This application is designed as an educational tool to support young children, especially beginners and preschoolers, in developing their reading skills. It is ideal for children who are about to start school, attend kindergarten, or have difficulty with reading. The app complements the Parrotfish Sight Words app, providing a comprehensive phonics-based learning experience without requiring internet access or displaying ads.
The core of the program emphasizes understanding language and learning sight words through a structured phonics approach. It helps children learn how sounds combine to form words by focusing on individual sounds, word recognition, and spelling. The program aims to enable children to read, write, and spell simple words like cat and fan, as well as more complex blends such as brush and hang, covering various phonics patterns like CVC, CVCC, CCVC, and CCCVCC.
Designed for short daily sessions of 10 to 15 minutes, the app encourages consistent practice. Children can progress through different levels—starting with basic sounds and advancing to blending and segmenting words. The app introduces upper and lowercase letters simultaneously, using diverse voices and fonts to aid generalization. It offers multiple interactive games that progressively increase in difficulty, reinforcing phonics skills, memory, and fluency. All activities focus on accuracy and learning progress rather than guessing, ensuring a solid foundation for reading skills.
The app includes a variety of engaging games, each targeting different reading skills and helping children practice recognition, blending, and spelling. Features include tracking progress, options to customize difficulty levels, and reset options. With over 150 images and 500 words, the app provides a comprehensive, ad-free learning environment suitable for children, with no need for an internet connection. It aims to make learning to read enjoyable and effective through immediate feedback, rewards, and clear progression pathways.