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Commonly Used WordsSoftware for teachers of Basic Skills.
Inclusive CD PlayerA free, switch accessible CD player for Windows 95 onwards
Talking FacesRecord your voice and hear it played back while a face animates.
Music GamesA collection of early learning musical activities, ideal for Key Stage 1 and SEN.
1-5 CountingThe activity was written to be used in SLD/PMLD settings as a switch controlled counting aid for non-verbal students, but responds to mouse clicks and the spacebar as well as switch presses.
Buried ShapesBuried Shapes is a text- free activitiy with sound cues in which partially obscurred polyhedra must be matched to the coloured/rotating models at the base of the console.
Coin MachineThe coin machine is a beat the clock addition game in which players must make a target amount using addition with coins.
AbacusTeaches counting skills from 1-100. The software includes synthesised speech and a choice of objects to count. A simple but effective program that works well on an IWB
10 Finger Break OutWith this free typing game you will have fun and learn to type.
ChildproofProgram for teachers and parents which allows the desktop to be locked down and access granted only to selected applications.
Ideal for young children or older kids with LD who are prone to stray. A simple key combination exits the program.
Clean the windowInteract using no mouse and no keyboard by simple hand waving in the air before the camera. The aim of the game is to clean the ice from the window before the window freezes back.
A great interaction with a range of pictures, works with any webcam or video camera input. Essential game for the IWB!
SEN SwitcherSENSwitcher is a suite of programs designed to help teach early ICT skills to people with profound and multiple learning difficulties, those who need to develop skills with assistive input devices and very young children new to computers.
Touch CirclesSimple entry-level touchscreen and mouse trainer with a circles theme. Scenes are progressed when the animated circle in a picture is touched or clicked.
Tux TypeTux Type is a typing tutor with an arcade game style. The software has several levels and activities. Tux Type includes levels well-suited to non-readers or learners with letter recognition only.
FacesThis is a simple odd one out game using facial expressions. Four animated faces are presented to the learner, the one with a different expression must be selected. This activity was written to support face reading work with autistic students.
MinisebranA free suite of early learning games for 2-6 year olds . It includes eight different exercises, including doodle drawing exercises and very simple games to get to know the numbers and letters, and learning to use the keyboard.
RubberfaceThe activity was written to support PSHE and non-verbal communication with students who had difficulty in reading faces.
Sebran's ABCSebran's ABC's colourful pictures, pleasant music, and gentle games teach letters, numbers, simple math, and rudiments of reading in several languages.
Drawing for childrenA drawing program for children with many excellent features. As well as the usual drawing tools a range of stamps, abstract shapes, clipart and artistic effects are included.
Label a skeletonAn interactive activity in which common bones of the human skeleton are explored. In the quiz bone labels are dragged and dropped to the correct location on the body.
The Magic BookAn amazing assisted drawing/art package. Superb for younger users or users with erratic fine motor skills.
Word cardsThis generator makes 3 sizes of flashcard or game card from user defined word lists.
Easy graphsThis generator produces a number of charts to complete using colour or with the included stickers. Charts use counting in ones, twos, fives and tens.
Number rhymesLarge number rhymes cards for washing line and ordering activites. Matching small picture and number cards can also be printed for matching games.
Number gridsMake customised number grids entering your own start number and step.
Handwriting sheets (1)Generates a selection of sheets to support pre-writing activities.
Handwriting sheets (2)This generator produces pre-writing and early writing support sheets. Learners must over-write and copy a number of shapes and line patterns
Handwriting sheets (3)Make custom handwriting sheets for tracing work with a choice of size and style of font
Literacy diceMake large dice, type your own custom letters, numerals and other characters
Literacy dominoesMake custom sets of dominoes typing your own words, letters or numbers.
Onset and rime tilesMake onset and rime tiles from your own text for word building activities.
Connective tilesMake tiles with connective phrases from your own text.
Alphabet chainsThis generator creates random alphabetic fragments and gaps.
Alphabet matching cardsPrints initial sound alphabet matching cards with pictures. Two different sets are provided to allow for a more challenging game where letters and sounds rather than pictures have to be matched.