Word Magic Reviews – Page 3
4/5 rating based on 53 reviews. Read all reviews for Word Magic for iPhone.
Word Magic is paid iOS app published by Anusen Inc
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DenisePhilly
I'm surprised by the 5-star reviews. It's good, not great. What I would change: --The child's voices that say the words enunciate very poorly, so I usually have to say the word to my son so he can properly hear the starting sound (he's on the first level). For example, there is a picture of a hut--not exactly an everyday word--and all you really hear is the "ut" part of the word. --If he chooses the wrong letter, a child's voice says something like "twy [sic] again" or "you can do it", but every time it says "thass [sic] okay", he thinks he got it right, not wrong. ("But Mom, she said that's okay!") It's not obvious enough whether he got it right or wrong. --What's with all the halloween backgrounds? It'll show a picture of the sun, the word "_un" and have witches on broomsticks in the background? What the ?????? --The words ARE NOT grouped by how easy they are to spell (just by the number of letters and the position of the letter within the word). So you CANNOT choose to focus on words with simple vs. blended consonants (like "c" or "s" vs. "ch", "sh", "sl", or "sp") or short vs. long vs. miscellaneous vowel sounds. This may be fine for a more advanced speller, but if your kid is just working on letter sounds, you'll run into a lot of frustration.
Needs sone updates
Amysuepooh
I completely agree with DenisePhilly. Needs some updates & revisions. Also, a volume control. It's SO loud and adjusting the volume on my iPhone does nothing.
Kinda cheesy
JzisMom
My kids haven't played this game yet. I played it to see how it works. I was surprised and disappointent to see that they misspelled a word. They spelled the plural version of fish as fishes which is not correct. We'll see if my kids like it.
awesome
bpkelso
This application is awesome! Not only does this constantly challange my son's ability, the developer is constantly adding more words and improving the application! It is really a GREAT application - well done!
Nice phonics app
aprilfool47
Our 5 year old grand-daughter loves this app. She is in Kindergarden and this is reinforcing her reading/spelling skills in an entertaining way.
Solid game
Nerdstalker
Not really for toddlers, my 3yr old was just having fun tapping any letter instead of learning much. Should be good when she's four like the rating says, could use a bit more animation.
My kindergartner loves it!
CMoore5
I got this app for my son in Kindergarten. He was learning to read and he plays this all the time. The voice is a little hard to understand on some words - but he loves playing it and its pretty challenging yet easy enough for that age. I think once your kid knows how to read fluently - this app would be a waste. However for ages 7 down - great app! 5 stars. No bugs or glitches we have encountered either.
Word pronunciation needs work
NA 4572828
Not bad. However the pronunciation of the words from benefit generally from being in a more neutral accent. More importantly some of the words are essentially unrecognizable. Clover sounded like it started with a P - more like plowed than clover. I think someone needs to go through all the words and record many of them.
Not phonics based!
concerned educator
This was clearly not designed by an educator. Initial sounds are not bad, but the medial and ending sounds have zero relationship to phonological awareness. No knowledge of vowel pairs is being taught. Very poor examples are the words moon, bear, and bird. the o, e and i do not make their short sounds in these words. They work as a pair. The i in bird is an r-controlled vowel. Before children learn to read print, they need to become aware of how the sounds in words work. This app will confuse and frustrate young children as they enter kindergarten.