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HelpKidzLearn Mixed Bag

HelpKidzLearn Games are ideal for children with a wide range of special educational needs and learning difficulties at a pre-literacy or early literacy level. Beginning at an experiential and early interaction level, through the range of skills required to be able to make independent choices.

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HelpKidzLearn Games are ideal for children with a wide range of special educational needs and learning difficulties at a pre-literacy or early literacy level. Beginning at an experiential and early interaction level, through the range of skills required to be able to make independent choices.

Aunty Maggie's Recipe

Aunty Maggie's Recipe

Brew your own magic potion with Aunty Maggie. First choose one of four characters. Choose the ingredients to add to the cauldron by mixing the colours in the jars to create the colour of your monster. Then see what happens when they drink the potion!

Clear targets and multiple choices make this activity suitable for those needing to practice touch accuracy or learning to make choices. It can also be used with single and two switch scanning access using currently available iPad switch interfaces.

  • Bright clear graphics on dark background to help users with visual impairments.
  • Lots of opportunity for discussion and language development.
  • Simple touch access to practice targeting skills.
  • Switch scanning using single and two switch step scanning.
  • Fun bright animated monster rewards.
Big Trucks

Big Trucks

A must for all young truck fans. A simple touch and two switch accessible game featuring a range of vehicles including trucks, fire engine, diggers etc.

Touch either of the two large clear images to see the truck work, each one has two different animations and sometimes goes away to be replaced by a different vehicle. The large clear images on a dark background make this ideal for the very young and for users with visual impairments and motor difficulties.

This activity offers lots of opportunities for language development, discussion, turn taking and developing access skills.

  • Two large, clear and easy to touch targets.
  • Two switch access for error-less switch exploration.
  • Lots happening to encourage language and discussion.
  • Trucks do “real world” things.
  • Turn taking using two switches.
  • Works with all currently available iPad switch interfaces
Bumper Cars

Bumper Cars

A simple touch or switch game to encourage targeting or the development of two switch skills. Touch either of the bumper cars or press one of your switches to try to knock the other car off the screen. Clear bright graphics on a dark screen with great sound effects make this game ideal for users with visual or perceptual difficulties.

Can be used by one player to explore touch or two switch use and offers a great opportunity to encourage turn taking. When either display reaches 10 the game restarts. Switch inputs are accepted from all the currently available switch interfaces.

  • Two clear targets to encourage locating and touching skills.
  • Encourages counting up to 10.
  • Turn taking opportunities using touch or two switches.
  • Errorless fun to explore the use of two switches.
  • Works with all currently available switch iPad switch interfaces.
Matching Cards - Snap

Matching Cards - Snap

Matching Cards is a simple “snap” type game. It has been designed to offer a simple and clear display which is easy for use by children with special educational needs. Touch screen and switch access is catered for with a choice of card reveal speeds from slow to fast to allow players sufficient time to indicate a picture match.

Speed choice is especially important for switch users as it can allow them sufficient time to respond when they see a matching set of pictures. It is simple to set up, you can enable switch access if required, then select the reveal time speed setting, and then choose from one of six simple clear picture sets.

At the start of the game, two cards are displayed face down. When the first is revealed, select the second card and wait for a matching card. If you press the “snap” button or a switch when there is a picture match, you will get a reward. This game is a great way to practice switch timing skills.

  • Play using touch access or one switch access.
  • Select the speed of play: slow, medium or fast.
  • Choose from one of six picture sets: farm, transport, dinosaurs, sports, wildlife or gadgets.
  • Clear and recognisable pictures for easy recognition, great for language development.
  • Interface and switch required for switch access, supports all currently available switch interfaces.
Memory Pairs

Memory Pairs

Memory Pairs is a simple and accessible “matching pairs” type game, ideal for young children and learners with special educational needs. It has a clear interface for easy touch selection; simply touch the card to turn it over to see the picture and then try to find its matching pair. Memory Pairs can also be accessed using one or two switch scanning.

Clear and recognisable graphics from Inclusive Technologys’ SwitchIt! Extra range of software are used, covering a range of interesting and fun topics.

Memory Pairs is simple to set up; just use touch or enable one or two switch scanning. Select the number of cards to be displayed, then select from one of the six picture sets and start to play. Touch or scan and select the cards with your switch to see the picture. If you get a match they stay visible and once you match them all you receive a reward.

The clear and simple presentation together with the accessibility of this matching pairs game makes it ideal for use with children with special needs.

  • Play by touch or select one switch or two switch scanning.
  • Choose to display 4, 6, 8, or 12 cards.
  • Pick one of the six picture sets: farm, transport, dinosaurs, sports, wildlife or gadgets.
  • Clear and recognisable pictures for easy recognition. Great for language development.
  • Interface and switches required for switch access, supports all currently available switch interfaces.
Racing Cars

Racing Cars

Who will win? See your three cars race round the track and see who will be first. Two options offering a choice of one or a choice from three cars.

Clear bright graphics, large targets and dark background make this game ideal for users with visual difficulties and motor impairments learning to locate and target pictures.

When used with switches the game is a great introduction to scanning and selecting with one or two switches with a clear scan box and auditory prompts.

Switch inputs accepted from all the currently available switch interfaces.

  • Large clear targets for early touch skills
  • Simple concept ideal for users with cognitive difficulties
  • Clear visuals ideal for users with Cerebral visual impairment
  • Helps switch users learn to scan with one or two switches
  • Auditory and visual scanning prompts
  • Provides lots of opportunities for language development
  • Works with all currently available iPad switch interfaces
Shhhh!

Shhhh!

Old Wilfred is trying to get some sleep, touch the door or press one switch to let in a noisy musician. Touch Wilfred or press the second switch and he will say Shhhh! to send the music away. Or listen to the whole tune and keep Wilfred awake!

This activity has been designed to provide an error-less activity to develop early touch and targeting skills as well as helping a switch user develop the concept that two switches can control a single activity. Clear bright graphics on a dark screen with great sound effects make this game ideal for users with visual or perceptual difficulties.

The clear simple presentation and great feedback make this a really fun activity for young children and provides lots of opportunity for language development and turn taking.

This activity uses large clear targets to encourage the user to develop a controlled touch to move on from random touching to making deliberate choices.

  • Two clear targets to encourage locating and touching skills.
  • Clear black background to help children with visual impairments locate the targets.
  • Accepts input from currently available switch interfaces.
  • Turn taking opportunities using touch or two switches.
  • Errorless fun to explore the use of two switches.
  • Learn that two switches can control a single activity.
Smarty Pants

Smarty Pants

This app has been designed to help children develop their understanding of a selection of communication symbols showing emotions and feelings by relating them to bright clear animations and fun sounds.

Simply touch the symbol or scan using one or two switches to see how Smarty Pants reacts. Used individually or with a group as an excellent way to discuss feelings and emotions. Great fun can be had trying to imitate the sounds and faces shown.

This app offers both single and two switch access and can be used with all current iPad switch interfaces.

  • Helps children relate to static symbols of actions.
  • Offers an errorless introduction to switch scanning.
  • Clear background and high contrast to help users with visual difficulties.
  • Offers a neutral way to discuss feelings.
Train Tracker

Train Tracker

Train Tracker is a simple but addictive inclusive game for all ages with a great plus – switch access options for single and two switch users.

Choose your train and then build a track from a choice of straights, curves and cross-over tiles. Select ‘play’ and your engine and coaches, full of passengers, will steam around your track with great sound effects. Select ‘stop’ to alter or extend your layout.

Select the ‘snapshot’ button to add a picture of the current layout to your gallery – enabling you to keep a record of your favourite tracks. Compare them with friends to see who can build the best and biggest layout!

The easy to use interface and “snap in place” feature makes Train Tracker an accessible game which will help develop perceptual and planning skills. Switch access options with simplified scanning can be used at a ‘cause and effect’ level as well as allowing the user to build more complex systems.

  • Simple, engaging and addictive for all users, not just train fans!
  • Switch access for single and two switch users.
  • Snapshot feature to take a picture of your favourite tracks.
  • Can help to develop thinking, problem solving and perceptual skills.
  • Compatible with all currently available switch interfaces (See our App Support page for more information).
  • Runs in landscape mode only.
Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Search the island for the pirate’s treasure and watch out for the scary skeleton. Clear graphics, good sound effects and large targets make this App ideal for users with special needs and learning difficulties.

This touch or switch access App with auditory scanning is designed to offer an interesting and fun way to help develop touch and targeting skills, or to introduce basic matrix scanning for switch users. The provision of auditory scanning provides additional support for switch users, especially those with visual impairments.

The task is to find the pirate’s treasure hidden in one of the nine map squares. Each time you play the treasure may be in a different place.

As you explore the island you leave a footprint on the squares you visit. Find the treasure and have a celebration dance with the skeleton. When switches are used, previously visited squares are omitted from the scan, making access quicker and easier.

Treasure Island offers lots of opportunities for interaction, discussion and language development, as well as encouraging purposeful play using touch or switch access and learning to avoid places already tried (as indicated by the footprint).

  • Just touch the screen to play or use external switch for single or two switch access.
  • Auditory scanning with switch access.
  • Scanning support omits previously visited squares to speed up switch access.
  • A great introduction to matrix scanning for switch users.
  • Simple, clear graphics with high contrast make this game suitable for children with visual difficulties.
  • Encourages planning and observation skills.
  • Interface and switch required for switch access. Supports all currently available switch interfaces.