READING MAGIC 3 vs ArtikPix Levels

Unlock the Magic of Reading with READING MAGIC 3! Transform your child into a confident reader with READING MAGIC 3! This app makes learning to read an exciting adventure through interactive activities focused on short vowel words containing multiple syllables. 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

"It's the best app with the most flexibility I have ever used for articulation.” Suzanne Berhow, SLP “I absolutely adore the app! It is so clean and crisp, full of content and options!” Angie Gorz, Parent “All in all, a great app. ArtikPix Levels Plus is well worth the cost.” Mary Huston, SLP ArtikPix Levels is the next level articulation app! ArtikPix Levels has 3 engaging activities for students to produce their speech sounds at various levels as they swipe through flashcards, find matching pairs, and spin a wheel. In ArtikPix Levels, students can practice at the word level in the Matching activity, and they can practice at the word, phrase, sentence, and paragraph levels in the Flashcards and Pick or Spin activities. During the 3 activities, students interact with real photos from 1 or more of the following 24 decks: b, ch, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, l-blends, m, n, p, r, r-blends, s, s-blends, sh, t, th, v, w, y, z. ArtikPix Levels has a total of 1,477 possible cards across the 24 decks with an average of 62 cards per deck and 126 cards in the “r” deck. More astounding is each target has content for the word, phrase, sentence, and paragraph levels; this means it is possible to have nearly 1,500 words, 1,500 phrases, 1,500 sentences, and 1,500 paragraphs in the app! The free version of ArtikPix Levels includes the “th” deck with in-app purchases to buy individual decks or all of the decks at once. The paid version of ArtikPix Levels Plus includes all 24 decks. To achieve an individualized experience for your students in ArtikPix Levels, configure each student on the following features: ◦ My Decks: select the desired decks ◦ Customize My Decks: customize the decks by selecting/deselecting sound groups (e.g., initial s) and individual words ◦ Grammatical Levels: select word, phrase, sentence, or paragraph levels ◦ Syllable Length: choose 1, 2, 3, and/or 4+ syllables ◦ Matching Level: select Easy (3 pairs), Medium (6 pairs), or Hard (10 pairs) Additionally, the following features are available for your students in the activities: ◦ Switch between students (up to 8 per activity) for individualized content and scoring ◦ Switch between the levels via tabs at the bottom of the activities ◦ Each target word is underlined in the phrase, sentence, and paragraph levels ◦ Pre-recorded professional audio for the word, phrase, and sentence levels. The paragraph level does not have audio, as it is intended as a reading task. ◦ Audio recording for audio feedback ◦ Video recording for visual feedback ◦ Take notes for each student and select prompt types (gestural, physical, verbal, visual) as necessary by tapping on a selected student ◦ Scoring for each sound group (e.g., final f) separated by independent and prompted responses ◦ Tallied data is automatically converted to percentage-based data ◦ Undo tallying mistakes by tapping the numbers at the bottom of flashcards or matching ◦ Save data in the app organized by student names, timestamps, sound group, and independent or prompted responses ◦ Export data to clipboard, email, and email as CSV ◦ Configurable options for audio (e.g., auto play and tap to play audio) and visual (e.g., hide matched cards) ◦ If you have purchased all of the pre-made content in the app, you can create your own custom cards using the camera, photos, or an Internet search.