Monday, January 30, 2012

Top Ten Free Android Reading Apps for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Top Ten Free Android Reading Apps for Toddlers, Preschoolers and Kinders
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Product Details Toddler ABC Flashcards is a great way to teach your child their ABCs. While in the doctor's office, shopping, or getting dinner together, these cards are sure to keep your little one busy, flipping cards and practicing their ABCs.

What makes these cards special is that toddlers are included as the narrators and teachers. Children love to hear and play with other children. You can select from three narrators to help your child learn their ABCs. One of the narrators is an 11-year-old in the event that you want that crisp clarity, and pronunciation of a well-learned instructor.

View flashcards by the swipe screen method. Navigational arrow graphics are also included and can be configured from within the settings of the app. Choose from two different fonts. At the end of the flashcard sequence the selected narrator will sing the ABC song for you.
Toddler ABC Flashcards (FREE) by WBEI (App - Oct. 13, 2011)
Download: $0.00
Available instantly on your connected Android device
3.8 out of 5 stars   (4)

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Product Details 
Want a free, fun way to teach your kids? Try the Word-A-Licious app for Android devices. Word-A-Licious Lite is an interactive word flashcard game for toddlers. Help your child build a strong word vocabulary in a fun, interactive game environment. The app features a combination of vibrant game graphics and crystal clear photos.

Choose from animals or food categories. Select the correct picture from four flashcard images. A narrator expresses appreciation for the response whether it is correct or not. Stars are awarded at the end of each game to recognize your achievements. Additional categories are accessible in the paid version of this app.

Children love to see fun, real-world pictures and feel the joy of getting the right answer. Through repetitive playing, children learn to develop focus, an awareness of objects in their environment, and the concept of right and wrong answers.

Give Word-A-Licious Lite a try and make learning a wonderful experience for your child.
Word-A-Licious Lite by Brainster Apps (App - Oct. 9, 2011)
Download: $0.00
Available instantly on your connected Android device
4.0 out of 5 stars   (6)

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Product Details 
Help your preschool-age children learn their ABCs with this fun matching game. It works the same way as the classic TV game show Concentration--tap the boxes to find the matches. Your children will enjoy the pleasant graphics and will be cheered on by the voices of other children reading the letters and announcing the matches. Note: this free version is ad-supported.
Alphabet Match Free by Slilly Software (App - Apr. 12, 2011)
Download: $0.00
Available instantly on your connected Android device
4.2 out of 5 stars   (6)
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Product Details Tracing ABC is a fun way for preschoolers to learn their ABCs and digits. Tracing ABC features a much easier mode for younger players so that they can learn the letters and numbers before they acquire the motor skills for more difficult tracing. The guided mode works by guiding the cursor through the right track, even if the player just goes in the right general direction. Tracing ABC is aimed for children ages four and up. Tracing ABC supports capital letters, lower-case letters, digits, and several shapes.

This FREE version contains the letters A-H, the numbers 1-3, and two shapes.
Tracing ABC Free by Remarkable Games (App - Dec. 19, 2011)
Download: $0.00
Available instantly on your connected Android device
3.8 out of 5 stars   (4)

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Product Details 
Number Match Free is a fun and simple little matching game for your Android phone. Help your preschool-age children learn their numbers by tapping on each square to reveal the number behind each one. Have your child play through this education game complete with colorful images and positive reinforcement--a child's voice cheers when you get the correct answers.
Number Match Free by Slilly Software (App - Apr. 7, 2011)
Download: $0.00
Available instantly on your connected Android device
4.5 out of 5 stars   (2)

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Product Details 
Want a fun way to teach your kids? Try the Word-A-Licious app. Word-A-Licious is an interactive word flashcard game for toddlers. Help your child build a strong word vocabulary in a fun, interactive game environment. The app features a combination of vibrant game graphics and crystal clear photos.

Choose from eight different game categories: animals, more animals, food, household, colors, shapes, plants, and body parts. Select the correct picture from four flashcard images. A narrator expresses appreciation for the response whether it is correct or not. Stars are awarded at the end of each game to recognize your achievements.

Children love to see fun, real-world pictures and feel the joy of getting the right answer. Through repetitive playing, children learn to develop focus, an awareness of objects in their environment, and the concept of right and wrong answers.

Give Word-A-Licious a try and make learning a wonderful experience for your child.
Word-A-Licious by Brainster Apps (App - Sept. 27, 2011)
Download: $0.99
Available instantly on your connected Android device
4.3 out of 5 stars   (11)

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Product Details Preschool All Words 3 Lite is an educational app for babies, toddlers, and preschool kids. It contains around 500 words with nice illustrations.

Preschool All Words 3 Lite builds on the first two apps in this series, which help your child learn new words and are also available on Amazon.com. In the third installment, your child can quiz themselves on the words and spellings they’ve learned.

This app will keep your kids entertained while helping them learn how to match words with objects, building on what they learned in Preschool All Words 1 and 2 Lite.
Preschool All Words 3 Lite by Fun4Kids Preschool Education (App - Dec. 6, 2011)
Download: $0.00
Available instantly on your connected Android device
5.0 out of 5 stars   (1)

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Product Details 
This interactive audio app is great for kids just learning to read. You can help your kids stay engaged during the process with this easy-to-use application. Learn Dolch Sight Words has over 200 words based on the Dolch Sight Word list. These are words commonly found in children's reading material, so they provide a great head-start for reading at a level appropriate for children. Words are divided into five Sight Word categories including Pre-Primer (Pre-Kindergarten), Primer (Kindergarten), 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade.

Learn Dolch Sight Words by Acez Software LLC (App - Mar. 17, 2011)
Download: $0.99
Available instantly on your connected Android device
3.9 out of 5 stars   (11)

 9.
Product Details 
  • Guess the animal by the sound it's making
  • Teach your child English and Spanish animal words
  • Have the words pronounced by a child or adult
  • Read the animal word along with your child
  • Build essential literacy skills while having fun!
Peekaboo Barn by Night & Day Studios, Inc. (App - July 19, 2011)
Download: $2.99
Available instantly on your connected Android device
4.2 out of 5 stars   (5)

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Product Details 
The SuperStar Kids are ready to teach your superstar kid the ABCs. Learn the alphabet, draw letters, sing-along with the ABC song, and play games with a customizable 3-D boy or girl character. Learn letters and what letters everyday objects start with. Sing-along with the ABC song. Draw letters in the sand along the character's footsteps. Build letters from puzzle pieces. Match the object with the letter it starts with and vice-versa. SuperStar Kids also includes the classic memory game.
ABC SuperStar Kids by SuperStar Kids Apps (App - July 4, 2011)
Download: $0.99
Available instantly on your connected Android device
5.0 out of 5 stars   (1)

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Product Details 
Increase your reading speed with this app for your Android device. Learn to sight high-frequency words and free yourself from reading letter-by-letter! This efficient speed-reading technique can dramatically increase how fast you read. Using the exercises provided, learn to recognize the 500 most frequent words in English newspapers and improve your recognition of words consisting of one to six, seven to 10, and 11 to 15 letters.

Note: The free version provides access to the 50 most frequent words in English newspapers.

Sight Word Snapper by Fagbokforlaget V&B AS (App - Oct. 26, 2011)
Download: $5.99
Available instantly on your connected Android device
5.0 out of 5 stars   (1)
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Product Details 
Toddler ABC Flashcards is a great way to teach your child their ABCs. While in the doctor's office, shopping, or getting dinner together, these cards are sure to keep your little one busy, flipping cards and practicing their ABCs.

What makes these cards special is that toddlers are included as the narrators and teachers. Children love to hear and play with other children. You can select from three narrators to help your child learn their ABCs. One of the narrators is an 11-year-old in the event that you want that crisp clarity, and pronunciation of a well-learned instructor.

View flashcards by the swipe screen method. Navigational arrow graphics are also included and can be configured from within the settings of the app. Choose from two different fonts. At the end of the flashcard sequence the selected narrator will sing the ABC song for you.

Toddler ABC Flashcards by WBEI (App - Oct. 13, 2011)
Download: $1.99
Available instantly on your connected Android device
5.0 out of 5 stars   (1)

13.
Product Details Name That Category Fun Deck is a vocabulary app for Android that includes 56 colorful illustrated picture cards along with audio for each card text. Select the cards you want students to see, and have them fill in the blank to practice describing, categorizing, and organizing. The prompts include fill-in-the-blank statements like, “A car, bike, and train are ___.” and “A sandwich, pizza, and French fries are ___.”

This app is simple to use — each student looks at an illustration, and either reads the prompt or touches the screen to listen to the prompt. The student then gives a verbal response. After each answer, tap the green (correct) or red (incorrect) button to score the student’s verbal response. You can also view results and e-mail them to as many addresses as you like.
Name That Category Fun Deck by Super Duper Inc (App - Dec. 2, 2011)
Download: $5.99
Available instantly on your connected Android device
5.0 out of 5 stars   (1)

14.
Baby Card by OOZIC (App - Aug. 12, 2011)
Download: $0.99
Available instantly on your connected Android device
5.0 out of 5 stars   (1)

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Understanding Inferences Fun Deck by Super Duper Inc (App - Dec. 13, 2011)
Download: $5.99
Available instantly on your connected Android device
4.0 out of 5 stars   (1)

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"WH" Questions at School Fun Deck by Super Duper Inc (App - Dec. 14, 2011)
Download: $5.99
Available instantly on your connected Android device
5.0 out of 5 stars   (1)

3 comments:

  1. Nice list but there is one thing important missing on all of those apps, parents involvement. Parents should pick the right words or phrase. Also, its all generic no personalization. Check 'Toddlers can read sight words'. Parents type the words or phrases and they get to take picture associated with those words like their own dog as the image for the word dog. Kids will have fun taking pictures for the word they are learning. This apps empowers parents and get the kids engaged more.

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    1. you must not have looked at the apps in the review.
      Baby Card by OOZIC HAS the ability to display your custom word and artwork

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  2. Number #14 Baby Card by OOZIC is Great, and only 99 cents, it is a bargain!

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