# Speech Sounds for Kids - Aus

> Educational app for children to improve speech sounds and phonemic awareness. (iPhone/iPad app by Carol Bishop.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/speech-sounds-for-kids-aus/id822516884 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Carol Bishop](https://appshunter.io/developer/472927131)
- Category: Education, Medical
- Price: $3.99
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 2 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 138 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2014-02-24
- Data updated: 2026-06-07
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/speech-sounds-for-kids-aus/id822516884/reviews.md

## What is Speech Sounds for Kids?

Speech Sound for Kids is an app for promoting phonemic awareness, auditory discrimination and speech sound production using a multi-sensory approach.
 
This app can provide many hours of speech therapy and early literacy programming. 

It is recommended for children aged approximately 4 years – 7 years, however younger and older children may find it useful depending on their individual needs. The app helps children produce and explore the 22 consonant sounds of English using a multi-sensory approach. It also allows for the users’ results to be recorded and sent to their therapist or teacher. It’s perfect for home practice! 

Each of the sounds is represented by a friendly little character called a Sound Buddy. With the help of the Sound Buddies, children learn to identify, discriminate and produce each sound – and they start to learn letter-links too! The program has a strong emphasis on developing phonemic awareness and articulatory awareness too.

Animated stories, videos of a child’s mouth saying the sound and Hand sound cues are all provided to help the child learn each sound. The child can record the sound or word and listen to how they went, and these recordings can be saved to monitor progress.

Children can play games like colouring the Sound Buddy (Touch when you hear the sound), Who said that sound?  Who said that word? and matching games of varying degrees of difficulty.

In time, children become familiar with more and more Sound Buddies, thus increasing in their phonemic awareness (speech sound awareness) and understanding of correct speech sound production. Listening and production tasks are provided for both single sounds and also for each of the sounds in words. There are over 300 fun pictures to help with word practice! 

Several sounds can be combined in tasks after they have been “studied” individually, allowing children to develop a strong awareness of the similarities and differences between sounds. 

Phonemic awareness (speech sound awareness) has a causal relationship to reading and spelling development. When children become aware of individual sounds in words, they can begin to “map” them on to letters. Articulatory awareness is the knowledge of the articulation required for each sound. Studies show that individuals with dyslexia have weak articulatory awareness and training in this domain can increase performance on literacy tasks. 

The Goals of the App 

1) To help children learn about and practise specific sounds required for clear speech. 
2) To heighten children’s awareness of sounds (phonemic awareness) which is vital for speech therapy tasks and which is a strong predictor for success in literacy-learning 
3) To heighten children’s articulatory awareness and auditory awareness of sounds (phonemes) which has been shown to assist children who have reading difficulties. 

Scope of the App 

There are five main parts to the app which work towards achieving the goals listed above. They are:- 

1) learn to identify and make a specific sound (as represented by a Sound Buddy) 
2) learn to identify and make specific sounds in the first position of words 
3) learn to distinguish and produce different sounds (from the current set of sounds being studied) . 
4) learn to distinguish and produce different sounds in the initial position of words (from the current set of sounds being studied) 
5) build a bank of familiar sounds that can be identified and produced as single sounds and also in the initial position of words 

This is the Australian voice version.  A US voice version is also available in the App Store.

## Key features

- Multi-sensory approach
- Phonemic awareness development
- Auditory discrimination
- Speech sound production
- Interactive games
- Progress recording
- Sound Buddy characters

## Recent user reviews (2 of 2)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/speech-sounds-for-kids-aus/id822516884/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Great help for little children

*2014-05-16*

This app is very well build. The multi sensory approach is excellent executed. They hear the sound, they "see" the sound with a handcue, they see lips making the sound and they can practice the sound by recording their own voice and play games where you have to listen to the sound, or match the sound.
This app is the only one my daughter likes to play at our home speech practice. She is 3 years old. She repeats the sounds and likes to hear the little stories.
Love it!

### 5/5 — Fantastic app for speech!

*2014-03-18*

A great app that helps kids learn to identify and say all the speech sounds in a fun, interactive way.
It is easy to use with lots of different tasks so the kids don't get bored too quickly. One of the best features of this app compared with others is that the kids can record their own speech and listen to it play back. 
Even though it is targeted at children aged between 4-7 years, it can easily be used by younger children with some adult assistance  to encourage their discrimination and production of sounds or by older children who need some extra practice at these skills to assist with their speech or literacy. 
It is perfect as an interactive way for kids to do some home practice in between speech therapy sessions. 
This app is definitely worth it's price, as it's such a professional, versatile and feature packed app created by a Speech Pathologist.

## Frequently asked questions about Speech Sounds for Kids

### What age range is Speech Sounds for Kids - Aus recommended for?

This app is recommended for children aged approximately 4 to 7 years old. However, younger and older children may also find it beneficial depending on their individual speech and literacy needs.

### How does Speech Sounds for Kids - Aus help children learn speech sounds?

It uses a multi-sensory approach with friendly characters called Sound Buddies, animated stories, videos of mouth movements, and hand cues to help children identify, discriminate, and produce speech sounds.

### Can I track my child's progress with Speech Sounds for Kids - Aus?

Yes, the app allows users to record their child's sound production and save these recordings. This feature helps monitor progress and can be shared with therapists or teachers.

### What types of games are included in Speech Sounds for Kids - Aus?

The app features various games designed to reinforce learning, such as coloring activities based on sounds, 'Who said that sound?' quizzes, 'Who said that word?' games, and matching games of different difficulty levels.

### Does Speech Sounds for Kids - Aus have ads?

No, Speech Sounds for Kids - Aus does not contain advertisements. It is a paid application designed for focused learning without interruptions.

### What is the price of Speech Sounds for Kids - Aus?

Speech Sounds for Kids - Aus is available for a one-time purchase of $3.99.

### What devices is Speech Sounds for Kids - Aus compatible with?

Currently, Speech Sounds for Kids - Aus is supported on iPads. Future updates may expand compatibility to other devices.

### How often is Speech Sounds for Kids - Aus updated?

The app was last updated on February 21, 2023, with version 1.3. Update frequency can vary based on developer plans for new features and improvements.

## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.3 — 2023-02-21

Fixed a bug where recordings were not being automatically replayed when complete
Updated to support the latest devices

### 1.2 — 2020-09-29

Fixed an issue where videos were not being displayed on some devices
Fixed a number of small bugs
Updated to support the latest devices

### 1.1 — 2017-09-04

Minor update to provide support for iOS11.

### 1.0 — 2014-02-24

No release notes.

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