Recommendations for apps to help improve speech?

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Recommendations for apps to help improve speech? My 3 year old boy has slight speech delay, and we are unable to start speech pathology for a couple of months. I have information sheets and strategies from the pathologist, but I was wondering if anyone could suggest any iPad apps that may assist his speech development? He enjoys the iPad time he gets so I thought it might be another way to help him?! Thanks in advance.

Posted by anon, 11/10/13

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- - mle00 said
  - 30 Jun 2014
    11:36 pm
I would have a chat with your speech pathologist but Im guessing there are some greats apps available, particularly ones that allow the child to hear their own voice played back, even tom the cat would help!
- - nida saeed said
  - 30 Jun 2014
    10:24 pm
my two year old is bit delayed too. we were referred to early intervention by our MCHN and GP, and its working really well. have you tried it. wish u all the best
- - mummy liana said
  - 28 Mar 2014
    2:23 am
there are some good comments here
- - ljsalomon said
  - 26 Jan 2014
    1:19 pm
Did you find any good apps?
- - tobysmummy said
  - 03 Jan 2014
    12:31 pm
Hope you found some. I don’t think anything beats one on one time taking
To them though
- - kathryn said
  - 29 Dec 2013
    8:33 pm
Some good suggestions for others who are also interested (like me)
- - meltingmoment said
  - 29 Dec 2013
    9:24 am
Did you manage to find any good apps?
- - coppin85 said
  - 28 Dec 2013
    7:50 pm
my daughter is going through the same
- - mggarner said
  - 28 Nov 2013
    9:20 am
Some really good answers here already
- - mggarner said
  - 27 Nov 2013
    11:44 am
What apps did you end up finding?
- - meltingmoment said
  - 30 Oct 2013
    8:45 pm
Good suggestions below – hope you find one that is suitable.
- - kjgarner said
  - 28 Oct 2013
    9:21 am
Did you find any that you like?
- - snoopy said
  - 24 Oct 2013
    5:40 pm
The one called Articulation station is very good.
- - fred79 said
  - 13 Oct 2013
    8:48 pm
There is an app called proloque2go, unfortunately it’s $200 but my son used it when he was non-verbal, and my younger son has used it to learn how to speak. You can use it to make sentences and it has almost everything you could say, if there is a particular word that you use a lot it can be put on home page and there is also a way to add your own words
- - Rachel Lee-anne Toomath via Facebook said
  - 13 Oct 2013
    7:47 pm
put phonics labels tar titty tar brpken into speech attern on all in hoom door chair make cards to match do in two languages if you are multi lingual
- - curlytops said
  - 13 Oct 2013
    12:07 pm
you could also ask the speech pathologist what they recommend as they might have a programme which complements what they are teaching your child too.
- - kjgarner said
  - 13 Oct 2013
    11:34 am
I hope you find the answers that you are looking for
- - Bec Lang via Facebook said
  - 13 Oct 2013
    8:51 am
My speechie recommended the apps that repeat back like duke dog and talking rabbit and there is a cat one too. Try to find one that your little one engages with
- - liz007 said
  - 13 Oct 2013
    5:40 am
Now you have me interested too I will be watching for the answers to this. ….it’s a brilliant question..
- - scipia said
  - 12 Oct 2013
    10:14 pm
Get him to face you so you can show him the proper tongue placement for sounds. We had 2 do speech therapy for years, and it was repeatedly showing them proper tongue placement. We gave lots of praise so they didn’t get frustrated, and gave rewards such as doing an exercise then playing a game.