User Reviews: SightWords Pro

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  • Nice app!

    I really love this app and can't wait to use it on my iPad with my students. I can already invasion it's multiple uses. I would like to see more font choices and a way to save customized lists. Then it gets 5 stars! The upgrade to the pro version was well worth it for just 99¢, it included so many words!
  • Great app

    Easy to create cards from high frequency lists. Nice pronunciation with an annoying voice. Simple to use. Kids can practice independently with the speaking on or practice with an adult. I took off 1 star because I would like to create multiple lists. I hope that they upgrade soon to multiple lists.

    It will randomize the color so the card is not the same color every time. With my sons real cards, he was learning to read them using the color as a cue. It was great at first but I needed to take him to the next level.

    Overall, my son enjoys it. I love it.
  • My students love it!

    I'm a Special Education Teacher. I've been using this app and Sight Words 2 and Sight Words 3 with my students for about a year. It's simple, and perfect for them to review their sight words by themselves. I'm just living dangerous by letting them handle my iPhone, which they can't believe their good fortune that I'm letting them touch it. I'm not sure whose most frequent word list of the English language the developers are using. I'd love the rest of the 1,000 most frequently used words composed by Dr. Fry.
  • Add some spice

    Spice it up a little. The voice sounds like Stephen Hawking, and the app icon looks like someone made it in 2 seconds. How about a little background behind the words and a child's voice for saying the words (boy and girl).
  • No Swiping???

    I like the size of the words and the simplicity of the screen but there is no button to go back through the sight words. The swiping capabilty would allow me to go through a limited number of words and then go back to review them. Wish I'd known about this problem before I bought the app!
  • Delivers as expected

    Agree with prior reviewer in that some pronunciations are bad. However, if you are trying to teach a five year old to read, it's a handy, unintimidating tool.
  • straight-forward & very helpful!

    Although this app has simple graphics, it has been a great tool for my son to learn his sight words (which are difficult because they are often not easily "sounded out!") We make a game out of it by trying to get 10 right in a row and he has made a lot of progress with the sight words he had trouble with before. In the first 10 minutes of our simple game, he learned 5 new dolch sight words and are now looking forward to the next set of dolch words! Couldn't be happier with this purchase!
  • Not Good

    very simple word. "she, was" etc......
  • I Looove it!

    Finally a smart game! My little ones love to play with my iphone, and now they can learn to recognize the words too!!! A++++

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