prMac serves to enhance the visibility of press releases in the Mac world, offering Mac-centric news media distribution services as well as top-notch RSS feeds. © 2013 prMac http://prmac.com/ en-us http://prmac.com/release-id-55389.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-55389.htm Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:30:00 CST Preschool University today introduces ABC SPELLING MAGIC 1 Short Vowel Words Deluxe for iOS, which provides practice in building and "spelling" 3-letter words. Designed to enhance phonological awareness, the app employs interactive sounds, pictures, and letters. Each letter and picture has its corresponding sound. In the Word Building mode kids are provided with only the required letters to build words, while in the Movable Alphabet mode, they must select from the entire alphabet to build words. http://prmac.com/release-id-52646.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-52646.htm Mon, 24 Dec 2012 05:00:00 CST Preschool University today introduces ABC READING MAGIC 1 Short Vowel Words Deluxe for iOS, which provides practice in reading 3-letter words. Designed to enhance phonological awareness through learning games, the app employs sounds, pictures, and letters. When the child touches one of the three blank letter tiles, they hear the corresponding letter sound aloud. Kids must correctly blend letter sounds they hear to make words, segment words they hear into letter sounds, and read complete words. http://prmac.com/release-id-50040.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-50040.htm Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:00:00 CST The Looney Tunes Phonics mobile application for iOS now has even more features to help children everywhere improve their reading abilities. Version 1.2.0 is free to download and offers free sample lessons that turn an iPad, iPhone, or iPod into a powerful learning tool. The app leverages the popularity and familiarity of Looney Tunes characters, such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Taz, Tweety, and many more, to help children boost their reading proficiency levels and phonic skills. http://prmac.com/release-id-48437.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-48437.htm Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:00:00 CST Preschool University today introduces SOUND BEGINNINGS 1.0 for Mac OS X, the 4th in their series of educational apps that help young children learn to read. Utilizing proven Montessori principles, SOUND BEGINNINGS helps build strong phonics skills and helps develop foundational reading skills. Six learning games offer practice using the sounds and not the names of the letters, and lowercase instead of uppercase letters at the beginning, middle, and end of words. http://prmac.com/release-id-47573.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-47573.htm Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:50:00 CST Kid's Academy Company has released Interactive ABC HD - Pre-reading for Kids 1.0.1, an update for its top educational app. Previously known as Cartoon ABC, Interactive ABC HD helps kids learn and revise the alphabet and makes a smooth transition from summer to school. Designed for ages two to five the app lets kids enjoy amusing cartoon animations, beautiful illustrations, and original sounds. The update features fully colored content, more user-friendly interface, and improved performance. http://prmac.com/release-id-46246.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-46246.htm Mon, 06 Aug 2012 05:30:00 CST Preschool University today introduces SOUND BEGINNINGS 1.0 for iOS, the 20th in their series of educational apps that help young children learn to read. Utilizing proven Montessori principles, this is the company's first paid app. SOUND BEGINNINGS helps build strong phonics skills and helps develop foundational reading skills. Six learning games offer practice using the sounds and not the names of the letters, and lowercase instead of uppercase letters at the beginning, middle, and end of words. http://prmac.com/release-id-45143.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-45143.htm Mon, 09 Jul 2012 07:20:00 CST New Jersey based educational technology company, Kid's Academy today introduces Cartoon ABC 1.0, their first educational and interactive app for kids aged 2-5. Designed for both iPad and iPhone, Cartoon ABC guides young explorers through the exciting world of letters, sounds, and words and helps them make their first steps in reading. Child-friendly navigation allows kids to be entirely in control of their learning experience. Each word has fun animations that come to life with a tap. http://prmac.com/release-id-43359.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-43359.htm Tue, 29 May 2012 05:00:00 CST LiteracySoft.com has made available Mac and PC compatible versions of Phonics and Reading With McGuffey, a popular iOS app for teaching beginning literacy skills to students with a variety of needs. The app is designed to be simple to use for children as well as adults who have literacy problems, and unlike many reading programs, Phonics And Reading With McGuffey requires very little teaching skill. This update includes multi-user support, performance and interface improvements. http://prmac.com/release-id-41923.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-41923.htm Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:00:00 CST California based Tribal Nova today announce the launch of "i Learn With", a suite of early childhood education apps designed exclusively for iPad. i Learn With is a curriculum-oriented, game-based school readiness program for children ages 3-6. The series of i Learn With apps include: i Learn With - Planet Boing! HD, i Learn With Boing: Ice Land Adventures! HD, i Learn With Poko: Seasons and Weather! HD, and i Learn With Poko: Fun Counting and Addition! HD. http://prmac.com/release-id-39260.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-39260.htm Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:00:00 CST California based AbiTalk has released ABC Phonics Word Family 1.05 for iOS devices. The Phonics Word Family provides the word phonics spelling, beginning sound, word family phonics, short vowel sound, & images with a lot of animations and interactions for each word. There are a total of ten word family groups which focus on the short vowel word family phonics learning. After children complete the phonics spelling in each group, the matching game follows and children can review what they learned. http://prmac.com/release-id-38506.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-38506.htm Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:30:00 CST Pyxwise Software Inc. announces a new update for Simplex Spelling Phonics 1, their award winning spelling app for iPad and iPhone. Simplex Spelling Phonics 1 takes a spelling based phonics approach to teaching phonological awareness. It teaches individual phonemes and maps each of the phonemes to the corresponding phonograms. Each word is spoken clearly and used in a sentence to establish context and build vocabulary in an approach that is very similar to an interactive spelling bee. http://prmac.com/release-id-35296.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-35296.htm Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:00:00 CST Pyxwise Software Inc. today announced that their newest product, Simplex Spelling Phonics 1, has been recently featured by Apple in the "New and Noteworthy" section of the Education category in the US App Store. Simplex Spelling takes phonics education to a new level. This unique application teaches a full year of spelling curriculum and features over 450 high frequency spelling words to help build literacy. It provides 42 instructional lessons in phonics and spelling rules. http://prmac.com/release-id-32960.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-32960.htm Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:00:00 CST L'Escapadou today announces Word Wizard 2.0.1 for iOS, an update to their New and Noteworthy Education app that lets kids hear the sounds of letters and words, and provides spelling practice with a customizable List of more than 1,300 questions and answers. Featuring advanced text to speech capabilities, the app can pronounce and spell-check more than 100,000 words. Word Wizard has won many accolades and was called the "Speak'N Spell for the iPad Generation" by the New York Times. http://prmac.com/release-id-30692.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-30692.htm Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:45:00 CST Pyxwise Software Inc. today announced that Simplex Spelling HD has been recently featured in all of the "What's Hot" sections of the Canadian App Store's Educational Games, Kids Games, and Educational categories for both iPhone and iPad. Simplex Spelling HD is a powerful and fun new approach to learning English spelling that combines a unique "reverse phonics" system with contextually relevant spelling rules. http://prmac.com/release-id-30309.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-30309.htm Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:00:00 CST Pyxwise Software today announced their Back to School Sale for Simplex Spelling HD 1.0.1, their new children's educational app for iOS devices. Simplex Spelling's letter-by-letter feedback system gives students immediate feedback as each letter in the spelling word is color coded to show if it is correct, correct but in the wrong place, or incorrect. From September 2-5, 2011 Simplex Spelling HD can be purchased for more than 50% off of the original price. http://prmac.com/release-id-29959.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-29959.htm Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:00:00 CST California based BrightStart today announces a back-to-school 50% off promotional week on Pre-K Letters and Numbers, its real time reporting app for iOS devices. Pre-K Letters and Numbers is aimed at young children who are just setting out to build a foundation of language and numeracy, develop fine motor skills, understand phonics and build their vocabulary with the bonus of blending common letters and counting. Take advantage of this deal and give students a head start on the school year. http://prmac.com/release-id-29945.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-29945.htm Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:30:00 CST Independent game and educational software developer, Pyxwise Software today introduces Simplex Spelling HD 1.0, their new children's educational app for iOS devices. Simplex Spelling HD takes a unique "reverse phonics" approach to spelling for more than 220 high frequency words. Simplex Spelling's letter-by-letter feedback system gives students immediate feedback as each letter in the spelling word is color coded to show if it is correct, correct but in the wrong place, or incorrect. http://prmac.com/release-id-29634.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-29634.htm Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:10:00 CST China based Manna Soft Limited today announced the release of Dr Kids Phonics Singalong for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. An educational app geared specifically towards young children, Dr Kids Phonics Singalong gives kids the power to master the fundamentals of proper phonetic pronunciation on the go anywhere anytime in a fun musically inclined way. The app utilizes vibrant kid-friendly graphics and engaging poetry to push children to learn phonetics in ways they are entertaining. http://prmac.com/release-id-27796.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-27796.htm Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:00:00 CST California based 24x7digital LLC has released SightWords Pro 3.0, an educational flash-card app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. SightWords Pro is a comprehensive learning tool containing over 1,500 high-frequency sight words compiled from many sources including Dolch, Fry, UK, and AU word lists. Students may tap the sight word to hear professionally recorded American-English pronunciations, swipe flash-cards to navigate the stack of words, and shake their iOS device to shuffle the flash-cards. http://prmac.com/release-id-27699.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-27699.htm Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:00:00 CST California based developer, BrightStart today announces Pre-K Letters and Numbers 1.1, their interactive learning system with real time reporting for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Pre-K Letters and Numbers is the first of a series of applications aimed at young children who are just setting out to build a foundation of language and numeracy, develop fine motor skills, understand phonics and build their vocabulary with the bonus of blending common letters and counting. http://prmac.com/release-id-23334.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-23334.htm Wed, 23 Mar 2011 04:00:00 CST Award-winning independent children's app developer Duck Duck Moose today announces Word Wagon 1.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch. Word Wagon introduces letters, phonics, and spelling to children in Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade. Mozzarella the Mouse and Coco the bird play with children, while teaching them letter names, letter sounds, and words. Word Wagon includes 103 words, including 44 Dolch sight words. Children can choose words from seven different categories. http://prmac.com/release-id-21677.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-21677.htm Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:45:00 CST California based Smarty Pants School LLC today announces Smarty Pants School 1.0, their flagship application for the iPad. "Smarty Pants School" enables parents and teachers to assess children's early reading skills based on the official recommendations of the National Reading Panel. The entire assessment takes less than 10 minutes and is full of positive encouragement and animated activities designed to reduce children's test anxiety and bring out the smarty pants in budding readers. http://prmac.com/release-id-16198.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-16198.htm Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:00:00 CST San Francisco based company Redbot Software Inc, today announces ABC Letters Tracing Lite 1.2, an update to their educational app for iPhone and iPod touch. Available as a free download, ABC Letters Tracing helps parents teach their children the alphabet, based on popular letter writing and tracing activity books used in schools. The child uses their finger to trace each letter on the screen of the device. Users can try this free version, before buying the full version, ABC Letters Tracing. http://prmac.com/release-id-15994.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-15994.htm Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:00:00 CST San Francisco based software company Redbot Software Inc, today announces ABC Letters Tracing 1.3.0, an update to their educational app for iPhone and iPod touch. ABC Letters Tracing helps parents teach their children the alphabet, based on popular letter writing and tracing activity books used in schools. The child uses their finger to trace each letter on the screen of the device. As each letter appears the child hears the name of the letter along with the corresponding phonic pronunciation. http://prmac.com/release-id-13016.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-13016.htm Mon, 17 May 2010 10:20:00 CST UK based Apps in My Pocket Ltd announces abc PocketPhonics 1.7.2 for iPhone and iPod touch. Parents can now order a free guide to teaching their kids to read direct from their iPhone. The guide explains how the synthetic phonics method of teaching reading works, enabling parents to help their children learn to read faster. The award-winning abc PocketPhonics is one of the best-selling apps for teaching kids to read on the iPhone with over 75,000 sold. http://prmac.com/release-id-4187.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-4187.htm Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:00:00 CST Apps in My Pocket Ltd launches PocketPhonics for iPhone. Children can now enjoy learning to read using phonics on an iPhone or iPod Touch. Phonics is the reading system recommended by education specialists in both the US and UK. Aimed at children aged between 3 and 7, PocketPhonics uses animated graphics, sound and touch to teach children their letter sounds, how to write their letters and how to "blend" letter sounds together to make words.