The Universal Sandpit
AI Tools for Inclusive Schools
$2.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
New: Step Cards, New Day, and Lesson Companion — three teacher tools designed around neurodiversity, inclusion, and Universal Design for Learning.
Teaching and learning look different for everyone. The Universal Sandpit is a collection of AI-powered tools built on neurodiversity-affirming principles, designed to support teachers and students in creating more inclusive classrooms. While these tools support all learners, there is a particular focus on autistic students, students with ADHD, and neurodivergent learners.
For Teachers
13 practical tools to help you plan, reflect, and design for every learner:
• Strengths & Interests — weave student passions into lessons
• Lesson Companion — add inclusion and UDL supports to a lesson you already have
• Bias Scanner — uncover hidden lesson assumptions
• Reflective Lens — prompts for tricky teaching moments
• UDL Lesson Planner — design using Universal Design for Learning
• Differentiation Levels — create multi-level rubrics
• Task Analysis — identify executive function demands
• Step Cards — printable visual step-by-step scaffolds for the desk
• Skill Chaining — build forward or backward learning sequences
• Visual Supports — generate support ideas
• Assignment Helper — structure tasks with steps and timing
• Social Script — create first-person social scripts
• New Day — turn a repeat pattern into a fresh, neurodiversity-affirming teaching plan
For Students
6 tools to help you get started, stay on track, and understand yourself:
• Floating Thoughts — break tasks into chunks
• First Strings — gentle nudges when stuck
• Student Multi-Tool — support for school tasks and social situations
• Concept Explainer — clear explanations and examples
• Spoon Theory Planner — plan your energy across the day
• Pathway — move from how you feel to where you want to be
Designed by Craig Smith, teacher and consultant in special education, accessibility, and technology.
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Three new teacher tools for more inclusive classrooms:
Step Cards — turn any lesson into a printable visual sequence students can tick off at their desk. Pick the number of
steps, optionally add a child's name, and share as a print-ready PDF.
New Day — describe a repeat pattern with a student and get a fresh, neurodiversity-affirming teaching plan: a calm
framing, four short lenses (what it may be communicating, what's contributing, what to teach next, what to try in the
moment), a shared staff approach, and an optional warm script you can read with the student.
Lesson Companion — paste or upload a lesson you've been given, tick the inclusion lenses that matter for your class, and
get a one-page guide of practical moves anchored to specific moments in the lesson.
Everything saves as a PDF through the iOS share sheet — AirDrop, Save to Files, Mail, and more.
The developer, Craig Smith, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Craig Smith
- Size
- 71 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Craig Warren Smith
