It was a great purchase for my classroom. I have used it with one student in particular. He loves that he can play with the iPad with toys. What is better than combining too loves, Thomas the Tank Engine and an iPad!
We started with playing with the Newton app, this is from their website:
Newton
Use
your creative noggin and inventive objects like a hand‑drawn basket,
grandma's glasses, dad's keys, or anything around you to guide falling
on‑screen balls into targeted zones.We started with using with the tracks. He would position them on the paper (the camera was picking up all the 'wood grain' on the table so we used the paper). He liked that the tracks would show up on the iPad screen. He was using the edges to make the balls bounce where they needed to go.
Then we moved on to using the accessories, who doesn't love playing with a cow!
Then we moved on to the Words app, again from their website:
Words
Be
the first to guess and spell out the on‑screen hidden word by tossing
down real‑life letters faster than your friends. A related picture gives
the clue.
He has some trouble with beginning sounds but he persevered and continued playing.
Then we moved on to the Tangrams app, again from their website:
Tangram
Arrange
tangible puzzle pieces into matching on‑screen shapes. Play with a
friend or challenge yourself to more advanced levels as your handy‑work
lights up with each victory.
He loved this app! He liked that he could choose which picture to work on and I liked that the difficulty increased the more we played. Once we moved on to the blue level he said "this is too hard." He did not like that he was not getting any hints if the pieces were in the correct location.
