Phonics and Reading With McGuffey I

by Literacysoft.com
3.5 out of 5 stars13 customer ratings
All Ages
Price: $26.99
Sold by:Amazon.com Services, Inc
Languages Supported: English

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What's new in version 13
  • Fixed a critical error with Kindle Fire HD generation 2015 and 1024

Product Details

Release Date: 2013
Date first listed on Amazon: February 7, 2013
Developed By: Literacysoft.com
ASIN: B00BAVA756
Customer reviews:
3.5 out of 5 stars13 customer ratings

Product features

  • "phonics blender": combine graphemes (letters) together and hear what it sounds like with a human announcer.
  • Phonics Drill: flash cards for learning the letter sounds
  • Classic American textbook that emphasizes human values of honor, charity, and kindness
  • Sight word drilling and guided spelling

Product description

IT WORKS! Over 52 hours of lessons!  From introducing letter sounds to reading complete stories, this adaptation of the time honored McGuffey reading method comes to life as a rich interactive learning experience!

Right away, students are engaged in letter recognition accompanied by charming animations. Phonics Flashcards follow up each lesson. Students learn at a natural pace.  New words are introduced right after teaching the individual phonetic components.  Student then read complete stories accompanied by the beautiful original color illustrations of Robert Schoolcraft.  

Comes with games and exercises including:
•  Word Truckin’ - Load up your truck with the right letters, and she’s off!
•  Train for Words - The train is coming up the mountain!  But it need the right words to keep on chuggin’!
•  Phonics Blender  -  Hear your own word creations with the Phonics Blender!

Other great features:
•  Supports up to 10 students, and provides student progress saving and tracking.  
•  Teaches to visual, kinetic and auditory learners
•  Designed for non-readers
•  Accelerate students to first-grade reading level
•  Includes special font for dyslexic readers

This app is authentic to the original school book, “McGuffey's Eclectic Primer Revised Edition”.  

Invest in a reading tutor with infinite patience - “Phonics and Reading with McGuffey”.  
 

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Technical details

Size: 74.1MB
Version: 13
Developed By: Literacysoft.com
Application Permissions: ( Help me understand what permissions mean )
  • Access information about networks
  • Access information about Wi-Fi networks
  • Open network sockets
  • Read from external storage
  • PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming
  • Write to external storage
  • Allows verification of Google app Entitlements
Minimum Operating System: Android 4.0
Approximate Download Time: More than 5 minutes

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  • Sarie
    5.0 out of 5 stars great app to use alongside the McGuffey primer
    Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2015
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    This app is very helpful for reinforcing what was learned with the McGuffey primer workbook we used. Interactive, nice drills and provided some variety for my homeschooled kindergartener this last year. I will use this with my next child also.
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  • Erin middleton
    1.0 out of 5 stars What happened?
    Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2023
    I’ve had this app for 6 years now, taught 2 kids how to read using it and it just stopped working. The website is shut down and certificate expired. ?????
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great app for children learning to read!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2013
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    My children really like using this app. We are using this along with the McGuffey readers for homeschooling. It has really helped them to learn the letter sounds and learning some basic words so far. We are only on lesson 12. I gave it a 4 star rating for now because it takes awhile for the program to start. It has some kind of error. Every now and then the sounds do not load and we have to restart the app. I would still recommend this to anyone who has children learning to read.
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  • mom
    5.0 out of 5 stars We use it along with Easy Peasy for foundation in reading
    Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2015
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    My 5 year old loves this. We use it along with Easy Peasy for foundation in reading.
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  • Nathan and Amber
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is not a muffin recipe rofl - best learn to read app out there
    Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2023
    I got this several years back when it was fairly new. It did a good job, but now with the changes “whenever they were made” made a huge difference. My 5 year old is loving it. He can go at his own pace and we can always go back to previous lessons to help strengthen areas. He loves the lightbulbs and the train. He loves the word builder and comes to me quite frequently with words he created/found and is excited. Thank you so much.
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  • Shelly
    5.0 out of 5 stars Love This App!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2017
    I reviewed this app in the past when I first started using it with my boys. Years later when my daughter was ready to start learning to read, I remembered how well this worked with my boys and looked it up only to find it was no longer available in the google play store. I finally found it here and saw that it was now $26! I had paid $5 for it in the past, so at first decided not to pay the $26! But after frustration with my daughter not doing well with learning to read, I finally bit the bullet and paid the $26! It said it was only compatible on one of our devices. I am so glad it worked! My daughter did the first lesson and I can tell it will really help her. The repetition and simple explanations are great. She can do it by herself with a little monitoring from me. This app made teaching reading less stressful with my boys, and will now help do the same thing with my daughter. So glad I could at least find it again and that we had one older device it worked on, even though I had to pay $26! I hope someone develops this app for newer devises and makes it cheaper! I love this app and highly recommend it. It's worth it if you have the right device for it to work on.
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  • Inga Goodwin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive - Follows McGuffey Eclectic Primer
    Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2013
    Because we used tablets not "registered" with Google Play or Amazon, we had to get this app directly from the manufacturer.

    We run an academic enrichment program, and this app has become part of our curriculum. It is thoroughly thought out and takes you step by step through the McGuffey Primer curriculum. Each of the 50+ lesson is divided up into about 15+ parts or mini-lessons. Each lesson starts with letter sounds. Then student do various activities like guided reading, spelling, sight word speed recognition, etc. You can use this as a stand alone curriculum. The McGuffey Primer is available for FREE, so if you want to use it as your basic phonics/reading textbook, you can use this app as your worksheets and practice.

    One feature I like is the guided reading activities. You can either touch the word, and it will sound it out for you. Or you can touch the bar under the word, and it will just read it for you. This works great for teachers looking for independent/station activities because it is self-checking.

    Another thing I like is the variety of "reward" sounds and images that come up for the students when they do something right. It helps to keep their attention.

    It takes my students about 15 minutes to work through all the parts of one lesson, sometimes up to 20 minutes.

    So, if you like McGuffey, you will LOVE this app. Check out the McGuffey Eclectic Primer first to see if you like the progression and presentation. This app breaks McGuffey down into a bunch of exercises.

    Note: It is a large application, so it does take a little bit of time (up to a minute and half) to load. When my tablet asks me if I want to "wait," I say yes. It always finishes loading. It is worth the wait.

    One more thing.... I recommend this program for students who are comfortable with their basic letter sounds and identifying letters and who are ready to begin learning to read.

    I know the price seems a bit steep on this one compared to other apps, but you are getting a comprehensive learning program.

    I give it 5 stars. Thank you, Scott!
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  • Ted Widen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best Reading App in the App Store!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2018
    We love this app - The best money we have ever spent on an App.
    Our 8 yr old girl is home schooled /Unschooled and recently realized it would be a good time for her to start to learn to read. We tried many other apps first and they just did not keep her attention, or you had to pay for the full app before you figured out if it was any good. We finally found your app and it was amazing how long the trial period was. When the app said your trail was up, weeks into using it and after she had taken 10 of the 50 lessons, I was never so happy to pay for the App. She has come such a long way thanks to your app. She has been working on it for a couple months now and well on her way to reading. Thanks you so much.
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  • Sardine
    5.0 out of 5 stars is not made to feel embarrassed or stupid. We finally feel that this is the break ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2016
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    My husband has never learned to read. He is over 65. I downloaded this app and showed him how it works. He has been using it to teach himself to read, every day for about a month now. There hasn't been any miracle but he is making slow but steady progress. He likes using it because it gives him some control. He works at it in private, is not made to feel embarrassed or stupid. We finally feel that this is the break through we have been looking for.
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