Leave a Review Word Wizard for Kids School Ed
Excellent App!
Recently purchased to add to my iPad Learning Centres for Language Arts Enrichment. It is a great app and popular with students too! Unique features make this a must buy for parents or teachers! Customer service was wonderful by company when I was originally looking for a new app to add to my collection.Show lessPatrick_Johner
Helps adults with autism to communicate
I have been a speech pathologist for over 30 years and am always looking for new ways to help non-vocal clients communicate.
One young man would only use his alphabet board with his father because he didn't find that others were patient enough.
He spelled out, "THEY DONT THINK I CAN TALK I CAN TALK I AM SMART"
With WordWizard he can take as much time as he needs, then press Talk!
My only suggestions to improve the app:
1. Move the Talk button so clients with fine-motor issues don't keep hitting Settings.
2. The Space key in Qwerty is great but also needed in ABCD layout.
3. Provide a way to try other layouts, e.g., for clients with better vertical than horizontal scanning
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HIJKLMN
OPQRSTU
VWXYZ
Thanks for a great app,
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Fantastic
I am a Special Education teacher, working with K-1 students. Over the years, I have downloaded over 850 educational apps. Word Wizard is one of a handful I use every day. I love that we can now put in multiple users. Support is wonderful, very fast and responsive. I use the app in two ways. The spelling quiz is very easy to customize and terrific for independent practice at any level. I also use the movable alphabet for kids during reading time. If they can't remember a difficult word or a name, we just type it in and kids can touch it as often as they like. If kids come to a word they don't know, they type in a few letters, or the whole word, and are able to keep on reading without asking for adult help. An outstanding app that just gets better with every update!Show lessReading Buddies
Very helpful
I absolutely love this app for spelling test help wi my daughter, and I love that I can import my own lists. One down side is that the words are not always pronounced as they should be, but I'm there to help correct it. We love the start and hearts and playful interaction afterwards. We also love the crossword app. Great purchase and definitely worth it!Show lessMiranda Rae Carter
Perfect for spelling practise!
This app is perfect for spelling practise and just playing around.Sacred Everday
I speak word I
This app is so much fun my son enjoy to moved the letter around and tries to figure things out . It is an excellent app to have to learn to put word togetherSharwama
Excellent app for simple communication
This is a very useful app for teaching and learning words and simple phrases. My three year old grandaughter who is learning to read and write can chat with her uncle who is profoundly deaf, he can not speak or hear the app but can read and write to her and she can pick up on the voices.
She is also using to to talk! to her dolls and other toys, and more recently with her friends.
The keyboard and display can be varied as required ie qwerty, Alphabetic, upper or lower case and mixed.
Well worth the money in fact a bargain even at a higher price. What looked like an interesting gimmick has turned out to be a valuable tool for teaching. It is refreshing that it is not laden with exhortations to spend money on neccessary improvements.
As it stands it is probably the best app I have bought so far and the developers are to be congratulated and thanked.
Possible improvements would be the addition of numbers .
If the app vould be linked with itunes or similar to display with apple tv on larger screen it would be a great bonus for more than two people to use at same time
Added comment 31st october 2012
The app has been upgraded now with numbers and a new male voice, and is even better than before.
The includion of simple arithmetic would be a bonus particularly since the numbers are clearly pronounced.
A possible improvement would be the includion af a child or juvenile voice, preferably uk standard english
Added comment may 2015
This app has been improved so that it no longer can be updated on my grandaughters ipad. Since the ipad is first generation it is not vompatible with ios 7 or later. This is very disappointing since a later ipad is too expensive.
While the original app still works she is upset that it is not the same as her friends version, and at five and a half years old summed up the the latest change as the work of a silly man. I mudt admit I have to agree with her.Show lessLazydavy
Developer Response
Thanks for review - I suppose that you did not want to rate it only 1-star ;-)Great app
This is a really good app to help kids learn to read. My only recommendation to the developers is that there needs to be a button to go back to the main menu in a prominent position. Having to go into the settings menu to find it lets my kids change all the settings which is annoying.Khfiydhjchjfiyfkyfukfykftouch
Developer Response
Thanks for your feedback - next version will have a dedicated button to go back to home pageWord wizard.
Love this app. We homeschool so I use this with All About Spelling and All About Reading curriculumKarecar
Awesome app
My kids love it, my 5 yr old uses the built in lists, my older ones put in their spelling words from school to work on them. It's great!Benaar0n
