Timocco is one of 15 ed tech companies awarded funding through the NewSchools Ignite Special Education Challenge. Each cohort member is committed to create or expand an innovative ed tech product to help millions of students across the country who receive special education services achieve their most ambitious dreams. In addition to the funding, NewSchools will provide management assistance and create a community of practice for the cohort members. We will be expanding research and … [Read more...]
Spring has Sprung: Get Moving in New Creative Ways!
The days are getting longer and warmer, which means there is more time to play Timocco! March 20th marks the first day of a new season, spring. We’re excited to shed our winter layers and work on developing more motor, cognitive, attention, and social skills. Playing Timocco with the hands/arms is great, but have you ever thought about playing with other parts of the body? Below are some awesome examples of new ways to make Timocco an even more useful tool in your “therapy toolbox”. You can … [Read more...]
Game Highlight: Fish Spell offers great variety of Skill Development!
Timocco’s platform has so many great games for skill development, and we wanted to take some time to highlight one of our favorites, Fish Spell. The name of the game does contain the word spell, so there is definitely a letter/word component to this game, but it doesn’t have to be played with letters; you can also play with colors or shapes. The game mostly works on motor accuracy and efficiency, sequencing, spelling, as well as visual perception & discrimination. To play ‘Fish … [Read more...]
OTs..Want To Win A Ticket To The AOTA Conference?
Want to win a free ticket to this year's AOTA Conference in Chicago (a $508 value!)? What about experience Timocco's motion-based play therapy platform for FREE? You know the old saying, to kill two birds with one stone, well this is one of those moments! You know the old saying "to kill two birds with one stone", well this is one of those moments! Any OT who registers for a free trial of Timocco through March 17th is entered into a drawing for 2 tickets to the AOTA Conference in … [Read more...]
NEW GAMES!!
We recently launched two new games geared towards older kids, and updated three of our current games!! Be sure to check them out!! Spaceboard - Navigate through space on your board while catching coins and avoiding obstacles! Play it with one controller attached to the shirt around chest level. You can attach our controllers to a shirt using a paperclip or hair "claw". Ancient Temple - Climb your way up the temple's wall and complete two-handed tasks between climbs. This game works only … [Read more...]
Eye-Gaze News!
Timocco has been tested and cleared for usage with the EyeTech TM5 mini eye tracker! This tracker is a fast, accurate eye gaze camera allowing you to control your device with your eyes. What’s the difference with this tracker? The TM5 mini eye tracker offers complete on-board processing, relieving the host tablet or speech device of all the processing burden. Check out this video of the TM5 being used to play Timocco’s Balloon Game! Looking for more information on Timocco and eye-gaze? … [Read more...]
First U.S Training Session-Akron Public Schools
Today we traveled to Akron Public Schools to conduct our first U.S training session, which is complementary with the purchase of Timocco licenses. We worked with a number of talented and knowledgeable Occupational Therapists and Physical Therapists that work with students in grades pre-K through 12th. One of the many great benefits of Timocco is the ability to use any red,green or blue round object to play our games. We put this to the test at our training today, using items such as a big … [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...]
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...]
Part II- Ask Sarit: Hi, I’m looking for games that can help prepare my son for school. What games do you have that are good as preparation for school work?
Last week in the first part of my answer I talked about improving motor/balance skills to better prepare your son for the demands that starting grade school might present. Timocco currently has 16 games designed to improve a range of early learning abilities such as letter recognition, number recognition, mirror lettering, quantity perception, color identification, shape matching and whole-part perception. You can find these games by choosing 'early learning' in the skills filter, and while I'm … [Read more...]
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