ID: sawyer.elapps.rocketreader
Version: 0.10.5
File Size: 8Mb
Rocket Reader - Sight Words Screenshots
Rocket Reader - Sight Words Description
Rocket Reader Sight Words is a fun and simple way to get your preschooler or toddler reading fast! Designed by a former preschool teacher turned medical student, the idea behind the app is to teach kids to recognize words the same way they learned to recognize sounds and faces: exposure and repetition. The magic happens in two stages:
Learn mode: Your soon-to-be reader plays a simple matching game, matching a displayed word with one of four choices below. This gets your reader in the habit of mentally grouping letters into words and exercises their growing working memory. While your reader is busy matching, each match word is repeatedly spoken out loud, helping him or her associate each word with its sound.
Review mode: The training wheels come off. There is no more word up top to match, only the sound of the word being spoken out loud. Our future reader uses associations made in Learn mode to match what they hear to the options they see.
Features:
•Over 200 words with matching audio for your reader in training to learn and practice.
•Friendly construction paper aesthetic.
•Two game modes to make a fluid transition from alphabet recognition to reading short words.
•Customizable word lists to maximize repetition.
•Kid-friendly sounds and animations fun enough to keep kids coming but tame enough to not distract from learning.
About the Developer
As a former preschool teacher in South Korea, I helped scores of children learn to read and write in English. They would start their preschool year at age 3 to 4 only knowing a handful of English words, but by the end of the year they were reading simple books and writing in basic but full sentences all on their own. Fast forward three years, and I am now a soon-to-graduate medical student planning a career in pediatrics. I have had the opportunity to spend the last few years doing research in early literacy screening.
More importantly, I am now a father of two. With my oldest son, now 2 and a half years old, it was as easy to coach him on recognizing ABCs as it was to teach him colors and animal names. But then we got stuck. He just was not old enough to understand all the instructions behind the sound it out method. We tried one reading app after the other, but they all were either far too simple, required the kid to already be reading, or were 5% educational and 95% mindless babysitter. We tried flash cards, but they just could not keep his attention long enough. After months of feeling like my kid was spinning his literacy wheels I decided to stop waiting and start coding. Now, after weeks of testing it with him, we both get excited to have him help read stories at night, not full sentences yet, but every "go", "it", "the", "so", "car", "dog", and many other short words on the page.
This app is not intended as a replacement for time spent reading with your child. Please follow the recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics to limit screen time in children to one to two hours per day. Remember, "young children learn best by interacting with people, not screens."
-More information at: http://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/Pages/Media-and-Children.aspx