Word Wizard for Kids School Ed

Speak N Spell for the iPad Generation - The New York Times

Word Wizard is an award-winning app used in schools that offers several unique reading and spelling activities for children ages four to 10.

--Learn to Read by Building Words --

The Talking Movable Alphabet activity allows kids to experiment with word building and phonics thanks to the advanced text to speech engine (the first step in learning to read)

Any text can be written and spoken

2 child voices + 5 adult voices (US, UK & Australian voices)

Uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers, digraphs, ABC or QWERTY keyboard

Many settings to adapt the activities to the childs needs (letter size, assign images to words, high contrast modes for kids with visual impairment,.)

-- Learn to Spell using the Talking Movable Alphabet and your word lists --

3 spelling activities that increase in difficulty

200 built-in word lists (about 2000 words)

Add your own words to create unique spelling quizzes!

Add your own images to illustrate your word lists

Keep tabs on your childrens progress with detailed reports

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Used in Schools (140K units sold to schools)

This is an important breakthrough in reading instruction - The New York Times

` This is a fantastic app for young children, right through to children in later elementary school - Wireds GeekDad` +

Editors Choice Award for Excellence in Design - Childrens Technology Review

Winner of a Parents Choice Award

More than 290K units sold!

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Talking Movable Alphabet Activity

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Pronounce and spell-check any word, number or sentence

Natural Sounding Voice - three American voices, one British voice, and one Australian voice

Letter sound (phonic) or name when a letter is touched in the alphabet

Alphabetic or QWERTY layout, letters, numbers, consonant digraphs (like th) and vowels digraphs (like oo)

Uppercase or lowercase letters

Keyboard emulation option

4 letter sizes available (allowing for more or fewer letters on the board)

Customized word pronunciation, if necessary

Accessibility: external keyboard support and 4 high contrast modes available

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Fun Spelling Activities

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3 spelling activities of increasing difficulty are provided to adapt the activity to the childs spelling level.
You can use the built-in word lists or create your own.

1 - Word Practice says and displays the word to spell, and asks the child to spell it using the talking movable alphabet

2 - Scrambled Letters says the word and displays the letters needed to build the word or sentence, and asks the child to reorder the letters.

3 - Spelling Quizzes is a standard spelling test.
The app wont move onto the next word until the child has correctly spelled the word, helping them to remember its correct spelling.

200 built-in word lists: Words for beginners, Dolch Words, 1,000 most frequently used words, body parts and more

Create custom Word Lists by entering your own words and sentences

Import and export Word Lists youve created

Hints are available should kids not know how to spell a word

Colorful animations are displayed when a word is completed

Once a quiz is completed, interactive animations are available as a reward

-- Users & Reports --

Unlimited number of users

Detailed Spelling Test Reports per user (can be exported in PDF)

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More Accolades

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The New York Times

This is an important breakthrough in reading instruction because it leverages the iPads size, powerful speech synthesis abilities, and touchscreen so that every letter can be a building block of phonetically accurate sound

Childrens Technology Review

`Editors Choice Award for Excellence in Design - 4.8 stars out of 5 - Turn your iPad into a talking alphabet/language generator - and the perfect tool for a child just starting to experiment with letters and their sounds` +

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