"Good ap but why are C and K together?" ****
14/10/09 18:01 Filed in: PocketPhonics | iPhone apps
This ap has both US and UK pronunciations. It also uses two styles of handwriting. I like that you can choose upper or lower case and cursive. I have a first grader and two preschoolers and feel this ap has something for each of them. My only criticism on the phonics is that both C and K are listed in the first group. They make the same sound, so when a child clicks on C when they hear the correct sound for C they are told they are wrong and must then try K and vice versa. Perhaps only allow one in the first group or add an image to assist.
By: Healthy-family.org (US iTunes store, 14 October 2009)
Ironically, just today I'd been thinking about the problem outined in this review and finally decided how I was going to tackle it, so for it to appear as an issue in a review on the same day was kind of odd!
The solution is quite simple, and something I should have thought of before, I'll just make the right choice appear in the word game for that word. I think it's actually good to introduce sounds close together that make the same sound so children realise that the same sound can be made by different letters.