‘Dyslexia is a different brain organisation that needs different teaching methods. It is never the fault of the child but rather the responsibility of us who teach to find methods that work for that child.’
- Dr MaryAnn Wolf, Education Researcher and Dyslexia advocate.
Recommended Apps for Children
Nessy
Nessy Reading and Spelling is an effective resource that covers 5 school years of literacy development, from Year 1 to Year 6. Nessy Reading and Spelling was developed at the Bristol Dyslexia Centre by a team of specialists. The program has been used since 1999, with millions of children worldwide. This program is also based on the Science of reading.
Decodable Readers
These decodable readers have been carefully designed to incorporate the development of phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, vocabulary and fluency. With 8 levels and 20 books in each level this is an extremely beneficial resource. With sounding out audio on each word, ‘read to me’ audio and easy to use navigation this is a fantastic resource or both teachers and parents.
Easy Spelling
Easy Spelling Aid empowers you to independently spell words and phrases.
A simple spelling app that has the potential to be a powerful teaching and learning tool and recommended by teachers for use individually or in a classroom setting.
Oz Phonics
Oz Phonics is an iPad-based reading system that caters for beginning readers and students from non-English speaking backgrounds. Our system is used by parents/carers, teachers and speech pathologists. In addition to iPad apps, we provide free printable worksheets, and firmly believe that interest and help from a teacher or parent, are what makes a good educational app great.
Graphogame
GraphoGame/Learn is a research-informed educational reading game for learning and training letter sound knowledge, decoding and word level fluency. It is aimed at the very early reader - Kindergarten-1 level. Currently, it does not train sentence level reading and reading comprehension.
Hairy Letters
Hairy Letters is an award-winning phonics app that helps letter and sound recognition. Learn the names and sounds of each letter with the Hairies. This is an excellent App which is part of the Nessy program.
Squeebles Spelling
Squeebles Spelling Test allows you to set your own, completely customised spelling tests for your children as well as download any of the pre-recorded tests we've created for you to use. Your children hear the words spoken out loud and they then have to try to spell them.
Cake Shop Letters
Cake Shop Letters allows your child to practice letter forming whilst being rewarded with games and surprise cakes.
Letters are sounded out phonetically to allow your child to develop skills of breaking down words. You can also choose your cursive style in settings.
Bob’s Reading Magic
Bob Books Reading Magic #1 is an educational app that will teach your young children early phonics. This app teaches the sounds that letters make and how to combine them to make short words.