What's New

This app has been updated by Apple to use the latest Apple signing certificate.

Bug fixes

App Description

Help your young learner (ages 3-8) become a proficient reader! Learning word families, such as clam-ham-jam-yam, will teach your child to decode “chunks” of letters. Once these 72 one-syllable phonograms are learned, longer words will be easier to decode and read, too.

Developed for your iPad, this clear and easy matching game will teach and reinforce spelling and literacy. Word Families requires 3-5 minutes for a young learner to complete, making this iPad app ideal for students with limited attention spans or those requiring highly visual or tactile learning experiences. Additionally, these activities have been uniquely designed to lock and play only in the portrait mode in order to simplify game play and eliminate an orientation switch if young learners jostle the iPad while playing.

Good Neighbor Press has specialized in the development, illustration, design and production of educational material since 1991. High quality, developmentally-appropriate educational material with clean, charming instructional design is our specialty! For additional information on our activity book series, downloadable worksheet units, or student planners please visit www.hellopress.net.

Look for all our Early Childhood iPad Apps by searching Good Neighbor Press in the App Store!

Good Neighbor Press, Inc. is a member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families.
Recommended Ages: 4-7, 8-10
Categories: Early Learning, Matching, Reading, Phonics, Spelling

iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 13, 2014 Initial release
  • November 03, 2014 New version 4.0
  • May 12, 2015 Price decrease: $0.99 -> FREE!
  • May 31, 2015 Price increase: FREE! -> $0.99
  • June 18, 2015 New version 4.1
  • June 15, 2019 New version 5.0
  • July 15, 2020 Price decrease: $0.99 -> FREE!
  • October 27, 2020 Price increase: FREE! -> $0.99

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