AGO Phonics Sound Pad vs MidiPhonics

Learn English phonics sounds, spelling patterns and vocabulary with AGO Phonics Sound Pad — now completely free and ad-free. Tap a phoneme to hear its sound, then explore illustrated example words with clear US English pronunciation. Switch between male and female voices and work through seven levels of phonics content, from early sound awareness through more advanced spelling patterns. AGO Phonics Sound Pad includes: - 7 phonics levels: Zero, Levels 1–5, plus AGO Link - 250+ phoneme and spelling targets - 700+ illustrated English words - Male and female US English voices - Simple tap-to-hear sound boards - 8 illustrated phonics game ideas and classroom activities - Support for 12 interface languages - No ads and no in-app purchases The app covers far more than the ABCs. Learners can explore short and long vowels, consonants, blends, digraphs, diphthongs, r-controlled vowels, silent letters, word families and many other common English spelling and pronunciation patterns. Great for English learners and beginning readers AGO Phonics Sound Pad is designed for children learning to read English as well as ESL/EFL learners. Teachers and parents can quickly check the pronunciation of unfamiliar words and sounds, making it particularly useful when English is not their first language. The clear visual layout makes it easy for children to explore sounds independently, while teachers can use the sound boards for whole-class practice, games and phonics activities. Works with AGO Phonics card games The app is also a companion to the AGO Phonics card game series. The levels, sounds and vocabulary correspond closely with the cards, so learners can quickly hear words and phonemes while playing. Explore, listen, practice and play — all phonics content is now available free.

MidiPhonics is a dynamic English learning program that provides a multimedia approach to introduce the alphabet, letter sounds, and the blending of sounds. Through the integrated readers, phonics-based activities, songs and multi-platform learning engines, children build a strong foundation in phonemic awareness and develop the ability to read with confidence. The program is designed based on the synthetic phonics approach (also known as blended phonics). Blended phonics is a method of teaching children to link letters or groups of letters to the sounds they represent, and then blend these letter sounds together to read words. With the MidiPhonics app, learning is extended from group learning in the classroom to independent learning at home. Children can listen and read along with the animated readers; sing jingles and songs; play word activities; and improve their pronunciation and reading skills with the built-in speech recognition function.