Thriving in School

Ringer icon: screen shot from Auracle - Winter Is app by Auryn Is there anything more annoying than turning on the car when someone lef...

Photo by fekaylius   http://www.flickr.com/photos/hive/2561151129/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Avoiders are similar to Sensors.  They also h...

Flashcards are a standard study tool.  They come in all shapes and designs.  Let's keep it to the minimum for Sensors, though.  Flashca...

Sensors need more structure to keep them on task and avoid distractions.  Wouldn't it be nice to have something handy on your iDevice...

Gaze HD - lite provides nine video scenes to "gaze" upon.  Think of these as ways to block out other visual distractions.  You ...

The ticking of a clock is quickly pushed into the background for most people, but this sound is enough to distract Sensors from what they ar...

Sensors are those who detect everything.  Nothing gets by them. This makes them well suited for jobs that require noticing all the details...

Granted, it was sunny and 45 degrees, but walking barefoot with winter coats on after taking a plunge into the North Atlantic is a bit ou...

Most Bystanders look at a worksheet and see "Blah blah blah." Nothing jumps out at them.  How do you add the pizazz that will m...

Need a way to jazz up your spelling practice?  Try Magnetic Board lite .  It is a simple app that allows you to drag brightly colored ma...

Doodle Buddy is one of my most used apps for drawing and writing.  Kids like to choose their writing tool color but typically they use a ...

Kidoodle: Pirate is a digital coloring book that tells a story with a twist.  You personalize the pages of this fun pirate tale by addin...

iBooks is the free app for downloading books to read on your ipad, iphone or ipod touch.  There are so many ways to customize the text, m...

Bystanders seem to let the world pass by.  They miss much that is going on around them.  This sensory pattern is not necessarily dysfuncti...

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  I spent time this past Thursday working in a first grade class as the students built gingerbread houses.  Fifth grade students were ...

(You know what this means if you work in the schools today.) To generate your own message, go to Keep Calm-o-matic and create a persona...

Swimming in Walden on the shortest day of the year Here it is 18 days into my challenge of daily blogging for a month.  Hard? Yes, but...

I can't leave this conversation about apps for sensory seekers without mentioning Toca Boca apps.  They add a great combination of qual...