Happy Friday! I am happy to be back with another fabulous app from Mobile Education Store, Language Builder! Kyle so generously gave me a copy of this app to review and one to giveaway to a lucky reader! Keep reading to hear how you can use this app in therapy.
Language Builder is designed to help students work on sentence formation to build expressive and receptive language skills. As always, there is a video tutorial, which you can access HERE.
When you open Language Builder, this is the menu that greets you. Here, you customize the app for your caseload. You create a profile for the students you work with, choosing their individualized options. You can toggle on/off the Hint Button and the Audio Instructions, choose the necessary Hint Level, and pick the Theme(s) for the Images you will work with. Image Themes included are:
- Original (this is a variety of pictures of children in different settings)
- Inside Playtime
- Winter
- Pets
- Sports
- School
- Water
- Hobbies
- Medical
- Playground
You have the option to purchase additional themes. You can also choose to randomize all of the themes. I found the themes helpful for some of my reluctant kiddos who have special interests that happened to be featured. Once you have all of your options set, its time to play!
When you tap play, this is the first screen that pops up with an audio prompt to make a sentence about the picture. You can choose to record the sentence, take a hint, or skip the picture. If you choose a hint, there are 3 different levels…
Level 1 hints include a cloze sentence with 2 fill in the blanks. The blanks are a variety of parts of speech, which is great for varied practice.
Level 2 offers a sentence starter…
And Level 3 is auditory only, giving the student 2 words to use in the sentence they make. Once your student makes their sentence, you can choose to Record the sentence and Listen to it.
You then have the option to save the sentence(s).
If you save the sentence, it is kept in the student’s archive, which you can use to monitor progress.
What I like about Language Builder:
- Easy to use
- Engaging pictures based on interests
- Multiple levels for prompting
- Recording feature with playback for self monitoring
- Build receptive and expressive language targeting a variety of skills…sentence structure, vocabulary, pragmatics, etc.
What I would love to see in the future:
- Group option to work with multiple students at once
- Data collection for correct vs. incorrect responses
Language Builder is typically available in iTunes for $9.99….but it is on sale right now for $5.99!
I often use House of Learning with my little ones and Story Pals with some of my older students.
I don’t have any language apps and have been looking for them to add to my iPad. I could use this app with a few of my kiddos.
I like Language Adventures, Tense Builder, Story Pals, Verbs News, Story Builder, iQuestion, any Speech with Milo apps, WH Questions, Magical Concepts to name a few 🙂
I like preposition builder and milo apps.
I use this app all this time! One of my favs – great review 🙂
– Sasha
The Autism Helper
Last year I used sentence builder a lot. My students loved it!
I like to use My Play Home.
I like kindergarten.com problem solving and aba alligator apps.
I need this app
This looks like a great app!
I like using the playhouse app for language goals.
I use Fun with Directions frequently. Thanks for the review!
Any of the Milo apps, or Rainbow Sentences for my older kids
Let’s Talk Speech Therapy
Rachel
I don’t have any apps, still researching.
Thanks
Bluster
I use Rainbow Sentences
This would be great for so many of my children with autism.
For language, I most frequently use the Felt Board app because it’s open ended. I also Speech with Milo.
I don’t have any language apps yet, but would love to win this one.
i love language builder. Some SLP’s I know RAVE about conversation builder.
that last comment was from Jodi Freedman. Not sure why it won’t say my name :>
I love Articulation Scenes and Story Maker apps!
Kindergarten.com I use the most!! 🙂
I would love to have this app..I had the chance to try conversation builder, and if language builder is similar I know my students will love it.
I don’t have any language apps at the moment, I am a new iPad owner seeking to expand my library.
Lisa Takefman
Lovevallmyour apps…
Rainbow sentences and preposition builder.
I don’t have any good language apps right now. I am looking for something new to work on with k-5th grade.