READING MAGIC vs Beyond Cats! Kindergarten Math

Unlock the Magic of Reading with READING MAGIC 1! Transform your child into a confident reader with READING MAGIC 1! This app makes learning to read an exciting adventure with interactive activities focused on short-vowel words, specifically CVC (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) words. Meticulously designed to provide an advanced boost to your child’s phonemic awareness, this app combines three foundational pillars of literacy science into one powerful, interactive ecosystem: Blending (Listening), Segmenting (Speaking), and Decoding (Reading). Grounded firmly in Science of Reading principles and utilizing University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) guidelines, READING MAGIC provides specific, precise training with extensive repetitions to help young brains bridge the gap between spoken sound units and complete words. IDEAL FOR BOTH BEGINNING PRE-READERS AND STRUGGLING READERS For Beginning Pre-Readers: A stress-free launchpad. By practicing words through pure sound sequences first, your child masters the internal mechanics of reading without cognitive overload. This keeps them from being frustrated by trying to learn separate, difficult skills at the same time. For Struggling or Remedial Readers: If your child's reading is hesitant or choppy, or if they guess at words, this app provides the targeted intervention recommended by modern reading science to help young brains bridge the gap. THREE CRITICAL SKILL-BUILDING PILLARS While many phonics programs completely overlook the auditory mechanics of reading, our program systematically guides your child through the complete progression of decoding: Skill 1: Blending (Listening): Interactive listening activities train your child’s neural processing ability to hear isolated sounds in words and join them together mentally. This builds the vital auditory runway required for future fluency. Skill 2: Segmenting (Speaking): True spelling and reading independence require the ability to pull spoken words apart into their individual sound units. These exercises build explicit awareness of the acoustic structure of language. Skill 3: Decoding (Reading): The ultimate bridge to literacy. Your child applies their mastery of blending and segmenting directly to text, smoothly moving from spoken sounds to visual words. STRUCTURAL SPACING & INSTRUCTION (Science-Backed Layout) Our app builds the actual findings of reading science directly into the user interface for maximum visual clarity: Anti-Crowding Design: Peer-reviewed research, including Marinus et al. (2016) and Wery & Diliberto (2017), demonstrates that generous letter spacing is critical for early decoding. By placing each letter on its own isolated card with distinct physical gaps, our layout eliminates visual crowding, allowing your child to isolate each sound unit cleanly. True Comprehension: The app strictly discourages picture guessing, forcing children to rely purely on their decoding skills to foster true comprehension and build lasting confidence. INDEPENDENT LEARNING & AESTHETIC SIMPLICITY Distraction-Free: Our minimalist design eliminates overstimulating audio-visual clutter, excessive sound effects, and animations to keep your child entirely focused on the mechanics of reading. Stress-Free Growth: Built-in natural feedback loops offer gentle corrections, nurturing self-discovery and independent learning at your child's own pace. EXPERT RESEARCH BACKING "Before a child can read fluently with their eyes, they must be able to blend fluently with their ears. Weakness in auditory blending is one of the strongest early predictors of later reading failure." — Dr. Joseph Torgesen, Florida State University. "Teaching students to blend and segment benefited their reading much more than did a multiple-skills approach... and teaching phonemic awareness with letters created effect sizes almost twice as large as teaching children without letters." — The National Reading Panel (NRP) Meta-Analysis.

Awarded the "Editor's Choice Award" by the highly regarded Children's Technology Review! Here is the MATH practice app that you have been looking for. . . one app that covers NUMBERS and GEOMETRY practice for your Kindergartener throughout the year! The difficulty level progresses with your child as he or she learns. "Overall a very comprehensive, unusual, engaging maths app for Kindergarteners." 4.5/5 Stars - the iMums "I highly recommend it." & "Very well done." 4.5/5 - AppyMall Whimsically drawn animals create a jovial and motivating environment in which to practice math. And MATH is the primary activity in this app! Your child will engage in a variety of content each time he or she plays theGames. There are dozens of question types, with hundreds of possible question and answer configurations. The Beyond Cats! series of apps showcases a unique multiple-choice game-play that allows the player to self-check his or her answers at ANY time - just slide out the answer puzzle tab! ***9 Squares ***9 Questions ***9 Answers When you slide out the answer puzzle tab, check to see if the puzzle pieces are in the right place. If the animal puzzle looks jumbled, that shows that there are some wrong answers. Tap the mis-placed pieces to send them back to the game. The answer you were looking for will be available again. Keep on playing! How many animals can you collect from around the world? This format encourages delayed gratification and critical thinking skills such as strategic competence, adaptive reasoning, spatial reasoning and a sense of independence. All excellent life-learning skills. PARENT and TEACHER FEATURES *Up to 50 customizable player accounts *Two levels to begin at, progressively harder problems *Set practice topics *Check-in to monitor progress *Reset individual topics or entire player *Directly reference which Common Core State Standards for Mathematics topics are covered The young learners will be actively engaging in these topics at an appropriate academic development level, moving towards a conceptual understanding of key ideas and structures within the study of mathematics. NUMBER SENSE: (CCSS K.CC.1-2,4-7, K.NBT, K.MD.2, K.OA.1-5) *Recognition *Counting *Sequencing *Relativity *Addition *Subtraction *BaseTen GEOMETRY SENSE: (CCSS K.G.1-6, K.MD.1-3) *Colors *Shape ID *Classification *Positioning *Patterns *Symmetry and Direction *Data and Measurement Grades 1 and 2 and also available! MaypopDesigns is a member of the Moms with Apps developer community and proudly supports the KNOW What's Inside program to promote safe online privacy policies for children's mobile apps. -We never collect personally identifiable information. -We do not generate any performance reports. -There are no in-app purchases. -Links to our website, Facebook and iTunes have a parental gate. -There are no advertisements. -We do not use any third parties in any way. YouTube: http://youtu.be/_mAhL6eNtMs