Dot Collector: Finger Practice

Lots of pictures. My daughter enjoys guessing the picture before it's fully revealed

My 10 yer old daughter with multiple disabilities loves Color Dots! It helped her go from just swiping pictures like she loves to do, to focusing on tapping a dot. Dot Collector is a great next step from that and has her focusing on a little more complex, yet still simple enough for her, task of moving the dots to a clear ending point of a black dot. Just started her with it today and she is showing signs of trying to focus on it and is interested in it! Great for kids like her with low vision as the borders on the dots make it stand out. Would love to see a settings option later like Color Dots had where the size could be changed as well.

I have ALL of Ellie's games and I cannot say enough about them. They are brilliant in their simplicity yet provide excellent practice of fine motor coordination with a low-stress feel. Dot Collector is no exception! I absolutely LOVE that, although simple enough for a toddler to find successful, there is a certain amount of precision needed. My child with motor apraxia would be happy to get "close enough" to drop the dots but this provides him just enough challenge to stretch his skills without bringing on any frustration. And I really appreciate the musicality of this app. I find the audio on all of Ellie's Games apps to be pleasant and not over stimulating to the sensory-sensitive little people in my life. As always....YOU ROCK!!! *addition to review* my 10 yr old with fine motor issues (who, by the way is a "serious gamer") figured out he could grab more than one dot at a time. So now he uses all 10 fingers to grab as many at a time as possible to try to drop them all at once! This is awesome for developing his skills!!!

I love this app. It is very simple and easy to use, but also, fun for young kids. The point is to drag the dots to the hole until no more dots are left. Each time you clear the screen the dots reappear with the addition of one new dot. I use this app with a lot of my kids with Autism. They can easily attend as there are no distracting features and the gameplay is easy for them to pick up on. I also use this app when I teach the concept of one, some, rest and all. Great app!

I like Dot Collector because my caseload of visually impaired students also have multiple challenges and the settings are great because I can differentiate. The settings allow me to enlarge the dots, decrease the number of dots presented at a time and slow the movement considerably so my students can visually track them as well as try to collect them.