Clean Up: Category Sorting 4+

I am a parent of a special needs child and a former teacher. Kids need to sort! It is a skill needed for many things. Like to see it classify more. I think it is really important for developing pattern sense, as well. To recognize the attribute in a pattern, kids need to sort first. It would be great if there was a store on the app for kids to go. They could choose items to sort into categories by color shape size design, etc. It would be fun for them. I absolutely agree with the speech pathologist about the language piece. This is crucial. It would be great if the voice could say what object is because kids with special needs say "this that there" because their vocabularies and word retrieval is limited. Good modeling ie, naming the objects to encourage vocabulary expansion. I gave 4 stars because I am glad that someone is staring the process.

This app is much better after your last update. The pictures look great. I like getting to see the accuracy at the end of the session. It would be nice if you had a menu button available while playing. The other buttons all have a back to menu button, but when you click on the play button there is no way to go back unless you close out the program. Also, I think it would be nice if you have an options menu that lets you do things like change the amount of reinforcement, remove the verbal prompts, and option to have a next button or automatic movement to the next target. Also, the only place that I saw that told me there are 15 targets per session was on the itunes description. I think you should add that info in your about this game section. I like that you have so many images, but with other developers putting out apps with more than three categories you're really limiting yourself. Do you have any plans to make other sorting groups? (Animals, Transportion, etc.) It would really make this a more comprehensive sorting app.

I like the ease of this app. I would give it a 5 star if it named each item while questioning, "Where does this go?" it should ask, "Where does the dress belong?" Many of the students that will benefit from this app need repeated use of words. As a speech therapist in a school system I see this as being a very beneficial tool.