Smarty Ears Releases Its First Paper Product: GoSequencing Flashcards

Smarty Ears has built its reputation on creating high-quality applications for the iOS devices since 2009. The company founded by Barbara Fernandes has released over sixty iOS applications to date in a variety of areas of speech, language and communication. Smarty Ears is one of the most well-known and respected companies in the field, and its apps have been downloaded around the world by hundreds of thousands of users. This month, Smarty Ears is very proud to announce that it will be expanding its products to the paper based education materials by creating sequencing flashcards, games, and other materials that will help speech-language-pathologists and parents of children with special needs to practice speech and language skills.

Last month, Smarty Ears released a new app, Go Sequencing, which aims to help children practice sequencing skills in a variety of areas such as self-help skills, nature, school, playing and more. The app is available on the app store and includes language options for Portuguese and Spanish. Learn more on the GoSequencing page.

This month, Smarty Ears introduces a set of flashcards: Go Sequencing: Self Help Skills. This set contains fifty five cards for a total of nine sequences all involving self-help skills. Following Smarty Ears’ tradition for higher quality, the flashcards are bigger and higher quality than the traditional flashcards speech and language clinicians are accustomed to.

Each sequence contains a total of six steps, which is also not a typical length on other materials targeting sequencing skills. This gives clinicians and parents the flexibility to do simple tasks that include what happened first or last by using only two cards, or more complex tasks using anywhere from 3 to 6 cards on each sequence.

This set contains the following sequences:

1. Taking a shower
2. Using the toilet
3. Washing Hands
4. Putting on a shirt
5. Putting on pants
6. Getting dressed
7. Brushing teeth
8. Washing clothes
9. Making the bed

One of the great benefits of having a paper based product that can be paired up with an app is that the child can have the high tech solution of the virtual flashcards, audio and text within the app, and also have a more tangible traditional material that can be used by creative adults in a variety of games.

This is the first step for a company that continues to innovate in the field of communication sciences.