Fun-Time Phonics!™ - Learning to Read 1.2.0

The Simplest, Most Effective Way to Learn to Read

This comprehensive curriculum app presents a multifaceted approach to reading education, rooted in the research findings of the National Reading Commission. By utilizing engaging robot characters, the program effectively demonstrates how spoken language is comprised of individual sounds and how these sounds correspond to written letters. The curriculum prioritizes an understanding of sound/spelling patterns, vocabulary, and reading comprehension over mere memorization.

One of the central features of this app is its focus on phonemic awareness, particularly through vowel isolation—an area often considered the most challenging yet essential for emerging readers. Its colorful and interactive activities are designed to stimulate children’s listening, thinking, speaking, and reading skills.

The app is structured into four distinct sections:

1. Section 1: Introduces the concept that words are composed of sounds. Activities cover beginning sounds, ending sounds, vowel sounds, and rhyming words.
2. Section 2: Focuses on teaching each short vowel sound along with the corresponding letter that represents that sound.
3. Section 3: Explores consonant-vowel coarticulation, helping children understand how consonants work with short vowels to create various sounds for word formation.
4. Section 4: Guides students in synthesizing their knowledge of consonant-vowel coarticulation and ending sounds to read their first words independently.

Grades: PreK, Kindergarten, 1st (First), 2nd (Second)
Subjects: Language Arts, Critical Thinking
Author: Robert Femiano

This program was honored with the Tillywig Brain Child Award in 2015.

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