Word Wizard for Kids School Ed 4+

Learn to Read & Spelling Tests

Pierre Abel

Designed for iPad

    • 4.4 • 23 Ratings
    • $9.99

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Description

UK Voice included!

Word Wizard is an award-winning app used in schools that offers several unique reading and spelling activities for children ages four to 10.

--Learn to Read by Building Words --

• The Talking Movable Alphabet activity allows kids to experiment with word building and phonics thanks to the advanced text to speech engine (the first step in learning to read)
• Any text can be written and spoken
• 2 child voices + 5 adult voices (US, UK & Australian voices)
• Uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers, digraphs, ABC or QWERTY keyboard
• Many settings to adapt the activities to the child’s needs (letter size, assign images to words, high contrast modes for kids with visual impairment,...)

-- Learn to Spell using the Talking Movable Alphabet and your word lists --

• 3 spelling activities that increase in difficulty
• 200 built-in word lists (about 2000 words)
• Add your own words to create unique spelling quizzes!
• Add your own images to illustrate your word lists
• Keep tabs on your children’s progress with detailed reports

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• Used in Schools (140K units sold to schools)
• "This is an important breakthrough in reading instruction" - The New York Times
• "This is a fantastic app for young children, right through to children in later elementary school " - Wired's GeekDad
• Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Design - Children's Technology Review
• Winner of a Parents’ Choice Award
• More than 290K units sold!
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Talking Movable Alphabet Activity
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• Pronounce and spell-check any word, number or sentence
• Natural Sounding Voice - three American voices, one British voice, and one Australian voice
• Letter sound (phonic) or name when a letter is touched in the alphabet
• Alphabetic or QWERTY layout, letters, numbers, consonant digraphs (like “th”) and vowels digraphs (like “oo”)
• Uppercase or lowercase letters
• Keyboard emulation option
• 4 letter sizes available (allowing for more or fewer letters on the board)
• Customized word pronunciation, if necessary
• Accessibility: external keyboard support and 4 high contrast modes available
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Fun Spelling Activities
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3 spelling activities of increasing difficulty are provided to adapt the activity to the child’s spelling level. You can use the built-in word lists or create your own.

1 - "Word Practice" says and displays the word to spell, and asks the child to spell it using the talking movable alphabet
2 - "Scrambled Letters" says the word and displays the letters needed to build the word or sentence, and asks the child to reorder the letters.
3 - “Spelling Quizzes” is a standard spelling test. The app won’t move onto the next word until the child has correctly spelled the word, helping them to remember its correct spelling.

• 200 built-in word lists: Words for beginners, Dolch Words, 1,000 most frequently used words, body parts and more
• Create custom Word Lists by entering your own words and sentences
• Import and export Word Lists you’ve created
• Hints are available should kids not know how to spell a word
• Colorful animations are displayed when a word is completed
• Once a quiz is completed, interactive animations are available as a reward

-- Users & Reports --
• Unlimited number of users
• Detailed Spelling Test Reports per user (can be exported in PDF)
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More Accolades
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• The New York Times
"This is an important breakthrough in reading instruction because it leverages the iPad’s size, powerful speech synthesis abilities, and touchscreen so that every letter can be a building block of phonetically accurate sound"

• Children's Technology Review
Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Design - 4.8 stars out of 5 - "Turn your iPad into a talking alphabet/language generator - and the perfect tool for a child just starting to experiment with letters and their sounds"
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Please send any feedback or suggestions to support@lescapadou.com

What’s New

Version 6.4.6

Minor bug fixes. As usual, please send us your feedback and suggestions so we can make the app even better (support@lescapadou.com). Thanks :-)

Ratings and Reviews

4.4 out of 5
23 Ratings

23 Ratings

Miranda Rae Carter ,

Very helpful

I absolutely love this app for spelling test help wi my daughter, and I love that I can import my own lists. One down side is that the words are not always pronounced as they should be, but I'm there to help correct it. We love the start and hearts and playful interaction afterwards. We also love the crossword app. Great purchase and definitely worth it!

kawaii cookie😉 ,

Weird app

If children see it they can tipe anything in

Developer Response ,

Hello, In the talking movable alphabet activity, children can experiment with word building freely and it helps them to understand how word building works (In the settings, you can disable some letters if you want). In the three spelling activities, children have to write a specific word. Please contact us at support@lescapadou.com if you need more help.

Magella's Mum ,

Awesome app

This app is great! I bought it for my 8 year old, who has disabilities, but its been AWESOME for my typically developing 5 year old as well. I LOVE that you can have the letters "say" either their phonetic sound or their letter name. Both my girls love making silly phrases and hearing them read aloud. Sometimes when the girls aren't listening well, I type in a message and play it to them to get their attention. Great app.

PS: we've also had fun with this app in school as a really fast alternative voice for my older girl. She doesn't speak, and its really quick and easy to simply put a few word choices into the top and let her choose a word to respond with. Great reinforcement for literacy and just a wonderful app.

App Privacy

The developer, Pierre Abel, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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