Featured Free and Discounted Apps — January 14th — nearly $500 in savings!

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There's a mega sale on SLP apps by Foundations Developmental House today, so if you know a SLP make sure you forward this post to them.

You'll also find Joe Danger Infinity, Sheldon's Adventure, Pure Snowboarding, Pure Snowboarding and 365 Bible Stories PREMIUM.

22 apps, $488 in savings — today's post is not to be missed!

The Adventures of Puppup: Lost at the Zoo Interactive Illustrated Kids Story Book for iPhone — rated 4 Stars by Eleanor

Bottom line: A sweet interactive book about a stuffed puppy and his adventures at the zoo. Striking illustrations and great narration.

The Adventures of Puppup chronicles a particular day full of fantastical circumstances , as Puppup makes friends with various zoo animals on his quest to find his people.

Reduced from $2.99 to $0.99

Pure Snowboarding — Olympic Snowboard Racing Game

• Play as pro riders Kevin Backstrom, Billy Morgan and more!
• Perform real tricks and express your creativity!
• Multiplayer - challenge your buddies!

uStomp Snowboarding and Ion Cameras present PURE Snowboarding - the only app which captures the true essence of snowboarding! Choose whether you want to perform huge triple inverts or just super stylish method grabs to defeat your opponent in both speed and style.

Reduced from $0.99 to FREE

Zen Tower

Experience the ultimate Zen by focusing on timing and precision to build your tower of Zen.
Zen Tower offers smooth visuals paired with an exclusive soundtrack that will translate you into a world of Zen.

Zen Tower's gameplay is as intuitive as it can be. Tap the screen at the right time to drop the block on your town. Easy to learn but hard to master. Zen Tower offers a casual gameplay experience that everybody can enjoy.

Reduced from $0.99 to FREE

Farm Toonz (iPad only)

FarmToonz is an educational tool which introduces preschoolers to different animals. They can practice skills important for their literacy process (2-4 years). Toddlers will love being encouraged to explore, as everything they touch has a name as well as confetti for their curious fingers.
FarmToonz will help your child recognize words and letters; they will learn how to spell each animal, a fun fact about them, where they live, and what they eat. Parents can connect their kids with their new friends via social media and on www.farmtoonz.com with activities and coloring pages.

Reduced from $1.99 to FREE

ZOOLA Kids Math — Learning math with fun animals

“ZOOLA Kids Math” teaches preschoolers the basic math actions in an easy and fun manner. With this app, your kid will be able to easily understand addition and subtraction operations.

Learning mathematics, in many ways, is like learning a new language. In order for kids to learn addition and subtraction, they need to understand the nature of adding and taking away. Subtraction tends to be a concept that is especially difficult to comprehend.

Reduced from $1.99 to $0.99

ZOOLA Children's Classics — Classical music for kids

With adorable animals, playing the greatest musical creations (Swan lake, Nutcracker, Lullaby...), "ZOOLA children's Classics" will not only introduce your child to classical music, it will make your child fall in love with it.

Even adults can't stay indifferent to the cute dog playing "Mozart piano sonata" on the piano, the funny hippo playing "Peter and the wolf" on the clarinet, the fluffy squirrel playing "Swan Lake" on the flute, and many more talented friends.

Reduced from $2.99 to $1.99

ABC Phonics Long Vowel Words

A fun game for young children to learn and practice phonics by piloting a spaceship and shooting at planets to identify each word. PhonicsTwo is for children ready to learn the long vowel sounds. The words all have long vowel sounds.

Beginning readers should start with PhonicsOne, which teaches short vowel sounds. More advanced children should try PhonicsThree, with long vowel sounds and double vowels.

Reduced from $2.99 to $0.99

Sheldon's Adventure

Meet Sheldon, a little turtle trying to figure out not only how he fits in his own shell, but also how he fits in the world. His momma always told Sheldon he was special, so he sets out to take on life's adventures. Along the way he meets Hank, the little cricket with the big sound; together these friends take a journey that will test their courage, strength and leadership, and seal a lifelong friendship. Along the way, Sheldon begins to discover what his momma knew all along. Included within the text are samples of some of the world's greatest musical compositions from such composers as Vivaldi, Bach, Strauss, Brahms, and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Reduced from $1.99 to FREE

Sheldon's Adventure: Cornered!

“Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me!” Sadly, being called names DOES hurt, and being bullied makes kids feel sad and lonely. Sometimes it helps to have someone remind us that we are all special in our own way, and sometimes, we just have to find out for ourselves.
Cornered! Is the story of a little green turtle named Sheldon; a curious turtle who likes music, sports, and eating flies. In fact, he's pretty normal except for one little thing; his shell is square and not round.

Reduced from $1.99 to FREE

Nice Bear Naughty Bear Reward Chart for children and parents (iPhone, 2x iPad)

Easy to use app and digital reward chart helps parents encourage and reward children's good behaviour and manners.

Each of the sixteen Nice and Naughty Bears have memorable illustrations and children can listen to the charming catchy rhymes to help them learn in a fun and motivating way. The bears, such as Thank You Bear or Greedy Bear represent nice or naughty behaviour.

Reduced from $2.99 to FREE

365 Bible Stories PREMIUM — A daily illustrated short Bible story for your Family and School with Kids under 7

365 Bible Short Stories to enjoy sharing the Bible with your kids.
• An easy way to talk about Jesus and God with your children.
• For kids from 0 to 6 years old. Parents and teachers tested.
• Looking for Bible Activities for 0–6 year olds? The My First Bible Games app is for you!

Reduced from $2.99 to FREE

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THESE APPS ARE ON SALE FROM 7am EST for 48 hrs ONLY

Apraxia Picture Sound Cards APSC Pro (iPad only)

This app includes over 775 colorful and engaging picture cards, 45 phonogram cards & 10 number cards, and the Speech-EZ® Hand Cues in video format. This app allows you the ability to customize your therapy session by creating specific stimulus sets based on the child’s performance and ability level. Children with CAS must undergo a different treatment method than a child with an articulation disorder. Therefore, an articulation approach is not recommended for a child with CAS. Unlike traditional “articulation” therapy cards, the Apraxia Picture Sound Cards app provides you with the necessary flexibility to select specific sound sequences to target in a given session such as CVC (consonant_vowel_consonant) words (i.e. “bed”), CVCV words (i.e. “baby”), compound words (i.e. “cupcake”), one syllable words with blends (i.e. “cloud”), two syllable words (i.e. “apple”), three syllable words (i.e. “banana”), and four syllable words (i.e. “helicopter”). You may also select specific words to practice various movement sequences by place of articulation: bilabial-to-bilabial, alveolar-to-velar, etc. Essentially, you are in more control when selecting appropriate targeted speech motor plans.

Reduced from $300.00 to $89.99

Apraxia Picture Sound Cards APSC (iPad only)

Welcome to the Apraxia Picture Sound Cards app (parent version)! This app was created for individuals with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) and severe phonological disorders. It is the very first app specifically created for the unique needs of the child with CAS. Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist and apraxia specialist Lynn Carahaly, M.A., CCC-SLP, developed the Apraxia Picture Sound Cards app. Children with Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, etc., that may also have a motor speech disorders can benefit from this app.

Reduced from $180.00 to $79.99

Auditory Figure Ground AFG (iPad only)

Welcome to the Auditory Figure Ground (AFG) app! This app aims to improve an individual's ability to accurately perceive speech in the presence of background competing noise. This skill is important in situations such as a noisy classroom, busy restaurant, etc. The inability to understand speech in the presence of background noise is one of the most common auditory complaints of students who have language and learning problems.

Reduced from $29.99 to $4.99

Hand Cue Sound Match HCSM (iPad only)

The Hand Cue Sound Match app is a tool to help children associate a Speech-EZ® Hand Cue to a specific phonogram or grapheme. The purpose is to bridge the hand cue to the phonogram that represents that sound and articulatory posture. The child learns that letters don’t just represent sounds; they also represent where and how the sound is made. Pairing phonograms to the hand cues builds sensory awareness and phonological awareness for literacy development.

Reduced from $29.99 to $4.99

Sound Matching SM (iPad only)

Welcome to the Sound Matching app! The Sound Matching app develops phonological awareness, sound order sequencing skills, and auditory attention skills. This task builds phonological awareness with an emphasis on sound placement and order within a word. This app increases the ability to break words into smaller parts and recognize smaller parts in words. Being able to break words into smaller parts and recognize sounds in words is an important skill that is necessary for early reading and spelling skills. This app was created by pediatric Speech Language Pathologist Lynn Carahaly, M.A., CCC-SLP.

Reduced from $29.99 to $4.99

Target Sound ID (iPad only)

The Target Sound ID app develops phonological awareness, sound order sequencing skills, and auditory attention skills. This app increases the ability to break words down into smaller parts and recognize smaller parts in words. Being able to break words into smaller parts and recognize sounds in words is an important skill that is necessary for early reading and spelling skills. Target sound identification promotes literacy development as well as sound identification during speech production tasks. Memory also plays a small part in this task, as the child must internally hold onto the word in their mind while analyzing the sound in a specific position of the target word.

Reduced from $29.99 to $4.99

Syllable Counting SC (iPad only)

Welcome to the Syllable Counting app! Syllable counting promotes literacy development as well as syllable inclusion during speech production tasks. Memory also plays a small part in this task, as the child must internally hold onto the word in their mind while analyzing how many syllables they heard in the target word. Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist Lynn Carahaly, M.A., CCC-SLP, developed this Syllable Counting app.

The Syllable Counting app includes over 250 colorful and engaging picture cards: one syllable words with consonant blends, two syllable words, three syllable words, and four syllable words. The child hears a target word and must determine the number of syllables in the word.

Reduced from $29.99 to $4.99

Auditory Rhyming AR (iPad only)

Recognition of rhyme is one of the first ways that a child demonstrates phonological awareness. Rhyming skills are important for reading and spelling, because it can help children recognize words that share common sounds often share common letter sequences. Once a child can spell cat, they quickly learn they can also spell bat, hat, sat, etc. This also applies to reading. Rhyme helps the child develop the ability to break words into smaller parts and recognize smaller parts in words, which is an important skill that is needed for reading and spelling.

Reduced from $29.99 to $4.99

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DISCOUNTED APPS WITH IN-APP PURCHASES

Joe Danger Infinity (in-app purchases for extra coins)

The World’s Most Determined Motorbike Stuntman has been shrunk down into a tiny world with hundreds of new levels! Defy death with dozens of new vehicles! There’s motorbikes, cars, airplanes… even a tank and a runaway firework! Fight remote control helicopters, dodge snooker balls and use a block of cheese to ramp over bowls of soup!

If you enjoyed Joe Danger Touch, one of the App Store’s BEST of 2013, then you'll LOVE Joe Danger Infinity and his infinite micro world.

Reduced from $2.99 to $0.99

Pinball HD (in-app purchases for extra table themes and balls)

This unique table features pinball bumpers and targets, plus a color monitor where you can take on a variety of old-school digital minigame challenges - an endless space scroller, plus car racing, missile defense, a block breaker, and more at incrementing skill levels.

Pinball HD - This game will change your idea of Pinball on the iPad. Each table - Wild West, The Deep, and Jungle style - are masterpieces. You'll be stunned with the level of realism. This is a REAL Pinball simulator with stunning 3D graphics both with or without 3D glasses.

Reduced from $1.99 to $0.99