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Price FREE | |
Age Range Lower Primary | |
App Type Learning App | |
Version Reviewed 2.02 | |
Android Available? |  |
Lite Version Available? |  |
Help Provided? | |
| Bloom's Thinking Process | |
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| Evaluating | |
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| Includes animation | |
| Includes recorded voice | |
| Includes text | |
| Includes images | |
| Review Comments | |
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ABC Phonics Rhyming Words provides a terrific game to help children identify words that rhyme. This is a visual rhyming task.
Smiling fruit characters float calming on the screen. Each piece of fruit has a word. The child taps on the rhyming pair to make a match. There are usually two pairs of fruit on each page. The instructions are spoken and the child can hear the word when they touch the fruit.
There are plenty of motivators built in to this app. This child collects jewels to win a game. In the game they can draw and make the screen sparkly.
I wish the words were in lower case as this is more suitable for younger children. Some children with visual figure-ground challenges might find reading the words written on the fruit a little tricky. The pace of this game is slow. The fruit slowly disappear when they are matched. This slow pace may suit some children and frustrate others.
You can turn off the background music.
There is also a lite version available.
ABC Phonics Rhyming Words Plus includes long vowels. |
| Use | Rank (*) | |
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| Rhyme awareness | Ranked 6th of 23 | |
| Top Apps Prep Teachers | Ranked 9th of 11 |
(*) This app has been ranked according to its' effectiveness to achieve the learning goals and strategies listed. Some apps may rank highly for achieving a specific use and lower for other uses. Some students will learn and engage with one app more than others, because of the individual nature of us all.
| Learning App |
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| Learning apps are designed for a specific purpose. The authors claim to teach a goal, skill or concept. |
| Bloom's Thinking Process |
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| Bloom's Taxonomy is classification system used to explain the behaviours important in learning. Apps range from simple memory tasks such as flashcards apps through to creative apps which ask students to create an original story or video. |
| Bloom's Creating |
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| The student creates new ideas, products or ways of viewing things. Activities include making, animating, designing, constructing, planning, producing and inventing. |
| Bloom's Evaluating |
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| The student justifies a decision or course of action. Activities include counting to check, hypothesising, critiquing, experimenting and judging. |
| Bloom's Analysing |
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| The student breaks the information into parts to explore understandings and relationships. Activities include explaining, ordering, inferring, comparing and organising. |
| Bloom's Applying |
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| The student uses the information in a new situation. Activities include implementing, carrying out, using, illustrating, classifying and categorising. |
| Bloom's Understanding |
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| The student comprehends the new information. Activities include describing, predicting showing understanding use a multiple choice. |
| Bloom's Remembering |
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| The student recalls information they know. Activities include matching, 'fill in the blank', making a choice, answering using a multiple choice, naming a group. |
| Learning Connection |
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| How well does the app teach the targeted skill or concept? This is the area where we refer to current research and pedagogy to evaluate the efficacy of the app. |
| Authenticity |
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| Authenticity looks at the manner in which skills are learnt. Authentic apps use real life or genuine activities. Students learn in context rather than in a contrived or rote fashion (such as flashcards). |
| Feedback |
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| Feedback needs to be specific and result in improved performance. Feedback should be supportive and encouraging rather than negative. Data should be available to support decision making. |
| Differentiation |
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| Differentiation is the ability to customise the app to suit the student. The ability to record you voice, customise text, add pictures and alter settings enables individualisation of the app. |
| User Friendliness |
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| User friendliness is a measure of how well a student can use the app independently. Some apps are simply intuitive to use. Others include audio or visual prompts which support the student. |
| Motivation |
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| All apps are engaging the first time they are played. However, students with diverse learning needs may need to return to the app many times. Motivating apps offer rewards,games or incentives. |
| Rhyme awareness |
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| Rhyming apps help the student understand that certain word endings sound alike, and therefore contain the same sounds, such as the short /a/ and /p/ sounds in cap and map or the long /ee/ and /t/ combination in feet and heat. |
| Top Apps Prep Teachers |
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| This is a list of the Top Apps for teachers of children in their first year of school |
| Domain | Score | Details | |
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| Learning Connection | 4 | ABC Phonics Rhyming Words will provide many opportunities for children to practise identifying rhyming. To increase their understanding, some explanation of the rhyming rule would be beneficial. | |
| Authenticity | 2 | Children show their understanding of rhyming by matching rhyming word pairs. | |
| Feedback | 2 | When the child is correct they hear a positive beep sound. When incorrect, they hear a neutral beep. | |
| Differentiation | 1 | You can turn off the music. Three word groups can be chosen or the app can choose a random selection of word pairs. | |
| User Friendliness | 4 | This is a very easy game to play. The students really enjoy interacting with the fruit. | |
| Motivation | 4 | The game itself is lots of fun. The fruit bobs around the screen. Plus children collect rewards and are rewarded with another game. | |
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Disclaimer: The evaluations and rankings information provided here are based solely on the opinion of the author and are for informational purposes only. Families should seek professional advice before making decisions regarding interventions for their child.