PocketPhonics (basic edition)3.6.2 - App Store

“PocketPhonics teaches the basics of reading and writing to young kids. Most surprising? It seems to work.” 148apps.com

PocketPhonics teaches kids letter sounds, first words and handwriting. It is used in hundreds of elementary schools and pre-schools, and tens of thousands of homes. It is aligned with the Common Core State Standards, and independent research (see appsinmypocket.com/research) found children learnt nine times faster using PocketPhonics compared to a classroom lesson.

"One of my children’s favorite early reading apps" New York Times
“This app feels much like a private tutoring session for early readers with emphasis on letter sounds and writing.” everythingmom.com
-“If you are working on phonics for your kids, this is the best application to have.” Technology in Education
-“This app feels much like a private tutoring session for early readers with emphasis on letter sounds and writing.” everythingmom.com
-“PocketPhonics is seriously educational and I think it’s a terrific tool for helping early readers. You can tell that a ton of thought and research was put into it and best of all, they talked and listened to teachers. It shows.” iPhoneMom.com
-“When it comes to learning apps for young learners and early readers, there is no better choice than PocketPhonics." ipad-applications.neiia.com

PocketPhonics is split in to 12 groups of letter sounds, each group is followed by a set of storybooks that use those letter sounds. Kids read storybooks that are on the right level for them.

The phonics levels are included in the price of this "basic edition", but the storybooks cost extra. PocketPhonics Stories (full edition) includes the stories in the price.

Phonics (letter sounds) help children to read by understanding the sounds that letters make. The National Reading Panel concluded that “children who have phonics instruction read better and spell better than other children”.

In the first group of letter sounds, there are six sounds to master before the child will be able to read their first storybook. Most children aged 4+ start to read their first storybook within 10 weeks if they use the app for 15 mins everyday.

Parents and teachers can easily monitor children’s progress online. Teachers and parents are emailed a certificate when a child completes a task.

Children can tap an unfamiliar word in a story, and the app will sound out the letters to help the child understand what the word says. They can tap again to hear the actual word and see a picture that illustrates its meaning.

As the child reads a story, the app tests whether they can read some of the key words. At the end of the story, it quizzes the child on all new words in that story.

Children master the following skills:

writing letters
recognising 72 letter sounds (e.g. ‘ch’ are the letters that make the initial sound in ‘chat’)
* blending letter sounds together to make words (e.g ‘ch-a-t’)
* hearing a word and selecting its written form (e.g. the app says, “chat”, the child has to select ‘chat’ from a group of words)

How it works
* The phonics levels are included in the price.
* The books are extra, but can be tried for free. $1.49 monthly and $14.49 annual subscriptions unlock access to all books for an unlimited number of children
* The subscription gives you access to more books as they are added
* Once subscribed, your subscription auto-renews each month or annually. However, you can easily turn auto renew off via the Settings app
* Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase
* Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
* Cannot cancel current subscription during its subscription period

Privacy policy:
http://appsinmypocket.com/privacy

Terms of use:
http://appsinmypocket.com/terms

Version History Minor fix 3.6.2 01/15/2022 Improved support for iPhone XR 3.6.1 11/24/2021 Support for iOS15. 3.6 10/20/2021 Fix for issue on iOS14 in updating date of birth for child. 3.5.1 01/01/2021 Support for iOS14. 3.5 11/03/2020 iOS13 compatibility 3.4 10/02/2019 The section of the app for parents and teachers is now easier to navigate.
Schools can now change the group (class) the app is being used for much more quickly and straight from the adult menu. 3.3 03/30/2019 Made it more obvious what in the app is aimed at children and what features are for adults through the introduction of an "Adult" button.
Made it easier to skip the optional storybooks if they are not of interest. 3.2 02/20/2019 Fixed bug that occasionally impacted signing up for an account with us.
Made it harder for kids to crack the adult test. 3.1.5 12/15/2018 Updated privacy policy.
Fix for issue when the app is listening to the child read. 3.1.4 11/22/2018 Small change to make it clearer that the books are an optional extra 3.1.3 11/13/2018 Internal changes to the app to make it easier to support users.
Additional verbal instruction to help new users. 3.1.2 11/08/2018 Bug fix for iOS12 when entering password during sign-up. 3.1.1 10/08/2018 Supports iOS12 plus iPhone XS and XS Max.
Provides "Hide storybooks" option that hides the storybooks on the device if you are not interested in your children trying this add-on. 3.1 10/04/2018 If a user has subsequently bought PocketPhonics Stories, this app now offers to open that expanded version instead. 3.0.3 07/03/2018 Fixed odd sound issue when mirroring with Apple TV plus other minor bug fixes 3.0.2 06/13/2018 Massive update for PocketPhonics, still going strong after nine years of educating children. 3.0 05/15/2018 Improved iOS9 compatibility and bug fixes. 2.4.3 11/19/2015 Urgent bug fix for some customers on certificates 2.4.2 02/15/2014 Enhancements to certificates and weekly progress report.

After you’ve you downloaded the new version, please consider taking a moment to leave a rating or review. Enter the app’s Parentzone then touch the “like this app” button to access the App Store review screen. All feedback is much appreciated. 2.4.1 02/06/2014 Four great new features for registered users:

We will email you with a certificate when your child learns to recognize all the letters in a group or write them.
You can now track online what words your child has learnt.
Once your child has learnt a word, the app introduces another one for them to learn instead.
Schools can download a spreadsheet with a detailed analysis for each student including the time spent in the app.

We’ve also made some tweaks to make the app even easier to use.
After you’ve you downloaded the new version, please consider taking a moment to leave a rating or review. Enter the app’s Parentzone then touch the “like this app” button to access the App Store review screen. All feedback is much appreciated. 2.4 01/27/2014 Bug fix for an issue when audio is interrupted.

After you’ve you downloaded the new version, please consider taking a moment to leave a rating or review. Enter the app’s Parentzone then touch the “like this app” button to access the App Store review screen. All feedback is much appreciated. 2.3.1 10/04/2013 Supports iOS7
If you sign-up to progress tracking within the app, you can now receive a weekly email on how your kids are progressing

After you’ve you downloaded the new version, please consider taking a moment to leave a rating or review for abc PocketPhonics. Enter the app’s Parentzone then touch the “like this app” button to access the App Store review screen. All feedback is much appreciated. 2.3 09/23/2013 Option to track kids' progress online is more visible. Bug fixes.

After you’ve you downloaded the new version, please consider taking a moment to leave a rating or review. Enter the app’s Parentzone then touch the “if you like this app” button to access the App Store review screen. All feedback is much appreciated.

Please note that this will be the last version of the app to support iOS4.3 as it has become too difficult to support old versions of iOS. 2.2.1 07/10/2013 This release sees the launch of a progress tracking website that provides a consolidated view of kids’ progress across devices. Family members and teachers can track progress of kids via the website.

The new intelligent tutor monitors how a child is progressing and focuses PocketPhonics on what they most need help with.

Other apps have elements of this service, but this is the first app to combine all these elements with progress tracking consolidated across multiple devices for home and school.

Sign up within the app to track progress online and enable the intelligent tutor.

After you’ve you downloaded the new version, please consider taking a moment to leave a rating or review for PocketPhonics. Enter the app’s Parentzone then touch the “if you like this app” button to access the App Store review screen. All feedback is much appreciated 2.2 05/22/2013