Paid for this twice
Worked fine on my phone for my boys to play with. Got my son an iPad and had to pay for it again. Only this time, went to sign in and have tried multiple times but won’t app just stalls. So bought it but unless you sign in (which it won’t let me do), you can’t use it. Waste of money.
Science of reading
As someone trained in the science of reading, I was excited to try this app, but I encountered a few instructional choices that gave me pause.
For example, the app uses an orange to teach the short o sound. However, orange does not begin with the short /ŏ/ sound—it begins with an r-controlled vowel sound (/or/). When children are first learning letter-sound correspondences, it's important to use clear, accurate examples.
Another activity instructed my child to "click the sound /s/" but then displayed both the letters c and s. Since both letters can represent the /s/ sound, the prompt was ambiguous and left my child confused. If the goal is to assess phoneme recognition, the activity should avoid multiple correct answers unless alternate spellings have already been explicitly taught.
These may seem like small details, but accurate, explicit instruction is foundational in the science of reading. Young learners benefit from consistent examples that reduce confusion rather than introduce exceptions too early. I appreciate the app's engaging format, but I hope these instructional choices are reconsidered to better support beginning readers
For example, the app uses an orange to teach the short o sound. However, orange does not begin with the short /ŏ/ sound—it begins with an r-controlled vowel sound (/or/). When children are first learning letter-sound correspondences, it's important to use clear, accurate examples.
Another activity instructed my child to "click the sound /s/" but then displayed both the letters c and s. Since both letters can represent the /s/ sound, the prompt was ambiguous and left my child confused. If the goal is to assess phoneme recognition, the activity should avoid multiple correct answers unless alternate spellings have already been explicitly taught.
These may seem like small details, but accurate, explicit instruction is foundational in the science of reading. Young learners benefit from consistent examples that reduce confusion rather than introduce exceptions too early. I appreciate the app's engaging format, but I hope these instructional choices are reconsidered to better support beginning readers
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5 stars
It is so fun and my kids have learned a lot
Man oh man
So fun
Disappointing
You wanna know how bad this app is? They don’t pronounce some letters correctly. Example: The P sound is a keyboard clap sound. I have to tell my kiddo, that’s not correct, p is ppuu. That’s how bad this app is. And the whole thing is amateur city.
