SOUND BEGINNINGS

SOUND BEGINNINGS

Phonemic Awareness Games

736 ratings
11 reviews
Free
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Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • August 4, 2012
  • August 18, 2021

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About

This app offers interactive games designed to build foundational reading skills by focusing on phonemic awareness. It helps children identify and use letter sounds at the beginning, middle, and end of words through engaging matching activities.

โœ“Twelve learning games for phonics and reading
โœ“Identify beginning, middle, and ending sounds
โœ“Match letters to pictures
โœ“Match pictures to letters
โœ“Adjustable difficulty with word length
โœ“Customizable round lengths
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What's New in SOUND BEGINNINGS

3.0

August 18, 2021

Lessons and lesson tracking were added. Two games were replaced for better concept conveyance. More words were added. If you like this app, please leave a review. Reviews REALLY help. Reviews are much APPRECIATED.

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User reviews

One of the best!

Sound Beginnings is an outstanding app. PreschoolU is one of the best developers for research-based reading apps. They produce the most accurate and well-designed phonemic awareness and phonics apps available on the market. Because the voices can be adjusted for male, female or child, they are equally suitable for people of all ages.
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Willie

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Help learning beginning letter sounds.

This is helping our grandson letter sounds and improving his vocabulary. Thank you.

Great word analysis app

This app has children discern the sounds at the beginning, middle and end of words.
You can match pictures to letters or letters to pictures.
It is straightforward and simple in its design and yet this app is still a great educational tool.

Nice app!

This is a very simple app, which I like. It has a few bells and whistles to motivate the kids but not too much that it forgets it's an educational game. I like the options you have and the pictures are very cute.

Being a reading teacher, there are a few things that I would add or change:
1. In your sequence of levels, I would put ending sounds before middle sounds. Vowel sounds are harder to hear.

2. When you say the word, it would be nice to have the word segmented. Maybe the could be a hint button the kids could push if they couldn't figure it out and then the word wouild be segmented into phonemes. c- a - t

At any rate, it's a cute app as is but I would love to see the above suggestions implewmented into the app. Thanks for your hard work!
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FAQ

What does Sound Beginnings do?

Sound Beginnings is an educational app that helps build strong alphabetic principle skills and foundational reading abilities. It uses interactive games to teach children about phonemic awareness, specifically focusing on identifying and using the sounds of letters at the beginning, middle, and end of words.

What are the key features of Sound Beginnings?

The app includes twelve learning games that provide practice in phonics and reading. Key features involve identifying the beginning, middle, or ending sound of a word through matching letters to pictures and pictures to letters. Users can also adjust the difficulty by selecting word lengths and the number of matches per round.

How much does Sound Beginnings cost?

The app is free to download and offers in-app purchases. This model allows users to try out the educational games and then purchase additional content or features as needed.

What age group is Sound Beginnings for?

Sound Beginnings is designed for preschool children and early learners who are developing their foundational reading skills. It has been tested with preschool children to ensure maximum fun and learning potential, making it suitable for early childhood education.

How does Sound Beginnings teach letter sounds?

The app teaches letter sounds through interactive matching games. Players match letter sounds to pictured objects or vice versa, focusing on the initial, medial, and final sounds of words. The games allow users to hear the sounds of letters and the names of objects aloud, reinforcing the learning process.