abc PocketPhonics: letter sounds & writing + first words 1.6.2


Category: Education
Price: $1.99 -> $0.99 (iTunes)

Description:

66% off. Apple Staff Favourite. "Best" award from iPhoneAppsPlus.com. Macworld app of the day.
iPhoneMom.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.”
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Macworld - "Teach your kids to write with this innovative educational iPhone app ... help young children understand letters, and start the road to reading."
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THREE-APPS-IN-ONE
Only PocketPhonics follows the “synthetic phonics” method - the keystone of the “Reading First” part of the “No Child Left Behind Act”.

PocketPhonics uniquely combines in one app:

- Letter sounds
- Letter writing practice
- 170 first words

PocketPhonics is loved by kids and praised by teachers because it’s educationally powerful and engaging.

Of course, like all apps that best sell themselves, there’s a FREE version (“abc PocketPhonics Lite”), so you can try before you buy.

LETTER SOUNDS
Simply put, phonics (letter sounds) is about helping children learn to read by understanding the sounds that letters make.

The Congressionally-mandated National Reading Panel concluded that children who have “phonics instruction read better and spell better than other children”.

Why letter sounds (phonics)?
Letter sounds (how we say letters when we use them in words) are not the same as the letter names (what we call the letters). For instance, sound out slowly to yourself "cat". And you can see that the sounds that make up the word are nothing like what we call the letters.

A child who knows their letter names won't actually find that this helps them to read even simple words like “yes". By contrast, a child who knows their letter sounds will learn to read words they’ve never seen before.

PocketPhonics teaches the letter sounds for the letters in the alphabet. It also teaches over 30 letter sounds that come from combining letters together (like “sh” and “ch”), because they are key to reading so many frequently-used words. Most apps only teach A to Z.

LETTER WRITING
PocketPhonics visually demonstrates how to write each letter. An obvious thing to do, but quite tricky to program (and you’ll have to look hard to find another iPhone app that does this).

Children enjoy practising their writing by tracing the letter with their finger; with a shake they can erase their old writing and try again.

Options under the PocketPhonic’s Settings screen allow you to choose between:
* two popular handwriting styles like those taught in US schools
* lowercase, uppercase and cursive letters.

PocketPhonics checks the accuracy of your child's writing (can be switched off and the tolerance varied - touch the Settings button).

170 FIRST WORDS
Using a unique, "blend letter sounds to make words" spelling game, children have fun learning to sound out and spell over 170 frequently-used words.

There’s nothing else like it on the App Store.

HOW POCKETPHONICS WORKS
The first screen shows the six most commonly-used sounds. Once your child has practised each sound, they then play the word game. It teaches them frequently-used words composed from the sounds they’ve learnt. Reinforcing their learning with animated figures heralding their success.

Once they’ve learnt these first six sounds, they move onto the next group.

HOW IT WAS DESIGNED
This application was designed and reviewed by teachers who use synthetic phonics to teach children to read.

PocketPhonics focuses on letter sounds because they are key to reading and it doesn’t confuse children by trying to teach them the letter names at the same time.

SUPPORT
We always love hearing from our customers. Touch the “help” button on the first screen within PocketPhonics.

What's New

This upgrade delivers the following features requested by customers:
* lots of new settings so you can customize the app's behavoir according to the needs of your child and how you want to use PocketPhonics (touch the settings button on the first screen and look under each of the different tabs on the Settings screen to see all the options) ;
* lots of small improvements to make the word game work better for your children.

When you upgrade, please consider taking a moment to leave a rating or review for PocketPhonics. Touch the “like this app?” button within PocketPhonics to access the App Store review screen. All feedback is much appreciated.
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