Parents' Guide to Kids Learn to Read

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Dana Anderson By Dana Anderson , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 4+

Cute app moves kids closer to independent reading.

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Why Age 4+?

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What's It About?

Kids learn via three games: Learn to Blend, where kids tap letters to hear words sounded out letter by letter; Try Reading, in which kids match easy words (like "cow" and "pig") to pictures; and Make Words, where kids practice spelling by choosing the correct letter on a block to complete words made up of letter blocks. A woman's voice sounds out each letter as it appears on the screen to help kids learn the skill of sounding out letters and letter combinations that they are seeing visually.

Is It Any Good?

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For kids who have already tried the first two apps in this series of pre-reading apps (Kids ABC Letters and Kids ABC Phonics), this game will present further gentle learning challenges inching kids along to independent reading. Many kids will especially enjoy the colorful elements in the games that include walking a little turtle across a word bridge and giving skateboards and helmets with matching words to cute animal characters.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Set up letter blocks or other forms of movable letters (even note cards will do) to play the "Make Words" game off-screen with more challenging words.

  • Encourage kids to sound out the words they've already learned on this app when you see them elsewhere -- on signs or in storybooks, for example.

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