Designed by a speech-language pathologist for preschool-age children, Get the Set is a developmental game that is a terrific way for children to learn to recognize and categorize objects. Correctly identifying and grouping objects is an important skill that assists children in developing a greater understanding of characteristics and attributes, as well as building vocabulary.
A set of three objects in the same category will be shown first. Then, four additional objects, one of which also belongs to the same category as the first three, will be shown, and the child will be prompted to find the one that belongs with the first three, to complete the set. Large, easy-to-read captions can be read aloud by a parent or therapist using the app together with the child, and also encourage learning to read.
In the Lite version, you can work with the following groups of categories: animals and insects. The full version adds fruit, vegetables, clothing, furniture, musical instruments, plants, toys and transportation. You can turn on any combination of groups to work with.
Exceptionally good visual design makes this app a pleasure to use. For correct answers, the app provides natural reinforcements, consisting of over forty different sounds corresponding to each object category, as well as animations.
Get the Set keeps score of rounds played and percentage correct. There are two levels of difficulty: easy, where the target object is mixed with completely random objects, and hard, where the target object is mixed with objects from related categories.
WHY PARENTS AND TEACHERS LOVE THIS APP:
-Beautiful, high quality images
-Variety of objects within categories — over 500 unique objects!
-Ability to track correct items
-Minimal background distractions, which makes it easy to use
WHY KIDS WILL LOVE IT TOO:
-Lifelike quality of images to keep children engaged
-Sound effects make children want to find the correct object to hear the sounds
-Huge variety of objects is interesting to discover
-This app is fun, simple and easy to use
About JiVe TherAppy:
JiVe TherAppy was created by a speech language pathologist and an app designer/developer. We strive to help therapists, educators and families with access to easily achieve age-appropriate developmental skills.