Starfall Learn to Read app for iPhone and iPad
Learn to Read from the starfall.com website is now a FREE app!
The Starfall Learn to Read FREE app is made possible by the member supporters of Starfall.com, a publicly supported nonprofit. The activities at Starfall.com motivate through exploration, positive reinforcement, and play.
Since 2002 Children around the world have learned to read with Zac the Rat — and your child will too! Each numbered section features a vowel sound and its related spelling. Your child will hear, touch, read and eventually master this sound-spelling through a variety of engaging activities, movies, and songs. Encourage your child to play and explore! Your child will come to recognize the relationship between spoken and written language while having fun learning to read. This app is excellent for emerging readers and English language learners.
Pros and cons of Starfall Learn to Read app for iPhone and iPad
Starfall Learn to Read app good for
I was looking for a simple app to help my son start to read. I wanted something that would give him help to figure out words and this was my first choice. In fact, im not sure ill bother trying something else at least for a while because not only is my son learning (within a day of using this app) he was realizing how to figure out words! Im blown away at how this app was done amazingly right- i would even pay 10$ for it - but the icon they used for the app almost prevented me from paying 3$ for it and look elsewhere (change the icon guys)! Even my slightly younger daughter (who is quite smart at 4), is catching on! Thats because its so intuitive and well thought out with examples that i imagine must come from the standard teaching method, but i have no clue of how kids are taught in schools these days- but frankly, im jealous that i didnt have these kinds of (extremely fun and addictive) learning games at my disposal when i was young! :)
This is amazing. It brings phonics to life! It is the perfct learn-to-read app!
The app is well done. Its easy for my son to figure out how to use. He enjoys both the word-building exercises and the reading sections. Its very useful for him to be able to tap words hes having difficulty reading, and have the app help him pronounce the word correctly.
Some bad moments
I paid for this app before it was free. For adults reorganizing by vowel type might make sense but the kids liked being able to see all the activities on the same screen. Starfall also added some non-reading games to promote their other apps. If you are just downloading the free version now this may not be as frustrating as it is for me. Be wary of paying for any Starfall apps though. I paid for a reading app that "updated" to this free version. Now I have to be vigilant or my kids are playing a silly game about a monkey instead of learning to read.
We have been hoping and waiting for this app! My kids have loved the activities on the Starfall website and now we have the full content in an app! One of my 5 kids has Down syndrome and he is reading well today thanks, in part, to Starfall! What an incredible and fun tool to get all kids reading - THANK YOU!
This app is just as good for young ones as the regular Starfall website. I hope they continue with the good games that make learning fun.
Absolutely perfect in every way. My twins under 3 are well on their way. Thanks!
my son and I are almost finished with this module. he was getting bored with the phonics book we started with but this keeps him interested and curious. excellent progress.
My now seven year old more or less learned to read with this app, when it was flash-only. Now that it is on iOS, my two year old has started on it.
