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Sarah Brnjac (29686903)

Celia Dos Anjos Fernandes Sousa (2859877)

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This resource offers offer educators to develop children’s literacy skills, such as oral language skills. It develops children’s narrative skills through shared booking reading and storytelling, such as show and tell. As supported by Snow and Dickenson (1991), exposure to varied vocabulary, opportunities for extended discussion and cognitively stimulating oral experiences in the early years, are correlated to later literacy success (Hill, 2006). Additionally, outcome 4 of VEYLDF highlights children’s learning experiences through texts, such as listening and responding to sounds and patterns in speech to enrich their oral language (Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority [VCAA], 2016).

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This resource offers an opportunity for children to learn different adjectives and identify adjectives within the text, and this relates to writing continuum process. This activity asks children to choose their favorite characters from storybooks or movies and encouraging them to describe these characters. In addition, this activity encourages children to write words by themselves. According to the information comes from Hill, when activity forces children to select specific words which can promote them to chose it more carefully. This can stimulate a more meaningful and useful learning environment, rather than making worksheets for children to learn different adjective words (Hill, 2006).

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This resource is an interactive activity that enables children to develop spelling abilities. Besides, spelling is a complex skill as it requires a range of knowledge, such as phonological knowledge and morphemic knowledge. The overlapping waves theory (OWT), developed by Siegler (1996), believes that cognitive development does not emerge solely from children’s maturation and experience, but also something that is ‘goal-driven’ and related to particular tasks. This means that OWT suggests that when children are learning to spell, they use a variety of ways and strategies to solve a problem. This activity models each letter of the sounds and produce digraphs too.

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This resource offers an opportunity for children to tell story by themselves, and this relates to speaking continuum process. Through the whole process, children will learn how to describe an object and make a story by themselves, in this way children extending their word and grammar knowledge based on speaking experiences. In addition, children create stories to share with peers, which allow students to explore and develop language competence by themselves. Furthermore, in this process children become storytellers rather than be passive listeners (Cohrssen, Niklas & Tayler, 2016).

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Frog’s lunch is a storybook that offers educators an opportunity to develop phonological awareness and word recognition. This book includes some repetitions to promote word recognition and images to provide visualisation. This relates to the process of encoding, with focus on writing. Hill (2006) affirms that using picture books is beneficial as it allows children to make connections about grammar and sentence structure. Research suggests that there is a high correlation between a child’s exposure to literature and positive writing experiences with rich language (Hill, 2006). This implies that exposure to new vocabulary and syntactic patterns provide opportunities for children to reflect on how language works to create ideas and connections.

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This resource offers an opportunity for educators to teach vocabulary development through multimodal texts. This relates to the encoding process with relation to creating texts and punctuation. As highlighted in the Australian Curriculum (2016), children create mental images as they read a text, by using prior knowledge and guided visualisation to assist in understanding the meaning of texts . Additionally, this is supported by Kress (2009) whom emphasizes on multimodal communicative practices to enhance communication and expression. Through this activity, students can use different forms of communication to express ideas and opinions, strengthening their punctuation and grammar in their speech to develop their writing abilities.

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This resource provides children an opportunity to develop handwriting, which is related to the encoding process of children’s literacy development. Handwriting in early years is linked to basic reading and spelling achievements. As supported by Graham, Harris and Fink (2000), providing children with opportunities to develop emerging skills through consistent practice is most beneficial for developing handwriting and fluency. Besides, students who have difficulties with handwriting spends more time and effort towards the motor process of writing, rather than developing their ideas. Thus, poor handwriting results in less length and quality of content.

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Pom pom drop activity - fine motor skills

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Pom pom drop activity - fine motor skills

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This activity can be used by educators in their classroom to promote children’s fine motor skills. Research has shown the importance of fine motor development in children’s language, literacy and cognition, which linked to later academic achievement (Department of Education, 2019). From Piaget’s (2013) theory of cognitive development, in which infants and children construct their understanding of the world through their own actions, research has proven that children’s social interactions and knowledge development is influenced by movements (Cadoret, Bigras, Duval, Lemay, Tremblay & Lemire, 2018). VEYLDF also emphasizes the importance of using equipment with increasing competence and skills to take greater responsibility with their own health and wellbeing (outcome 3; VCAA, 2016).

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This resource enable educators to plan activities for shared writing, which relates to children’s writing (encoding) development, with specific focus on creating texts and punctuation. This resource can be used in both intentional teaching, and free play, where children can explore the construction of texts. As Hill (2006) highlighted, shared writing is beneficial as educators can support children in exploring ways to write text types, construct complex sentences and check spelling and grammar. Moreover, it helps students interact with educators and contribute to the writing while the educator models ‘think aloud’.

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This resource offered to educators enables the development of both vocabulary development and speaking, which related to speaking and spelling in the Literacy Continuum Process model. This is supported by Luke and Freebody (1999) whom acknowledged that reading and writing needed to be purposefully contextualised to ensure meaning was made beyond the text. Luke and Freebody (1999) also emphasize on developing coding competence, the ability to break the code of written texts, by recognizing alphabets, sounds and patterns. Besides, understanding visuals assist in better comprehension by stimulating imagination.

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This teaching resource is enables children to strengthen phonics and rimes. This relates to encoding, with specific focus on speaking. The concept of phonics helps children decode letters into their sounds and is essential for children’s learning to become successful writers in school years. As supported by Stahl (2001), teaching practices in early years that included explicit focus on the sound-letter pattern (graphemes), and applied these to reading and writing experiences were shown effective. Additionally, teaching phonics with engaging flip cards allow development of oral language and prolonged retention of knowledge.

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This resource offers children the support to develop their writing process through strengthening grammar. This application is an interactive activity and offer different levels based on a child’s learning development. This relates to writing in the Literacy Continuum Process model. As supported by Vygotsky (1978), he highlights the importance of cooperative dialogues between children and a more knowledgeable member to support language development (Woolfolk & Margetts, 2016). When educators promote collaborative learning, children strive to understand each other and learning occurs in the process. This way, this activity enable educators to scaffold children’s learning to allow children to gain knowledge and independence (Woolfolk & Margetts, 2016).

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The best app!

I like it!

Very useful!

Thanks to Preposition Master you can learn English and grammar free by putting the prepositions in place to form correct sentences and sayings.

Preposition Master is a fun and educational game for kids and English language students of all ages who want to learn and improve their language skills in a more entertaining way.

How do you play?

It's easy. The game consists of putting the prepositions from each level in the correct place to form a correct sentence. (Beginner, competent, professional, expert, sayings.)

If you make a mistake and click the incorrect preposition, there is a time penalty.

Once you have completed the sentence you will receive a score based on how fast you were and your total number of errors.

You can share your knowledge with other players worldwide thanks to online multiplayer mode or with your friends on Google Play Services and Game Center.

Are you an English expert who wants to show off your skills? Are you an English student who wants to improve your skills? Preposition Master will help you use prepositions in sentences correctly.

Preposition Master is the first game of its kind designed and developed completely by educators to help students improve one of the biggest problems language learners all face, correct use of prepositions. With four levels from beginner to expert, Preposition Master is a challenge for everyone from the Beginner to the most seasoned English language communicators. The Proverbs and Sayings level is a great way to learn and remember popular English idioms and expressions.

These are the levels:

Beginner: Ideal for children. This level contains the easiest sentences with the fewest prepositions to work with.

Competent: This is where things start to get harder. This level is great for learners who are a bit farther along in their English language learning adventure.

Professional: Great for users with a solid base in English who want to keep their skills up to date.

Expert: Only for those with the most proficient English skills. Are you one of them?

Do you have what it takes to become the next Preposition Master? Try your luck in single player mode or against friends and other players worldwide.

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Thanks to Preposition Master you can learn English and grammar free by putting the prepositions in place to form correct sentences and sayings. Preposition Master is a fun and educational game for kids and English language students of all ages who want to learn and improve their language skills in a more entertaining way.

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Fine Motor Skills Building Activity at Home

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Fine Motor Skills Building Activity at Home

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This fine motor ball activity can be easily created at home. It is inexpensive and a simple way for children to grow their fine motor skills and abilities. The activity assists the child in their writing, through building the muscles in their hands and fingers, improving their coordination and writing skills. Part of learning to write and compose texts is the ability to grip a pencil in order to create, which involves fine motor skills. The Victorian State Government Education and Training (2020) highlights that ‘fine motor development has important implications for children’s engagement in… emergent writing experiences’, underlining the importance of fine motor development in writing effectively, so children are able to communicate.

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This resource offers an active opportunity for children to interact with their friends, and this relates to speaking continuum process. Besides, this activity that incorporate writing and speaking in a fun way, as well as children will learn how to corporate and solve problem with each other. The Early Years Leaning Framework [EYLF] outcome 5 indicated that, children are effective communicators which means children can interact with others to discover concepts or ideas, then exchange ideas and understandings in their play (DEEWR, 2009).

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This resource offers perfect practice opportunity for children to learn sentence structure, and this relates to speaking and writing continuum processes. Furthermore, this activity builds the foundation for their grammar knowledge and it is valuable to develop children’s writing skills. According to the Australian curriculum stated in relation to the grammar knowledge students need to understand the role of grammatical features when they construct the text through composing or comprehending (ACARA, 2020). Moreover, this activity allows student to check sentences carefully, when children can self-correct in writing it can help children to achieve a more meaningful writing (Hill, 2006).

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This resource offers an opportunity for children to learn and develop their speaking skills, and this relates to speaking continuum process. Speaking is one of important element in children’s literacy development, when children are speaking, they also can communicate what they are thinking. This activity provides an interesting way to attract children in learning and developing their speaking. Furthermore, through this activity children can learn from each other, especially for children who English is their second language. This is because children can expand their vocabulary knowledge though the conversation processes. According to Vygotsky theory of ZPD, it said children can reach their protentional developmental level when they guide by adults or in collaboration with more capable peers (Woolfolk & Margetts, 2016).

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Story starters: creating writing prompts for students

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Story starters: creating writing prompts for students

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This resource offers an opportunity for children to use computers and iPads in their learning, and this relates to writing continuum process. Through participating in this activity, student could identity and discuss what elements work together in order to make a story. In addition, a lot of teachers noticed that most of children enjoy writing with computers and iPads (Hill, 2006). Furthermore, Lankshear and Knobel notes “while being multiliterate is extremely relevant to the early childhood context” (Lankshear & Knobel, 2003 as cited in, Hill, 2006). Also, according to a review of the research into new technologies and early childhood, it found the variety benefits for use of multimodal resources to support encoding and decoding texts (Hill, 2006).

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This resource offers an opportunity for children to have a hands-on experience, and this relates to writing continuum process. Through this activity children actively engage in practicing letters. Based on the information comes from Hill (2006), he said there are few stages in children’s writing, in emergent writing children begin to write or create letters, children may start to write the letter from their name (Hill, 2006). Furthermore, Magic water is relation to play-based learning, as play always provides opportunities for children to learn when they create, discover and imagine, also play helps children to expand their thinking and improve their desire to know and to learn (DEEWR, 2009).

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This resource offers an opportunity for children to practice talking and communicating, and this relates to speaking continuum process. Australian Curriculum indicated that in order to developing and acting with literacy children need to use language to interact with others (ACARA, 2020). Also, through the interactive process, children will learn new words from their conversation, so it can enhance and develop children’s vocabulary knowledge. Moreover, encoding through speaking plays a vital role for children to acquiring further vocabulary, and this help children strengthen understanding of current vocabulary, and learn new words through the conversation. Also, speaking is the foundation of writing as they are reciprocal relationships between each concept.

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This resources off an opportunity for children to expand their specific area of vocabulary, and this relates to speaking and writing continuum process. Children can develop their color’s vocabulary through this story book. From listening of the story children will try to find the words to describe different plants. Stickland and Morrow (1990) indicated that consistent experience with books improve children’s vocabulary and understanding sentence structures through listening process (Ehri, 2005).

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This resource offers an opportunity for children to build vocabulary and communicating skills, it relates to speaking continuum process. Through the whole process, a lots of language development will happen, and it provides a playful way for children to learn different vocabulary. Also, children are actively interacting with other peers in the classroom. Furthermore, this activity was underpinned by intentional teaching which means educator focus on children’s interaction and conversations in the learning process, and foster high-level thinking skills.

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Push Pin Maze Activity- Building Fine Motor Skills for Writing

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Push Pin Maze Activity- Building Fine Motor Skills for Writing

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The push pin maze is an enjoyable pre-writing activity parents can set up at home, which allows children to build their fine motor skills, through correct grip of the pencil when writing around the maze. This activity builds upon the child ability to encode through the writing progression element. The ‘dynamic systems theory of motor development’ supports the importance of developing a child’s fine motor skills, stating, “when motor skills work as a system, separate abilities blend together, each cooperating with others to produce more effective ways of exploring and controlling the environment” (Berk, 2013, p. 148).

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Articulation station is an app available to parents providing comprehensive speech therapy, allowing your child to practice sounds through a variety of games and activities, equipping children in their ability to encode through speaking. This allows children to build upon their oral language, which evidently is a necessary skill. Oral Language is a fundamental base for a child to build literacy (Hill, 2014), and therefore, should be continually practiced for a young child to gain and consolidate such knowledge for their literacy development. Hill (2006) highlights that ‘being able to hear language, perceive differences in meaning and articulate language is crucially important for learning to read and write’ (p.20).

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Learn how to pronounce and practice the consonantal sounds in the English language with 6 fantastic and engaging articulation activities!

Created by a certified Speech-Language Pathologist, Articulation Station Classic is a full featured articulation application to help children as well as adults learn to speak and pronounce their sounds more clearly. Beautiful high quality images represent target words to be practiced in fun-filled activities with the assistance of a Speech-Language Pathologist, teacher or parent.

Articulation Station Classic offers practice at the WORD, PHRASE, SENTENCE and STORY levels all in one app! These activities are so fun your kids will love practicing their sounds and forget they are actually "working" on their articulation.

Each of the 22 sound programs target sounds in the initial, medial and final positions of words, sentences and stories. The majority of sounds (p,b,m,d,n,t,k,g,f,v,ch,j,z,sh,th) have 60 target words each. The l,r and s sound programs target blends as well. Additionally the r sound program has ALL the vocalic r's!

ARTICULATION STATION CLASSIC FEATURES:

- Quick tips for teaching each sound
- 20 target words per sound position (initial, medial, final)
- Beautiful high quality images
- Create custom word lists
- Shuffle multiple sounds
- Flashcard activity
- Matching activity
- Rotating Sentences (like carrier phrases)
- Unique Sentences
- Level 1 stories with picture prompts and comprehension questions
- Level 2 stories with comprehension questions
- In depth Scoring and data tracking for each child/student
- Student profiles
- Group sessions (Up to 6 students at one time!)
- Voice recording and playback feature for monitoring responses
- Save audio recordings
- Backup and restore your data

When ALL SOUNDS have been purchased:

- ADD YOUR OWN IMAGES!
- Over 1,200 target words
- 96 Rotating Sentences
- Over 1300 Unique Sentences
- 96 Level 1 stories
- 96 Level 2 stories

ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:

FLASHCARDS
Beautiful, easy to interpret, real life images with audio reinforcement.

MATCHING GAME
Exciting matching game that will keep everyone entertained!

ROTATING SENTENCES
Fixed sentence loaded with target sounds and paired with rotating target words.

UNIQUE SENTENCES
A new sentence for every target word with an average of three target sounds per sentence.

LEVEL 1 STORIES
Short, silly rhymes for each sound position with multiple target words, pictures and comprehension questions.

LEVEL 2 STORIES
Short, creative stories for each sound
position with multiple target words and comprehension questions.

- Articulation Station is now Articulation Station Classic!
- Option to import all your student data into Articulation Station Hive
- Fixed some small bugs and made some stability improvements
- Fixed bad link

I am a Speech Pathologist and I love it!

Articulation station is wonderful for both in clinic use and encouraging home practice in a fun way with ZERO prep work!

I love that includes the ability to change word position of each sound you are working on. You can move up from words to sentence levels. Would be great to see some CV words included in a seperate tab before word level.

My clients love it - especially playing the memory match game! Highly recommended.

Great

I have had this app for months, using it to help develop (& track progress) of my sons language. I have had no issues with the app & think it's definitely one of the best available. However I do agree that it can get to be expensive to unlock the other letters/sounds.

Amazing App and Amazing Customer Service

After being recommended the app by our Speech Path we downloaded it and decided to buy the full version.

We had a small issue with payment which was very quickly addressed by the app company. They were so thoughtful and kind in their email response with the issue.

We use the app regularly and our son really enjoys the recording function and the matching game. We believe it is making a big difference in his speech development.

Very highly recommended!!!!

Thank you for your review! We are thrilled to hear that your son is enjoying the app and wish you all the best!

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

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The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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Compatibility

iPhone

Requires iOS 9.0 or later.

iPad

Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.

iPod touch

Requires iOS 9.0 or later.

Languages

English, Spanish

Family Sharing

Up to six family members will be able to use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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LetterSchool is an interactive app available on the Appstore for parents to download for their child, enabling them to practice their handwriting. The child can practice phonics, the formation of words, syllable formations as well as spell a variety of different words. Within the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA, 2016) under the writing progression element, the spelling descriptor states that students develop skills using spelling as a tool to enable them to understand text as well as make meaning. Foundational knowledge under SpG1 (ACARA,2016) highlights that children are able to write letters to represent words, as well as spell their own name, underlining the importance of practicing the formation and spelling of letters.

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Loved & played by more than 2 million kids and used at more than 5,000 schools!

- Winner of 'National Parenting Product Awards 2018' - NAPPA Awards
- 'Best Mobile App of 2018 Platinum Award' nominee! - BMA

SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Block & Cursive Letters,
- Uppercase and Lowercase,
- Numbers 1-10,
- 24 geometric shapes for toddlers!
- Keep track of your child's progress,
- Unlock Golden Levels!
- 72 CVC words, 36 CVCC words, and 39 long sound words!
- Progress and settings stored for up to three players on the same device,
- Interactive and visually attractive fun animations,
- Available for both iPads and iPhones!

IMPORTANT:
The first five letters of the alphabet (both uppercase and lowercase), five shapes, and the first three CVC flashcards (nine words) are completely for free. They can be played entirely (on 3 game steps). Enjoy this trial and have fun!

PERFECT FOR KIDS:
Kids want to have fun and LetterSchool offers an educational journey with the most engaging and entertaining educational material!
- Learn while engaging with over 20+ exciting animations, graphics, and sound effects.
- Associate letters with words, master and memorize tracing directions and the correct formation of each character.
- Learn phonics, the formation of words, understand syllable formations, and spell entire words.
- Perfect for home-schooling kids and kindergartens. A user-friendly app for children with special educational needs.

PERFECT FOR PARENTS & TEACHERS:
- Choice of the three most popular font families in handwriting education (Handwriting Without Tears, D'Nealian, and Zaner-Bloser).
- Complete a set of letters, numbers, or shapes to unlock the Golden Levels!
- Golden Level allows progress tracking and displays exactly how the letter was drawn!
- A new challenge at every step: Your child traces a letter, number or shape 3 times using different parameters.

SAFE:
- An educational app created together with parents and educational professionals.
- NO ADS!
- Advanced settings or purchases only accessible by an adult!
- Extremely committed Customer Support ready to answer all questions and fix any issues.

LET'S PLAY & LEARN!
Join LetterSchool on this exciting educational journey! Download the app and allow your toddler to discover the magical world of letters and words. Before you know it, your kid will become a pro in writing and spelling!

SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS:
LetterSchool offers three auto-renewing subscription options: per month. quarter, and year.
- You can cancel your subscription anytime without an extra cancellation fee.
- 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.
- The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours before the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal.
- Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.
- No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during an active subscription period.
- Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.
- Your iTunes account will be charged automatically after the 7-day free trial.

CONTACT
For more reviews and information, visit our website www.letterschool.org
If you have any question or suggestions, please contact us at support@letterschool.org
You can also check our FAQ page on www.letterschool.org/faq.
Terms of service and privacy policy: https://www.letterschool.org/terms & https://www.letterschool.org/privacy-policy/

Version 2.2.1

Thanks for using LetterSchool! This update includes:
- The option to download and switch between 12 different languages!
- A menu that allows you to change your "learning language" and your "menu text" while playing.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements.

As always, if you have any comments or run into any issues, let us know at support@letterschool.org.
And don't forget to check our FAQ at www.letterschool.com

Very disappointed in new update

We did love this game until the update, I had previously purchased the full upper and lower case alphabet, numbers and shapes. Now that I've done the update I'm back to having the lite version (so only a couple of letters) unless I pay the subscription. I feel robbed as this was something I had already paid for and it has been taken away. Now we have two disappointed preschoolers.

If you have previously purchased the full version, all you have to do is to click on the 'Restore Purchases' button. It will load all of the content + the freshly added 'Spelling' component as well! You won't be ever charged again for accessing what you already paid for. That is why we sent an email to all of the users prior to this update. If you need help or can't restore your purchase, contact us at support@letterschool.org and we will assist you!

Love it!

I love this app. I love how the kids are asked to continuously try again to make the letters, numbers and shapes if they miss the line. It makes their writing much more precise.

Just wondering if you are able to add more font options onto the app, preferable NSW foundation find so there is a an option for a closed 'k' and 'y' with the hooked tail but minus the ticks at the end of each letter.

Hello!
Thank you so much for your support. We will definitely take note of your feedback so that we can improve our service further. If you need any assistance, please contact us at support@letterschool.org and we'll be more than happy to help you :)

Fantastic learning tool

My 5 yr old boy has found this app user friendly. He has adapted his learning by using technology assisted writing tools a lot more because less stressful for him to follow the fun prompts more easily.

Hi Tilley,

Thank you so much for your review. It's highly appreciated!

I am so happy your son enjoys LetterSchool! I am sure he will master his handwriting in no time!

Happy Handwriting,
Kosma

Information

Seller

Letterschool Enabling Learning B.V.

Compatibility

Requires iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

Languages

English, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Japanese, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

Copyright

© LetterSchool Enabling Learning B.V.

In-App Purchases

1. Unlock Full Block Alphabet $10.99

2. All-in-one Package $14.99

3. Unlock Full Cursive Alphabet $10.99
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Family Sharing

Up to six family members will be able to use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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‎Loved & played by more than 2 million kids and used at more than 5,000 schools! - Winner of 'National Parenting Product Awards 2018' - NAPPA Awards - 'Best Mobile App of 2018 Platinum Award' nominee! - BMA SPECIAL FEATURES: - Block & Cursive Letters, - Uppercase and Lowercase, - Numbers 1-10, -...

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Practice writing the Letter A- education.com

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Education.com provides tracing sheets that can be easily accessed by parents and printed at home, allowing children to build their early writing skills, and gain knowledge of the correct formation of their letters. Freebody and Luke (1990) set out the four resources model, which unpacks how children are able to encode and compose written text, which can be done through utilising the alphabet. Too, Clay (2002) states that ‘writing behaviour is a good indicator of a child’s knowledge of letters’ (p.97), so therefore, for a child to write clearly, their understanding and practice of the letters plays a vital role in this process.

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Little learners get an introduction to early writing skills while building letter knowledge with this "letter A" tracing worksheet. Drawing lines is an important prewriting skill and an essential first step in learning how to write letters, which is why this worksheet gives kids plenty of practice tracing diagonal lines before having them trace an uppercase letter A.

Check out the rest of the alphabet here.

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Practice Tracing the Letter A | Worksheet | Education.com

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Little learners get an introduction to early writing skills while building letter knowledge with this "letter A" tracing worksheet. Drawing lines is an important prewriting skill and an essential first step in learning how to write letters, which is why this worksheet gives kids plenty of practice tracing diagonal lines before having them trace an uppercase letter A.

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Conjunction Function is an amusing learning song that unpacks the function of conjunctions when a child is learning correct grammar formation, when connecting words and phrases. This is an important aspect of not only speech, but of writing when children are learning to form sentence structures. The song displays a combination of different conjunctions, to expose children to different ways sentence can be formed or expanded. Fellowes and Oakley (2014) states that writing flows better when composed of different sentences forms, as if there are too many simple sentences, the text becomes tiresome to read and can be difficult to understand. Fellowes and Oakley (2014) highlights that compound sentences are made up of two clauses, linked together by conjunctions, which help establish connections when understanding the text, a child has written (p.399).

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Jolly Phonics is an online website providing many free resources to parents and teachers. The Jolly Phonics actions sheet provides actions associated with all 42 letter sounds, so children are able to practice and consolidate the letter sounds, in a multisensory way, enabling them to use kinaesthetic learning to practice correct articulation when speaking. Grønbæk, Iverson, Kortbek, Nielsen & Aagaard (2007) supports that children ‘sense and learn trough their bodies’(p.364), unpacking that body movement stimulates the sensory system, which is a significant factor in a child’s learning process.

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Resource bank for teachers and parents - Jolly Phonics

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Free handy sheet describing all the Jolly Phonics actions.

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Have Fun Teaching is an easily accessible learning channel available for parents to play at home for their children. The ‘Alphabet Song’ unpacks constants and vowels, assisting children in their phonological knowledge, to help them speak and write, as well as, giving them the ability to encode to write the correct formation of the letters in the alphabet. The Victorian State Government Education and Training (2020) unpacks that developing a strong understanding in phonological awareness is vital for every student, due to the fact that this awareness of the sounds in words, as well as its corresponding syllables is critical, allowing a child to hear the word, segment it and be able to spell it. This enables growth in the correct spelling of words in a child’s writing journey. The practice sheet relates to the learning progression element of writing, unpacking a child’s knowledge of letters which assists in the formation of words, and then sentences.

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Shoes from Grandpa is an online story book, allowing parents to play a video and the story is read aloud to their child. There are many activities that can be implemented at home through this book, from simply listening and being exposed to correct sentence formation and grammar, as well as writing tasks where a child could write a story or a letter to their own grandparent. This relates to the process of encoding, with specific focus on writing. Writing is evidenced as one of the modes within the Multimodality theory (Kress, 2010), highlighting how writing is a form of communicating through expression of one’s self and contributes to a child’s composition within literacy.

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Shoes from Grandpa | Kids Book Read Aloud

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Mr T’s Phonics is an engaging channel, providing parents with a variety of videos unpacking phonics through ‘Geraldine the Giraffe’. This can be shown to their children to expand and consolidate their phonological awareness, outside of the classroom environment, which assists their writing and speaking skills. The videos range from foundational phonological knowledge, and increase in the gradient of difficulty, so a variety is provided depending on where your child’s understanding is at. Camborne (1995) unpacks that through the eyes of learning theories, complex understanding is best formed and learnt when broken down into smaller, less complicated steps for learners, and then from there, increases in complexity.

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Geraldine the Giraffe's Flash Cards - Episode S