What's New

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Bug fixes and new artwork.

App Description

Welcome to Mr Thorne Does Phonics: Safari.

The newest phonics app from Mr Thorne and the 18th educational app overall since the hugely successful Mr Thorne Does Phonics video series on Youtube which has had over 10 million viewers in the last 6 years.

This app has been created by Mr Thorne, a current UK primary teacher making it relevant and useful to children, parents, teachers, trainee teachers and anyone learning to read English. Mr Thorne Does Phonics is designed to meet the demands of the forthcoming Phonics Screening tests in schools. The app features 4 games to help with sound recognition, word recognition, phoneme to grapheme correspondence and grapheme to phoneme correspondence.

For ages 3 to 8 but can be used with older children.

Featuring:

a b c d e f ff g h i j k ck l ll m n o p qu r s ss t u v w x y z zz ch th th ng ai ee igh oa oo oo ow oi ur er or ar air ear ure al aw ay ea ew ey ie ir wh ie ea ch sh y y ou ue ph oy dg ow silent letters zh schwa soft c soft g a-e i-e o-e u-e

As the user completes the mini-quizzes they will build their points total to discover 64 animals for the Safari Park.

Can your child complete the Safari hunt?

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • April 12, 2014 Initial release
  • April 24, 2014 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $1.99
  • April 27, 2014 Price increase: $1.99 -> $2.99
  • May 01, 2014 New version 1.1
  • May 06, 2014 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $1.99
  • May 16, 2014 Price increase: $1.99 -> $2.99
  • June 02, 2014 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $1.99
  • June 04, 2014 New version 1.2
  • July 16, 2014 New version 1.4
  • July 16, 2014 Price increase: $1.99 -> $2.99
  • July 22, 2014 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $1.99
  • July 23, 2014 Price increase: $1.99 -> $2.99
  • August 15, 2014 New version 1.5
  • November 03, 2014 New version 1.6
  • December 09, 2014 New version 1.7
  • December 12, 2014 New version 1.8
  • February 12, 2015 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
  • March 02, 2015 Price increase: $0.99 -> $2.99
  • March 17, 2015 New version 1.9
  • March 17, 2015 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $1.99
  • April 27, 2015 Price increase: $1.99 -> $2.99
  • July 13, 2015 Price increase: $2.99 -> $3.99
  • July 27, 2015 Price decrease: $3.99 -> $2.99
  • November 07, 2015 Price increase: $2.99 -> $3.99
  • November 16, 2015 Price decrease: $3.99 -> $2.99
  • February 09, 2016 New version 1.91
  • February 15, 2016 New version 1.92
  • August 05, 2016 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $1.99
  • June 15, 2019 New version 2.0