App Description

Featuring 22 phonetic categories and over 200 vocabulary.

Abby Explorer Write & Play app helps young learners improve and enforce their phonics skills with flashcards, writing, and interactive spelling exercises. The exercises are broken down into 22 Phonetic categories, complete with sounds, words, and pictures - featuring over 200 vocabulary words.


2 INTERACTIVE APPS IN ONE:
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1) WRITING: Trace the words while learning the spelling, the pronunciation, and the image to word association.
2) PLAY: Unscramble the word to make the spelling of the image of the word.

Note: Switch between the modes by touching the button "Switch to Writing" or "Switch to Spelling"



PHONETIC CATEGORIES:
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• Short A
• Short E
• Short I
• Short O
• Short U
• Long A
• Long I
• Long O
• Long U
• Consonant Blends with S
• Consonant Blends with R
• Consonant Blends with L
• Vowel Pairs: AI and AY
• Vowel Pairs: EE and EA
• Vowel Pairs: OA and OW
• Vowel Pairs: OO
• Y as Long I
• Y as Long E
• Consonant Pairs: CH and SH
• Consonant Pairs: TH and WH
• Consonant Pair Endings: CH, SH, and TH
• Ending Pair: NG



WRITING MODE:
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1) Switch between Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
2) Touch the Color pencil to change the tracing color.
3) Touch the "Spell" button to see jumping and dancing letter spelling animation.
4) Touch the "Speak" button to hear the word pronunciation
5) Touch the "Clear" button to clear the tracing
6) Change the letter case by toggling the case "Switch to Lowercase" or "Switch to Uppercase"



PLAY MODE:
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1) Unscramble the letters to make the word
2) Touch the "Reset" button to re-scramble the word and start over
3) Change the letter case by toggling the case "Switch to Lowercase" or "Switch to Uppercase"




FEATURE SUMMARY:
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- Picture to word association
- Touch the picture to hear the audio of the word
- Sounds of each letter of the word
- Pronunciations of the full word
- Bright and Colorful Visual
- Easy for child to use
- Professionally recorded audio for clear pronunciation .
- Tested by Parents and their kids for ease of use. Design to be used by the kids alone or with parents in an interactive session.

iPad Screenshots

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Abby Explorer Write & Play - Phonics First Grade screenshot 1 Abby Explorer Write & Play - Phonics First Grade screenshot 2 Abby Explorer Write & Play - Phonics First Grade screenshot 3 Abby Explorer Write & Play - Phonics First Grade screenshot 4 Abby Explorer Write & Play - Phonics First Grade screenshot 5

App Changes

  • June 01, 2013 Initial release