Monday, April 20, 2015

Growth

Growth is mastering all the your subtraction facts and having to work on multiplication facts...as a 2nd grader...in a Foundations 2 Special Education classroom...even if you don't want to have to work on multiplication because its something new and different.

Growth is not having to carry a bathroom bag (cute Dr. Seuss bag) to the bathroom because you now wear underwear.

Growth is going from being considered nonverbal to your teacher asking you to please be quiet. 

Growth is getting to run errands for your teacher because the adults can trust you to come back.

In my classroom growth is not always measured by the letter or number representing a reading level, how many math facts you can solve in two minutes or a score on a standardized test. 

Friday, January 3, 2014

What is in a name?

As I reflected on my past teacher blog, I decided it was time for a fresh approach.  That was the easy decision, the tougher decision was what to name this new blog.  "The view from Room 1" seemed like a good fit for a few reasons.  One, my new classroom doesn't have any windows besides the ones in the doors.  Also, I do enjoy the idea of being room 1, has a nice ring to it! :)
Like life, teaching is all about your perspective.  As a special education teacher for students with significant intellectual disabilities, perspective is what you make of it.  I have the coolest seven students that I know and seeing what they can accomplish each and every day is a blast!  What you see at first glance does not represent what you will see if you truly stop and enjoy the moment.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

iPad Educational App list

Rough draft of my iPad educational app list.  I will continue to edit this list to
-add spacing between apps and creators
-add comments about each app

Anything:
Talking Tom related
See.Touch.Learn - BrainParade
I Like to Read books - GrasshopperApps.com
Starfall
PCS - DynaVox Mayer-Johnson
6 Little Ducks - Perplext™

3D Shape Sorter - Pronetis1st Grade Math: Splash Math Worksheets App for Numbers, Counting, Addition, Subtraction and others [...StudyPad, Inc.

123 Numbers FREE - Apptility Software Pvt Ltd

#1 Chronological Age Calculator - FreeHome-Speech-Home.com

ZOOLA - Best kids Apps

Who Can Read? Book Reader - Pioneer Valley Educational Press, Inc

A Who Am I - Animal Game - Nth Fusion LLC

When The Lights Go Out - PocketZentric

What Goes Together? - Different Roads to Learning, Inc.

What's next? - Minimalist ToDo for iPhone - Ajfek Software

Waitstrip - JTB Apps

Visual Schedule Planner - Good Karma Applications, Inc

VisTimer - FreeMindfultools

Virtuoso Piano Free 
Toddler Puzzle ShapesTechnolio Inc.

Toddler Flashcards (Free)iTot Apps, LLC

Three Little Pigs - Interactive Book iBigToyiBigToy inc.

This Is My Story (And I'm Sticking To It)Gramercy Consultants

Things That Go TogetherGrasshopperApps.com

Telling Time - Digital Clock by Photo TouchGrasshopperApps.com

Tell Time - Little Matchups GameGrasshopperApps.com

TapToTalk™Assistyx LLC

Talk AssistMubaloo

Story Time for KidsTeknowledge Software

A Story Before Bed - Personalized Children's Picture BooksJackson Fish Market

Spot the Farm AnimalGoodCore Software

Spot the Dot LiteRuckus Media Group

SpongeBob Tickler LiteNickelodeon

Splatter HDRadtastical, Inc.

Splash Math - 2nd grade worksheets of Numbers, Addition, Subtraction, Time & 9 other chaptersStudyPad, Inc.

Spelling Bug - FreePower Math Apps

Spell Games by Tap To LearnTapToLearn Software

Spell-A-WordRJ Cooper & Associates, Inc.

Speak it! Text to SpeechFuture Apps Inc.

SparkleFishWhosagoodboy Partners

Sound Touch LiteSoundTouch

Sound Shakerzinc Roe

Sono Flex LiteTobii Technology
Virtual Manipulatives!ABCya.com

Verbally - Intuary

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - HDKids Games Club

A 'Twas the Night 3D - Free Christmas Preview - FlyingWord, Inc.

Toy Story Read-Along - Disney Publishing Worldwide Applications

TouchyBooks Kid’s Interactive Books HDGenera Kids

Touch! Toddler PianoiPanda Lab.

  Social Skills Sampler HDThe Conover Company
SmartKids Picture DictionaryVietDorje

Smart CardsJoe Allen

Slilly Shape MatchSlilly Software

Skitch for iPadEvernote

Singing FingersBeginner's Mind

Simon Says – Classic All in One Vocal Memory Game for Kids HDKids Place

SightWords Free24x7digital LLC

Sight Words™eFlashApps

Sight Words by Photo TouchGrasshopperApps.com

Sight Words by Little SpellerGrasshopperApps.com

ShowMe Interactive WhiteboardEasel

Shapez MatchPartly Cloudy Handelsbolag

Shapes Toddler PreschoolToddler Teasers

Shape Puzzle HD Free - Word Learning Game for KidsNewness World

Sequencing!Miss Robin's Room

School Coloring Book Free by theColor.comTheColor.com

Read Me Stories - Children's books8Interactive Limited

Rain Rain Go Away - Find the ShapesTap Tap Slide

Puppet Pals HDPolished Play, LLC

A Present for Milo: A Touch-and-Surprise Story LiteRuckus Media Group

Preschool Games - Little Puzzles ToysGrasshopperApps.com
Music Sparkles – All in One musical instruments collection of Sound , Vocals and Fun Entertainment HDKids Games Club

Music Learning AdventureThe Juno Company

Moving Picture BooksMoving Picture Books

MotionMaze Trick or TreatDigido Interactive Inc.

MotionMazeDigido Interactive Inc.

MotionizeAyena LLC

Morpheus HDJason Martineau

MorpheusJason Martineau

Montessori Counting BoardGrasshopperApps.com

Money Counter Calculator FREEKing's Apps

Moms with AppsBabyBinks

Model Me Going Places 2Model Me Kids, LLC

Model Me Going PlacesModel Me Kids, LLC

Miss Spider's Tea PartyCallaway Digital Arts, Inc.

Millie Was Here, Book 1: Meet MillieMegapops LLC

Millie's Book of Tricks and TreatsMegapops LLC

MeMeTales - Children's Stories and Picture BooksMemetales Inc

MeeGenius! Kid's BooksMeeGenius!

Max's Big DaySaforian, Inc.

MathTappers: Numberline - a math game to help children learn whole numbers, integers & real numbersHeavyLifters Network Ltd.

MathTappers: Find Sums – a math game to help children learn basic facts for addition and subtractionHeavyLifters Network Ltd.

MathTappers: Estimate Fractions - a math game to help children learn to make sense of fraction sums an...HeavyLifters Network Ltd.

MathTappers: ClockMaster - a math game to help children learn to read clocksHeavyLifters Network Ltd.

Math QuizzerKen Development

Math KidAlex Drel

Math is Fun - I Like Numbers Kids BookGrasshopperApps.com

Math Bug FreeEmmy Chen

Match Pairs - Memory Game for Kids with Teddy BearsIrina Schens

Maria Counts Pumpkins - LAZ Reader [Level A-kindergarten]Language Technologies, Inc.

Marble Jar

winwin LLC

MagLetters Lite HDSanghoon Lee

Little Speller - Three Letter Words LITE - Free Educational Game for KidsGrasshopperApps.com

Little Matchups ABC - Alphabet Letters and Phonics Matching GameGrasshopperApps.com

Little Matchups - The Matching Game for ToddlersGrasshopperApps.com

Little Fingers Nursery Rhymes FreeFingerlings Ltd

The Little Bunny Visiting DentistDigibunnyTech

Literacy Skills Sampler HDThe Conover Company

Link The BulbsKell & Oggs Co. Ltd

Lil' Kitten Shopping Cart GamePODD Corp.

LifeLight South Dakota FestivalKevin Meylor

Letters Memory HDWuxi Haohai Information Technology Co., Ltd.

The Lettermen go to the ShopsSN Squared Limited

Letter Writer Space (Kindergarten ABC's)Barking Dog Interactive

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Preschool Games - Farm Animals by Photo TouchGrasshopperApps.com

Preschool - Animals and their young - Pad VersionNth Fusion LLC

Pre-K Letters and NumbersBrightStart LLC

Poppin GlideMotoValley Interactive

Pocket PenguinsCalifornia Academy of Sciences

PLAY-DOH Play-DatesHasbro, Inc.

PicturebookMaplekey Company, LLC

Picture Book for Kids - I Like SnowGrasshopperApps.com

Piccolo Picture Books USAUnieboek  Het Spectrum b.v.

Pic a WordRed Mountain Labs, Inc.

Phonics VowelsEmmy Chen

Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe Interactive GameLakeshore Learning Materials

Phonics Consonants - Preschool, Kindergarten, First Grade Learning GameAbitalk

Phonics Awareness, 1st Gradebugbrained.com

Peeping MusiciansInclusive Technology Ltd

PBS KIDS VideoPBS KIDS

Pat the BunnyRandom House Digital, Inc.

Old MacDonald HD - by Duck Duck MooseDuck Duck Moose

Old Macdonald Had a Farm - All In One activity center and full interactive sing along book for children : HD !Kids Games Club

The Official Lorax AppNBC Universal, Inc.

The Night Before Christmas – Read, Color, & PuzzleTwigsbury

NeoPaulNeoSpeech, Inc.

MyTalkTools Mobile Lite2nd Half Enterprises LLC

My Word WallEmantras Inc

My StoriesSimplifiedTouch

My Magic SongsiMobileMagic

My Little Suitcase by Moms With AppsMoms With Apps

My First Words - Flashcards by Alligator AppsInnovative Mobile Apps

My First 1,000 Words - Flashcards and Games by Alligator AppsInnovative Mobile Apps
Letter Writer Oceans (Preschool ABC's)Barking Dog Interactive

Letter of the Day Interactive ActivitiesLakeshore Learning Materials

Let's Name Things Fun DeckSuper Duper Publications

LEGO® DUPLO® JAMSThe LEGO Group

The Legend of Spookley the Square PumpkinOceanhouse Media

Learn to Speak - I Like Fall (Book for Speech Therapy)GrasshopperApps.com

Learn ABC; It's Munch Time

Ladybug CountJoe Scrivens

Kindergarten: 21 in 1 kids packDeepak Demiwal

Kindergarten for iPad - LITEDeepak Demiwal

Kids Puzzle Play - ElementaryRHOVS

Kids Numbers and MathIntellijoy

Kids Learning - My First Numbers Counting Game ...GrasshopperApps.com

Kids Cars  -  flash cards car game for children HDKids Place

Kids Can Match – ABC 123 , vocal memory game for children HDKids Place

Kids Can Match - Animals , vocal memory game for children HDKids Place

Kids ABC Alphabet Puzzle GameGrasshopperApps.com

KidimalsInfusedDreams

Jungle MatchEducate Apps

JumpStart Preschool Magic of LearningKnowledge Adventure

JumpStart My ABC BookKnowledge Adventure

Jelly Bean CountJoe Scrivens

Jack and Jill: A Toddler Adventure LiteTiger Stripes LLC

iWriteWords Litegdiplus

iTouchiLearn Numbers for Preschool Kids FreeStaytoooned

iTouchiLearn Life Skills: Morning Routines Edition for Toddler, Preschool & Special Needs Kids FreeStaytoooned

iReading – Stories Collection I liteDam Chen

iReading – Classic Fairy Tales Collection IIDam Chen

iReading - The Little Horse Crosses the RiverDam Chen

Into the Snow: A Stella and Sam Adventurezinc Roe

Interactive Touch Books - for KidsInteractive Touch, Inc.

Instrument SoundsEyad LLC

Inclusive Smarty PantsInclusive Technology Ltd

Flash Cards by Parents MagazineResolute Digital, LLC

Five Sharks SwimmingInclusive Technology Ltd

Five Little Monkeys Christmas HDLoeschWare

Five Little MonkeysLoeschWare

First Grade Reading - I Like WaterGrasshopperApps.com

Fingerprint Play MakerFingerprint

Finger Melody HDShanghai Otaku Home Studio

Finger Books-Little Bear And Friends HDVertra Animation Studios

Find My iPhoneApple

Fill the CupSolla Carrock

Farm Sounds Free - Fun Barn Animal Noises for your KidsTantrum Apps

Farm Flip - Memory Match for KidsSalvijs Bilinskis

The Farm - Color Your Puzzle and Paint the Animals of the Farm - Coloring, Drawing and Painting Games...DevelopLabs

Families 1MyFirstApp.com

Facebook MessengerFacebook, Inc.

FacebookFacebook, Inc.

Everyday Mathematics® Name That Number™McGraw-Hill School Education Group

eReadingToGo!eReadingPro

Elmo Loves ABCs Lite for iPadSesame Street

Educreations Interactive WhiteboardEducreations, Inc

Duck_SoupMarcel Kieser

DTT WordsZBobbApps.com

Drum KitCrimsonJet, Inc.

DropboxDropbox

Dress Up Fairy Tale Game - Learn Colors 6 in 1 - Princess - King - 3 Bears - Goldilocks - Warriors & Elve...TabTale LTD

Dress-up Freefishdog.net

Draw Free for iPadDavid Porter Apps LLC

Dragon DictationNuance Communications

Dr. Seuss's ABC - LITEOceanhouse Media

Dr Seuss Early WorksDevils Due Digital Inc.

DotToDot numbers & letters liteApps in My Pocket Ltd

Domino's Pizza HeroDomino's Pizza LLC

Disney ComicsDisney Publishing Worldwide Applications

Dimmernewforestar co,.ltd

Diet & Food Tracker by SparkPeopleSparkPeople

Diet & Fitness Tracker by SparkPeople for iPadSparkPeople

Die Ersten Worte - Bilderbuch zum Lernen - Jetzt GratisGrasshopperApps.com

DialSafe ProLittle Bit Studio, LLC.

Dexteria - Fine Motor Skill DevelopmentBinaryLabs

Cut the Rope HD LiteChillingo Ltd

Cut the Rope HDChillingo Ltd

Counting MoneyKing's Apps

Counting CoinsK12 Inc.

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iLiteZ-ProJon Barletto

iLEAP Touch Spot AdditionEpiphany Games

iHowTo-BookKensei Ikeda

IEP ChecklistNurvee LLC

iCongas LiteOutOfTheBit

iCommBappz

ICDL - Free Books for Children - International Children's Digital LibraryICDL Foundation

iBooksApple

iBaby ButtonsSoftware Smoothie

iAutism Toddler Screening TooliCrysta

Human Body Puzzles for KidsApptility Software Pvt Ltd

HellokidsCobalink SAS

Halloween SoundEyad LLC

Halloween counting & words gamesiKidsPad

Gulliver in Lilliput: 3D Interactive Pop-up BookDigital Aria Co.,Ltd

Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss - LITEOceanhouse Media

Goosed Up Rhymes Lite HDBrain Freeze Entertainment

GoodNeighborsTrompho

GlowTunesChris Martone

Glow ColoringMobiTech 3000 LLC

Gingham GamesClassic Kid Productions

Giggle GhostsBusy Bee Studios

Ghostbusters: Ghost Invasion HDOgtus Media LLC

Geometry (Mathomatix)Emantras Inc

GasBuddy - Find Cheap Gas PricesGasBuddy Organization Inc

The Four Seasons - An Earth Day Interactive children's story bookTabTale LTD

Flat StanleyFlatter World, Inc.
Counting BoardEverQuiz
Barnes & Noble NOOK Kids - The Largest Collection of Children's eBooksBarnes and Noble Kids

BabyBandendlesol

Baby Rattle Plus - My First Colors , with Balloons, Fish, Butterflies, Happy Faces and Hot Air Balloons  HDKids Place

Awesome XylophoneTHARTS

AutismXpressStudioEmotion Pty Ltd. Inc.

Autism/DTT ShapesZBobbApps.com

Autism/DTT NumbersZBobbApps.com

Autism/DTT LettersZBobbApps.com

Autism ColorsZBobbApps.com

Autism AppsTouch Autism

Autism 5-Point Scale EPThe Autism Society of Minnesota

Arithmetic Invaders Express: Grade K-2 Math Facts@Reks

Ant Smasher Free Game: the Addictive Action App - a Funny Game for Kids, Boys & Girls - by Best, Cool ...Best, Cool & Fun Games - Free Game App Creation S.A.

Ant Smasher Free Game for iPad - a Funny Game for Kids by the Best, Cool & Fun GamesBest, Cool & Fun Games - Free Game App Creation S.A.

Answers:YesNo HDSimplifiedTouch

Animals Zoo - Interactive Flash Cards - Jungle Wild Life Farm Pets Animal Sounds Kids Learning Game HDTabTale LTD

Animal Train - First Word FREE22learn, LLC

Animal Sounds - Fun Toddler GameInnovative Mobile Apps

Animal Kingdom ABC'sWorking Pixel

Animal FunBrian Pfeil

Angry Birds Seasons HD FreeRovio Mobile Ltd.

Angry Birds Rio HD FreeRovio Mobile Ltd.

Angry Birds HD FreeRovio Mobile Ltd.

Angry Birds FreeRovio Mobile Ltd.

Amazing Shape Puzzle(LITE)-Kids Favorite Word Learning GameJoy Preschool Game

Amazing My First Words - Shapes and FruitsAmazing eLearning LLC.

Alphabet ZooThird Rail, LLC

Alphabet Animals HDWuxi Haohai Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Alphabet Animals - Pad VersionNth Fusion LLC

Alphabet Actiondivmob

AlphaBaby FreeLittle Potato Software

All Sight Words -- the talking flashcards for all Dolch wordsSai Services

Alarm Clock 4 FreeAlarm Clock Company

Air DisplayAvatron Software, Inc.

Addition UnderSea Adventures Games HD Free Lite - for iPadBrain Counts

Adding ApplesOperatio

Ace Kids Math Games HD Free Lite - for iPadBrain Counts

ABCWheelsFreeDreamensions, LLC

ABCs and Me5pumpkins

The ABC song – All In One activity center and full interactive sing along for children : HD !Kids Games Club

ABC Sing Along with Gulliver - Learn The Alphabet English Education Song HDTabTale LTD

abc PocketPhonics Lite: letter sounds & writing + first wordsApps in My Pocket Ltd

ABC Phonics Sight Words HD Free Lite - for iPadBrain Counts

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Counting Bills & CoinsK12 Inc.

Counting 123 - Learn to Count 4 in 1 : Fish Tap Challenge, Spot The Differences, Jumping Grasshopper a...TabTale LTD

Count Money - Coin Matching Game for KidsGrasshopperApps.com

Common Core StandardsMasteryConnect

Color UncoveredExploratorium

Coins Genius Lite – Crazy Coin Counting Flash Cards Game For KidsFunVid Apps LLC

Clean Up: Category SortingDifferent Roads to Learning, Inc.

Classic Nursery Rhymes Lite featuring Humpty DumptyOnce Upon an App

Chuck and Friends: Friends for the Long Haul LiteRuckus Media Group

Christmas Tale HDTabTale LTD

Christmas Fun –All In One , Holiday Spirit , Interactive Songs and Games for children : HD !Kids Games Club

ChoiceworksBee Visual, LLC

ChoiceBoard-CreatorTechno Chipmunk

Childrens Book - I Like ColorsGrasshopperApps.com

Children's Short StoriesSoumya Mohapatra

Children's Farm: Lite100 Proof Software

Checkers FreeOptime Software LLC

Cheats for The Sims 1, 2 and 3Chris Phillips

Chase The Ball HDEvan Bernstein

Catalyst HDCompass Solutions for Autism

The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss - LITEOceanhouse Media

Carve-a-Pumpkin from Parents magazineResolute Digital, LLC

Candy Count - Learn Colors & NumbersCamigo Media LLC

Can you countImagineer Mobile Pty Ltd

Bubbles Tap HDHugaoMobile

BrainPOP Featured MovieBrainPOP®

The BOX.Atomic Flavor S.L.

BitPianoBitplus

Big Top Circus FreeLoeschWare

Beginning Sounds Interactive GameLakeshore Learning Materials

A Bee Sees - Learning Letters, Numbers, and ColorsHeadlight Software, Inc.

Bee SafeEazySafe Ltd

BarnYard Stackem!Single Sparq

ABC Maze Litegdiplus

ABC Letter Tracing – Free Writing Practice for PreschoolCritical Matter, Inc.

ABC Funnimals LiteSynthego

ABC Alphabet Phonics - Preschool Kids Game Free LiteGrasshopperApps.com

ABC Alphabet Phonics - Alphabet Ordering, ABC Song, Letters Matching and Phonics SoundAbitalk

ABC Alphabet by Little SorterGrasshopperApps.com

ABC - Magnetic Alphabet Lite - Learn to Write! For KidsDot Next

Abby Train - Colors & Farm Animals FREE by 22learnCFC s.r.o.

Abby - Preschool Shape Puzzle - First Word FREE (Vehicles and Animals under the Sea)22learn, LLC

Abby - Animal Preschool Shape Puzzles - First Word HD (FREE) by 22learnCFC s.r.o.

Abby's Preschool Shape Puzzles - Farm Animals22learn, LLC

ABA Touch : MonstersSlingSpace, LLC

ABA Flash Cards & Games - EmotionsInnovative Mobile Apps

ABA Flash Cards - Things You EatKindergarten.com

ABA Flash Cards - AlphabetKindergarten.com

ABA Flash Cards - ActionsKindergarten.com

ABA – Problem Solving – What does not belong?Innovative Mobile Apps