Leap into Letters!

Title: Leap into Letters!
Subtitle: English Language Arts - Ages 5-7, Grades K-2
Release Date: 08/01/19
Type: Launchpad Pack
Type: Subject-Based
Audience: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade

Launchpad Description: Emerging readers will love these apps that allow them to have fun while developing early literacy skills.

- Build vocabulary
- Learn sight words
- Practice pronunciation
- Develop a foundation for literacy and learning
This Launchpad contains the following apps:

200 Plus Sight Words (App)
Features : * Over 200 sight words, grouped into 5 grades from Pre-primer to Third Grade with both US and UK pronunciation. * Progress for sight words grade are track and saved automatically. * Cloze passage exercise (Solve each exercise to earn game coins) * Rewards system where game coins can be collected at the end of each lesson or cloze passage exercise. * Fun games to be unlocked with collected game coins.

Abigail's Tales: First Day (App)
It’s the first day of second grade and Abigail wakes up dreading it! She has a list of worries and has developed a severe case of the “butterflies.” The butterflies circle about as she ventures to school to meet her classmates and teacher for the first time. But with some helpful advice from her mom and a few familiar faces from last year, Abigail’s day turns out to be fun and exciting. Come join Abigail and her friends in this delightful storybook to find out how she copes with the twists and turns of her busy day! Also included are two playful word games that focus on improving your child’s vocabulary, spelling and concentration skills, all the while having fun! Features · Whimsical soundtrack · Narrated by the author, Melissa La Manna · 26 pages of lively and colorful illustrations · Word highlighting for beginning readers · Move between pages with swiping gesture or by selecting a page · Fun, developmental activities to boost language skills (i.e., “match” and “oppos

Aggie and Ben: The Scary Thing (App)
When the lights go out, Ben’s dog, Aggie, sees all kinds of scary things. What’s that on the shelf? What’s that shadow on the wall? In this empowering story, it’s the dog who is scared and the boy who makes it better.

Food Fight! Children's Book (App)
Food fight is a wonderfully bright original story which tells the story of Tim, a boy from earth and Sammy, a sausage from somewhere else altogether. They meet and instantly dislike each other, but are they so different after all??As they work through their differences, Tim and Sammy deal with issues of one-sidedness, prejudgement, food intolerance and ultimately, conflict resolution all in a light heated, fun story. * Built for Tablets * Studio recorded voice reading by the author of the book, Glenn Melenhorst, with word-by-word highlighting. * Word by word narration - touch a word to have it read to you. * Automatic page turn option to have the whole book read to you, or Reads As You Turn. * Mini map for fast navigation through the book. Easily jump to any page (just tap timmy's head), and control Read modes. * 3D interactive page turns * Interactive content on every page * High quality sound and motion. * Find the 5 hidden stars to unlock a bonus page - the hunt changes ev

Grandma's Great Gourd (App)
Go on an adventure with one gutsy Grandma as she tricks some hungry forest animals in the jungle of South Asia! Our storybook app has built in gameplay, a STEM-inspired mini-game, and interactive activities for family fun. You will get 4 rich experiences in your one-time download: READ: An animated, interactive adventure story based on a Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book, "Grandma and the Great Gourd: A Bengali Folktale," by best-selling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. ROLL: Play a rollicking, physics-inspired mini-game as you roll Grandma through the forest & unlock powerful gourds of different shapes and sizes! Created with input from science & STEM educators from the NY Hall of Science and the American Museum of Natural History. RECORD: Discover a recording studio where you can create sound effects and record custom narrations of the story in your own voice. Your child will love hearing his/her voice in the story and game. Parents, teachers, and grandparents can al

Kids Spelling Fun (App)
A self paced educational learning app that teaches children how to spell more than 500 common English words. The learning process is accomplished in three stages: learning, practise and checking. The program consists of word sets beginning with easy three letter words and working up to eight letter words as well as theme based words covering subjects such as animals, colors, fruit, shapes, numbers transportation and vegetables. In learning mode, the program shows a picture of the new word being learnt and the word is read aloud, the completed word is also shown momentarily. Children can then select the letters that make up word with the ability to revisit the completed word as many times as necessary. In practise mode, the completed word is not shown, but feedback is provided to indicate whether the word is spelt correctly with advancement to the next word only possible when the word has been correctly completed. In check and test mode, no hints on the correct spelling of

Learn to Read: Sight Words (App)
Help build your child's vocabulary with common sight words, beginning consonants blends (dr-ag, dr-um, dr-aw), ending consonants blends (so-ft, lo-ft, gi-ft), and various word families (am, Sam, jam). The app contains more than 500 words! It has also been proven to increase a child's understanding of rhymes and word families. FEATURES • Sight words – Common sight words • Beginning consonants - (dr-ag, dr-um, dr-aw), 20 word groups and the beginning blends are highlighted in green • Ending consonants blends - (so-ft, lo-ft, gi-ft), 13 word groups and the ending blends are highlighted in green • Word families – Contains 22 word families (am, Sam, jam / b-ad, p-ad, s-ad) • Track Progress - You can track the progress of the words viewed •Automatic mode - Words appear every 4 seconds • Swipe mode - The user controls the frequency of the words and can swipe to see the next word • Text-to-Speech - The word is spoken as it appears on the screen. BENEFITS • Recognition of sight w

Max & Meredith: The Search for Percival (App)
Winner of a Parents' Choice Approved Award "A stellar storybook that engages the reader and exposes them to an array of essential reading skills in a most creative way!" - Teachers With Apps "Solid early elementary fare" - School Library Journal "An excellent app that promotes reading comprehension." - Geeks With Juniors "Belongs high on the list of recommendations to elementary teachers, special-ed teachers, parents, and caregivers." - Best Apps for Kids ****** Welcome to Max & Meredith: The Search for Percival, the interactive children’s book app where kids choose the course of the story. In the quiet yet curious town of Everdale, something is amiss: Max’s dog Percival is missing! Should Max and Meredith rush into action or formulate a plan? Should they form a search party or lure Percival back to town? You decide! Faced with decisions and dilemmas in the search for Percival, kids choose what to do, leading down one of eight unique storylines on a jour

Phonics Match (App)
Phonics Match is designed to help young children blend and segment words by learning the 42 sounds of the English language, rather than the alphabet. By combining matching pairs with phonics, Phonics Match improves your child's cognitive skills in a fun and playful way.

Word Wizard (App)
Want to teach your kids to read or spell words? Word Wizard offers several unique reading and spelling activities for children ages 4 to 10: • A talking Movable Alphabet that allows young kids to experiment with phonics and learn word building thanks to the advanced text to speech engine. • 3 activities to learn to spell that increase in difficulty • 184 built-in word lists (about 1800 words) • Add your own words to create unique spelling tests • Keep tabs on your children’s progress with detailed reports • Used in US Schools (100K units sold to primary schools & preschools) • Winner of a Parents’ Choice Award • Featured in the The New York Times & Wired's GeekDad • More than 280K units sold! Talking Movable Alphabet Activity The talking movable alphabet has been recognized by many teachers as a wonderful tool to teach kids word building and how to learn to read • Pronounce any word, number or sentence built using the Movable Alphabet • Natural Sounding US Voice