Intro To Reading by Oz Phonics vs Math Slide

Interested in teaching your child to read, or helping an adult struggling with reading? This app introduces the Oz Phonics reading system. Available in American, British, Australian and New Zealand accents. See video demo on http://youtube.com/user/ozphonics American accent demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvMPvCsDJhk Australian accent demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6MWD5SinlY Do I need to help my child with this app? Once your child understands the games/exercises in this app they can play them without help. We do, however, think that adult interest in the learning to read process is invaluable. It will benefit your child if you understand how the system works and you may well learn new things that will surprise you. This app introduces 15 letter/sound relationships. Short vowel sounds /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/ and 10 consonant sounds for letters c, d, g, h, l, m, n, r, s, t. More sounds are introduced in our other apps. Exercises in this app Warm Up - This is a simple matching game with a difference: animal sounds, not pictures. This is to train your child in the first reading and spelling skill – listening. Two friendly ‘long-tongue’ lizards help by removing matched sounds. Sound Match - OK! Your child is now ready to start listening to and matching some of the actual sounds of the English language. Being able to differentiate between sounds and match identical ones is fundamental to the reading and spelling process. Now your child needs to learn the alphabetic principle, which is hearing a sound and knowing which letter make it, and the reverse, see a letter and knowing what sound it makes. The later is called decoding and will provide your child with the skills required for working out new words. Sound-to-Letter - Once your child can identify individual sounds, they need to learn how these sounds are written down. A crocodile and bird provide a few surprises here. Letter-to-Sound - Now we’re reversing the order – your child needs to know what sounds the written letters make. They can also learn capital letters by a simple touch. Making Words – Words are made up of one sound after another. This illustrated, guided exercise will help your child put together words from the sounds/letters they have learnt in earlier exercises. Word Test – See how many words your child can read using the Oz Phonics method. Who can use this app: -Parents who want to teach their children to read. -school age children who are struggling to learn to read at school. Check that they know their sounds, particularly the vowel sounds (not the letter names). -Parents who want a better understanding of phonics. If your child is not a “natural reader” then improving your own understanding of phonics can greatly improve your chance of helping them. -Dyslexic children and adults who struggle with reading. Phonics has been shown to be particularly effective for teaching dyslexics. -ESL (English as a Second Language) students. The sounds of English differ from other languages and in order for ESL students to make themselves understood, they first need to become aware of the sounds they’ve never spoken in their mother tongue, and to practice making these sounds themselves. Oz Phonics is committed to helping children and adults learn to read. If you have feedback or suggestions for our apps, we’d love to hear from you. Please visit us at www.ozphonics.com or contact us at support@ozphonics.com

Math Slide: Basic Facts is a multiplayer game helping children to learn addition, subtraction, multiplication & division basic number facts. Players play and learn by sliding tiles into the center to match an image, answer or equation. To progress and succeed at mathematics children need to be able to easily recall basic number facts. Math slide is a fun way to learn and practice this key skill. This School Edition can be used with Apple’s Volume Purchasing Program for Education VPP and contains the same games as Math Slide: add & subtract and Math Slide: multiply & divide. Features • Multiplayer game, suitable for one, two, three or four players • Games can be played in Competition Mode or Collaboration Mode • 20 games all focused on basic number facts • All games can be played unlimited times • Each game is a little harder than the previous game • The app focuses on a critical math concept vital for success How to play 1. Select Competition Mode or Collaboration Mode 2. Select a game to play 3. Players join the game by pressing the ‘Join’ button 4. Press ‘Start Game’, wait for the count down, then play 5. Slide a tile into the center to match the image, answer or equation 6. Once tiles are used the game ends Math focus of each game Addition & subtraction Game 1 – representing doubles & pairs to 10 Game 2 – doubles up to 10, pairs that equal 10 Game 3 – doubles up to 10, pairs that equal 10 Game 4 – representing number facts up to 10+10 Game 5 – addition facts up to 10+10 Game 6 – subtraction facts up to 10+10 Game 7 – addition & subtraction facts up to 10+10 Game 8 – number facts with answers to 20 Game 9 – pairs of number facts: 6 + 7 = 8 + ? Game 10 – triples of number facts: 6 + 5 + ? = 15 Multiplication & division Game 11 – 2x, 5x, 10x number facts Game 12 – 2x, ÷2, 5x, ÷5, 10x, ÷10 number facts Game 13 – 3x, 4x number facts Game 14 – 3x, ÷3, 4x, ÷4 number facts Game 15 – 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, x ÷ number facts Game 16 – 6x, ÷6 number facts Game 17 – 7x, ÷7 number facts Game 18 – 8x, ÷8 number facts Game 19 – 9x, ÷9 number facts Game 20 – 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, x ÷ number facts Maths Adventures Limited is a New Zealand company helping children learn mathematics. We develop apps that focus on the key concepts that need to be fully understood to progress and succeed in mathematics. Our apps range from learning to count up to understanding and using fractions and decimals, with each app focusing on one key concept. We believe: • Everyone can learn mathematics • Playing educationally rich games and apps improves understanding • Learning math should be fun and exciting, a rewarding adventure Math Slide is part of our ‘play and learn’ series, which are games high in educational value where children learn as they play. Our apps are research based and classroom tested to make sure they help children learn. We use the power of the iPad and technology to empower teachers and help children understand and learn key math concepts and to unravel misunderstandings.