Would this be good for the learning disabled?
483231
This is a perfect toy for children with special needs. It encourages both physical activity and language development. In fact, it is one of 100 toys in the Toys R Us Guide for Differently-Abled Kids. It was recently featured as part of a TV segment on toys for special needs children with Ellen Metrick of the National Lekotek Center, a network of affiliate centers that offer therapeutic toy lending and resources to children with disabilities and their families. Hope that helps.
483232
Not sure. Has expressions such as "hop like a kangaroo" or "creep like a lion" and then music to a tempo associated with that action. Tells you to freeze now and then. Sometimes just says to dance. All I know is my kids are two and four and they run all over the house with it, taking turns pushing the button and doing the movements. I like it because the voice commands and music are not annoying like with some toys. I have bought three more recently for kids' birthdays.
2218894
I used. It for my daughters class of k-3 kids with learning problems. They really enjoyed it but need adult help. Older kids would have a ball and it would be very educational
656724
Sure on this device. But if you are a heavy internet user and tablet user this may not be good for you. Kids yes adults and teens no. But it is interactive for light weight use.
779983
I bought it for a child that I tutor. He was a 9 year old at the time and even though it is not fragile, it takes some fine motor skills to get it working well so that you can see things through it, so I recommended that his father help him with it.
725193
It would be slow. Try read, write and gold version 11 program. You scan the pages and it converts it to speech.
13301
Too much stuff to list, I would be typing for awhile. For the price it is good and for me it has worked when it comes to focusing on things. I'm 52 yr old and studying Computer Science, C++ to be exact, and it has helped me.
1913957
I think it could work, but it would depend highly on the mental age of the child; if you're coming from a non-pictograph language, the first problem you will have is that you hear a lot of sounds but no distinct words and following along with the printed text doesn't help because you can't read it. I found I was really struggling with Rosetta Stone until I took a few days to learn both Hiragana and Katakana phonetic writing systems (46 characters each, but the sounds are the same). Once I did that, the whole thing made complete sense because I could match up what I was hearing with what I was seeing. Japanese as a whole is not an overly complex language; it doesn't have a lot of exceptions to the rule, but there are some significant differences with a language such as English. Before you spend this kind of money on something a child may or may not stick with, I would strongly suggest using the web to see how they take to learning Hiragana and Katakana. There are some excellent apps out there for iOS (Dr Moku's Hiragana and Katakana apps, for example).
1963201
Yes, but intelligenceYes, but intelligence improvement is not very good. Sound volume is ok.
850035
Possibly. My very bright 12-year-old granddaughter had the little critter running around the house on Christmas day last year with only about 10 minutes of input from me--otherwise she just read and followed the manual. So I guess it depends on the child's reading level and the giver's availability for some help.
2027049
Haven't tried it yet, but came across this; based on the author's experience, it sounds like it worked great:http://www.dyslexic.com/dragon9-and-digital-recorder
1909794
Yes it is. My son is now 11 (autistic) and he uses it. His teacher came and set it up and thought it was a good first starter set.
616646
I think it would be a great addition to the classroom. Lots of modifications are possible, including multiplication. The dice are also nicely nicely sized and could be used in other games. Also, with several sets, maybe with groups of 4 kids each, you could easily adapt the level of difficulty to allow different ability levels, each with a challenge appropriate to their skill base.
1497306
I'm not a doctor so this is just my opinion. My son has ADHD and some of Asperger's behaviors, he used it a lot and played with it very often. He loves it. he is now 10 and he still loves to play but now he uses the electronic version :). I think it is great for brilliant minds like theirs :) hope they like it!!
1970726
It could. You could record and allow your child to play back time tables, site words, etc.
454278
No, it would not work for that. There would, however, be some other assistive tech software and/or apps for 'text to speech' that would work with text on the computer, though. There are even things that let you scan text with an IPhone or IPod and transfer whole pages to the computer to have the computer read to you. (Those would not be practical for my student's use in her parochial school setting with limited computer availability yet, though, so I have not investigated them further yet.)
277369
I definitely don't think so. It is more like a toy for a child. It works, but I wouldn't risk a class grade on it.
30645
My daughter received hers for her 3rd birthday. She's very smart but she does have difficulty with tracing the letters and numbers in the "pet" application. However, for a 2-1/2 year old I'm sure that it would be useful, just as long as it keeps their attention. Some kids do better than others. Mine has a bit more energy and can only play for a short time before wanting to get up and go. If the device lasts long enough, it should be useful for up to 9 years, but I'm sure we'll have quite better equipment to choose from by then.