An iPad speech therapy app where every sound gets its own movie set. Children find hidden words, say them, hear them in a story, then direct a story of their own.
Each scene is packed with words for one sound in one position: the lake for final /k/, the zoo for initial /z/, a snowy park for /sk/ blends. Here are 18 of the 75.
This is a real scene from the app, with its own recordings. Find the 15 hidden /k/ words, then switch to the Movie Theater to hear the scene's story.
Tap things in the scene that end with /k/. Each one you find is said aloud, just like in the app.
Each scene has a short story full of its target words, recorded for the child to listen to. Press play on the screen.
In the Production Room, older students read this same script from a teleprompter and record themselves; younger ones record a story of their own.
Every one of the 75 scenes moves the child step by step: listening, single words, a story, then their own connected speech.
Children listen to each target word and hunt for it in the scene, earning points as they go.
Listening
Each word steps onto the red carpet. The child says it, and you score Got it, Almost or Missed. They can record themselves too.
Words
The scene becomes a movie: a recorded story built from its target words, as a model for connected speech.
Stories
The child becomes the director: tell and record a new story about the scene, or read the script from a teleprompter.
CarryoverPick a sound to see its scenes and every target word in them, straight from the app.
Every activity is saved to the student's own report card, ready when you write notes or progress reports.
A few of the 75 trophies, one for each scene.
Finding every hidden item in a scene wins that scene's trophy for the student's own trophy case in the Lounge.
Each of the 75 scenes comes with a picture homework sheet of its target words, at no extra cost.
Carryover practice that doesn't feel like drill.
"My students kept asking each other how many trophies were in their cases!"
Maureen Wilson, speech-language pathologist
"This is a great carryover activity for older kiddos especially. They are very motivated to collect trophies when they complete an activity!"
Yvette Bardole, SLP
Barbara Fernandes, M.S., CCC-SLP, shows the four activities, choosing sounds and scenes, the report cards and trophy case, and the homework sheets.
$49.99, one-time purchase. 75 scenes, 4 activities each, reports, trophies and homework sheets included.
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