List/Grid Tag Archives: phonics
Elmo’s Birthday Bash — A Step Into Reading
Review excerpt: The first in a planned series of early reading apps (a Step Into Reading) from Random House, Elmo’s Birthday Bash: A Step Into Reading combines a 30-screen story ...
Reading Raven
Review excerpt: This iPad app provides step-by-step reading lessons designed to help young children learn to read. It features the Reading Raven companion, who guides children along ...
Kumon Uppercase ABC’s – Learn to Trace Letters
Review excerpt: Carefully constructed and very didactic (controlled) this letter tracing app contains two activities specifically designed to teach children to write uppercase letters ...
Bob Books: Reading Magic 1
Review excerpt: The Bob Books app is based on the print editions of a popular workbook series (learn more at www.bobbooks.com). The app presents a step-by-step word-building experience, ...
My Own Story Time Pad
Review excerpt: This toy delivers a close to endless supply of letter-related skits, stories and-or songs, delivered on a very low-tech black and white LCD screen. It is possible to ...
Word Wizard
Review excerpt: Turn your iPad into a talking alphabet/language generator. To build a word, you drag it from an alphabet strip onto a 44 letter grid, where it snaps into place, pronouncing ...
abc PocketPhonics
Review excerpt: While light on “fun” (the “game” consists of a multiple-choice letter matching activity), the most valuable part of this app is the ability to ...
My Word! Reader: Are Bees Smart, or What?
Review excerpt: Ideal for children in need of some extra spelling and comprehension practice, My Word! Reader is designed for older readers. At the heart of the app is a story called ...
Montessori Crosswords
Review excerpt: This collection of word puzzles includes 300 words, each with an associated picture. Any word, letter or picture can be heard with a simple touch. In the easy level, ...
My Reading Tutor
Review excerpt: Put a reading teacher in your Nintendo DS, in this single cartridge title that can track up to three children. In the “Learning Track” mode, children work ...
Smarty Ants
Review excerpt: Put a phonics teacher inside your preschooler’s plush toy, with Smarty Ants, a $30 talking dog designed to teach early reading essentials. Borrowing from the ...
ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy
Review excerpt: This subscription-based curriculum for preschool through kindergarten lets children explore a wide variety of content in a structured way. After you log in, and pay ...
Leapster Explorer: Disney Princess Pop-Up Story Adventures
Review excerpt: This new format Leapster cartridge (for Leapster Explorer only) targets girls with seven princess-themed games. As you flip through pages of the book, reading-related ...
Sebastian’s Tail (Lite)
Review Excerpt: One of a library of Qbooks, Sebastian’s Tail is an eBook on an iPhone with excellent text decoding, but some weak points in the interface. There are also two additional ...
Reader Rabbit Kindergarten (DS)
Review Excerpt: Warning. If you’re expecting to find the charm of the original Reader Rabbit titles, first published by The Learning Company, you’re in for a disappointment. ...
Alphabet Soup
Review Excerpt: Designed to look like a pot of soup, this battery-operated phonics toy comes with an attached talking spoon that prompts children to find the letters needed to spell ...
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