Bob Books #2 - Reading Magic HD
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Bob Books #2 - Reading Magic HD
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What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Bob Books #2 - Reading Magic HD is an interactive reading and spelling app for very beginning readers. It presents 12 pages of a book, which can be played on four different levels where kids spell most of the words in each sentence, one at a time. The pictures on each page starts out as black and white, and slowly fill with color as kids spell the words. The words, letters, and sentences are all read or sounded out for the child, with repetition and spelling tasks teaching step by step. The four levels gradually increase in difficulty, from dragging and dropping letters to match words, to selecting letters on your own to spell the given words. On each level, tapping words or letters results in their being read or sounded out loud. Once some of the pages on a level are completed, the level selection screen shows how many pages out of 12 have been completed for each level.
What’s It About?
BOB BOOKS #2 - READING MAGIC HD is a continuation from Bob Books #1 Reading Magic. It presents 12 new scenes and sentences. As with the first app, this app successfully replicates the book series' step-by-step phonics instruction by providing four levels with the same sentences. When kids have successfully matched the letters to the words (Level 1) or spelled out the words by choosing the correct letters among many other letters (Level 4), that object gets filled in with color. When kids have completed the sentence, the whole scene comes alive.
Is It Any Good?
Bob Books #2 Reading Magic HD is an excellent literacy app that teaches early reading in a gentle, interactive way. Kids slowly become more comfortable with letter sounds, reading short words, and spelling as they go through the 12 pages on each of the four levels. The artwork and feel of the app is the same as for the printed Bob Books, with the addition of soothing colors, fun animation, interactive games, and a gentle voice.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Read with your kids daily.
Stock up on variety of reading materials for kids, including phonics readers and traditional storybooks. Keep them where kids can access them easily.
Sound out and spell everyday words together.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
- Subjects: Language & Reading: phonics, spelling
- Skills: Thinking & Reasoning: applying information
- Release date: July 20, 2012
- Category: Educational Games
- Publisher: Learning Touch
- Version: 2.4
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 4.0 or later
- Last updated: August 22, 2016
Our Editors Recommend
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Excellent interactive early phonics storybook.
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