new events, putting in selected icons, using the blackboard to write other events. It’s our special time on a Sunday together, planning out the week and it makes him “ Happy”. It gives him a sense of responsibility & control. We no longer micro manage morning & evening routine - Hooray!! but simply have the weekly events printed out on the kitchen fridge. An absolute time saver being able to drop & drag. Fun to be able to personalise & be creative with photo imports etc also important to show little ones, iPad can be a great productive tool, not just a technological game. We have been using this tool for 4yr now, love it ...... 👍😊😊 Thank You xx
few unique quirks to have “routine” & comfort/security in planning out the day & week. We love the interactive fun ! The coloured days, checking the weather, finding images for new events, putting in selected icons, using the blackboard to write other events. It’s our special time on a Sunday together, planning out the week and it makes him “ Happy”. It gives him a sense of responsibility & control. We no longer micro manage morning & evening routine - Hooray!! but simply have the weekly events printed out on the kitchen fridge. An absolute time saver being able to drop & drag. Fun to be able to personalise & be creative with photo imports etc also important to show little ones, iPad can be a great productive tool, not just a technological game. We have been using this tool for 4yr now, love it ...... 👍😊😊 Thank You xx
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Not so great
First issue I faced is I cannot add more than 6 activities.
Second, custom badges can be only hand written and cannot use keyboard to type in text.
Third, once a badge is created, we cannot edit to update again, have to start from scratch, painful process.
I was hoping to use this to plan my kid’s day to day activities starting from his wake up to sleep and involving shower, breakfast, homework, school, play, sports activities etc..., but very disappointed with the purchase !
Second, custom badges can be only hand written and cannot use keyboard to type in text.
Third, once a badge is created, we cannot edit to update again, have to start from scratch, painful process.
I was hoping to use this to plan my kid’s day to day activities starting from his wake up to sleep and involving shower, breakfast, homework, school, play, sports activities etc..., but very disappointed with the purchase !
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Great at first
Loved the flexible icons and great design, but only a limited number of icons fit in a day. Fine for younger kids, but not as good for older kiddos on the autism spectrum who have more tasks per day. Also, there's no way to select just "today" - which is where my son gets visually overwhelmed (he wants top days tasks to be like tomorrow's). Add those options and it'd be a 5 star app!
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Good
Good app for broad day planning.
Can't see future weeks
Ok. Like the visual aspect, and the ability to add photos and drawings to customize icons, but seriously lacking in capability. It is basically an electronic whiteboard of a week: you can't work on next week, can't view coming events...just wipe and restart every week. Absolutely no context which is what kids need to understand the passing of days.
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Great kids planner!
Love this app! My 5 year old likes to see what he has on for the day/week. The ability to add your own pictures/photos & notes is great. Only addition would be to be able to plan the following week ahead also, not just the current week. Fantastic app!
My kids love this app!!!
Easy to use, and fun!!! My kids love adding custom pics of their activities and customizing the color scheme. Love the holidays add-in option. :)
How we use this app with our toddlers
This app is self-explainatory. I don't know what the person who wrote "It comes with no instructions," is talking about because with a couple swipes it is EXTREMELY EASY to learn.
How we use it with our toddlers:
1. At the beginning of the day we use the app as a visual to go through what we're going to do that day. "Today we're going to the library for story time, then the grocery store, then after supper take a bath." This way there are no surprises for them so they aren't surprised/agitated when it's time to get our shoes on to leave.
2. In doing that they are learning the days of the week without guided learning--it's just happening.
3. We add the weather badge and say, "The weather is rainy today! That means it's cool and we need rain jackets!" etc., so they are learning about weather and dressing for it.
I really wish it had:
- A "Daily Planner" for recurring Morning Routine and Before Bed Routine.
- The ability to "check off" things done.
- The current day of the week highlighted a little brighter than the other days of the week.
- I'd purchase chore icons. Feather duster, trash can, vacuum, etc. (Bathroom & dishes icons are already included, obviously.) These are all things older toddlers.
How we use it with our toddlers:
1. At the beginning of the day we use the app as a visual to go through what we're going to do that day. "Today we're going to the library for story time, then the grocery store, then after supper take a bath." This way there are no surprises for them so they aren't surprised/agitated when it's time to get our shoes on to leave.
2. In doing that they are learning the days of the week without guided learning--it's just happening.
3. We add the weather badge and say, "The weather is rainy today! That means it's cool and we need rain jackets!" etc., so they are learning about weather and dressing for it.
I really wish it had:
- A "Daily Planner" for recurring Morning Routine and Before Bed Routine.
- The ability to "check off" things done.
- The current day of the week highlighted a little brighter than the other days of the week.
- I'd purchase chore icons. Feather duster, trash can, vacuum, etc. (Bathroom & dishes icons are already included, obviously.) These are all things older toddlers.
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Potential, but missing too many necessary features
There are no instructions? The description of the app says its possible for a child to create his or her own icons. I'm a parent and I can't figure out how to do it, so I'm wondering how my special needs children will figure it out. It's also not obvious how to upload a photo. With only the free icons, this app is not very useable. The ability to add my own icons or photos would be very helpful.
Disappointed that I spent $1.99 on this app.
Disappointed that I spent $1.99 on this app.
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Super, visually appealing schedule- alarm please!
I only have a long wish list because I LOVE this idea and can see us using it a lot- Pretty please- add some kind of alarm system, and some kind of way to grab the icons easier, like a search feature. Scrolling trying to find the right one, especially if you have unlocked the extra packs is time consuming (can you please add more standard icons for free such as a bed for sleep and perhaps a toilet?), and there is no way to put our most used icons at the front either- perhaps tapping in the bar could pop up a screen sized page with the icons arranged in categories of our choosing? Also we have LOTS of therapy appointments etc. and run out of room on each day bar- can you make it so you can scroll to fit more icons on each day bar? And what about a check mark when you are done? This is very visually appealing and easy for children to understand. Thank you for allowing drawing as an option. My kiddo is a reader and this is a wonderful way to quickly write down what is coming next.
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Great, intuitive app
Really love this app. It's fun to play with and intuitive and helps my toddler visualize his day and the week. I like the icons and love the fact that you can upload your own pictures.
Here's a few ideas for the suggestion box:
- Perhaps I just haven't figured it out, but I would love the app to sync across devices. We're a multiple iDevice household.
- Would be great if you could "lock" a calendar in a slightly more complicated way. My 2 year old likes to move calendar entrees around, messing up the calendar.
- I agree with another reviewer's suggestion to add voice capture capabilities that can play over the icons.
- Can we get a "sleep" icon?
- Would be nice to hear "today" and the date when you touch it.
- Any way to add "check" marks across the activities that have passed, so the toddler can see where we're at in the schedule?
Overall, very very pleased with this. Have been recommending it to friends. And I don't tend to do that!
Here's a few ideas for the suggestion box:
- Perhaps I just haven't figured it out, but I would love the app to sync across devices. We're a multiple iDevice household.
- Would be great if you could "lock" a calendar in a slightly more complicated way. My 2 year old likes to move calendar entrees around, messing up the calendar.
- I agree with another reviewer's suggestion to add voice capture capabilities that can play over the icons.
- Can we get a "sleep" icon?
- Would be nice to hear "today" and the date when you touch it.
- Any way to add "check" marks across the activities that have passed, so the toddler can see where we're at in the schedule?
Overall, very very pleased with this. Have been recommending it to friends. And I don't tend to do that!
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Terrific for Children on the Autism Spectrum
This is my favourite Calendar app.
Very simple, easy to understand Calendar.
I like that you can make your own icons with pictures from your photo library. I also like that you can quickly draw a picture to add to the planner.
I like that there isn't time linked to the events. Kids on the spectrum can find time issues distressing.
Students love to make their own weekly calendar by dragging the icons.
I even use this as a visual schedule and ask my students to drag off their icon when they have completed an activity. I add a reward icon to the end of each day.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could record your voice on to your own icons...?
Bronwyn Sutton SLP
Very simple, easy to understand Calendar.
I like that you can make your own icons with pictures from your photo library. I also like that you can quickly draw a picture to add to the planner.
I like that there isn't time linked to the events. Kids on the spectrum can find time issues distressing.
Students love to make their own weekly calendar by dragging the icons.
I even use this as a visual schedule and ask my students to drag off their icon when they have completed an activity. I add a reward icon to the end of each day.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could record your voice on to your own icons...?
Bronwyn Sutton SLP
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Too basic
Very limited choice of icons and no option to make your own. Bought it but can't use it.
Almost perfect
Was looking for something to show my four year old her basic week schedule and this does almost everything I need. She can hear each date listed and quickly took to the icons for the major events for her day (since not every day she has day care, school, dance, etc). It is laid out exactly has something I'd make for her.
Only three things could make it better:
- Weather based on location
- Add own sounds to pictures
- Printing
Only three things could make it better:
- Weather based on location
- Add own sounds to pictures
- Printing
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Great App
I really love this app. It's very cute visually and functionally works without any bugs. Here is my wish list for this app...It would be great if there is an option to make Sunday appear first overall instead of Monday. The ability to import sound files to pair with pictures used from the photo library would be fantastic. Please make an audio for the little girl holding the sign to say "Today is _______" when tapped. Finally, please make it so that when tapped, a child will say the month, date and year.
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Kids week
I looked at over 20 calendar apps and even purchased 2 others before buying Kid's Week. It is just what I was looking for for our daughter with special needs. I love that we can use our own pictures. I have two suggestions. It old be great if we could record our voice to match our picture. In other words if when the child touched a picture of grandma's house my recorded voice would say "grandma's house". Also it would be good if we could store our picture cards down with the other icons so we didn't need to keep remaking them. Fabulous app! I think you need to get it added to some special needs and autism sites. Thanks!
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Juliensabrina
At first thought it was pretty cool, I uploaded my own pics, put them on the planner and it looked great BUT just to lean how to move the tiles around I realized when you put your pics in the bottom storage bar the actually disappear. Not happy as I put several in the bottom bar, you have to reload them. Not good if your schedule changes over a two week period like how mine does. Very disappointed..
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Fantastic!
Absolutely fantastic! The exact app I have been searching for for my 3yo autistic daughter for a long time. Love the fact you can add your own pictures too, just perfect. Thank you
Good idea,but!
Love the idea,is very fun and easy to use,but it needs more space to fit more task on one day,hours to specify the time and a way to add more activities like:brushing teeth,snack time,etc. With those improvements I think this is a great tool to keep the kids on track.Love the graphics!
