Here at Timocco we’re ushering in the new year with yet another new game we’ve been working on! On the fun side: ‘Shoot for the stars’ is all about a multi-colored cannon that shoots fireworks. Players need to aim the cannon at the target that’s the same color before the fireworks launch to score. But don’t hit the wrong target, those rockets might bounce back… watch out for that! On the skills-building side: Shoot for the stars works across a range of motor and cognitive skills: … [Read more...]
What a fun year it’s been at Timocco!
The year’s almost over and here at Timocco we’re looking forward to 2015, and hoping it’ll be as good as a year as the one that’s finishing up. We had a great year, we hope you did too, and we’d like to tell you a little about what we did this year: We launched six new games in 2014 - Ladybug, Cookie Mania, Dig it, Hungry Frogs, Fish Spell and Feed the Rabbits, games that work on a range of skills, including executive function, motor control and motor planning, timing, early learning and … [Read more...]
A Big Thanks to the BIRD Foundation!
Here at Timocco we’re elated to announce plans for a joint project with Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital to develop and research a cost-effective web-based therapeutic game platform for children with physical challenges. The project is thanks to a grant from the BIRD Foundation, which promotes research and development in industries that mutually benefit Israel and the United States. The project is aimed to enable physiotherapists, clinicians and parents to better control and … [Read more...]
Christmas Trail Game Therapy Activities #3
Our plan this week is based around our Christmas Trail game, which encourages children to explore cause and effect and to improve range of motion. And there’s only a week left till Christmas so this will be our last therapy session of fun activity ideas to tell you about until then! (If you’re looking for more ideas and missed our last 2 therapy ideas posts, you can find them here and here.) Christmas Trail - Game #3: We suggest you start off playing Timocco’s Christmas Trail game - see if … [Read more...]
Surf’s Up! – Check Out Our New Website
Well, if you’re already here and reading this you may have noticed… our new website is up and running! We humbly invite you to peruse, surf and browse through our new matrix of pages designed to explain how Timocco works and who it’s suitable for, in clear and clarifying prose. So what’s new? We’ve added a detailed ‘skills’ section, explaining how playing Timocco games develops individual core motor, communication and cognitive skills. You can also find information on how Timocco games … [Read more...]
Christmas Games Therapy Activities #2
This week’s Christmas activity plan is built around our new Christmas Treasure Game. Our in-house OT team has packed a bunch of fun ideas into it to keep everyone entertained over the holiday break! You can do this session as a private therapy or a group treatment with 2 kids if you’d like to work on improving communication skills as well. Christmas Treasure - Game #2: Timocco’s Xmas Treasure game aims to improve bilateral coordination and upper body strength, and … [Read more...]
Ladybugs premiere proves most popular game launch ever!
Since our Ladybugs game premiered Nov 27 we couldn’t help but notice how quickly it’s been chalking up game plays… more than any other new game launch before. So we wanted to say thanks to all those who’ve been helping the Ladybugs over the bridge and get home! If you haven’t had time to check out the game yet you can log-in here and get straight to it - the aim of the game is to move the bridge so the ladybugs can get across, and make sure not to let the annoying mosquitoes follow … [Read more...]
Christmas Games Therapy Activities #1
To go with our three new Christmas games this holiday season our in-house OT team has put together three session plans, one based around each game, that we’ll post here each week leading up to the holiday. We hope you enjoy them! Xmas Album - Game #1 The Xmas Album game aims to improve upper body strength, range of motion, bilateral coordination, movement efficiency, attention and perception skills. We suggest starting off your session (of around 45 minutes) with about 10-15 minutes of … [Read more...]
We’re proud to “bug” you about our new game!
Happy Thanksgiving everybody! We’re very excited to introduce to you the latest addition to our line-up of skill-building developmental virtual-motion games: Suitable for all ages, Ladybugs was developed and designed in a joint collaboration between our R&D department and our in-house team of Occupational Therapists (who may have had just a little fun themselves while working on the project!) Ladybugs aims to further develop the following core skills: Motor … [Read more...]
Therapists – Personalize Timocco now so you can show your clients where the fun’s coming from!
We know how important the link is between therapists and those they treat, and so we've taken on board a few ideas from our users that will help therapists personalize Timocco's gaming platform. Our new feature allows therapists to post their own logo to the Timocco website - so whether at the clinic or at home, while clients are having fun using Timocco they'll see their therapist's logo and know who to thank for all the fun! To set it up, therapists just need to … [Read more...]
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