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At post-primary level the targets set out in the Literacy and Numeracy for Learning and Life: The National Strategy to Improve Literacy and Numeracy among Children and Young People 2011- 2020 seek to promote greater awareness of and more positive attitudes towards Mathematics.

Specifically, during the period from 2011 to 2020 the aim is to:

Increase the percentage of students taking the Higher Level Mathematics examination at the end of Junior Cycle (i.e., Junior Certificate examination or its equivalent) to 60 per cent by 2020.

Increase the percentage of students taking the Higher Level Mathematics examination in Leaving Certificate to 30 per cent by 2020.
(DES, 2011 p.17)

The following is an overview of the services, supports and resources that assist teachers in implementing the national strategy.

PDST

With a view to supporting teachers in achieving this aim, the PDST have developed a two-day seminar pitched at Numeracy Link teachers. Teachers are equipped with resources and strategies with regard to how to coordinate numeracy programmes within their schools.

In addition to this, Project Maths, which was implemented on a phased basis from September 2010 by the NCCA, continues to restructure and re-energise the teaching of Mathematics by placing greater emphasis on student understanding of mathematical concepts and relating them to everyday experiences.

The JCSP, LCAP and LCVP also continue to implement initiatives to support the enhancement of numeracy within their schools.

Scoilnet

Scoilnet provides access to hundreds of engaging Maths resources which have been reviewed by Irish teachers. Use our new search function to find one that suits your needs.

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A1 Spelling App is an easy to use engaging app that help kids learn common spellings. The kids see a picture and hear the word and then type the spelling using the on screen key pad.

Over 150 words in 6 different categories.

'Spell-It' Tapping on the button will spell the word, kids listen to it and learn how to spell it. The best way to memorize the spelling is listening to it. Great feature, along with Help, see next.

'Help' hides the unneeded alphabets on the keyboard, so the kids only sees the alphabet that makes the spelling. That way they know what letters make the word and they start trying to put them together, great feature to start building that initial confidence.

'Say-It' says the word out loud. Though the pictures are cool, but what if the kid doesn't know what the picture stands for.

Really the application thats needed to master these 150 words.

Remember repetition helps to memorize these words, so more the kids use the app the better they start to get with these words.

Kids get early exposure to, easy spellings like car, dog, cat to tough ones like zebra, pizza, truck, onion etc.

Each category starts with easy words and move towards difficult ones. The 'Other' category has the most common words that the kids must know and has the most words among all the category.

Simple and easy to use App, allows small kids to engage in learning activity without much parents involvement.

Remember to help your kids become good readers...

Version 2.0.0

Bug fixes and updated to support latest iOS version and iPhone screen sizes

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We bought this app. It still has an add banner at the bottom which is very near to the app buttons. My child mistakenly pushes these buttons to exit the app. This needs to be fixed for the purchased app. Except for this issue, it's a good educational app.

Great app

My son was spelling some words and I wanted to find an app that can give me the control to give him letter hints or not and this one served exactly that purpose. It is a great app, colorful and entertaining.
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Good

Easy to follow for very young kids. Builds great memory skills and confidence to begin writing.

The developer, Power Math Apps LLC, has not provided details about its privacy practices and handling of data to Apple. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

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The developer will be required to provide privacy details when they submit their next app update.

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Power Math Apps LLC

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Requires iOS 9.3 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

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© 2010 Power Math Apps

Family Sharing

With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.

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Exams. It's a word that'll get most people's stomachs sinking and hearts fluttering. Exam anxiety can be really tough to tackle and it can affect anyone - from the most super-conscientious student to the last-minute crammer. While it's a tough ask to eliminate exam stress completely, there are some study apps that can help make it all a little more manageable. Here are the best study apps to get you on the right track.

1. Flora

Are you finding that you're struggling to focus on studying from home? Can't help but dive into the ultimate distraction: picking up your phone? It sounds like you need a little Flora in your life. Flora is a free app that helps you to manage your screen time via a virtual garden

Each time you put your phone down, Flora plants a seed and a tree begins to grow. The less you use your phone, the better your garden grows. The best bit is you can use Flora with a friend and grow a garden together. While there are plenty of apps designed to help you avoid procrastinating, none are quite as much fun as Flora. Now get gardening!

2. Atmosphere: Relaxing Sounds

While some people love the sound of silence while studying, others crave the chaos of the outside world. If you're stuck at home but need a little background chatter to help you focus, Atmosphere is the app for you.

The free ambient noise app offers a whole bunch of sound categories: Beach, Countryside, Underwater ... or our personal favourite, Urban.

There is something strangely soothing about listening to the distant roar of a digital train as you hit the books.

3. HabitBull

One of the hardest things to do when preparing for exams is getting into a good study routine. It's just so easy to get distracted by the internet, friends, your phone or games. After all, you've got stacks of time! No need to rush studying, is there? But before you know it, you're cramming the night before a test rather than preparing for it weeks in advance.

Enter HabitBull. A motivational app, HabitBull allows you to track and input good habits, even giving you a score based on how well you're keeping up with routines. It's great for noticing patterns in your behaviour, too: maybe there are specific days when you're more alert than others, or maybe you tend to work better on the weekends rather than on school nights.

'It offers young people control,' one user wrote of the app. 'I liked that the application is a gentle encouragement to uphold personal goals and good habits in your life.'

4. Recharge

When you're studying hard for an exam, often the first thing to go out the window is your sleep cycle. You stay up late, you wake up early... And even if you're not spending all night studying, you're spending all night thinking about studying, which is just as disruptive.

Recharge can help with that. The app helps track your sleep schedule, gives you some activities to do in the morning to get the blood pumping, allows you to track your mood, and - maybe best of all - comes with a super-loud, super-effective wake-up alarm.

'[I liked] the inability to turn the alarm off without getting out of bed,' one user wrote. 'It made it much harder to ignore the alarm!'

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Learn keyboarding with Bubbles! The goal of this game is to press the letters that float up from the ocean floor before they reach the surface of the sea. The faster and more accurately you type, the higher your score! Each bubble contains a different letter that the user must type to prevent it from surfacing.

Typing is a learned art form that can be taught through a variety of activities/exercises. The typing bubble game is a creative version of these activities that keeps children and adults alike engaged in learning while facing challenges. Bubbles appear before your vary eyes as they attempt to reach the surface of the water. Each bubble contains a different letter that the user must type to prevent it from surfacing. Letter sets can be pre-determined by the user and contain more or less variety.

Learning benefits go hand-in-hand with unique games or creative tasks. Bubble game provides a picturesque scene to the user to add a little fun to the learning experience that is to transpire. Practice on different areas of the keyboard to better help "no looking" typing. Work on the different sections of the keyboard until you master each area. This will contribute to an increased knowledge base on the keyboard. Popping the bubbles without failing will lead to a pat on the back with the notion to smile.

Playing this bubble game is rather simple and easily understood by differing age groups. The user sets up the section of the keyboard they wish to test themselves on and then starts the game. This game is a nice additional to any keyboard learning programs as it will help you put your skills to the test. This is a fun version of a test, as most are associated with blank screens and limited stimulation.

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Start popping your bubbles today and leave the water clear of these troublesome letters. Surfacing bubbles reduce your score and create setbacks for the user. A time feature is added to help people understand just how many letters they can type in a minute. This tool will continue to improve the way we learn to keyboard; so start your bubble prevention journey today.

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Billy Walsh

I am Deputy Principal and mathematics teacher in Patrician Presentation Secondary School, Fethard. I am also qualified to teach business studies, economics and accounting.

Qualifications

Master of Arts in Teaching and Learning: Hibernia College

Postgraduate Diploma in Education: Hibernia College

Professional Diploma in Mathematics for Teaching: University of Limerick

Bachelor of Business Studies: Tipperary Institute

Bachelor of Business (Small and Medium Enterprise): Tipperary Institute

Bachelor of Arts in Recreation and Leisure: Waterford IT

Certificate in Leadership and Management in Education: Limerick IT

Certificate in Teaching Mathematics using a Historical Perspective: Harvard University

Certificate in Leading Change: Harvard University

Certificate in Leading Schools: Harvard University

Certificate in Data Protection: Carlow IT

Diploma in Business and Accounting: Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Research Undertaken

A study into the effectiveness of teaching mathematics using game-play and storytelling as methodologies.

Lesson study: Introducing calculus to 5th year students.

A study into the potential strengths of students with dyslexia.

Aided research in Harvard University into the effectiveness of the online learning environment

Published the childrens' book titled "Maths Heroes".

Published the childrens' book titled "Corporate Zoo".

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Welcome to the student area of the project maths website. Here you will find a wide range of resources to help you with your maths. You can navigate the student area using the menu on the left-hand side of the page.

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At both junior cycle and senior cycle you are expected to be able to carry out a number of constructions using a straight edge, compass and set squares. Furthermore you are expected to understand the maths behind each construction and how it connects to other theorems and constructions in geometry. Our video tutorials guide you through the construction work and then explains why the constructions works.

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‎Popplet is the simplest tool to capture and organize your ideas. With Popplet you can quick jot down your ideas and sort them visually. Apple has featured us in “Tools for Teachers”, “New and Noteworthy”, “What’s Hot” and “Get Stuff Done” Popplet is great for school and for learning in the clas…

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❝ This app transforms struggling writers and gives them confidence in their writing ability.❞
Sally Floyd, Literacy Resource Teacher, Apple Distinguished Educator 

Trusted by:

♦ Email the developer with any questions or ideas.
► Dyslexia Features and Types of Spelling mistakes
Spell Better offers a wealth of features to support struggling writers with Dyslexia. Typing and word prediction both come with audio support, letting you hear words and sentences as they are written out, or even before selecting them. The Text-to-Speech comes with word highlighting and Spell Better includes a range of fonts designed for readability and support for low vision.

The word prediction and advanced spell checking features have been trained to specifically spot and correct the types of errors that students with dyslexia and dysgraphia tend to make.

In addition to common spelling mistakes, Spell Better will catch and correct the following complex errors:

Phonetic spelling errors (preshius → precious, peturs → pictures)

Real-word spelling errors (peace → piece).

Word boundary errors (verynice → very nice)

Letter reversal and transposal

Skipped and repeated letters (probley → probably)

Homophone substitutions

Missing or substituted vowels ("Ths is rly amzng" → "This is really amazing")

Incorrectly conjugated irregular verbs (throwed → threw).

Spell Better has been built from the ground up to catch and correct complex orthographic errors. It does all of the above while paying attention to the context of the sentence. It will correct many of these as they are being typed, while others are corrected when the spell checker is tapped.

Bottom line: Spell Better will take this sentence:

→ I throwed the dall to my cuzin and wnt imside to ahve a peace ofcake.

And correct it to:

→ I threw the ball to my cousin and went inside to have a piece of cake.

And it'll do most of the corrections dynamically, as the sentence is being typed.

Spell Better contains seven font choices. Two of these fonts have been designed specifically for Dyslexia - Open Dyslexic ( opendyslexic.org) and Lexia Readable. Text size for all fonts can be increased all the way up to 200pts to support low vision.
▲ Back to top ▲ ► Getting started with Spell Better
Spell Better is intuitive and easy-to-use.

Launch Spell Better and start typing. Tap on a suggested completion or predicted word to accept it and send it to the editor.

Tap-and-hold (long-press) on a suggested word to see it's definition.

Tap the magnifying glass (spell check icon) to run the powerful spell-checker.

Accept corrections by tapping on the suggested words; the spell checker will continue.

Tap-and-hold (long-press) on the Spell Check icon and tap on the "Learn" or "Ignore" buttons if you would like Spell Better to move on by learning a new word or ignoring it for this spell check session (e.g. if it has highlighted a proper noun).

The spell checker is done when it stops highlighting new words.

Access all settings by tapping the little "i" button. You can select a vocabulary size, change the text size, pick a specialized font, and much more.

Tap on the "?" button at the top of Spell Better to see a help screen within the app itself.

▲ Back to top ▲
► Text-to-Speech

Spell Better offers high-quality text-to-speech. It has three modes:

1. Tap once on the speaker button to hear your entire document read out. If you have already selected a section of text (say a paragraph), a single tap will read aloud only the selected text.

2. Tap-and-hold (long-press) on the speaker button to read out only the last sentence (relative to the cursor) instead of the entire document.

3. Double-tap on the speaker button to read out the five words currently listed in the prediction bank. (Note: You can also tap-and-hold on a word in the prediction bank to hear the pronunciation and see the definition).

Spell Better will highlight the word that is being read aloud as it goes through the document.

From the Settings menu in Spell Better (the little 'i' button), you can enable Speak Each Letter, Speak Each Word, and Speak Each Sentence. These provide audio support as you are writing.

You can select from four different voices: US Female, UK Male, AU Female, or US Male (Alex). The US Male (Alex) voice requires iOS 9. It also requires a free download from Apple before it starts working. Launch the Settings app on your iPad and navigate to General > Accessibility > Speech > Voices > English. There, find the voice named "Alex" and tap on it to begin the download.

For the best quality voices, turn on "Enhanced Voices" in the Settings App. Launch the Settings App and navigate to General > Accessibility > Speech Selection (turn it ON) > Voices > English. Then make sure "Enhanced Quality" is turned ON for the voice corresponding to your choice in Spell Better. The enhanced quality voice is downloaded free from Apple (this will take a few minutes). Once you do this, the Text-to-Speech will sound very realistic.
► Speech Recognition and Siri
Speech recognition is offered through Apple's Siri engine (dictation). This allows you to speak a word or sentence to send it to the editor.

This feature requires Siri. Since Siri is available only on the iPad 3 and newer, this feature will not work on the iPad 2.

Follow these steps to enable Speech Recognition in Spell Better:

1. Select the QWERTY Default Keyboard - this is the default keyboard in Spell Better.

2. Make sure Siri is turned ON (Settings App > General > Siri > ON).

3. If you're on iOS 8, enable Dictation (Settings App > General > Keyboards > Enable Dictation > ON).

Step 3 is not necessary on iOS 7, but the first two steps are still required.

Once the QWERTY Default keyboard is being used, Siri is turned on, and Dictation is enabled (iOS 8), you'll be able to see a little microphone button to the left of the spacebar in Spell Better. Tap on it to use the speech recognition.
▲ Back to top ▲ ► Using the Dictionary
The dictionary is brought up by a Tap-and-hold (long-press) on the predicted word. If you haven't already downloaded a dictionary, you may see the "No definition found" message. Below you'll find detailed steps to download and use a dictionary in Spell Better. The download is completely free and comes directly from Apple. It takes only a few minutes to setup.

At the end of these steps you will have downloaded, installed, and used an English dictionary in Spell Better.

1. First, tap-and-hold on a predicted word. You'll hear the word pronounced and you'll see a pop-up come into view:

3. Tap on the "Manage" button:

4. Then tap on the cloud icon with the arrow on it next to the English dictionary of your choice:

5. Wait for it to download. You can see the download progress indicator:

6. Once the download is complete, you'll see a little black cross next to the corresponding dictionary (this is just an indicator, don't tap it!). Go to the next step after you see this little black cross appear:

7. Then tap anywhere outside the pop-up to dismiss it. Don't worry, we'll be getting back to it in the next step. The pop-up should go away:

8. Finally, Tap-and-hold again on the predicted word and you'll see the definition come up:

You have downloaded the dictionary and you can look up the definition of words in Spell Better.
▲ Back to top ▲ ► Inserting Pictures and Formatting
Spell Better is the only assistive writing app of its kind to support inserting photos and rich text formatting.

Tap or tap-and-hold to bring up the contextual menu and tap on the "Insert Picture" button. Spell Better will ask permission to access your photo library (just the first time). You'll then be able to select a photo and insert it into the editor.

Once you insert photos or use formatting in your document, you can export the document as a PDF.
▲ Back to top ▲ ► Upgrade to Spell Better Premium
Spell Better is $9.99 to try. You can explore all core features including the word prediction, spell correction, and even text-to-speech in the trial version. However, you need to upgrade in order to export your documents from Spell Better and to create new notes and notes longer than about 250 words.

Benefits of upgrading to Spell Better Premium:

Ability to create notes of unlimited length.

Ability to create new notes (a "+" button will appear at the top right).

Ability to export your notes by Email, PDF, printing, copying, Messages, opening in other apps (e.g. Pages), and more.

Priority Support and long-term Updates as Apple releases new iOS versions.

The upgrade price is $14.99.

To upgrade, begin by tapping the "Upgrade Options" button at the top right of Spell Better:

Wait for the price to show and then tap the "Upgrade Now" button. You'll be able to see the price again and will be asked to confirm the upgrade before the purchase is made securely and directly from Apple.
▲ Back to top ▲ ► Volume Purchase Program (VPP) for Education
There is a version of Spell Better that is compatible with Apple's Volume Purchase Program for Education. This version does not contain any in-app purchases or other restrictions. You can pay up-front for each unit, and the price is $24.99 per unit.

It is called Spell Better VPP and it is otherwise identical to the regular version of Spell Better (Premium). You can see it on the App Store by clicking here. There is a 50% discount available for purchases of 20 or more licenses. The school or district assistive technology coordinator will help you move forward with a volume purchase.

The End User License Agreement can be found here (PDF).
► Privacy
Spell Better for iPad does not track usage and does not log or send any data to an external server for any reason. There is no advertising within the app. It does not contain any 3rd-party software or services and all core features work offline even without an internet connection. You can learn more by reading the privacy policy.
► About the developer
Hi, my name is Navanit. I've been working on Spell Better for several years, beginning with research I conducted as a graduate student at Stanford University. I worked closely with Dyslexia specialists and assistive technology experts at the Stanford Medical School throughout the development stage.

I make an effort to be easy to reach and interact with. If you have an idea, or need help, you can bring it up directly with me and be sure of a prompt response. Email me anytime.
▲ Back to top ▲ ► Testimonials & Reviews
Students and Special Educators love Spell Better and below you can see a small sample of glowing reviews:

❝ This app for iPad has it all: spell check, word prediction, text-to-speech capabilities, and a dictionary. Generating written output is a snap with Spell Better, and sharing documents is easy, too. Even weak spellers with developing typing skills will benefit from this well-designed app.❞
- The Yellin Center for Mind, Brain, and Education. New York, NY.

❝ Since they are able to devote more of their attention to the content, learners using this app are able to increase the length and depth of their writing.❞
- Angela McDurmon, Instructional Technology Specialist

❝ I had this app added to my 10 year old sons iPad and paid for the upgrade. He has dyslexia and really really struggles with his written work, so much so that at school he has a scribe to help him. I too, am dyslexic so homework can be a real battle field. The first bit of work he did using this app was just amazing, and the app was so easy to use. The teachers were so impressed with his work they asked if he was able to bring in the iPad and now he does all his school written work on it, it really has made such a difference for him and now at last he is able to work independently. Thank you.❞
- A review on the UK App Store

❝ I was thrilled to come across Spell Better and have been using this with some of my students successfully.❞
- Dr. Samantha Hornery

Apple, the Apple logo, and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc.

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❝ This app transforms struggling writers and gives them confidence in their writing ability.❞ Sally Floyd, Literacy Resource Teacher, Apple Distinguished Educator  Trusted by: ♦ Email the developer with any questions or ideas. ► Dyslexia Features and Types of Spelling mistakes Spell Better offers a wealth of features to support struggling writers with Dyslexia.

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Very frustrating and I'll be deleting soon, if it's not fixed soon
Last update needs to be fixed
Two more weeks of error messages
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Books that read to them: In addition to our library of more traditional ebooks, we have a huge collection of Read-To-Me books and audiobooks. Featuring talented voice actors, fun music and exciting sound effects that bring stories to life!

Multilingual: The majority of books on Epic are in English, but we also have Spanish-, French- and Chinese-language books to engage readers of different backgrounds and interests.

Fun rewards and learning tools: Reading Buddies, badges and quizzes keep them motivated to read and learn. Spotlight Words and audio-enabled Dictionary Lookup teach vocabulary and pronunciation.

FOR FAMILIES: EPIC UNLIMITED
A paid subscription beginning with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime.

Up to 4 child profiles, so each kid can enjoy a personalized reading experience.
Parent dashboard lets you see what they're reading and follow along with their progress.
95% of Epic parents say Epic helped improve their child's reading skills.

FOR EDUCATORS: EPIC SCHOOL
Epic School is free for educators and students to use during the school day.

ELA Tools: Filter titles by AR, DRA, F&P, grade level and more.
Quizzes, Dictionary Lookup and Spotlight Words help build skills.
Help with Daily 20: Teachers can easily assign and share books, then track daily and weekly reading.
Multilingual books and fun reading formats make reading accessible for every student.
9 out of 10 Epic Educators would recommend us to colleagues.
Coming soon! Epic School Plus, a district-funded premium offering that gives educators and students 24/7 access to the full Epic library.

PRESS AND EXPERT REVIEWS
Epic has been featured on The TODAY Show, CNET and Refinery 29, as well as in The Wall Street Journal, Parents Magazine, USA Today, Forbes, Parenting.com and more.

"Epic strikes the perfect balance between educational and fun, and should allow parents to feel more confident about introducing the iPad into their children's daily lives as a tool." -TechCrunch

"Get access to thousands of books on all subject matters" -Parenting.com

"Epic is incredibly valuable because it gives students exposure to books that they wouldn't get from a library or our classroom." -Cindy, Epic Educator Ambassador

Privacy Policy
getepic.com/privacy

Terms of Service
getepic.com/tos

This update includes bug fixes and improvements.
Thank you for using Epic! We are always making updates and improvements to make your child's reading experience better. If you have any questions or suggestions, please email feedback@getepic.com

Editors' Choice

Kids will love the vast library of original content in Epic, from its growing list of books for all ages to its high-quality collection of educational videos. With stories from favorites like Sesame Street and Clifford, there's always a reason to drop everything and read.

Basically the new favorite

This app is now central to our bedtime routine. My kiddo waits to get new eggs so she can hatch them. It keeps me engaged as the parent too to help her find the 5 words within the book, because engagement can be hard sometimes at the end of the day. Love it. A couple suggestions though... The search feature needs a bit of work. Not quite sure how the algorithm works for picking the next book, but it often gives my kiddo books that are for vastly older readers. Every search parameter should be able to filter recommended age. Lastly, it's incredibly frustrating to read a book (at the preset pace of "read to me" no less...) and be told at the end "Go Back and Keep Reading!" because its decided that you're reading too quickly even if its a board book with 3 words per page, or a DIY book or reference book. I understand wanting to thwart cheaters but it needs to account for the length of the book and words per page or wpm. We get stuck behind that a lot and have to go back and read the entire book again because my ASD kiddo is a completionist. Also, I looked for a way to recommend the app to friends from within the app and there wasn't one sadly. You should add one! Would love to spread Epic. (Oh, also, there's a bug when a book is being read to you and you try to select one of the 5 words. If you don't pause the game it can switch pages and then it doesn't read the book back to you past the word found.) Cheers

Absolutely Amazing App!

This app has helped to spark my son's love of reading, and that spark has been eluding us for some time now! There are so many well written stories and age appropriate books up to age 14 that I saw. Even on the app you can search for books by their grade, make a collection for your child (under the parent avatar) and assign those books for them to read. They can favorite books, adding them to their library, etc. Many of the books will offer a quiz at the end, giving your child the opportunity to earn points and badges, and every kid loves being rewarded for their work! There are books they can read themselves, books that can be read to them, some that do both, and audio books for when they just want to listen or have a night time story! This app offers a nice bit of customization, you can have words highlighted and defined, search through books, collections others have already made, etc. It's very user friendly and will suggest books based upon what your child has already read. I love that I can assign him a collection of books I've picked out and can separate them in collections however I like. There are also educational videos as well, we just love it. This app has become indispensable for us! ❤️❤️❤️

Thanks for the feedback! We are delighted to hear your son is enjoying Epic!. :)

The developer, Epic Creations, Inc., indicated that the app's privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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Epic is the world's largest digital library for kids! Our fun, kid-safe, interactive reading app fuels curiosity and reading confidence by letting kids freely explore their interests with instant access to 40,000+ books, audiobooks, learning videos and more.

Anytime, anywhere: Access our library from any Apple device. You can even download books to read offline!

Books that read to them: In addition to our library of more traditional ebooks, we have a huge collection of Read-To-Me books and audiobooks. Featuring talented voice actors, fun music and exciting sound effects that bring stories to life!

Multilingual: The majority of books on Epic are in English, but we also have Spanish-, French- and Chinese-language books to engage readers of different backgrounds and interests.

Fun rewards and learning tools: Reading Buddies, badges and quizzes keep them motivated to read and learn. Spotlight Words and audio-enabled Dictionary Lookup teach vocabulary and pronunciation.

FOR FAMILIES: EPIC UNLIMITED
A paid subscription beginning with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime.

Up to 4 child profiles, so each kid can enjoy a personalized reading experience.
Parent dashboard lets you see what they're reading and follow along with their progress.
95% of Epic parents say Epic helped improve their child's reading skills.

FOR EDUCATORS: EPIC SCHOOL
Epic School is free for educators and students to use during the school day.

ELA Tools: Filter titles by AR, DRA, F&P, grade level and more.
Quizzes, Dictionary Lookup and Spotlight Words help build skills.
Help with Daily 20: Teachers can easily assign and share books, then track daily and weekly reading.
Multilingual books and fun reading formats make reading accessible for every student.
9 out of 10 Epic Educators would recommend us to colleagues.
Coming soon! Epic School Plus, a district-funded premium offering that gives educators and students 24/7 access to the full Epic library.

PRESS AND EXPERT REVIEWS
Epic has been featured on The TODAY Show, CNET and Refinery 29, as well as in The Wall Street Journal, Parents Magazine, USA Today, Forbes, Parenting.com and more.

"Epic strikes the perfect balance between educational and fun, and should allow parents to feel more confident about introducing the iPad into their children's daily lives as a tool." -TechCrunch

"Get access to thousands of books on all subject matters" -Parenting.com

"Epic is incredibly valuable because it gives students exposure to books that they wouldn't get from a library or our classroom." -Cindy, Epic Educator Ambassador

Privacy Policy
getepic.com/privacy

Terms of Service
getepic.com/tos

This update includes bug fixes and improvements.
Thank you for using Epic! We are always making updates and improvements to make your child's reading experience better. If you have any questions or suggestions, please email feedback@getepic.com

Editors' Choice

Kids will love the vast library of original content in Epic, from its growing list of books for all ages to its high-quality collection of educational videos. With stories from favorites like Sesame Street and Clifford, there's always a reason to drop everything and read.

Basically the new favorite

This app is now central to our bedtime routine. My kiddo waits to get new eggs so she can hatch them. It keeps me engaged as the parent too to help her find the 5 words within the book, because engagement can be hard sometimes at the end of the day. Love it. A couple suggestions though... The search feature needs a bit of work. Not quite sure how the algorithm works for picking the next book, but it often gives my kiddo books that are for vastly older readers. Every search parameter should be able to filter recommended age. Lastly, it's incredibly frustrating to read a book (at the preset pace of "read to me" no less...) and be told at the end "Go Back and Keep Reading!" because its decided that you're reading too quickly even if its a board book with 3 words per page, or a DIY book or reference book. I understand wanting to thwart cheaters but it needs to account for the length of the book and words per page or wpm. We get stuck behind that a lot and have to go back and read the entire book again because my ASD kiddo is a completionist. Also, I looked for a way to recommend the app to friends from within the app and there wasn't one sadly. You should add one! Would love to spread Epic. (Oh, also, there's a bug when a book is being read to you and you try to select one of the 5 words. If you don't pause the game it can switch pages and then it doesn't read the book back to you past the word found.) Cheers

Absolutely Amazing App!

This app has helped to spark my son's love of reading, and that spark has been eluding us for some time now! There are so many well written stories and age appropriate books up to age 14 that I saw. Even on the app you can search for books by their grade, make a collection for your child (under the parent avatar) and assign those books for them to read. They can favorite books, adding them to their library, etc. Many of the books will offer a quiz at the end, giving your child the opportunity to earn points and badges, and every kid loves being rewarded for their work! There are books they can read themselves, books that can be read to them, some that do both, and audio books for when they just want to listen or have a night time story! This app offers a nice bit of customization, you can have words highlighted and defined, search through books, collections others have already made, etc. It's very user friendly and will suggest books based upon what your child has already read. I love that I can assign him a collection of books I've picked out and can separate them in collections however I like. There are also educational videos as well, we just love it. This app has become indispensable for us! ❤️❤️❤️

Thanks for the feedback! We are delighted to hear your son is enjoying Epic!. :)

The developer, Epic Creations, Inc., indicated that the app's privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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