Another great App by Hamaguchi! – More Fun With Directions HD Review

More Fun With Directions HD is a very nicely done app by Hamaguchi Apps. The app is wonderfully customizable and offers the ability to store and track student and/or group progress. There are three modes of practice: easy, intermediate, and advanced. Intermediate is the standard setting and offers two step directives with multi-choice answers. Easy mode offers one choice view alongside one-step directive prompts. Advanced mode offers multi-step directives and multi-choice answers with several choices provided in close similarity to test if child has listened closely. Each mode offers a Super-Star mode in which a directive is offered, acted out, then repeated back using the self-record option. I found this app to be very useful and believe it will provide ample practice for all children working on understanding and following directions properly. For children who struggle with processing or have a specific learning disability or cognitive disability/delay, or are on the spectrum, this app would be perfect to use as a means of implementing skills practice in understanding terms like: front, behind, above, etc. It will also assist in helping students understand and apply how to follow multi-step directives, which can be a difficult skill to master. Something I did notice is that for up and down, a child's understanding if those terms may not be properly recorded: for example a child chose a grey squirrel instead of a black squirrel to go down the tree. The app recoded the child did not comprehend the direction prompt for down, when in fact, the child did not properly differentiate the color black and grey. Every squirrel was going down and only needed tapped to go down, therefore, this data was not properly gathered by the app. Another very minor detail I would like to see changed is the constant request to place an ice cream cone on furniture such as a bed or sofa. While it may seem silly to some, to parents who may find food constantly placed inappropriately about the house, perhaps another item could be placed there instead. Regardless of these facts, this is a superb app and one worth having and using! I certainly recommend it! Reviewed by: LSAppleby
Review by LSAppleby on More Fun With Directions HD.