Phonology MatchUps! vs Brainy Skills Synonym Antonym Usage & Stats
Match Ups! is one of our favorite games of all time. The first version of Match Ups! was added to our Attention and Memory:Volume I CD in 1996 and we’ve been enhancing it ever since. This version uses the words and pictures from our Phonology and Minimal Pairs apps.
The game starts out with you against the computer. At first the computer plays randomly, but you can make the game more challenging by increasing the computer’s skill level to Beginner, Good, or Expert. When playing in the expert level, the computer rarely makes a mistake—it is very hard to beat. You can also play with a friend. Just type their name in the second box and away you go. If you want to play by yourself, you can do that too.
You can play with 4, 6, 16, 24, or 36 cards on the screen. The cards organized into four groups: Final Consonants, Initial Consonants, Initial S Clusters, and Initial L and R clusters. You can choose simple blue, green, purple, or red card backs or spice things up and choose fun backs.
Score the child’s speech production using the Correct, Distorted, Substituted, and Omitted buttons at the bottom of the screen. If the word was pronounced correctly, tap the green check. If the pronunciation was distorted, tap the wavy yellow lines. If a different sound was substituted for the target sound, tap the x/y button. It the target sound was omitted, tap the / button. You can record and score as many times as you wish on each screen.
Match Ups! is primarily a fun memory game, but this version was made specifically for phonology practice. SLPs tell us that they often use it as a reward at the end of a therapy session.
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Brainy Skills Synonyms and Antonyms is a reading comprehension game made to help ESL students and young adults learn the differences in words that have similar or opposite meaning. The game is a great interactive tool for students to use with a teacher, therapist, parent, or caregiver. It can also be used independently, however, the concepts are initially best learned in conjunction with some form of support and assistance from teaching. Its format is an exciting new way to help readers of all ages develop and improve their reading comprehension abilities.
This app was created, developed and written by a certified speech language pathologist with many years of hands on experience with a variety of clients with different needs. Young and older school age students as well as adults both typically developing and special needs can benefit greatly from this app.
Brainy Skills Synonyms and Antonyms is a simple game to practice words that are either synonyms or antonyms. First, read a simple sentence and have the student choose the correct word by tapping on the correct answer from the two choices. Next, work your way up the scoreboard. Last, master all of the synonyms or antonyms throughout 20 levels of gameplay. Each level enhances a student's skills important for decoding language with words that have the same or opposite meaning. Motivate the player to beat their score each time they play and get to the highest score.
Easy to adapt as needed by parents, teachers, and therapists for a variety of skill levels, and may be read aloud to your students if needed. Students can play on their own or with a caretaker, or assistant to guide them along and practice basic oral reading skills.
Great for:
• Students who need repetitive skill based exercises
• Reading comprehension skills review
• Synonym or Antonym practice with increased or decreased complexity
• Problem solving with contextual clues and inferencing
• Skills in everyday situations and conversations
• Understanding and answering Synonym and/or Antonym style words
• Featuring a variety of reasoning, prediction, sequential order questions and more…
This app is an excellent teaching tool for a variety of ages of students or special needs population, with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Pervasive Developmental Delay (PDD-NOS), Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, developmental delays, and all language and speech delays. It can also be used to reinforce lessons through repetition.
FEATURES:
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• Over 400+ Synonym questions, always in random order
• 20 levels ranging from easy to difficult as the levels increase
• Motivationally animated voice feedback after responses
• Brainy Bonus after every 5 correct questions
• Exciting game format
• Basic reading comprehension
• 15, 30, 45, 60 second Timer option
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Helps players improve reading comprehension skills while building confidence to score high!
Try Brainy Skills Synonyms and Antonyms and make it easier to teach these skills to your developing reader.
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Phonology MatchUps! VS. 
Brainy Skills Synonym AntonymDecember 17, 2024