What's New

The interface is simpler, The font is easier to read, The sounds are clearer and louder. The activies go faster.

App Description

Five and six year old students learn to blend sounds to make words using 65 games and exercises, including finding initial and ending letters, rhyming words, syllables, spelling tests, and segmenting assessments. There is a teacher's mode for direct instruction.

There are 12 letter balls focusing on that particular letter. Each letter ball contains five games with 6 words each. Each game has students blend letter sounds, spell words, or identify letter sounds. Each spelling test asks students to copy the words on to paper for additional writing practice.

The teacher’s mode has expands each game for up to 12 words per game. There are fewer directions to allow for teacher interaction. There is also a testing section with 5 tests covering syllables and identifying sounds in words.

Tapping on the ‘help’ button will repeat the current word. Tapping on the ‘Blendy Star’ title will show the current word list and list of games. . Tapping on the ‘Blendy Star’ picture will repeat the directions for the game.

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 17, 2014 Initial release
  • October 04, 2014 Price decrease: $3.99 -> $0.99
  • February 17, 2015 New version 3.0
  • July 19, 2015 Price increase: $0.99 -> $3.99