APPY-Y HOUR: Toca Boca Doctor

Toca Boca Doctor:$1.99

Best part about this app; there is a LITE version.  Try it out and when you love it splurge and buy it!

I use this app with my 3 year olds (mainly boys).  They can't get enough of it.  It's great for speech and occupational therapy.  There are various games that you play and help fix a patient.  Bloody nose. Shots. Cuts/Scrapes. Lice. Indigestion. Broken bones. Splinters.

Yes this game has a gross factor component.  But it makes me laugh (side effect of hanging out with preschoolers all day).  Be prepared to hear some rude body noises (burps & farts) and see some cartoonish blood.

This is a versatile app. It's a triple threat: articulation, language pragmatics.

Articulation/PROMPT lexicon for mandibular control, labial-facial control and anterior lingual control:

boo-boo, oh-no, out, put, on, ow/owie, tap, man, head, eat, feed, need

Language:
WH? (What happened? What do we need to do? What color band-aide? Who do you ask for help when you're hurt?)
Expressive: "I need help" (the mazes are a little tricky for the younger kids, great way to request assistance!)
Receptive: Make matches, find the same shape during puzzle activities

Pragmatics:
"Excuse me" (good for providing a script! Everyone makes silly sounds, just have manners and say "excuse me" when you do)
Social Story pairing for going to the doctor/dentist.

"SOUND OFF"

Our bodies sound off all the time.

What noises we can make!

It happens when we're fast asleep,

or when we're wide awake.

Hands clap and slap, and fingers snap.

We cough and sneeze and snore.

Our hungry stomach growl for food,

then rumble for some more.

Our feet tap and our bones go pop.

Our lips smack and they slurp.

But most unusual of all

is when our bottoms burp!

Susan D. Anderson

(From Miles of Smiles 

edited by Bruce Lansky

illustrated by stephen carpenter)