Pirate Phonics 3 : Kids learn to read!

by Robb Research Ltd
Price: $2.52
Sold by:Amazon.com Services, Inc
Languages Supported: English

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What's new in version 1.0.0
  • Enabled app installation on external storage

Product Details

Release Date: 2014
Date first listed on Amazon: May 7, 2014
Developed By: Robb Research Ltd
ASIN: B00K5OZMLS

Product features

  • PHONICS REVISION
  • HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS
  • SHORT AND LONG VOWEL SOUNDS
  • SPLIT DIGRAPHS (MAGIC 'e')
  • WORD READING PRACTICE
  • SENTENCE READING

Product description

Take phonics to the next level with Pirate Phonics 3!

Complete the pirate trials to become fully certified pirate phonic readers!
There are 5 trials, that focus on 5 different areas of reading development:

PHONICS REVISION
The app begins with a revision of phonics learnt in Pirate Phonics 1 & 2. This includes the most basic phonics such as 's','a','t' & 'p', and works up to more advanced phonics such as 'oe', 'ay' and 'igh'.

HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS
High frequency words (or sight words) are the words that appear most often in the written English language.
Learning to instantly recognise these, rather than having to 'sound them out' allows children to read more fluently more quickly, allowing them to concentrate their phonics skills on words they don't recognise.
Pirate Phonics 3 includes 10 of the top HFW, which children will then use in some of the sentence reading challenges later in the app.

SHORT AND LONG VOWEL SOUNDS
Every vowel has a short and long vowel sound. For instance, the vowel 'a' makes its short vowel sound in the word 'mat', and makes its long vowel sound in the word 'mate’.

SPLIT DIGRAPHS (MAGIC 'e')
Split digraphs, or Magic 'e', refer to those words that have a vowel, with a long vowel sound, because of the presence of an 'e' at the end of the word. For example 'kite' has a split digraph, but 'kit' does not.

WORD READING PRACTICE
Phonics 3 steps up the word reading practice, challenging children to read lots of CVC, CCVC, CVCC, CCVCC, CVVC, CCVVC, CVVCC and CCVVCC words.

SENTENCE READING
Once children have completed the other trials, they can then attempt the sentence reading trial. There are a number of new interesting challenges designed to help children practice reading sentences and demonstrate comprehension. These include reading messages in bottles and figuring out which island they need to go to and following treasure hunt clues such as "go three steps to the south”.

BECOMING BETTER READERS FAST
Learning phonics and learning to read is so much easier for children when they want to do it. Pirate Phonics 1 and 2 have been a huge hit with children all over the world and Phonics 3 takes things to the next level with loads of new exciting games and challenges that fit in with the overall goal of become certified pirate readers! While they are having a great time completing the trials, they are playing through the games designed to build the skills they need to become confident fluent readers.

User Data Privacy

Developer has indicated that this app does not collect or transfer user data to third parties.
To learn more, visit the developer’s privacy policy.

Technical details

Size: 232.4MB
Version: 1.0.0
Developed By: Robb Research Ltd ( Privacy Policy )
Application Permissions: ( Help me understand what permissions mean )
  • Access information about networks
  • Access information about Wi-Fi networks
  • Modify global audio settings
  • Read from external storage
  • Read only access to device state
  • Write to external storage
Minimum Operating System: Android 4.0
Approximate Download Time: More than 5 minutes

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  • D. Gillespie
    3.0 out of 5 stars Not classed as educational!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2016
    We have the other two in this series and although they are great apps in themselves, this app has not been categorized as educational, therefore my children can't view it until they have completed their 15 minutes of educational goals in kindle freetime. This means they don't play it as they would prefer to play fun games instead when their 'learn first' time is up. I can't understand why the developers haven't sorted this out yet as there was exactly the same problem with the previous two which they did fix. Please can this one be marked as educational too!

    UPDATE after days on the phone and help chat service this issue has now been resolved and this app has been categoriesed as educational and now counts towards the 'learn first' period. A note though, I had to remove the app from the content list first and then add it again to get it to show. Pleased to say it's all up and running properly now though.
  • gambit
    5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant series
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 13, 2014
    This app is ideal for children that are already familiar with phonics and are looking for word and sentence reading practice. I recommend trying the previous 2 pirate phonics apps if your child is still learning which letters make which sounds. Having now been through the whole series in a couple of weeks, the difference in my son`s reading ability is really remarkable. He has gone from barely recognising some letters of the alphabet to reading full sentences. I put this down to the clarity of the teaching and the way the app was able to motivate him with the pirate quests.
  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2015
  • Missy-Hannon
    5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 24, 2019
    This is a great app, the children have really loved it and it has really helped them progress.
    It makes learning fun!
  • Maggie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Phonics App
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 19, 2014
    A fitting end to Robb Research's Pirate Phonics series, the 3 of them together cover a lot of material. I think they have used a good balance between fun learning and essential repetition. Some simple books would be a good next step.