Dexteria - Fine Motor Skills App revisa

Very helpful in relearning fine motor skills after a stroke.

The crab pinch is the only game that works. The numbers game keeps repeating that we start at the arrow dot (there isn’t one?) and the other game that starts with fingers - I don’t even know what he’s supposed to do for that. He puts his fingers on the screen and then nothing else happens. It clearly isn’t functioning the way it’s intended.

App not easy to work for children and letters and numbers won’t trace red as instructed on app before I purchased. Please refund me

As an OT this was my favorite app. But now the Write It game simply doesn’t work. The letters will not trace. I have deleted and the reinstalled the app 3 times. I am disappointed because it was a great motivator for teaching the HWT letter and number formation.

Good app for pre warm ups working with students who have handwriting difficulties as well as develop manipulation skills. I'm an OT and cannot wait to try this on my students. Have tried this on my 5 year old and loves it!

Dexteria - Fine Motor Skill Development is one of the mainstays in an OT's toolbox for teaching kids how to write. Why? Because it looks at learning to write from a developmental point of view. If kid's hands are not prepared to write- meaning the musculature is not there, then they can't control a writing utensil to form letters - Period. Dexteria has 2 games to develop hand skills before the third tracing the letters. The first game "Tap it", helps warm up the hand and introduces isolating the fingers, motor planning and sequencing. Using your thumb as an anchor each finger is called upon to tap a colored triangle. It's sort of like the light up memory game, but for fingers. The second game, "Pinch it" helps develop thumb and index control by picking up first little crabs that are stationary, and then stepping it up to moving targets. Finally, after giving the hands a brief wake up, tracing the letters are introduced. I love how every aspect of this app is thought out, from color schemes to activities. All modes can be translated to off screen games to refine these skills with real life manipulatives, which is the point of using an app for therapy. Data for accuracy and speed can be tracked and there is an in app purchase to expand data collection for unlimited users. Recommended.

It has helped my daughter improve her dexterity!

I too use this app for occupational therapy and it would be great it you could enter different users and track their progress. I use it in elementary and middle school. The tap is even difficult for middle schoolers with fine motor issues, really helps.

App shuts down automatically when doing hand calibration on the Tap It section. Other two sections work fine. Disappointed I paid money for something that seems really glitchy. I even turned off my iPad's multitasking gestures as indicated, still didn't work.

after a couple of minutes, they want a new app.

I am an OT that uses this app with students on my caseload. I like how the writing program let's a student know when they are forming a letter incorrectly. This has been helpful to several students of mine. I use other therapy tools as well so I have not had my students get bored with writing program. Pinching program challenging for students until they get the feel for it. Variety would be nice instead of just crabs. Would like ease in tracking progress of multiple students. Overall helpful therapy tool.

Have liked this app

The letter trace can be frustrating for kids with low fine motor skills.

tracking a single child's scores from day to day would be helpful... some variety in the pinching game would help. 10 levels...could we do those same levels again, only with a slightly smaller animal? if this game were free i MIGHT have given 4 out of 5 stars, but we paid for it, and it lacks the 'longevity factor' as all of the kids i've used this (albeit, great) program with, have gotten bored in just 2 weeks, even though we are limiting them to 10 minutes of use per day. my own child (who does not have any dexterity troubles except for her age factor) used this program and got very bored and frustrated with the seemingly tedious letter-writing function. even when i try it, it frustrates me. it is great but you have to tell kids it's only a computer and give them lots of positive feedback so they don't give up all together. we tried it with the stylus, but you can't lean your hand on the tablet while you are writing, and that IS how a normal person would write, so it only serves to function for dexterity issues...which i think should NOT be mixed with academic writing process, as it could confuse children who may struggle with other possible recognition problems, etc.

Great app I use it daily in occupational therapy.

I've used this app with many of my OT patients, pediatrics & hand therapy. I'd love to see more like it, or more options within this app. Thanks!

After children use a few times they need more variety to make choices, as one reviewer suggested, something other than crabs. E.g. Ink blobs, Lima beans, candy dots or?? I use the shapes scores to encourage improvement.

I am an OT working with students 5-18. I have used it with maybe 5 kids, mostly high school. Would like to be able to track each client within the program. Would like more than the 3 games. Kids seem challenged by the crabs. I couldn't get the first level to work.

To JAC teacher: I believe the problem you are experiencing with Tap it stems from the new feature called Multitasking Gestures introduced with Apple iOS. You may experience Tap it issues if you have multitasking gestures turned on for your iPad. Multitasking gesture allows you to use 4 or 5 fingers to reveal the multitasking bar, pinch to return to the home screen, and to swipe left/right to switch between apps. Please follow the steps below to try and get it working: 1. On your iPad, open the Settings app, click General on the left, and then scroll to Multitasking Gestures on the right. 2. Toggle Multitasking Gestures to OFF. 3. Launch Dexteria > Tap it to see if it is functioning again.

My students say it helps their handwriting, and that writing is becoming easier.

I like this app but can not get the finger tap activity to work. When we place our fingertips on the screen, no buttons appear and the app closes. The other activities on this app work fine. Can someone help?

This app might have saved the way I use my hands(I mean I'm trying to use my right hand for eating and doing things),but still I'm not so good at the writing part. Well, maybe it needs an upgrade with more activities like writing stuff, of course. Anyways, sort of a good app.

Love this app, so useful in therapy. However, many of my students are frustrated by the timed component when tapping their individual fingers. It would be great to be given an untimed option for the Tap It portion of this app. It would allow the students to be given the extra processing time needed when learning to isolate their fingers, while minimizing frustration.

This is a great app to work on fine motor skills. The letter portion is very sensitive and is frustrating for many kids, the finger isolation portion is great but tough for kids with weakness because their palms droop to rest on the screen, the pinching is great for all ages but I'd say the rest is great for 7 years plus- I also recommend using a stylus pen with the letters. But overall- it's a great app and totally worth the price.

I am a school OT and love is app! My students will play the pinching activity far longer than they will use tongs/clips to practice pinching. Could you possibly add a choice of what they want to catch (balls, butterflies, etc.)? Some of my students are a bit wary of the crabs!

I use this to improve my finger strength and independence. The basic settings are good for young kids but not very challenging for Adults. Fortunately you can adjust each levels setting to a point where it can be impossibly difficult if you so chose. I use this daily and have dramatically improved finger independence.

I'm an occupational therapist and really enjoy this app. It is great for fine motor and handwriting development. My kids love using it and it makes for fun therapy sessions. The only thing I would suggest is some updates so u don't have to just pinch crabs, maybe u could have different things as a target. Also I wish there was cursive letter tracing and maybe some "blank" paper so kids could practice without tracing.

Perfect for children working on fine motor control and strengthening in or out of therapy! Love the app and use it all the time.

I'm an occupational therapist for children on all different levels. This app has been great to use and fun for kids.

Great for my pediatric OT patients!

I bought this app for my fine motor challenged 2 1/2 year old, thinking this could help him. It's far too difficult for him to even attempt. The crab pinching activity was the only activity he would even try, but there was no option to make the crabs bigger and work his way down. Perhaps I'll try it with him if he still needs it in a couple of years...

This is a great app. My kids love it but I would love it more if you could type words so they can practice writing their names properly ect.

Great app for practicing letters and fine motor skills.

Pinch it and Trace it work very well. Tap it frequently does not work and will not calibrate the children's hands. When using Tap it the game will just shut down without warning. I like the other two games but the Tap it needs work.

Summary: good for children having trouble with their "handwriting"/fine motor skills. Good oral feedback. Nice tracking/reporting feature for parents. My child showed improvement. Feel app was well worth the money. Wish they made more apps this good. Details: The sounds and movements in the pinching crab exercise make it a fun game for my son that entices him to practice. He picked it right up and stared playing. Over weeks I have seen an improvement in his pencil grip. This is an improvement we were not able to accomplish with regular writing exercises, hand holding, grip devices or other apps. The writing exercises use strategically placed targets to help with letter/number formation. I like the escalating corrective feedback. I have described this to others as having an occupational therapist over your shoulder. The targets and the feedback are what set this app apart from other "tracing" apps. Seeing my son's poor "handwriting" I looked for handwriting apps to help him practice. He loved the music and the animation. However it was easy for him, there was no "consequence" for errors or verbal coaching him to correct mistakes. This comes to one of my two adjustment opportunities. I didn't find this app until I used the vernacular of the industry. As a parent, I saw this as a "handwriting" problem to be solved. When the school reinforced this calling it a "fine motor skills" issue I used that verbiage in my key word search. That is how i found this app. They need to tag the product so it gets in the hands of those who really need it. Second opportunity - totally selfish - make more apps that are such a beautiful marriage of professional expertise and software development. This app did what I needed it to wonderfully. I had a desired goal that I did not know how to accomplish. This app did it and distinguished itself while doing so. [Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with this company. I am just a very satisfied customer.]

So far I'm very disappointed. This not worth 4.99. I got it for my daughter with special needs . The triangle touch seems good but the crab pinch is totally lame. The crabs do nothing. No movement, no sound. And there are other children's apps that have far superior tracing practice.

Just purchased, didn't like it, hand calibration doesn't work so is letter writing, no matter how mich pressure you applied to the touchscreen, it didn't draw any line at all, please UPDATE!!!

I love this app. I teach Special Education to very low functioning middle school students. I stumbled onto this app when doing some on line research for teaching ideas to use with my students. I did not have an iPad at the time, so just filed the info away for future use. I finally talked the principal into getting my class an iPad and this was one of the first apps I downloaded. I am very impressed with it. My students like the crab pinching game and the letter tracing game best. They are getting a real work out and I am seeing some improvement. I showed the occupational therapist the app and she was very impressed. She checked out the letter tracing and said it reinforces the correct way of writing the letters. Too many apps with letter tracing do not show students the correct order to form the letters. So that is a good feature. All-in-all, the app is very well done. It is simple to use and very professional. There is one thing to remember, though. Go to settings from the iPad home screen. Turn off the "multitasking gestures" setting when you use this app. It won't work properly otherwise. This app would be great for parents who want to work with a student who is having problems with fine motor skills or handwriting. It is not babyish like some of the apps that cover handwriting, so it is good for any age. I could see this as being good for people who are recovering from stroke or injury that affects fine motor skills. This would also be good in any grade level regular education classroom as individual work for students who are having problems with handwriting and fine motor skills. Often students don't quite make the cutoff for eligibility for special services, such as Occupational Therapy, but still need help. This is a very good use for this app, and could even be used in the documentation process to show that interventions have been tried in the regular ed class, prior to referral for special services. If you are a teacher or therapist using this app, you will like the upgrade that they just put on the app. Now there is an option for multi-student tracking. Get this app. It is one of the best I've seen and well worth the small cost!

Its nothing special. I don't think its worth $5.

I agree with needing cursive letters to trace and a way to track progress of many students. Doing therapy on the iPad has greatly increased motivation for kids so thanks for Dexteria!

I was disappointed with the lack of responsiveness of the app. The window shade is still an issue to be fixed - the whole alphabet tracing activity locks up once the window shade is activated. The other activities only work correctly part of the time. I can't use this as it is with my students. What a waste of money.

Is anyone else having issues with the hand calibration. It takes upwards of 10 minutes before the program successfully completes its calibration. Looks like a bug to me but I haven't seen any other comments about it.

As a school based OT, this APP rox! Engaging, available for iphone use, and measures outcome! Thank u for making it!

This game is a must have for school based occupational therapists. Love quality educational apps. Thanks! :)

i ABSOLUTELY LOVE dexteria! This app has helped my daughter (with apraxia and motor issue)'s fine motor so much!! (AND SHE LOVES TO "PLAY" IT!!!!!) THANKS!!!!!!

As a resource room teacher, I bought this app knowing it would help my 2nd grade student with Apraxia. I have found that ALL my LD students benefit and extremely ENJOY 'playing' these games before we do any writing. Even my dyslexic students now look forward to writing as long as they can "get their fingers ready to write" first!! Thanks for such a useful app!! My only suggestion would be the option to keep track of more than one student's progress. I use this with several students and have to erase, or write down on a piece of paper, where each student ended.

I definitely think Dexteria is a worthwhile app- it works on 3 skills- pinching, finger placement/coordinated tapping of fingers such as in keyboarding, and handwriting (tracing of upper and lowercase letters, and numbers). It gives good auditory feedback to show when your stroke is incorrect and gives you a chance to fix it. It also takes data! It will tell you how many seconds it took to complete each letter for example, or how many crabs were pinched, and so on. A great app to reinforce needed fine motor skills!

This app is horrible. It's awkward, boring, and clumsy, and with the new iOS, the Notification Center tab is constantly being activated by my son when accessing the letters, and he has tiny fingers. Spend the $3 on a pencil and paper. Giving 1 star is generous...

I first saw this app on the A4cwsn website and wanted it. Could t get iTunes to work and then today I got it. I love this app!