Great UK English App
that my 2-3 year started on and is now reading beautifully from its assistance
Description
“Best app for learning phonics ... Everything is taught exactly as it would be in school, with the same methods as outlined in the national curriculum” iPad for Kids 2013
PocketPhonics teaches kids letter sounds, first words and handwriting. It is used in over 300 UK primary schools, and tens of thousands of homes. It follows the national curriculum, and independent research (see appsinmypocket.com/research) found children learnt nine times faster using PocketPhonics compared to a classroom lesson.
“PocketPhonics teaches the basics of reading and writing to young kids. Most surprising? It seems to work.” 148apps.com
"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 abc PocketPhonics." ipad-applications.neiia.com
We’ve also had coverage in the Daily Telegraph and Guardian.
PocketPhonics is split in to 12 groups of letter sounds, each group is followed by a set of storybooks for those letter sounds. Kids read storybooks 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. They can tap again to hear the 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 (more UK handwriting style options than any other app)
* 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. £1.49 monthly and £12.99 annual subscription unlock access to all books
* 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 is used in over 300 UK primary schools, and tens of thousands of homes. It follows the national curriculum, and independent research (see appsinmypocket.com/research) found children learnt nine times faster using PocketPhonics compared to a classroom lesson.
“PocketPhonics teaches the basics of reading and writing to young kids. Most surprising? It seems to work.” 148apps.com
"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 abc PocketPhonics." ipad-applications.neiia.com
We’ve also had coverage in the Daily Telegraph and Guardian.
PocketPhonics is split in to 12 groups of letter sounds, each group is followed by a set of storybooks for those letter sounds. Kids read storybooks 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. They can tap again to hear the 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 (more UK handwriting style options than any other app)
* 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. £1.49 monthly and £12.99 annual subscription unlock access to all books
* 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
- £12.99
- Lifetime subscription - books
- £17.99
- Monthly subscription for books
- £1.49
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User Rating
4.34 out of 5
108 ratings in United Kingdom
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Excellent
This App is worth every penny. My son learned reading due to this App. Thank you very much.
POCKET PHONIC APPS
Such an amazing app for little ones learning to read. My 3 year old grandson thoroughly enjoys his screen time with this very user friendly app. It has allowed him to become very confident with recognising and writing letters, so much so, that his nursery teacher remarked on his phonics knowledge. An added bonus of this app is the Weekly Progress Report, accompanied by printable Achievement Certificates which are awarded as each level is achieved - an exciting and proud event for little ones. After each set of phonics are mastered, there are accompanying ‘books’ to reinforce the learning, followed by new sets of phonics... books... phonics etc. All in all, I believe this app to be second to none. Also, another bonus is the very reasonable cost!
Ms
Not easy for children to use when it constantly asks you to sign up for a free trial of the book app. The older version was much better and more simple for children to understand.
No login allowed
This app used to be great for my kids as aligns with their schools teachings. However despite purchasing this app I now am being prompted to sign in but it is not recognising my email. Advice please
Subscription!!
I paid for this app with my daughter and had access to all content. It’s a brilliant app, however, Now it is a subscription service and I can’t access half of it. Wished I hadn’t done the update now.
PocketPhonics
It is amazing me and my son had a great time playing PocketPhonics
Fun, easy and memorable
This is a brilliant app for children learning to read and write. My daughter loves to practice writing letters and sounds. Pocket phonics lite, helps her to recognise sounds and put them together easily to read high frequency words. Simply, Listen, choose the letter, write the letter, blend out loud to make the word! My daughter loves the applause at the end too! Thank you, Pocket lite.
Disappointed
I paid 6.99 for this up all the sudden I can't use the service anymore been told it's been cancelled and refunded now I have to pay a monthly or yearly subscription.not good at all very disappointed.
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11
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Learn to Read & Spelling Tests
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iWriteWords
Handwriting Game
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Counting Board
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SPELLING MAGIC 4
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TeachMe: Reception
Math, Reading, Writing & More!
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13
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1 year ago | |
Little Digits Finger Counting
Early Maths for Children
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20
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7 months ago | |
HB Phonological Awareness
Part of the HearBuilder Series
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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