Literacy Apps
Images Description
iSpy Phonics App |
iSpy Phonics lets children match the sound of the letter with the letters. This app includes bright colors and illustrations, and correct pronunciation of letters, all while you play the popular iSpy game. It's a great interactive way for the children to master their letter sounds.
There's also an option to add your own picture and record your own voice to match. If you are looking for a way to get involved with your child at home, you could help them with this feature. They will be sure to love it! Cost: $1.99 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ispy-phonics/id376809609?mt=8 |
Word Bingo App |
Word Bingo is a great app that gets your child practicing their sight words, and spelling. The app includes a spelling portion, sight word bingo, and two other sight word games. This app is a lot of fun, colorful, and provides initiative in getting the right answer. The more right answers, the more Bingo Bugs the child can receive, which will help them in the game.
This app ranges from Kindergarten to Third Grade, so you can continue to use it and have it help your child with his or her literacy skills. It gets them practicing literacy without them even realizing it. They will be learning, and won't even think anything of it! Cost: $0.99 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/word-bingo/id406264088?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 |
The Tree I See: Interactive Storybook App |
The Tree I See App is basically a visual storybook for the child to follow and read. It shows the writing and pictures on the pages and highlights the words as it comes to them in the story so the child can follow along. This app has the support of someone sitting there with the child, reading it to them, without actually having the person there.
This book has a very good theme that all parents will want their children to learn. It teaches children how friendships are formed and how to share with others. It has life lessons imbedded in it, not just the reading content portion that we want our children to know. *It was rated the best book apps of 2012. Cost: $2.99 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tree-i-see-interactive-storybook/id524768693?mt=8 |
Simplex Spelling Phonics 2 Syllables - Spell To Read App
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This app is mainly focused on syllables, and how they affect the way we read, speak, and write words. It has 650 sight words to introduce to the user. Out of the 650 words, they are broken down into lists based on spelling patterns, difficulty, etc. Each lesson, like class, builds off of the previous lesson. This app focuses on building skills such as syllables, sounds, spelling rules, and more. Having this app is like having your own personal tutor right beside you, but not boring in the least. Cost: $2.99 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/simplex-spelling-phonics-2/id527299540?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 |
Phonics Awareness App |
Phonics Awareness is based off of the learning standards for First Grade Reading that teachers must follow when coming up with how they are going to teach your son or daughter. In the app, the bugs guide your child and teach them some phonics. This app has the feature of giving your child direct feedback of how they are doing. If they didn't get something right, it will let them know and explain why they were wrong, or what the right answer was and why it was right. Cost: $1.99 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/phonics-awareness-1st-grade/id467417553?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 |