Make a Choice vs Sing Songo

Designed in co-operation with a Speech Pathologist, parents and carers describing what they need, Make a Choice is a simple to use, and yet flexible tool for people who need to communicate a choice. Make a Choice can be used on its own, however it is also great as an adjunct to your other favorite AAC tools. People with motor problems will find that the button sizes make it easier, providing direct access via fingers or fist, etc. Make a Choice is great for people working with various forms of Dyspraxia, (also known as Motor Learning Difficulties, Perceptuo-Motor Dysfunction, and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)). By providing a small number of choices, the communicator is better able to focus, and express themselves clearly. Make a Choice can also be used for “First and Then” two and four step schedules, or in situations where a client needs to express an opinion (“I Like” / “I don’t like”). In fact, the versatility of Make a Choice allows you to use it in all sorts of situations. Make a Choice provides the ability to configure Choice Boards of two, or four buttons on the screen with text, an image, or both. When a button is pressed on the main screen, the text of the button is spoken by your device, or, if your prefer, you can record your own voice and that will be played instead. Buttons may be further configured to have their own background color, ensuring your ability to create buttons that are easy to see, and respond to. Images can be easily be imported direct from your devices camera, the Photos app, or from the internet via copy-paste. There are no limits to how many Choice Boards you can create, and there are no limits to the number of buttons. Make a Choice has been built with speed and ease of use in mind. If you are in an emergency situation and you need to help someone communicate their choice about something, just create a couple of new buttons, and in less than a minute you can have them on screen. Do you want to create a new Choice Board with a different combination of buttons that you’ve already created? That’s easy! Every button you create is there for you to pick and re-use, any number of times. For communication ovation partners, this is a great tool to help your cared one express her or his self through choosing one action, over another. Make a Choice allows you to share your Choice Board configurations with others via iCloud Drive, DropBox, and any other iOS compatible file sharing service. This allows you to backup your data, share it amongst your devices, and with clients and friends. Make a Choice allows you to lock down the Choice Board configuration, preventing unwanted changes to the Choice Boards you’ve created. Make a Choice uses nice large buttons to better facilitate use by people with motor difficulties. Button sizes have been crafted to make them large and well spaced, improving usability further. Make a Choice works on all iPad and iPhone devices running iOS 9 or later. There are NO in-app purchases, and there are no limits on how many buttons or Choice Boards you can create. Feature summary: * Unlimited number of buttons. * Unlimited number of choice boards. * Configuration can be backed up or shared via iCloud Drive, Dropbox or similar. * Configuration can be locked. * Easy to use. * Fully accessible via Voice Over and Accessibility Switches * Supports recording your own voice for buttons. * Uses in-device text to speech when no voice recording is provided. * Buttons support text, images, or both. * Button background color is configurable. * 2 or 4 button Choice Boards supported. * Great for “First and Then” use. * Print your choice boards to your AirPrint printer! * Localized in English, French and Spanish.

Sing Songo brings all the fun, magic and musical and educational expertise of Musiko Musika’s videos, classes and publications into this easy-to-use app with versions for use at home and in a nursery or school. With songs and activities to support young children to develop strong speech and language skills and important personal, social and emotional skills all the materials and activities have been specially designed for 2- to 5-year-olds to have a great time making music whilst learning at the same time. For families at home choose “Sing Songo Families” to access Sing and Learn, Songo’s Songbooks, the Magic Bag of Songs and the many other features to support your child’s learning and development. With great suggestions of simple and effective follow-on activities you can be sure your child will have a great time as their skills and development thrive. And for teachers and early years practitioners choose “Sing Songo Practitioners” to access the content for use in your early years setting or school. This version is designed for professional use and is for registered users only. Through our partner schools and nurseries in London, Hampshire and elsewhere we provide additional support, training and workshops for schools, nurseries, children and families. If you would like to know more about this part of our work then get in touch using the “Contacts” page on the app. Musiko Musika was founded in 1998 by the musicians and educators Mauricio Venegas-Astorga and Rachel Pantin, with a mission to use world music as a tool to improve the access of children and young people to creative music making, and to support individuals and communities in valuing and sharing their cultural identity and heritage through music. We develop and deliver innovative projects and use our unique expertise to empower socially and economically disadvantaged children and young people, their families and their communities through music and cultural engagement. Songo is founded on the belief that early intervention in promoting successful language acquisition alongside social, emotional and personal development are essential to educational achievement and enabling children to become fully inclusive participants in society as they grow up. The Sing Songo programme on which the Sing Songo app, videos and music are based was devised and developed by Musiko Musika in consultation with Speech and Language Specialist Helen Ayres and piloted over four years of project work reaching more than 8,000 children across the UK and in Chile. The Songo publications won a Finalist Award in the Children’s Educational Category, 2019 International Book Awards. “We loved the songs and the easy way in which children’s confidence and natural musical skills were nurtured and could blossom, underpinned by the exceptional level of educational, social and cultural understanding Mauricio, Rachel and the team have developed.” Baroness Gabrielle Bertin (Patron of Musiko Musika) We are very grateful for the support of funders past and present for this work including: Peter Sowerby Foundation, Dr Edwards and Bishop King’s Fulham Charity, Hammersmith United Charities, CAST and Arts Council England Musiko Musika Limited Company No. 4373867 (registered in England & Wales) Registered Charity No. 1099508