First Phrases User Reviews

First Phrases
First Phrases
Hamaguchi Learning & Development, LLC

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Love the new data collection feature!

Just started playing this app with my preschool kids since the update and they love the new thumbs up animation when they say it correctly. Data collection and replaying missed questions is also welcome. Thanks for continually improving these treasured classic apps!

Love this

I bought this app for my granddaughter to help with her speech. She is very young. I wish the recordings could be stored some way, maybe at the end of a session. It would be nice to look back and see her progress, as well as have something sentimental to save. I am sure teachers could use that function as an evaluation tool to share with students and parents. Great app.
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One of my favorites BUT needs bug fixes!

As a speech therapist this is one of my favorite apps and I used it all the time with my face to face clients. I now solely do teletherapy and would love to use this app with so many of my clients. I use Zoom web platform and when I screen share my iPad, it starts out fine and then disconnects my screen share when the animation starts. This is so frustrating because I know I could get so much use out of the app, but with that glitch it makes it u unsable. Please fix so I can love this app again!
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Excellent

Great range of items, good setting controls , and nice use of video and speech recording. Adult guidance is a must. Kids are very motivated and entertained while learning and practicing.
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Love it

Excellent in the right therapist hands. Keeps kids attention while helping to expand language skills in a functional way.

Using a Lot!

I was able to use this with a variety of speech and language children right away. Itโ€™s simplicity makes it easy to customize for each, to change the way I present it for each childโ€™s unique needs and they are all motivated to imitate. I get a lot of repetition from the students. It is great for them to be able to hear themselves. They do not always like or are confused by hearing there own speech in other circumstances that I have tried, but they seem to respond well to it in this program. Well worth it.
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Great

I had problems with the app not working when I bought a new iPad. I'm so happy to have it working again. It's a great app for practicing structured sentences. Thank you.

Best language app I have!

This app is fantastic. I use it with my 5 year old autistic son and his two year old brother. The boys love the animation and are motivated to repeat the phrases. We bought this app about a month ago and we've seen huge leaps in my 5 year old's expressive language. This app has done more for his language in a month than his special ed preschool has done in a year. I can't recommend it highly enough.
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Great app

Always love apps from Hamaguchi! This one helps my students learn to focus and expand their language skills.

Problem after yesterday's update

This app is wonderful and WAS working perfectly until yesterday's update. Now after you press "start" to begin to record the phrase, while at the same time tapping the phrase to read and say it, the words in the boxes now DO NOT FLIP to show the phrase. I even deleted the app and reinstalled it to see if it would correct itself and it did not. I double checked all settings on my end and they are set correctly. This needs corrected as it is a key aspect to this app.
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Great app

This app is fun and easy to use. I like that as a parent I can easily begin to use this app to help my child. Good for kids with special needs and early learners.

Love this app!

My kids love using this app in the classroom! It's great for working on verbs, fluency recording, etc. Also great is being able to customize the app for each student's individual needs! Thanks for an app that's great to use with all of my students!

Fun app!

My son had a great time with this app! He especially loved hearing his own voice when saying the phrase! A great reinforcer!

Great!

Great app for students beginning to put phrases together. Drawings are simple yet recognizable. Animation is a plus for student engagement!

Excellent app for teaching 2-3 word phrases

This full version app is so versatile for teaching 2 or 3 word phrases. It is customizable for the needs of the user. One can choose different narrators, choose between 2 or 3 word phrases, choose from simple verbs or verbs with prepositions, choose from easy, normal or challenge play, and choose recording modes. One an also choose the number of times the user taps the phrase before the animation acting out the phrase begins. This is a great app!!!
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A great app for beginning language

A great app for beginning language. Wonderful pictures, animations and audio. I love the record/playback as the students love to hear their own voices!

Excellent App

I just love this developer. Fantastic characters and scenerios. Child can record their voice and try again if they don't get it right the first time. Excellent PICS that are easy to understand. Easy 3 word phrases that are commonly used. Great way to get your child to work on phrases instead of just 1 word replies.
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Another great app

Hamaguchi is known for creating easy to use apps with engaging graphics and clear audio and this app does not disappoint. A very useful tool for those with emerging language skills.

The options are endless!

A great app for learning to put words together in phrases. It starts off, for example, "tell the bear what to do" and then you touch the phrase and it says"eat the cookie". Then it shows a small clip of a bear eating a cookie. Next you can record the phrase and then listen to your recording. The options for making easy or difficult are fantastic.
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VERBS!

This is a wonderful way to introduce verbs to young students! The pictures provide visual supports that will make it possible for the students to not only visualize but also be able to get a concrete understanding of the concept.