Learning to Read with Apps
12/4/2023 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Literacy-focused, educational apps are nontraditional ways to help kids practice reading.
Educational apps help families balance learning and fun. Apps like PBS KIDS Games, featuring some of the most popular PBS KIDS characters, are designed to build skills in a variety of areas, including literacy. Kids can practice reading through interactive exercises and gain a familiarity with technology.
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Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Hays Foundation.
Learning to Read with Apps
12/4/2023 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Educational apps help families balance learning and fun. Apps like PBS KIDS Games, featuring some of the most popular PBS KIDS characters, are designed to build skills in a variety of areas, including literacy. Kids can practice reading through interactive exercises and gain a familiarity with technology.
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- My kids range in age from 13 to two, so we try to use apps that each of them can have fun with.
I encourage my kids to use apps that help them practice reading in a non-traditional way, and help them to learn to use technology at the same time.
My kids love the PBS Kids Games app.
I like it because it's kid friendly and interactive.
They're able to engage with familiar characters from their favorite PBS shows while using media to make it fun.
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We also like an app called ABC.
It offers games and activities to play that focus on literacy and numbers.
It's interactive and gives them a fun way to practice their skills.
Their favorite games are alphabet and number bingo.
Even my two year old can play.
You got bingo, yay.
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Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Hays Foundation.