Good start - Letters tiny. Does not wait for child to say anything
Good start, pricy Letters are tiny. Make them a bit bigger or have setting Does not wait for child to say anything when asks say sh, no mic support?
Description
“PocketPhonics teaches the basics of reading and writing to young kids. Most surprising? It seems to work.” 148apps.com
PocketPhonics teaches kids letter sounds, first words and handwriting. It has been used in scores of Canadian schools, and tens of thousands of homes worldwide. Phonics (letter sounds) help children to read by understanding the sounds that letters make.
Independent research (see appsinmypocket.com/research) found children learnt nine times faster using PocketPhonics compared to a classroom lesson.
"One of my children’s favorite early reading apps" New York Times
“This app feels much like a private tutoring session for early readers with emphasis on letter sounds and writing.” everythingmom.com
-“If you are working on phonics for your kids, this is the best application to have.” Technology in Education
-“This app feels much like a private tutoring session for early readers with emphasis on letter sounds and writing.” everythingmom.com
-“PocketPhonics is seriously educational and I think it’s a terrific tool for helping early readers. You can tell that a ton of thought and research was put into it and best of all, they talked and listened to teachers. It shows.” iPhoneMom.com
-“When it comes to learning apps for young learners and early readers, there is no better choice than PocketPhonics." ipad-applications.neiia.com
PocketPhonics is split in to 12 groups of letter sounds, each group is followed by a set of storybooks that use those letter sounds. Kids read storybooks that are on the right level for them.
The phonics levels are included in the price of this "basic edition", but the storybooks cost extra. PocketPhonics Stories (full edition) includes the stories in the price.
In the first group of letter sounds, there are six sounds to master before the child will be able to read their first storybook. Most children aged 4+ start to read their first storybook within 10 weeks if they use the app for 15 mins everyday.
Parents and teachers can easily monitor children’s progress online. Teachers and parents are emailed a certificate when a child completes a task.
Children can tap an unfamiliar word in a story, and the app will sound out the letters to help the child understand what the word says. If that’s not enough, they can tap again to hear the actual word and see a picture that illustrates its meaning.
As the child reads a story, the app tests whether they can read some of the key words. At the end of the story, it quizzes the child on all new words in that story.
Children master the following skills:
writing letters
recognising 72 letter sounds (e.g. ‘ch’ are the letters that make the initial sound in ‘chat’)
* blending letter sounds together to make words (e.g ‘ch-a-t’)
* hearing a word and selecting its written form (e.g. the app says, “chat”, the child has to select ‘chat’ from a group of words)
How it works
* The phonics levels are included in the price.
* The books are extra, but can be tried for free. $1.99 monthly and $18.99 annual subscriptions unlock access to all books for an unlimited number of children
* The subscription gives you access to more books as they are added
* Once subscribed, your subscription auto-renews each month or annually. However, you can easily turn auto renew off via the Settings app
* Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase
* Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
* Cannot cancel current subscription during its subscription period
Privacy policy:
http://appsinmypocket.com/privacy
Terms of use:
http://appsinmypocket.com/terms
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PocketPhonics teaches kids letter sounds, first words and handwriting. It has been used in scores of Canadian schools, and tens of thousands of homes worldwide. Phonics (letter sounds) help children to read by understanding the sounds that letters make.
Independent research (see appsinmypocket.com/research) found children learnt nine times faster using PocketPhonics compared to a classroom lesson.
"One of my children’s favorite early reading apps" New York Times
“This app feels much like a private tutoring session for early readers with emphasis on letter sounds and writing.” everythingmom.com
-“If you are working on phonics for your kids, this is the best application to have.” Technology in Education
-“This app feels much like a private tutoring session for early readers with emphasis on letter sounds and writing.” everythingmom.com
-“PocketPhonics is seriously educational and I think it’s a terrific tool for helping early readers. You can tell that a ton of thought and research was put into it and best of all, they talked and listened to teachers. It shows.” iPhoneMom.com
-“When it comes to learning apps for young learners and early readers, there is no better choice than PocketPhonics." ipad-applications.neiia.com
PocketPhonics is split in to 12 groups of letter sounds, each group is followed by a set of storybooks that use those letter sounds. Kids read storybooks that are on the right level for them.
The phonics levels are included in the price of this "basic edition", but the storybooks cost extra. PocketPhonics Stories (full edition) includes the stories in the price.
In the first group of letter sounds, there are six sounds to master before the child will be able to read their first storybook. Most children aged 4+ start to read their first storybook within 10 weeks if they use the app for 15 mins everyday.
Parents and teachers can easily monitor children’s progress online. Teachers and parents are emailed a certificate when a child completes a task.
Children can tap an unfamiliar word in a story, and the app will sound out the letters to help the child understand what the word says. If that’s not enough, they can tap again to hear the actual word and see a picture that illustrates its meaning.
As the child reads a story, the app tests whether they can read some of the key words. At the end of the story, it quizzes the child on all new words in that story.
Children master the following skills:
writing letters
recognising 72 letter sounds (e.g. ‘ch’ are the letters that make the initial sound in ‘chat’)
* blending letter sounds together to make words (e.g ‘ch-a-t’)
* hearing a word and selecting its written form (e.g. the app says, “chat”, the child has to select ‘chat’ from a group of words)
How it works
* The phonics levels are included in the price.
* The books are extra, but can be tried for free. $1.99 monthly and $18.99 annual subscriptions unlock access to all books for an unlimited number of children
* The subscription gives you access to more books as they are added
* Once subscribed, your subscription auto-renews each month or annually. However, you can easily turn auto renew off via the Settings app
* Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase
* Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
* Cannot cancel current subscription during its subscription period
Privacy policy:
http://appsinmypocket.com/privacy
Terms of use:
http://appsinmypocket.com/terms
In-Apps
- Annual subscription for books
- $18.99
- Lifetime subscription - books
- $22.99
- Monthly subscription for books
- $1.99
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One of the first and still one of the best. Great app!
Great if used properly
Awesome app for learning to read and write. My daughter really likes it. Note: this app is NOT for learning the alphabet or letter names. If that's what you want, look elsewhere. It is perfect for learning phonics though.
Do NOT buy!
Worst app ever....After my 4 year old played with this for a while, I asked here some of the alphabet and she didnt know, instead she just made the sound and thought that was the letter!!!! Simple fix, make the app say the letter before saying the sound!!!! Deleted this app after I bought it.
Awesome!
Awesome app to help support the Language curriculum at Montessori. Motivating and fun for my 4 year old!
Using it in school
This ap is being used in my daughter's JK class. She seems to really enjoy it.
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Great app for young kinds, my 4 year old is enjoying and learning the tracing and sounds quickly.
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My kid likes this.
Amazing!
My 4 year old daughter loves this app. She is learning to write upper case and lower case letters. She is also learning how to read. Every parent should have this app on all their Apple devices. I highly recommend it.
Excellent App!!!
My four - year - old brother learned a lot from this app. This is the only thing we could find that taught the sounds of the letters and not their names. Thank You!
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App Info
- Category
- Education
- Publisher
- Apps in My Pocket
- Languages
- English
- Recent version
- 3.6.2 (2 years ago )
- Released on
- Dec 8, 2008 (15 years ago )
- Also available in
- United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Vietnam, New Zealand, Ireland, Malaysia, Kuwait, Denmark, Russia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Thailand, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Mexico, Pakistan, South Korea, Nigeria, Netherlands, Poland, Italy, India, Philippines, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Austria, Belgium, Taiwan, Turkey, Czechia, Singapore, Spain, France, Hungary, Israel, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Ukraine, South Africa, Peru, Lebanon, Kazakhstan, Greece, Finland, Ecuador, Algeria, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Chile, Belarus, Brazil, Azerbaijan, Argentina
- Last updated
- 3 days ago