Fun With R vs Main Idea

****LOVE being able to progress monitor and plan future lessons based on progress! (Speech Time Fun)**** ****Fun with R is great for fun and ongoing practice of the ’R’ sound. (Nikki Heyman, SLP) The Fun with R app offers an intensive program for children to practice articulation of the most difficult to produce sound-R. The R stimuli in this app are organized in a way that allows speech and language pathologists to choose either traditional or phonetically consistent approach to R remediation. Fun with R app includes the following over 2000 audio recorded stimuli: -R in the initial, medial and final positions of words at the word, phrase and sentence level - R-blends in the initial position of words at the word, phrase and sentence level - Vocalic R: air, ar, ear, er, ire, or in the initial, medial, final positions of words at the word, phrase and sentence level - Additional rl in the final and medial positions of words at the word phrase and sentence level In addition users are able to select specific words for each phoneme in the session, customize words and add their own photos and recordings. Virtual Speech Center Inc. always includes some fun game or rewards in their apps and this time it includes 3 GAMES in the Fun with R app: -Flashcards -Matching Game -Bingo Game Fun with R is easy to navigate and allows users to employ several tools to perform the following: -enter multiple students -customize the word lists -add your own photos and recordings -change settings -select multiple phonemes -save selected phonemes for next sessions -select auto-scoring -enable or disable written picture descriptions -enable or disable special effect sounds -use audio recording feature -track correct and incorrect responses -view reports in table and graphical forms -e-mail results at the end of the game

** Happy Frog Apps are featured on FunEducationalApps.com. TeachersWithApps.com, Appolicious.com, iHeartThisApp.com ** 'Main Idea-Short Texts' helps kids who have trouble with reading comprehension. Identifying the main idea is a key part of reading comprehension as it allows you to figure out ‘what a text is about'. 'Main Idea -Short Texts' builds this comprehension skill step-by-step until mastery. Accolades for the first app in the Main Idea series... ***** 5 Stars - Thank you for this app! Other software I’ve used has moved too quickly for my son. This one worked! ***** 5 Stars - This app is one the best education apps I have used with my little one. It really helps to improve his reading abilities. He is obsessed with passing the levels and it never let him disappointed. One of the few apps that worth to upgrade to premium version. 'Main Idea - Short Texts' is targeted to children in Grades 2-5 who can read the words, but don't understand what they read. Beginning readers in earlier grades can also benefit from the targeted skill development. The focus of 'Main Idea - Short Texts' is teaching kids how to identify the main idea of a paragraph. The skill is built incrementally using visual guides. Key Benefits: - Builds comprehension skills step-by-step until mastery. - Incremental learning. New levels are unlocked only when your child is ready. - Frustration-free learning. Your child will always be guided to the correct answer. - Fun and engaging Reward Center to increase motivation. - Easy parental review. Just check out the stars to see how your child is doing. - Content designed by professional teachers and researchers. - Advanced levels include timers to ensure fluency. Research shows fluency in the foundation skills is critical to reading comprehension. - Can be used independently (just hand it over: your child will know what to do!) or with a therapist/parent for reading intervention. - Provides extensive reporting for up to 10 students to suit the needs of parents, teachers and therapists. Our apps are designed for and tested by typical and special needs children. Testers include children with Autism and other special needs. Our apps work for them! To evaluate the app, download the free version, which has 4 free levels. Additional levels and additional players can be accessed with in-app purchase. If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the School Edition of this app. While you're thinking about reading, check out our other apps at www.HappyFrogApps.com. We take customer service very seriously! If you ever have a problem or find that we've missed something, contact us at our website and we will do our best to fix the problem. We collect NO private information in our app. None! Our apps do not allow unrestricted web access.