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By Dana Anderson
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Cute mouse helps action words come alive for youngest kids.
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Speech with Milo: Verbs
Parent and Kid Reviews
What's It About?
Kids tap on Milo the mouse, and he'll start acting out verbs such as knocking on a door; as the word "Knock" appears on the screen, a narrator says the word aloud. Tap again, and kids see and hear another verb. Touch a tab and the narrator uses the verb in a sentence that may include the "-ing" or "-ed" form: "Milo is swinging at the park." Parents and therapists can tap on specific instruction tabs for each to learn teaching tips for best use of SPEECH WITH MILO: VERBS.
Is It Any Good?
For kids who need extra speech help, Speech with Milo: Verbs can be quite helpful in introducing the concept of action-based words. It will be most useful for kids who are entertained by a cute mouse acting out happy things like "bounce" and "hug" and who need to learn the general concept of action words. Kids looking for practice with verbs as a part of speech or kids used to playing faster-paced apps may find this app monotonous.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Point it out whenever your child uses a particularly illustrative or strong verb.
To extend this app's lesson into feeling words, ask your kid how Milo may be feeling as he performs some of these action words. Is he happy? Upset? Tired?
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android , Kindle Fire
- Subjects : Language & Reading : speaking , storytelling , vocabulary
- Skills : Communication : speaking
- Pricing structure : Paid
- Release date : April 4, 2011
- Genre : Education
- Publisher : Doonan Speech Therapy
- Version : 1.1.1
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 3.0 or later , Android 2.3.3 and up
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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