Touch and Write

Touch and Write

By FIZZBRAIN LLC

  • Category: Education
  • Release Date: 2012-05-04
  • Current Version: 5.0
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 154.48 MB
  • Developer: FIZZBRAIN LLC
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 14.1 or later.
Score: 4.125
4.125
From 8 Ratings

Description

"My son loves Touch and Write - Fantastic app and the customising options are great!" - from parent review ***** "Love, love, love your app Touch and Write:)" - from parent review ***** "Touch and Write has moved to the top of my list for learning to write. It's extremely fun for my 4 year old with classic autism and the easiest app for me to customize!" - from parent review ***** "I would highly highly highly recommend this app" - WelcomeToTheirWorld app reviews ***** "I have recommended Touch and Write to all my colleagues and parents. I think it is fabulous! My students do not get frustrated and quit. They are able to focus for extended periods of time and I get to make my own target list. Thanks for this great app." - Speech Therapist in California ***** "I just wanted to tell you about my session with my student today using 'Touch and Write.' He is a kindergarten student... he resists writing and acts out to avoid it. Today I showed him the 'Touch and Write' program... he was totally attentive for 30 minutes, quickly learned to move between the different writing textures and understood the use of the 'little monster' to make the letter correctly." – Teacher ***** "The k and 1st grade kids are really engaged! One of them worked for 15 minutes - the most we have seen him do in weeks." - Teacher FizzBrain featured on CBS's "60 Minutes"! Kids love learning to write - especially when they can use shaving cream, paint, and jello! "Touch and Write" was developed by real classroom teachers, and recreates the fun and effective teaching strategy used in classrooms every day: learning letters by writing with shaving cream, jello, finger paint, and more! "Touch and Write" uses a letter style similar to those most commonly taught in schools, so it prepares children for a real classroom. "Touch and Write" also allows you to create your own lists of names and words so that you can individualize the learning experience for your child! And it comes with 6 of its own word lists, including the most important words for young children to learn – high frequency sight words! FEATURES: >>Toggle letter SOUNDS or letter names >>Database includes phonemes for 80,000 words and names >>Easy to make your own word lists! Children can practice writing their own names and individualized spelling lists. Parents and teachers can create as many word lists as they want. >>Integrates visual, kinesthetic and simulated tactile modalities to enhance learning – and fun! >>Created by elementary classroom teachers – based on best teaching practices! >>Comes with 16 different writing textures: shaving cream, ketchup, lime gelatin, chocolate frosting, chalk, pencil, blue pen, lemon gelatin, chocolate pudding, syrup, grape jelly, whipped cream, pumpkin pie, red paint, and vanilla pudding >>Comes with 28 different writing papers, including 4 different line patterns children are most likely to find in real classrooms, food papers, animal papers, nature papers, and more >>Includes 2 high frequency word lists to help children practice the most common words encountered by early learners >>Includes word family lists, such as the -AT family and -AN family >>Includes 2 alphabet word lists – short words from a to z – providing practice in both upper and lower case letters >>Includes 1 alphabet list – for just practicing the letters a to z, both upper and lower case >>Brief reward at the end of each word reinforces learning and motivates children, without becoming a distraction! Search YouTube for "Touch and Write App" to see how our other writing apps work, or locate the FizzBrainApps channel. Please contact us at fizzbrain@gmail.com with any questions, problems, or suggestions. We will get right back to you – we listen to our customers! And if you have additional textures or papers you would like to see included in an update, let us know!

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Reviews

  • Great app!

    4
    By KidzCOTA
    I love this app & the cursive one! I am an OT & use these apps all the time with my kids. The app is very engaging & multi-sensory. I really like the fact that you can add your own word list & customize it. The only thing I would change is that I wish the lines on the dotted lined background would be colored accordingly; the top line-green, dotted line-blue & the bottom line- red. The kids LoVe it!
  • Excellent app but sound doesn't work anymore

    4
    By CSL7733
    My child's occupational therapist recommended this app, and it has proven to be effective. Kids think it is fun. But I believe after I installed iOS 7, the sound no longer works; the cute music no longer plays, or we are unable to hear it. I have another iPad and it does play on that iPad but strangely enough I loaded iOS 7 on that iPad too.
  • Great handwriting app

    5
    By amyjane315
    I have most of the handwriting apps out there as I work as an ot. This is far and away the most engaging and motivating one. My students ask to use it. Perfect for getting the ready for paper and pencil tasks especially when I use a mini stylus with it
  • Excellent update.......

    5
    By Hum ash
    I love this app and I love the features of adding words&numbers, When I added numbers and words it was only spelling out, but it was not saying the word so I emailed to the developer and ask him to add an option where we can also hear the word of the list we created and also asked him if we can add numbers 1-50 instead of 1-10. The fizz brain genius responded to my request and promise to work on it in summer,and he did it. In this new update not only that we can add 1-100 numbers but also we can add words and after writing we can hear the word we wrote. And one more feature added the letter sound we have the option to turn on the letter sound or turn it off if we want. Thank you for making education fun and easy by making this app. No doubt they listen and take seriously our feed back , thank you for this great update.
  • Delightful way to learn and practice letter formations!

    5
    By Sad OT
    I love this app and am amazed how motivating this app is for students who do not enjoy learning to write letters! Children who typically do not demonstrate good motor control, will work slowly and carefully to trace the letters accurately. Using a stylus allows for working on grasp patterns for pencils and other writing utensils. The ability to create individualized word/letter families makes its use more efficient and tailored to a student's needs. The music is a little wearing, so having the ability to turn it off is a good thing, especially for students who are easily distracted or have a low tolerance for sounds. Love the paper backgrounds, whipped cream, sound effects, and the method of correcting errors in stroke sequence. I could go on and on listing all the benefits! As a school-based OT, this app has made my therapy sessions much more fun and very beneficial. Thanks for this great learning and teaching tool!!
  • Great for formation - lacks sounds

    4
    By Littlemissglamour
    I agree that this app is great. But I also wish it included phonetic sounds. My struggling kindergarteners use this to practice writing but hearing "a /a/" would be even more helpful. I also wish there was a setting option to have the cupcake monster show up less frequently - like at the end of the alphabet instead of after every letter - to maximize learning time. Thank you!
  • Fun options

    4
    By OT from IA
    Love everything about this except that it doesn't give you a page with all the letters presented to choose one from, you have to go through the ABC sequence or else make your own letter list, which takes extra time. Also wish the monster cues were always in the same color for consistency.
  • Really good, but needs one thing

    4
    By Smookdog
    Please add the letter sounds. Really love this app.
  • Handwriting app

    5
    By Murfiani
    I have both this app and their cursive. As a school OT I love this app. My students spend the time practicing their handwriting. My students love the monsters, cupcakes and the balloons. I can use pencil grips on a stylus pen or their finger. Practicing makes perfect. I recommend this app for students who need extra help in forming their letters.
  • Love this app!!

    5
    By ShannonPrimer
    This app is wonderful. It reinforces and generalizes the skills my child with autism is learning at school. I love that you can make your own custom list to practice writing. The only thing that could make this better is we had the ability to make the letters smaller as the child became accomplished at this size. The idea is to be able to get the letters eventually to normal writing size.

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