Lovely to look at, slight pronunciation changes necessary to make it perfect
It's fantastic that there's a British English version, and I also like the pictures and animation.
I only wished the speakers had really used a clear and correct way of saying the sounds in a precise 'phonics' way and not sometimes correctly, sometimes saying it 'somehow'.
A couple of the sounds are spoken with an 'uh' at the end: instead of saying mmm the voice says 'muh' for m.
P: Letter is spoken a bit like 'pay'
E: letter is spoken like ay in pay,
O: not in in free version included but picture of owl, so sound and word don't come together ( octopus works better, phonics-wise)
x: letter & sound are spoken 'ex'
I still think of buying the full version although I'm a bit dreading to say always 'but at school you need to say mmm not muh'. I also would wish for a second version with digraphs - owl would be great for 'ow' not for 'o' (which I don't see as a critic but just ad a wish as there's a lack of resources for that next step).
As a non native speaker & primary school teacher & mum of reception class child I'm looking for help with learning sounds & letters including pronunciation but haven't found the perfect app or toy yet, although this app had the potential to be fabulous with some slight changes.
I only wished the speakers had really used a clear and correct way of saying the sounds in a precise 'phonics' way and not sometimes correctly, sometimes saying it 'somehow'.
A couple of the sounds are spoken with an 'uh' at the end: instead of saying mmm the voice says 'muh' for m.
P: Letter is spoken a bit like 'pay'
E: letter is spoken like ay in pay,
O: not in in free version included but picture of owl, so sound and word don't come together ( octopus works better, phonics-wise)
x: letter & sound are spoken 'ex'
I still think of buying the full version although I'm a bit dreading to say always 'but at school you need to say mmm not muh'. I also would wish for a second version with digraphs - owl would be great for 'ow' not for 'o' (which I don't see as a critic but just ad a wish as there's a lack of resources for that next step).
As a non native speaker & primary school teacher & mum of reception class child I'm looking for help with learning sounds & letters including pronunciation but haven't found the perfect app or toy yet, although this app had the potential to be fabulous with some slight changes.
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Phonics mummy
The moving animals are so cool and it's good that the letter sounds are said. However, using the wrong letter sounds and wrong examples for the letter sounds used would confuse a children who are just starting to learn how to read. This app is nice but needs some corrections. I regret that I bought this. Whoever made this obviously did not consult a reading specialist or even a teacher.
The hard /g/ was used for the letter sound but used the soft /g/ as an example - giraffe. Better use G gorilla.
For letter /i/ same thing. Could have used I iguana.
Octopus or ostrich would be better example for the letter O.
The /r/ got bad rolling sound in the UK version. It sounded like /w/.
Unicorn starts with the long /u/ sound so it's not good example for the letter sound used. Umbrella fish would match the short vowel sound that was used for the letter U.
Vultures scream, they do not make a sound of a man yawning.
The /ks/ sound should be used for the letter X and the /z/ for Z.
I hope they would correct the mistakes and update the app.
The hard /g/ was used for the letter sound but used the soft /g/ as an example - giraffe. Better use G gorilla.
For letter /i/ same thing. Could have used I iguana.
Octopus or ostrich would be better example for the letter O.
The /r/ got bad rolling sound in the UK version. It sounded like /w/.
Unicorn starts with the long /u/ sound so it's not good example for the letter sound used. Umbrella fish would match the short vowel sound that was used for the letter U.
Vultures scream, they do not make a sound of a man yawning.
The /ks/ sound should be used for the letter X and the /z/ for Z.
I hope they would correct the mistakes and update the app.
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Needs some improvements
The /a/ sound is more like the <o> sound in ostrich, and the other letter sounds should be more like your <s> -- without the /uh/ attached. There is no letter sound(s) for <x>, which should be /ks/, you simply repeat the letter name, unless I wasn't touching the app screen at the appropriate place. It's engaging, but phonemically inaccurate.
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Great preschool app
Just what I was looking for for my three year old. He likes the animation and introduction of upper and lower case letters. I tried the lite and decided to get the full. Didn't do that with the other two I tried. They were deleted.