Kids ABC Letter, Spelling, Literacy & Phonics game

What it is: a set of 3 activities for developing early reading skills.

What you do with it: the 'bears' game: recognize and match uppercase and lowercase letters, the 'penguins' game: form syllables by combining vowels and consonants, the 'seals' game: spell the words by placing letters in the correct order. The progress in each game can be tracked separately for each user of the app (requires registration).

What we liked: the concept (combining simple game-like activities with learning), cute characters, the rewards system, stats/progress tracking, automatic adjustment of the difficulty levels, audio instructions and clues.

What we didn't like: the way the learning material is chosen (pre-programmed or random, you can't choose a particular set of letters or words). The activities are rather simple and can quickly become repetitive. Audio instructions get lost in the background music.

Bottom line: an interesting approach to teach literacy skills with game-like activities.

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