Early Learning Apps - Part 2
Many apps (applications) are available to promote early learning for young children who are blind or visually impaired, including those who are deafblind or who have multiple disabilities. This is a partial list (part one of two) to help you get started. Click here to see Part 1.
The apps here help young children to develop basic cognitive skills, such as cause & effect and matching. They also help to reinforce eye-hand coordination, vocalization, and response to sensory input. These apps have been used specifically with young children especially those with additional needs, or have been chosen because the visual component is very clear and/or the auditory/sound aspects are of high quality and clear. Many of these apps are particulary appropriate for children with CVI (Cortical Visual Impairment).
- Early Drawing Apps
- Advanced Drawing Apps
- Books for Children Apps
- Sequencing Apps
- Communication Apps
- Math
- Timer
- Games
Early Drawing Apps
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Easy and fun drawing app for children using "crayons" that look and feel real. |
| Drawing app that implements a realistic look & feel of color pencils. | |
| Draw using "chalk" on this app for to-do lists, menus, and more. | |
| Create paper style snowflakes with this animated app. | |
| Draw while recording child's voice and then playback later to watch and listen to the story. | |
 Singing Fingers |
Experiment with sounds and fingerpainting with this app. Users can record their own voice or use the apps instruments while fingerpainting and then play back the sound by clicking the paint. |
| Sketch and draw on iOS this free app. | |
| Finger paint with sounds and children with special needs to practice their first interaction with a touch screen. |
Advanced Drawing Apps
| Use an assortment of brushes and colors to create a glowing masterpiece. | |
| Paint, draw, scribble, sketch on this app using paints and stamps. | |
| Tap to create and pop these multicolored bubbles. | |
| Swipe fingers across the screen to reveal a beautiful colorful picture. |
Books for Children Apps
| This is an animated story book app to will help enforce children early reading skills. | |
| 37 stunning picture books for children in one interactive app. | |
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Interactive storybook that tells the classic Hans Christen Anderson story. This app features interactive activities, superb animation and brilliant sound effects. |
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This picture app helps children to identify pictures and associate letter sounds. |
Sequencing Apps (some are advanced)
| The classic game of memory with four buttons and sequencing played by "Simon" that the user has to follow repeat. | |
| This app acts like a flashcard with pictures and text for children to use and learn. | |
| Problem solving app that requires users to identify an item in a picture that is different from the other items. Difficulty levels allow users to challenge themselves at their own pace. | |
| Thousands of brain teasers and riddles on this app. | |
| Distinguish opposite words through graphics and voice in this app. Explain "long and short", "fast and slow", and "happy and sad" to youngsters. | |
| This bubble matching game allows users to travel through over 250 levels of fun. | |
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Find as many words as possible in one word with this game app. |
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This app has lots of learning tools available from flashcards to phototouch to spelling bees. |
| Inspired by children with special needs, this app is a collection of learning games for cognitive, language, and fine motor development. |
Communication Apps
| Perfect app for creating customizable choice boards for unique needs of individuals with communication challenges. | |
| Visual storytelling app that allows users to record and add their own sounds, videos and add their own pictures. | |
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Create stories on this app with personal pictures, sound recordings, and videos. |
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Create and share ebooks by adding photos, drawings, and stickers. Add voice to stories and share with friends and family. |
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This app helps children with communication delays in language development by using picture cards to create sentences. |
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Using AbleNet symbols or personal photos, this app can create custom boards to assist children in special education, autism specturm, or other disabilities communicate. |
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This communication tool allows users to easily create personal Picture Cards or visuals and attaching their voice to make requests and comments. |
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Create communication books and record text-to-speech messages to share with others on this AAC app. |
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Highly customizable AAC app with pictures and tools for communication. |
*Advanced, More Complex Apps
Math (may be visually busy)
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Teach counting, numbers, addition, and subtraction to children (ages 2-4) with this app. |
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This app helps children count and add using small numbers. |
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Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with this interactive "chalkboard" app. |
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Super simple large calculator made for everyone to use ages 2 and up. |
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Get a pattern of five bingo bugs in a row by correctly answering math problems. |
Timer
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This app is a timer app that allows for repeating interval and reminder for routines. |
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This app features a digital clock and alarm clock that also displays live, local weather conditions and temperature. |
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Show elapsed time clearly with lights and bars. When time runs out the app beeps and vibrates. |
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Simple to use timer app that uses a stop light to show go and stop. |
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This app uses an animated shrinking pie to display lapsed time. |
Games
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Push cars out of the city with your fingertip with this unique puzzle gameplay. |
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Raise and nurture adorable and tiny animated animals on this Tiny Zoo app. |
Please note that you may need to check whether the app has been updated or whether it only works with certain operating systems. This page was last updated on 3/4/2022.
