Dexteria Jr.

Description

(Ed. note: Be sure to also check out the new award-winning app Dexteria VMI.)

"I am going to start right off and tell you that I LOVE this app." (From the 5-star review by TheiPhonemom.com)

#1 Recommended Motor Skill App Now Available for Preschoolers & Toddlers!

^ Featured by Apple in Best New App/Education
^ Featured by Apple in Best For Ages 5 & Under
^ 2013 Editor's Choice Award Winner - Children's Technology Review
^ Featured in the App Store: Sensory & Visual Perception Apps
^ Rated 5 stars by TheiMum.com
^ BestAppsForKids Editor's Choice Award Winner
^ Editor's Favorite Award Winner - AppySmarts.com
^ A Top Pick from FunEducationalApps.com
^ Top 5 App of the Week - Childrens Technology Review
^ App of the Month - A4CWSN.com
^ Best 30 Apps of the Week - theguardian

From the makers of award-winning Dexteria, Dexteria Jr. is a set of hand and finger exercises to develop fine motor skills and handwriting readiness. The activities are specially designed for kids age 2-6. New characters, sprite animations, music, and sound effects all add up to a fun and engaging experience for toddlers and preschool-aged children.

Dexteria Jr.'s unique hand and finger activities take full advantage of the iPad's multi-touch interface to help build strength, control, and dexterity.

For best results the exercises should be done on a regular basis in short sessions. The exercises are designed to be repeatable and engaging.

The automatic tracking and reporting feature makes it easy for parents, teachers and occupational therapists to identify time on task and progress. You can email the progress reports right from the app itself.

Multi-user tracking is available as an in-app purchase. (Note to Volume Purchase Program customers: Consider buying Dexteria Jr. VPP instead. It includes multi-user tracking and you will pay a lower net cost than if you buy Dexteria Jr. and upgrade each copy via the in-app purchase. Just search "Dexteria Jr. VPP" in the app store.)

• Increases coordination and motor control in the hands and fingers

• Easy to use

• Great way to get kids ready for kindergarten

• Fun graphics, music, and sound effects

• "Quiet time" mode turns off music and/or sound effects

• Automatically creates performance and usage reports that can be emailed

• Designed in consultation with Occupational Therapists

• Less expensive and more reusable than workbooks

• Multi-user reporting available via in-app purchase (iPad version only)

We're serious about your privacy. This app does not track or share your personal information with us or anyone else. Images are not saved unless you manually save them. There is no user id tracking software, and no advertisements.

ATTENTION LICENSED OTs: Thank you for all the great feedback and suggestions! This app was developed in response to your requests for a version of Dexteria designed specifically for the preschool audience. Please let us know how we did, and as always, we will be guided by your comments.

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In-Apps

Dexteria Jr. Multi-User

$3.99

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User Rating

3.5 out of 5

8 ratings in United States

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Reviews

Pay again?

I bought this previously but now it won’t let me use all of the games, nor will it let me use the “I already bought this” button.

iPhone X

Once you open you can’t exit. Not worth it.

Fun and awesome

Love this app! Great for beginners and even for older writers 4-8yrs. We loved the tripod grasp section as well as handwriting practice 😃👍

No letter tracing in the kids version

It would be nice if there were sections for tracing letters and numbers like the adult version has...

Peds OT

I am a pediatric OT would loves to use this app! Not only are the skills addressed nice, but I can track progress!!

Dexteria

My son struggles with fine motor movements. This app has been so helpful in strengthening these skills. He especially enjoys the Hot Pepper game. I have seen such an improvement in his ability to hold a pencil and also to manipulate the pencil with his fingers. He used to use his arm to control his hand while writing, but with the use of this app he has learned how to control the smaller muscles in his fingers. He is now able to make the letter /o/ without the use of the larger muscles in his arm. I'm amazed at his progress. We like to use this app to warm up his fingers for writing.

Thank you, Frank Jensen and company! The Trace & Erase feature has been enhanced, with 29 options that you can access in any order. The other two features of this app, Squish the Squash and Pinch the Pepper are great fine motor tasks as well, that also address visual tracking. As an occupational therapist working with children through age 5, I am impressed! And last but not least, I appreaciate that you responded to my initial email and then contacted me when the upgrade was available. Great customer service! I will check out your other apps.

Special Needs Child Loves It!

It's kind of difficult to find an engaging yet educational app for our Down syndrome 3-year-old. Yet she loves this one! Right now she can only do the "squish" activity but I love that she can work up to different levels, beat her own times, and work to different activities. Great tool for fine motor and visual needs!

Fun app for fine motor skills

Although this app is described as being for preschoolers, I have found that many of the children aged 4 - 7 that I work with really enjoy using this app. There are three different activities in this app - squish the squash, trace and erase and pinch the pepper. Squish the squash is good for developing speed and dexterity and has cute animations and sounds to motivate the user. In trace and erase, I have the child use a stylus to help with pencil hold and motor control. A series of increasingly complex paths must be traced and then erased. The child's picture is then taken using a variety of special effects. Pinch the pepper helps develop pincer grasp and strengthens the web space (between the index finger and thumb) for writing. Each activity provides a reinforcement for motivation. The child's progress is recorded and the app starts at the level where they left off at in the previous session. The report that is provided can be emailed. This is a great app but I would like to see the ability to choose the starting level, to modify the difficulty within levels and to have multiple users.

Fun for 3 year olds

My twin three year old girls enjoy squishing squash with Dexteria Jr. This is their first computer game, and I like that there is enough for both of them to do sharing one iPad. They cannot draw straight lines to the stars without help and pinching the peppers is also hard for them although I think they'll be able to figure this out soon enough.

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Category Rankings

Chart	Category	Rank
Top Paid	Australia Education	80
Top Paid	Ireland Education	209
Top Paid	Dominican Republic Education	297
Top Paid	South Africa Education	343
Top Paid	Brazil Education	378

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