There are certain apps out there that help kids learn early literacy and math. With apps there is a lot of repetitiveness involved that helps with those early skills that eventually form the foundation for future learning. Kids with autism were thought to benefit from some apps because of social skills and facial recognition but it was found that it only made them better at using the app; it didn’t translate into real life. Apps can be useful tools like everything else, it’s how you use it that matters. A parents involvement cannot be replaced with any learning tool.

Key Takeaways:

• With the influx of technology, what once was considered a potential danger has given parents a second look at how they can embrace these new apps and increase your child’s intelligence.
• Studies have shown that children, especially those with autism fared very well using an interactive app in problem solving. These apps capture kids attention providing a great learning situation.
• Some of the apps enhance a child’s social skills in early development. Again, this is a huge asset for autistic children. So rather then looking at the downside, we can explore the pros.

“The apps in the studies needed to be an interactive game app on a touchscreen. Interactive generally means that when a child interacts with the screen, it has an effect on the material presented.”

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