Category | Price | Seller | Device |
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Education | $0.99 | Innovative Investments Limited | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
I have a confession to make. My son's favorite game was Fruit Ninja and I was getting increasingly frustrated with having my son waste a lot of time on a fun but mindless game while he was still struggling to master his phonics and learning to read.
So I decided to create our very own phonics slicing game and to my and my son's delight, he now has a new favorite game where he is having fun and learning at the same time.
My sons skills in recognizing letters, blends and digraphs have dramatically improved since he started playing phonics ninja and now I no longer have to feel guilty when I need a five minute break to take care of the laundry or prepare lunch for the kids. I know that they are having fun and that they are learning at the same time.
Warning: Your child will keep begging for your iPhone or iPad after they try this app.
Phonics Ninja is an exciting educational game that helps kids rapidly learn letter sounds, blends, and digraphs by sight, sound, and touch.
The interface is so easy to use that even a 9 month old baby will delight in using this app.
FEATURES:
• Slice your way through all lowercase letters by sound
• Slice your way through all phonic blends including bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr, gl, gr, pl, pr, sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw & tr
• Slice your way through all phonic digraphs including ch, ck, gh, gn, kn, ng, ph, qu, sh, th, wh, wr & tch (trigraph)
• You decide what to focus on - turn individual categories ON or OFF from the settings page. Just press on the ON / OFF button. You can also turn individual letter and phonic sounds ON and OFF within each category.
• Learn by sight, sound, and touch
• Fun game play, sounds, and animations keep kids engaged
• Dynamic game play adjusts difficulty (the number of sight words) automatically based on player skills to keep kids both challenged and entertained vs. getting bored
• Supports 3 difficulty settings: EASY, MEDIUM, or HARD
EASY MODE:
- Max 1 phonic sound
- letters move very slowly
- Great for introducing phonic sounds one at a time
MEDIUM MODE:
- Starts with 1 phonic sound
- Max of 3 phonic sounds on screen
- Letters move 30% faster
HARD MODE:
- Starts with 2 phonic sounds
- Max of 5 phonics on screen
- Phonic letters move even faster
- Letters rotate faster too
Adjust difficulty from settings page.
• Wrong answers do not interfere with gameplay, the child can immediately try again and slice the correct answer (most other games are too slow to keep kids interested by interrupting the gameplay and slowly repeating the desired question)
• Play Phonics Ninja from A to Z or in random order (adjustable from settings page)
• Multi-sensory learning tool - combining audio, voice, and touch
• Want to work on just a few phonic sounds? No problem… head to the settings page to turn entire categories or individual phonic sounds on and off
• Want to record your own audios? No problem. Just click on the category and record your own sounds for each item
• Supports three levels of difficulty
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There are some errors for how some of the digraphs are pronounced. I would not use this if you are wanting your child to learn phonics. These little errors now can effect the child later on when reading becomes more difficult.
This is a great app for parents to use as an easy sight word practice. Tends to make the word practice painless. Also love the customizable lists you can create as your child adds new words.
My first grader was struggling This helped him a lot make sense of sounds It was also simple and fun to play
I can't wait to use this with my reading students. This is such a motivating way to reinforce sound letter relationships at a level above single letter sounds. They'll be having so much fun they won't realize they are learning.
Fantastic app for getting kids familiar and helping them practice once they are familiar.
Always looking for a way to make reviewing the 44 sounds of the English language in a fun way. Knowing how to quickly blend 2 consonants together reinforces automaticity and internalization. Kids love playing games, especially on the ipad. This was not a boring way to review digraph and blends, that have been previously taught. Plus I like that you can determine how long the child plays the game. A good way to end a lesson or begin a lesson.
Students have a more difficult time with digraphs than other sounds. Glad to see a fun way of practicing them. I also like that the sounds are spot on. In some apps the sounds don't quite go with the letters.
This is GREAT. It doesn't seem perfectly accurate, though. I received incorrect markings on a couple, and I actually sliced them. Even so, I think it's well worth using. Thanks for a really helpful app for kids who learn best by example/nonverbal direction.
This app has been fun for my son. He enjoys playing games ? as he is learning.