Light Pack, 2nd ed.

Title: Light Pack, 2nd ed.
Subtitle: Level 3: Early Developing
Release Date: 04/15/25
Type: Reading Academy Pack
Brand: Albert Whitman,FarFaria,HOMER,Highlights
Type: Subject-Based
Audience: 1st Grade

Launchpad Description: This 5-level guided reading system helps kids master verbal, reading, and writing skills — starting at any level. Every app, storybook, and video has been hand-selected to help kids gain the knowledge they need to transition from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn.

Early Developing packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones:

- Participates in conversation
- Asks questions to clarify uncertainty
- Understands the organization of print
- Distinguishes long versus short vowel words
- Writes text with simple facts
- Begins to spell long vowel words with patterns
This Launchpad contains the following apps:

Andy the Amoeba (App)
Andy Amoeba is looking for someone special to share this Valentine's Day with. Will Andy find a new friend? Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.

Ben and Me (App)
Ben is a big boy now. He doesn't have time to play with his little sister anymore... Or does he? Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.

Curiosity on Mars (App)
Ready for adventure? Discover the planet Mars with the robotic rover Curiosity. Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.

Find It - A Trip to the City (App)
We’re going on a trip to the city! We take a train to get there, then visit a museum, look at all the cars on the street, and go to a toy store. Explore each place with us by reading this interactive story. My favorite place in the city to visit is the museum. What’s yours?

Neighborhood Walk, A Musical Journey, A (app)
Based on the story of an internationally renowned violin prodigy of color.

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.

Race Around the World, A (app)
The true story of two women who raced against time—and each other!

Robot's Lost Ball (App)
Robot has some cool tricks to show you! Check them out! When he loses his ball in the tall grass, he’ll need your help to find it. Think carefully in this interactive story as you go on an adventure for the lost ball and meet new friends.

Sight Words Games & Flash Cards (App)
Abby Sight Words with Wordaliens is a new EDUCATIONAL READING APPLICATION by 22learn. The app is designed to help children learn and practice reading the most common sight words. Sight words are words in English language that do not have a simple one-to-one correspondence between sounds and written letters, and therefore have to be learned “by sight. ” Being able to quickly recognize sight words is a crucial part of learning how to read. Sight words mastery is a necessary step towards an enormous reading improvement. Sight Words offers children an easy-to-use interface and a grand choice of six fun educational games, through which children can acquire mastery over this subject matter. ----- The 6 GAMES included are: ? WORD MACHINE Control the Word Machine. Supply all the words that need to be produced by tapping on the words called. ? SPELLING Your dog is hungry! Make cans to feed him! To make a can, drag the letter cards to their correct place and make a w

Storybook Animations: A Wonderful White Valentine (App)
Raccoon makes her dad a valentine surprise in the snow

Storybook Animations: Celebrate 100 Days (App)
To celebrate the 100th day of school Lily and her mom collect 100 things to bring in for class.

Storybook Animations: Going Downtown (App)
Dad and Maya ride the bus downtown to make a surprise visit to Mom at her office.

Storybook Animations: Watching and Waiting (App)
Sam watches the traffic go by on the street below while he waits for Grandma to arrive.

Wonster Words Spelling Phonics (App)
Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice winner! Is your child learning to spell? Is your kid sounding out words with phonics? Does your kid like silly videos? If so, download Wonster Words today! My daughter absolutely loves this app. It teaches her how to spell, sound the words out, act the word out, and gives a definition. Terrific Great phonics app for young children. Fun graphics too. Help your kid learn phonics and grow his vocabulary! By playing with silly letter ghosts and hilarious wonsters, Wonster Words will help your kid learn how to spell and sound out new words by learning: alphabets, phonics, consonant blends, word families, diphthongs, digrahs, and more. Kids will have a blast putting together words through interactive spelling puzzles, letter hide-and-seek, and other engaging mini-games. Once the words are completed, your child will enjoy cute animations head-lined by the lovable wonsters. These animations will further reinforce the meaning of the words

Word Farm (App)
Escape to the World of Farming with Word Farm! Word Farm Game is so simple and easy to play! Just swipe the letters to find the hidden words and collect bonus coins! Word crops need help to come to life! Unlike crossword, word search, or other word guess games; Word Farm is an utterly new word game that will challenge the imagination and skills. This will expand any vocabulary!