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By Emily On April 8, 2014 · Add Comment

Edutech is our focus here at iPadKids. We want to bring you the latest news and reviews from the world of technology in education, but we also know how fun it is just to PLAY. Here are 5 fun newly released games that may not be heavy on the math but they are big on pure entertainment – and are family-friendly. Monument Valley – this spatial puzzler is easy enough that my 6-year-old can complete the first 3 levels without a problem, but the sophisticate Escher-esque artwork makes it enjoyable for grown-ups to play along too. $3.99 Threes! – slide number cards over each other to create the biggest sum possible without filling the board; all you need is basic number recognition skills to play, which means non-readers can join in too $1.99 Sky Tourist – Petey Pendant, [...]

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By Emily On April 4, 2014 · Add Comment

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The language of Minecraft

By Emily On April 4, 2014 · Add Comment

The best way I can explain my son’s spectrum disorder to other people is that he lives in his own world. Sometimes he chooses to visit our “normal” world but more often than not, my son T is so involved in what he likes and what he knows that it’s very difficult for him to transition into doing things that’s required of every other 6-year-old, like going to school or having a regular checkup at the pediatrician’s office. With every new teacher – he’ll have had four by the time his kindergarten year is over – I explain that if T is disconnecting and his attention wanders, just mention Minecraft. In 9 out of 10 cases he will immediately snap to attention and carry on a conversation about the sandbox game, going into great detail about mobs and obsidian and whatever else he does in the game. T doesn’t really [...]

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“Creating a school for autistic adults”

By Emily On April 3, 2014 · Add Comment

As a parent with a child recently diagnosed with autism, I’ve thought long and hard about what will happen to my son if I’m not around. One of the many goals of early intervention and therapeutic treatment is to prepare my son to live independently as an adult, whether or not I’m around to help him. Unfortunately this approach is relatively new when it comes to diagnosing and treating autism, which means that many adults with autism didn’t get learn what they needed to in order to function independently. Dan Selec noticed that adults with autism were more likely to be unemployed, depressed, and socially isolated after they aged out of the many programs designed for school-aged children with spectrum disorders. Selec decided to start the nonPareil Institute in Plano, Texas. What began in Selec’s own living room is now a flourishing program with its own facilities that provides [...]

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Avoid App Anxiety

By Emily On April 3, 2014 · Add Comment

With all of the conflicting studies on screen time limits and which apps are best for supplementing early learning, it’s hard for parents to disseminate the information coming at them from all angles. The Fred Rogers Center works to help nurture the relationship between children and media, and provides on their website some wonderful resources on how to build an app library that will benefit young players and enhance early learning. Just yesterday the center’s site published a great post giving readers some wonderful examples of how three different apps enhanced early learning. The post’s author Susan Friedman cited a study from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) that looked at how teachers choose to use technology. The Fred Rogers Center and the NAEYC also released a joint position statement as a guideline for educators who want to introduce technology to kiddos under [...]

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