Mack the Dog Early Language Development

Mack the Dog is an animated story about a loveable dog who gets into all sorts of mischief, while hunting for his bone! Hidden within the animated story, are 65+ first developing nouns for your child to identify and label.

This application was written and developed by Australian Speech Pathologist, Alana Noakes, to fill a gap within the iPad application market for comprehensive and research-based early language development applications.

This application supports vocabulary, comprehension and colour knowledge development, by utilising a research-based approach to language learning, in a series of fun, interactive and engaging activities.

Included with the animated story book, your child has 7 different learning levels to complete including;
Level 1. Matching 65+ nouns

Level 2. Identifying 65+ nouns
(i.e. touching the target picture when asked 'Find the clock'.)

Level 3. Labelling 65+ nouns
(i.e. Answering the questions, 'What's that?' or 'Who's that?')

Level 4. Identifying functions
(i.e. 'Find something that flies' or 'Find something that takes photos')

Level 5. Identifying categories
(i.e. 'Find an animal' or 'Find a item of clothing')

Level 6. Identifying parts of an object or animal
(i.e. 'Find something that has wings' or 'Find something that has wheels.')

Level 7. Following two-step instructions
(i.e. 'Touch the butterfly and then the bucket').


This application is suitable for for range of children including;
-Children with age-appropriate language skills, aged 2-5 years old.
-Children with language delays (with or without a disability), aged 3-8 years old.
-Children who are learning english as a second language, 2-8 years old.