Today I’m reviewing a fun new app from Home Speech Home called “What’s the Pic Articulation.” The app is unique as it responds to speech sound so it encourages the students to talk!
When we played, my students’ favorite part was trying to guess the picture. Once a student says their words, a picture (such as a pig in this one) is removed. The person to guess the big picture underneath first wins!
Students continue practicing their sounds until someone is able to guess the picture!
Hooray!
The only cons I have regarding this app is that the amount of times a student says a word varies. For example, on one turn, they may need to say a word 2 times and on another, 5 times. For my weird brain and for ease of data collection, I wished it was always the same amount. Also, I really like that the app responds to sound and I think this type of technology will continue to improve. However, if the rest of the group wasn’t completely silent, the app picked up on their noise and counted that as a response, which was a bit annoying because we KNOW it’s never quiet in speech! Overall though, my students had a lot of fun!
The developers of this app are giving 3 away here on the blog. Just comment below with how you would use this app with your caseload!
*Please note: This app was provided for review by Home Speech Home. No other compensation was provided. The opinions are all mine!
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Dawne Carroll says
October 11, 2016 at 6:39 pmI would love to use this app with my artic. students! It sounds fun and engaging and a good way to get many repetitions of target sounds.
Penney says
October 11, 2016 at 6:51 pmMy students are hearing impaired I would use this app to improve listening skills and build vocabulary.
Maryann Potts says
October 11, 2016 at 6:52 pmI’d like to try this app, for one because I love HomeSpeechHome apps and the creative therapy ideas that they email me; secondly, because my students do well with switching up artic. practice; and last but not least, I’d like to try this voice recognition feature – I have it on another app, and it is helpful to have an objective judge of accuracy of students’ productions.
Thanks!
alison lewis says
October 11, 2016 at 6:55 pmThis would be so motivating with my preschoolers!
Megan Rhode says
October 11, 2016 at 6:55 pmI would LOVE to have a copy of this app – I’ve read several different postings about how great it is, and would love to use this with my Articulation Groups as one of our “independent work stations”…the iPad is SO motivating for many students 🙂
Lindsay Ring says
October 11, 2016 at 6:57 pmI think my student would have a BLAST with this app! I have a large number of student on my caseload working on articulation and they love trying new things….especially on an iPad!
Erika says
October 11, 2016 at 6:58 pmThis would be a great way to put some variety and change into articulation therapy! My students would find this engaging!
Jen Ive says
October 11, 2016 at 7:08 pmI’d love to try this app with some of my younger kids on my caseload. One child in particular is very difficult to motivate and this may help her!
LouAnn M. says
October 11, 2016 at 7:17 pmI would use it for independent practice with a tally counter for number of productions. Students love to compete for who gets the most repetitions during an activity. I love getting lots of repetitions!
Jen K says
October 11, 2016 at 7:41 pmI’d love to try this app with my students. Since I travel between 3 schools, this would be an easy app to grab and go with. It looks very motivating and what kid doesn’t like using the iPad?
Stephanie says
October 11, 2016 at 7:43 pmI would use this app with my artic students in groups and have them use it independently in a speech station. So cute!
Jane Trueblood says
October 11, 2016 at 8:13 pmThe possibilities are endless. For each piece, they have to say their speech sound that many times. 1 piece–say your word 1 time, 2nd piece–say your word 2 times, etc. It would also be good to work on inferences and describing. All in addition to artic. What an app!!!!!!
Mallory Dunn says
October 11, 2016 at 8:16 pmMy kindergarten-2nd grade students would love this. I think I would have the students say the word that’s covering the picture (e.g pig) every time they touch it to clear away the picture below. SO MANY REPETITIONS!
Jessica says
October 11, 2016 at 8:26 pmI would use this app during articulation groups and with my low-incidence, severely impaired students who are always motivated to talk more when technology is involved.
Pat Kurkjy says
October 11, 2016 at 8:33 pmI would love to use this app with the young articulation students I have on my caseload. It sounds like a fun and very engaging activity for students!
Betsy B. says
October 11, 2016 at 8:39 pmI have never heard of HomeSpeechApps so now I am excited to try something of theirs. This looks like a great app, and the varying repetitions is something I actually really like in speech. I wish it could take off the voice response so in noisy situations it wouldn’t pick it up, but maybe this is what I need for my group of boys that forgets how to listen!
Michelle Mullinax says
October 11, 2016 at 9:44 pmI think this would be a great resource to use with my 5-minute artic kiddos!!
Becca Kuhn says
October 11, 2016 at 10:23 pmThis would be great to use in my therapy sessions with a variety of students. Younger students and older MD populations would find this very motivating!
Sarah says
October 11, 2016 at 10:52 pmI have some preschool and kindergarten students who are not very aware of the productions they make. One kiddo in particular does not respond to feedback well and insists he did it right. A game like this that responds to their productions could help build that awareness and it looks pretty motivating! Thanks for the review 🙂
Linda Payne says
October 11, 2016 at 11:06 pmI would use this app with a student who is reluctant to make ‘guesses’. He only wants to respond when the answer is obvious. Using an app provides that extra motivation to respond.
Krista Keleher says
October 11, 2016 at 11:19 pmThis looks like a great app! I would love to use this with older elementary students. It’s hard to find artic apps that appeal to them sometimes and this looks like a fun one!
Leah says
October 11, 2016 at 11:41 pmThis would be a great app for drilling artic. As stated previously, it could also target language – great for describing and using grammatically correct sentences!
Elissa says
October 11, 2016 at 11:52 pmThis looks like so much fun. My kiddos would love this. There are so many uses for this app. It looks so motivational while also being fun. Looks like I could get lots of repetition in as well!
Meagan Lawson says
October 12, 2016 at 12:18 amThis app would be so motivating for my articulation students! They love doing anything that’s new and different!
Sarah says
October 12, 2016 at 1:38 amThis looks like a great app to give my articulation kids a break from drilling with cards and my other flashcard apps!
Christy says
October 12, 2016 at 2:07 amI will use it work my telepractice students!
Laura says
October 12, 2016 at 2:42 amMy students love, love, LOVE puzzles and riddles to solve, and are really motivated by short term goals. This app would fit the bill perfectly. I’ve been looking at it on HSH’s site for a while now. So glad you reviewed it.
Erin says
October 12, 2016 at 11:02 amThis would be great for mixed groups!
Kim Williams says
October 12, 2016 at 12:53 pmI would love to use this app with my school age caseload! I am always looking for new apps to help my students with their speech and language skills. I love the idea of the app responding to my students so they have “someone” other than myself reviewing their articulation skills. Thank you for sharing!
Jennifer Heslin says
October 12, 2016 at 1:03 pmI think it coud be a great game reinforcer with my students.
Angie says
October 12, 2016 at 1:04 pmThis app sounds so fun! I would love to use it in articulation therapy as another way to practice speech sounds! I really like different apps that help build student independence as well! Thanks for sharing!
Macyn Baylor says
October 12, 2016 at 1:23 pmI look forward to using this APP during articulation therapy. It looks like a motivating way for students to practice their sounds!
Leslie Talford says
October 12, 2016 at 1:42 pmThis app sounds like a different way to practice. It looks like it would keep my students’ interest as they work on their sounds.
Katie Corey says
October 12, 2016 at 2:13 pmI have a varied caseload and all of the children I work with would be able to use the app. I have preschoolers that I am working on increasing MLU – this would be perfect for that! I have children with hearing impairments that I could use this with for many of the skills we work on daily. I could go on and on about all of the ways I could use it! It sounds great! Thanks for sharing.
Holly S. says
October 12, 2016 at 2:25 pmI do 5 Minute Kids with most of my articulation students so I wouldn’t have to worry about other kids talking unless the halls were noisy.
Sonia Hare says
October 12, 2016 at 2:43 pmI would use this app in therapy with my students who are working on artic sounds and it sounds like mixed groups could benefit too. To add more trials I would have them multiply by a number (using a handy calculator). I like the guessing part of the app and that it responds to sound.
Nicole Allison says
October 27, 2016 at 1:42 pmHi Sonia! You win! You’ll be emailed shortly with the code for this app!
Sonia says
October 28, 2016 at 2:16 amYey!! So excited 😁 Thank you!!
Debra Stoermer says
October 12, 2016 at 2:43 pmThis app sounds right up my alley! I am always looking for unique ways for my artic students to work on their sounds, and the iPad (and mystery game) format are of high-interest.
Kristine says
October 12, 2016 at 3:27 pmI would like to use this app with my preschool students who are working on articulation. I frequently use my ipad during therapy because I work at 3 different buildings. It is helpful to have great apps to use on my ipad.
rhonda swaney says
October 12, 2016 at 3:47 pmI would use this with my kindergarten students who are also learning English as a second language! It is perfect!
Nicole Allison says
October 27, 2016 at 1:42 pmHi Rhonda! You win! You’ll be emailed shortly with the code for this app!
JoAnne says
October 12, 2016 at 4:43 pmI work with preschoolers and they love “peek a boo” type games. This type of guessing game would be fabulous! It is motivating and rewarding. I would love to win this app!
Rosemary says
October 12, 2016 at 6:16 pmI would love to try this app. It seems easy, practical yet efficient to use for my articulation students. My students ages range from preschoolers to jr. high and it is always a struggle to find something fun to do for articulation with them.
Nicole Allison says
October 27, 2016 at 1:41 pmHi Rosemary! You win! You’ll be emailed shortly with the code for this app!
TSandine says
October 12, 2016 at 7:03 pmI have found this app to have several positive components. Instead of the app picking up other kids’ noises, I have found that it keeps the other kids quiet and focused. This makes me very happy! I also like that it doesn’t require my help all the time, making it easier to document.
Lindsay Parker-Klimpel says
October 13, 2016 at 1:29 amThis looks amazing for targeting both speech and language!
Tabitha Larcom says
October 14, 2016 at 12:58 amI would love to use this app with my pre-k kids through 3rd grade!!! I think it would really hold their attention. Does it have sounds in isolation? I’ve also been looking for a fun app to target isolation and syllable level.
Lauren Hagenbuch says
October 21, 2016 at 3:10 amWould love to use this for some of my difficult to engage prek friends!
Kristen says
October 26, 2016 at 1:10 pmI would love to use this app! Looks great for mixed groups and intervention students!
Andrea says
November 1, 2016 at 7:06 amThank you for the review of the app. It sounds like a great resource and I can’t wait to look into it and try it out for myself.