Sequencing is the first fun step to narrative speech, something most Autistic children struggle with.

This App grew out of Zarrar’s wonderful Special Ed. Autism Kindergarten classroom curriculum, where he was cutting and pasting the sequences onto paper.

For my son, I wanted to make it colorful, fun and full of audio and visual feedback to help him and then other children in his classroom learn sequencing, and take turtle steps towards speech and communication.

Zarrar’s teacher Ms. Anna Straus tested this App in her Special Ed. Kindergarten class. And she gave important feedback to improve this App.

Play is powerful.
ZApps Sequencing game play teaches a child narrative speech through:

1. How the world works
2. Storytelling: How one thing leads to another - first, second, third and so on. How to tell a simple story, that later will help them tell their daily story, narrate and successfully communicate how they feel that day or that moment.
Repetition of sequences builds a child’s brain connections:
1. Logical next connections: this leads to narrative speech.
2. Time concepts--- first, second, third, fourth, last
3. Teaches logic.
4. Teaches recollection.
5. Improves memory.
6. Focuses on cognitive visually immersive tasks that will build the synaptic connections in the brain.
For children on the Spectrum, Autistic, speech delayed, impacted by Asperger’s or verbally challenged, making connections can be difficult. Attention deficit and sensory overload can make focusing difficult. Here immersive colorful images entice challenged children to play and play will help to strengthen synaptic connections and increase speech and communication.

Ms. Anna Straus’s feedback after testing this educational App in her Autism Classroom has been invaluable.
For Visual learners, Ms. Anna suggested:

1. Red and Green rectangles light up and give visual signals to the child if the sequence is correct or not.
2. There is a green pause arrow at the end of each completed sequence, giving the child a chance to recap and verbalize the story. The teacher or parent can then also help the child by pronouncing the words slowly, articulating difficult sounds.

Unique Educational Features:
1. Sequencing has built in scoring. This is based on the Boston University CARE Center’s Applications for Language Enhancement Study (AppLES.)
2. It lets the parent or teacher