What's New

Minor Bug Fixes including fixing an issue with the DFES Video Guidance not playing correctly on IOS9.

App Description

Whether you are a teacher who wants to use this App to enhance children’s learning alongside your letters and sounds sessions, or a parent who wants to support your child’s learning of phonics at home, this App has something for everyone!

This Twinkl phonics App is designed to support children in developing some of the key skills taught in Phase 4 of the DfES Letters and Sounds Document. Activities are presented in a fun, child friendly way (with lovely twinkl artwork) and cover the following:

Letter formation,
Initial and Final blends (Adjacent Consonants),
High frequency and Tricky Words for Phase 4,

Depending upon whether you choose to unlock all of the fab features of this app you will have access to the following:
(a) A Fab Matching Game,
(b) A Twinkltastic 'Whats In The Box' Activity,
(c) A Sentences For Reading Activity,
(d) A Sentence Substitution Activity,
(e) A 'Yes/No' Reading Actitvity,
(f) A Fab 'I Can Book' making activity,
(g) A Customisable Soundboard,
(h) The Ability To Export Assessment Results As CSV Files,
(i) The Ability To Change The Background Colour Of Text For Children With SEN,
(j) DfES Video Guidance For Phase 4,
(k) Backward Compatibility For The Original iPAD,
(l) Cursive Script Option For All Writing Activities.

Please remember to turn your iPad off mute and ensure you have the latest iOS before starting to use this App!

IMPORTANT NOTE:
If you have purchased the Twinkl Phonics Suite, it is not necessary to purchase Twinkl Phonics Phase Four.

All of the features in Twinkl Phonics Phase Four are included in the main suite.

As such it is up to you if you wish to purchase this as an individual app.

iPad Screenshots

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Twinkl Phonics Phase 4 Light Edition (Teaching Children Adjacent Consonants, High Frequency Words - Reading & Spelling) screenshot 1 Twinkl Phonics Phase 4 Light Edition (Teaching Children Adjacent Consonants, High Frequency Words - Reading & Spelling) screenshot 2 Twinkl Phonics Phase 4 Light Edition (Teaching Children Adjacent Consonants, High Frequency Words - Reading & Spelling) screenshot 3 Twinkl Phonics Phase 4 Light Edition (Teaching Children Adjacent Consonants, High Frequency Words - Reading & Spelling) screenshot 4

App Changes

  • June 14, 2014 Initial release
  • November 03, 2014 New version 1.45
  • December 12, 2014 New version 2
  • May 07, 2015 New version 3
  • December 21, 2015 New version 4