Go check it out here and please consider supporting this talented SmartHome artist.
Wish List Wednesday
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Mandy Is A Published Author!
Imagine! SmartHome resident Mandy is a published author! Her first book, “Cupcakes in New York,” is being sold on Blurb.com.
Go check it out here and please consider supporting this talented SmartHome artist.
Go check it out here and please consider supporting this talented SmartHome artist.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Technology Tuesday
This week’s Technology Tuesday features another edition of “Stephanie’s High Five” – where Imagine!’s Assistive Technology Lab facilitator Stephanie Tilley shares five apps for tablets and mobile devices that may benefit individuals with a variety of intellectual and developmental disabilities. Stephanie is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist who has worked for Imagine! for more than 10 years, and is the author of “101 Adapted Games for Kids,” which provides adaptations for children’s activities to create inclusive activities and environments.
Tally Tots is a collection of number activities that teach the basics of numbers and counting. There are interactive games including activities such as matching, sequencing, sorting, building, and puzzles for each number up to twenty. Examples of activities include placing marbles on a maze or feeding acorns to a squirrel. There is also a page of numbers from 1-100 that users can tap on and count the numbers as they are tapped in order up to 100. After each number has been tapped, the numbers can then be randomly tapped to be reviewed.
Alpha Tots is a touch interactive game that features puzzles and activities that help build the foundations needed to learn how to read. Every letter of the alphabet is featured with a different task that has to be completed for each letter. For example, for the letter B users build a Robot, and for the letter D users dig in the sand. The tasks need to be completed in order for each letter before users move on to the next letter.
This app features a friendly bird named Homer. Each user (up to 4 users with paid membership, 1 user with the free version) is set up by adding his/her name and picture. The user then goes to the hat shop and picks a thinking cap before starting the activity. There are 50+ skills offered in this activity including: letter sound recognition, proper pronunciation or letter sounds, upper and lower case letters, middle and ending sounds in words, blending, spelling, site words, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Activities include Story Time, Discover the World, Learn to Read, and Homer’s Clubhouse.
Users have the option of creating their own story or having a story created for them. When creating a story, users choose a hero, a place, what happens first, next, and how the story ends. There are six options from which to choose for each section. Once the story has been created the user can read the story independently or have the story read to them. Once the story is complete, users can rewrite stories over and over again mixing and matching characters, locations, and what happens during the story.
This app features a dancing Grandma as she has fun adventures in her garden. There are eight mini games: 1 – Match the Vegetables, 2 – Color the Vegetable, 3 – Count the Vegetables, 4 – First letter, 5 – Shapes, 6 – Touch the colors, 7 – Spot the Difference, & 8 – Number Groups. Each game features a different skill and the games rotate from one to another to keep users engaged.
Stephanie’s High Five – September 9, 2014
Tally Tots is a collection of number activities that teach the basics of numbers and counting. There are interactive games including activities such as matching, sequencing, sorting, building, and puzzles for each number up to twenty. Examples of activities include placing marbles on a maze or feeding acorns to a squirrel. There is also a page of numbers from 1-100 that users can tap on and count the numbers as they are tapped in order up to 100. After each number has been tapped, the numbers can then be randomly tapped to be reviewed.
Alpha Tots is a touch interactive game that features puzzles and activities that help build the foundations needed to learn how to read. Every letter of the alphabet is featured with a different task that has to be completed for each letter. For example, for the letter B users build a Robot, and for the letter D users dig in the sand. The tasks need to be completed in order for each letter before users move on to the next letter.
This app features a friendly bird named Homer. Each user (up to 4 users with paid membership, 1 user with the free version) is set up by adding his/her name and picture. The user then goes to the hat shop and picks a thinking cap before starting the activity. There are 50+ skills offered in this activity including: letter sound recognition, proper pronunciation or letter sounds, upper and lower case letters, middle and ending sounds in words, blending, spelling, site words, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Activities include Story Time, Discover the World, Learn to Read, and Homer’s Clubhouse.
Users have the option of creating their own story or having a story created for them. When creating a story, users choose a hero, a place, what happens first, next, and how the story ends. There are six options from which to choose for each section. Once the story has been created the user can read the story independently or have the story read to them. Once the story is complete, users can rewrite stories over and over again mixing and matching characters, locations, and what happens during the story.
This app features a dancing Grandma as she has fun adventures in her garden. There are eight mini games: 1 – Match the Vegetables, 2 – Color the Vegetable, 3 – Count the Vegetables, 4 – First letter, 5 – Shapes, 6 – Touch the colors, 7 – Spot the Difference, & 8 – Number Groups. Each game features a different skill and the games rotate from one to another to keep users engaged.
Monday, September 8, 2014
Thank You, SmartHome DSPs
This week, Sept. 7-13, has been designated Direct Support Professional (DSP) Recognition Week as part of the American Network of Community Options and Resources’ (ANCOR) National Advocacy Campaign. Spearheaded by ANCOR members, with partners including the National Association of Direct Support Professionals (NADSP) and the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS), National Direct Support Professional Recognition Week is celebrated annually across the country to honor the tens of thousands of workers who enable people with intellectual, developmental and other significant disabilities and their families to live healthy, community-oriented lives.
Locally, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper issued a proclamation recognizing DSP Week and honoring these vital workers (click on the image to get a bigger view).
At Imagine!, DSPs are the heart and soul of our organization. Please take every opportunity you get this week (and the rest of the year, too) to say “thank you” and “job well done” to our superb collection of SmartHome DSPs.
Locally, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper issued a proclamation recognizing DSP Week and honoring these vital workers (click on the image to get a bigger view).
At Imagine!, DSPs are the heart and soul of our organization. Please take every opportunity you get this week (and the rest of the year, too) to say “thank you” and “job well done” to our superb collection of SmartHome DSPs.
Friday, September 5, 2014
Lana Visits Zoo To See Her Favorite Animals
Lana, a resident at the Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome in Boulder, sent us an audio email about her recent trip to the Denver Zoo and how much she liked the hippopotamuses. Pictured is Lana with a photo of a hippo that a friend gave her this week, along with some printed information about hippos, such as they can gallop at 19 miles per hour, weigh approximately 3,000 pounds, and have a typical lifespan of 40-50 years.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Volunteers Take The Train To The SmartHome
On Tuesdays, volunteers Jason, Kristin, and their daughters Isabelle and Serena come to the Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome to spend time with the residents of the home. This week the family brought, and donated to the home, a train set that provided quite a bit of entertainment.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Presentable
This fall, Imagine!’s SmartHomes guru Greg Wellems will be providing the keynote address for New York’s third annual Assistive Technology Conference. Details are below. Congrats, Greg!
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Technology Tuesday
Back in July, we posted an update on the collaboration project between Imagine! and the University of California Santa Cruz.
In this update, we were excited to let you know that we would begin testing at the end of summer. As it turns out (and no, we can’t believe it either), the end of summer seems to be already approaching quickly. Students are back in session, the leaves will be turning soon, and it’s time to start up some iPad testing. We have now begun testing apps that review skills of number recognition, money recognition, color recognition, and the newest additions, shape recognition and the skill of money addition.
Check out these pictures below of John and Donna helping us to take the new apps for a test drive.
And as always, stay tuned for more updates!
In this update, we were excited to let you know that we would begin testing at the end of summer. As it turns out (and no, we can’t believe it either), the end of summer seems to be already approaching quickly. Students are back in session, the leaves will be turning soon, and it’s time to start up some iPad testing. We have now begun testing apps that review skills of number recognition, money recognition, color recognition, and the newest additions, shape recognition and the skill of money addition.
Check out these pictures below of John and Donna helping us to take the new apps for a test drive.
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