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Spanish First Words with Phonics Free – Family Game Review
Spanish First Words with Phonics Free is a Family/Education game from PINWHEEL LABS EOOD, first launched in 30th September 2011.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 72+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Spanish First Words with Phonics Free Stand Out
Welcome to “Spanish First Words with Phonics“ the first educational application to teach children Spanish through letter sounds (phonics) and letter names, that also provides the choice between distinción or seseo. Your child will start off by learning the sounds of letters through phonics (distinción or seseo mode) and how these associate to specific words. As your child’s understanding of the sounds and names broadens your child will move on to learn the names of the letters (distinción or seseo mode) and how they are used to form words, learning spelling at the same time. The three different hint alternatives (color hints, letter hints and color and letter hints) combined with five more settings, will challenge your child and adjust the level of difficult. The unique interface, featuring a list of thumbnails, allows your child to explore all the words and will offer endless hours of fun and education.
Featured by Apple on New & Noteworthy and What’s Hot for the iPhone on the US, Spanish, and Chilean App Stores in two categories Games/Educational and Games/Kids!
DISTINCIÓN OR SESEO MODE (“THETA” OR “S”)
“Spanish First Words with Phonics“ is the first educational application to teach children reading through letter sound (phonics) and letter names that provides the choice between distinción or seseo (differentiated pronunciation of ‹s› and ‹z› or ‹c›) by a simple change in the corresponding button in the settings of the game. The available modes are:
“Letter Names – Distinción ”: The letter names are pronounced with Distinción ( “theta”)
“Letter Names – Seseo ”: The letter names are pronounced with Seseo (“s”)
“Letter Sounds- Distinción ”: The sounds of letters (phonics) are pronounced with Distinción ( “theta”)
“Letter Sounds – Seseo ”: The sounds of letters (phonics) are pronounced with Seseo (“s”)
FEATURES
● Learn letter sounds (phonics) and letter names.
● Choose between Distinción or Seseo (“theta” or “s”).
● Learn the words and how to spell.
● Learn to recognize letters (upper and lowercase) and match them to words.
● Unique navigation that allows the child to explore all the words.
● Tap the image of the word to discover its sound and learn its name.
● User interface specifically developed for children fingers.
● Engaging and colorful artwork with amazing sound effects and animations
● Studio recording of letters, words and spelling.
● 30 different animals and their habitats (full version only, more words available through In App Purchases).
● Spanish interface available (your device’s international setting must be set to Spanish).
● Six different settings to increase difficulty as children learn.
● Special alert reminding you to switch to Flight Mode (in iPhone only).
KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE
As a MOMs with Apps member, we follow the "Know what's inside" best practices for kids' apps.
DISCLOSURE
At Pinwheel Labs your children's privacy and safety is our priority that is why our app:
◇ Does not collect/share any user's personally identifiable information.
◇ Does not contain Social Network Integration or other Social Features.
◇ Does not contain ads.
◇ Does not contain In-App Purchases.
◇ Contains "Feedback", "Tell a Friend" and "Buy Now" buttons, behind a parental gate.
◇ Contains a "More Games" button and corresponding page, behind a parental gate.
For more information please visit: www.pinwheellabs.com/privacy
SUPPORT – HOW TO CONNECT
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This Family game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Spanish First Words with Phonics Free is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 7th October 2016
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
● Support for iOS 10.0
● Minor tweaks and optimizations
Download & Availability
Spanish First Words with Phonics Free is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Spanish First Words with Phonics Free on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Game are fun for you to learn. A lot of game are because you learn from them.
This is so lame and they honestly have 6 total words before you cant do anything with it. Very frustrating and not worth the download.
Boring game because its boring it would be beter if it was for 7 8 9 10 year olds.
This app crashes when we try to open it. We re-installed it in an attempt to fix the problem and lost our in-app purchases. After re-installing, it still crashed.
You have to pay to get more Spanish words.
Our 2 & 4 year old really love playing with this app & they're learning Spanish.
We taught Spanish for a couple of years and we did it by breaking words into syllables. It's much easier to learn to read Spanish.. We don't care for this format at all.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 5.0
- Size: 37.31 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN, ES
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: PINWHEEL LABS EOOD
Last updated: 7th October 2016 | Genre: Family, Education | Developer: PINWHEEL LABS EOOD