Apps that Teach Kids Spelling

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Learn Sight Word with Smiley Sight Words App

Sight words are very important in reading ability development. According to Patricia Cunningham in Phonics They Use, “In order to read and write fluently with comprehension and meaning, children must be able to automatically read and spell the most frequent words. As the store of words they can automatically read and spell increases, so will [...]

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The Trip – Little Critter Reading Adventure

What fun Apps! The Trip Little Critter Reading Adventure is based on Mercer Mayer’s classic book of the same title and features his incredible original artwork. It is a story book app with two options. One is to go on a Reading Adventure, two is to just read the story yourself, which is a great option for [...]

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FREE App: Learn with WorldFriends

Learn with WordFriends is an educational game from WordWorld, the Emmy-winning show seen on PBS. It is a TV show teaching kids about words. I found their website have a lot great activity ideas helping young kids on their literacy. In the app, kids will see the familiar characters if they’ve been watching the show. They [...]

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Addictive Vocabulary Game for Elementary Kids

A while ago I introduced Mindsnacks Spanish app. Now they have a kids vocabulary app with similar game settings. Different from typical ways that English is taught at school, the app groups words by context. The first lesson is all about animal life, so you see the words: omnivore, carnivore, herbivore, fauna, scavenger, voracious. Kids can jump [...]

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Free App: Endless Alphabet

Endless Alphabet is a very cute app teaching kids letters and spelling. The developer of this app also developed The Monster at the End of This Book. It is a free app. When kids open the app, they will see words with monster pictures. All words are arranged by alphabetic order. There are many different [...]

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Free Valentine App – First Words Valentine

Valentine’s Day is next week. I found an educational Valentine app – First Words Valentine. It is a free app teaching kids about letters, how letters relate to words, and how to spell words. It is designed for toddlers, with limited words, but all are Valentine related. When kids start the app, they will see [...]

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App Review and Giveaway: SAT Vocabulary

After I reviewed Word A Day Visuals and Audios, I found out the developer VocabAhead has some other vocabulary apps. One of them is SAT Vocabulary Visuals and Audios. It has over 1000 SAT most common words. Like Word A Day Visuals and Audios, SAT Vocabulary uses funny pictures and story audios to help kids learn. [...]

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Scribblenauts – Teaches Creative Thinking and Spelling in One Game

Scribblenauts Remix is a fun game that the whole family can enjoy. I like it especially for the open-ended play. There is no right-wrong answer. You solve a puzzle in your own unique style. The app has a variety of brain-teasing puzzles. The solutions to the puzzles are endless, so you can re-play the same [...]

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Free App: Learn Spelling with Fun – VocabularySpellingCity

Now kids are back to school. This means weekly spelling lists started. I found a great app that can help the busy parents keep track of the lists, and ensure the kids are learning the words with fun: VocabularySpellingCity. It is free. With the app, your child will be able to learn the words from [...]

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Half Price Now – Zoo Train for Pre-school Learning

Zoo Train is a learning app designed for preschoolers, teaching basic concepts of number sequence, word spelling, shapes, and music. It is from the developer who created the Bug Games, which was reviewed and recommended by iGameMom a while ago. It is now $0.99 with 50% off at App Store. There are 5 games in the [...]

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TeachMe

TeachMe is another app series goes by age level. It has Toddler, Kindergarten, Grade1, and Grade2. Each grade covers spelling and basic math. Compared to SplashMath, it is clear that each subject is not comprehensive at all. For example, 2nd grade math only covers addition and subtraction up to two digit numbers. There is no coverage [...]

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4-in-1 Preschool Learning Games – Bug Games by Busy Bee Preschool

Bug Games is a collection of fun-filled learning games for pre-schoolers. There are four games in this app, each focuses on a different development area: Bee Word Builder – spelling and phonics Each time you will see 3 letters on top of three sun flowers. You have to drag the letters to the correct sun [...]

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