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Videos
Animated instructional videos at the beginning of every lesson teach important fundamental reading skills aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Explicitly taught skills are presented in a logical learning sequence that encourages rapid progress.
Activities
All three levels boast a total of over 1000 fun and challenging practice activities for children! Lessons and unit reviews each have several activities to practice newly learned skills using research-based practices. Intelligent Question Logic differentiates the practice questions in many of the activities, automatically adjusting the question difficulty as a child plays, depending on his/her answers.
Skills
The three levels of Red Apple Reading teach fundamental reading skills to children ages 3 to 8. Skills covered range from phonemic awareness and phonics to sight words, vocabulary and reading comprehension. Specific skills covered in each level can be found below.
Rewards &
Games
In addition to plenty of praise and positive encouragement, children earn points in the practice activities to use in a special game later on.
Storybooks
A total of 35 original, professionally written stories span the three levels of the program. The storybooks provide supported reading practice for your child’s budding reading skills!
Dashboard
Account holders have their own dashboard for tracking progress, editing child accounts, and accessing supplemental materials.
Supplemental
Materials
All accounts come with access to a dashboard to manage the account, free members-only apps, progress reports than can be automatically emailed, downloadable workbooks, flash cards, and more!
Carnival Fun Info
Join Ringmaster Ryan and his friends at the carnival for endless play in 18 different activities. Children have fun while learning and practicing phonemic awareness, rhyming, vocabulary, alphabet recognition, letter and sound correspondence, sequencing, memory and attention skills, and more! Perfect for preschoolers and pre-readers, ages 3 to 5.
Videos
34 animated instructional videos teach the alphabet letters and sounds, beginning phonics, rhyming, and sight words.
Activities
Over 18 different activities with endless play and practice, including:
- Alphabet Videos
- Alphabet Songs
- Vocabulary Slideshows
- Letter Formation/Art
- Basketball - Letter Recognition
- Whack-A-Letter - Letter Recognition
- Prize Claw - Phonics/Initial Sounds
- Rhyming Ducks
- Ring Toss - Sorting
- Spin-To-Win - Initial/Final Sounds
- Balloon Darts - Vocabulary
- High Striker - Word Blending
- Milk-Jug Toss - Phonics/Word Building
- Storytime with 3d Pop-up Books
- Popcorn Sequencing
- Sight Word & Phonics Videos
- Rollercoaster - Attention/Focus
- Rewards in the Prize Tent
Skills
Pre-reading skills covered include:
- Letter Names and Sounds
- Letter Formation
- Phonemic Awareness
- Initial and Final Sounds
- Print Concepts
- Building 3-Letter Words
- Rhyming
- Patterns
- Vocabulary
- Categorizing
- Blending Sounds
- Sight Words
Key Features
- Open format in activities means endless play for children
- HD graphics with colorful backgrounds and lovable wholesome characters
- Pop-up animation and professional voices bring storybooks to life
- Professionally developed and illustrated videos and activities
- Clear, simple, easy to understand instructions and voiceovers
- Intelligent Question Logic changes the difficulty level in several activities
- No ads! Distraction-free practice promotes faster reading skills development
Park Planet Info
Join Professor Bookworm and his students while learning all about short vowel sounds, blending and segmenting words, word families, sight words, long vowel sounds, and more! 50 phonics and sight word lessons, plus 26 alphabet review lessons, teach fundamental reading skills for Kindergarten and 1st grade. Recommended ages 4 to 7.
Videos
76 total instructional videos teach beginning phonics skills, sight words, and alphabet sounds. Packed full of high quality animations, wholesome characters, digital sound effects and professional voice-overs.
Activities
Over 300 learning activities! Each lesson has several engaging practice activities plus a review and quiz. Unit reviews include a storybook, activities, and reward game. Intelligent Question Logic in several activities changes the difficulty of questions as the child plays. Activities include:
- Word Wheel (Matching)
- Sandbox (Sounds)
- Maze
- Pond (Spelling)
- Tug of War (Sight Words)
- Monkey Bars (Sight Words)
- Toy Boats (Sentences)
- Slide (Word Families)
- Marbles (Phonics)
- Frog Jump (Sight Words)
- Basketball (Letters)
- Swings (Phonics)
- Color Book
- Skatepark (Lesson Review)
- Soccer (Unit Check)
- 3d Pop-up books in HD
- Ant Invaders (Reward Game)
Skills
- Short Vowel Sounds
- Word Families
- Digraphs
- Consonant Blends
- Long Vowel Sounds
- Silent E
- Fry’s First 100 Sight Words
- Blending and Segmenting Words
Key Features
- 76 lessons, each with its own instructional video, learning activities, and review!
- Two progress maps guide children along a logical learning sequence of lessons
- HD graphics with colorful backgrounds and lovable wholesome characters
- Pop-up animation and professional voices bring storybooks to life
- Professionally developed and illustrated videos and activities
- Clear, simple, easy to understand instructions and voiceovers
- Intelligent Question Logic changes the difficulty level in several activities
- No ads! Distraction-free practice promotes faster reading skills development
- Includes non-educational reward game: Ant Invaders!
Island Adventures Info
Join Pete Pirate and his crew with instruction and practice in advanced phonics skills, sight words, vocabulary, and reading comprehension! 75 lessons teach fundamental reading skills for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades. Recommended ages 6 to 8.
Videos
75 total instructional videos teach beginning phonics skills, sight words, and alphabet sounds. Full of high quality animations, wholesome characters, and professional voice-overs.
Activities
Over 350 learning activities!
Each lesson has several engaging practice activities plus a review and quiz. Unit reviews include a storybook, progress check, and reward game.
Intelligent Question Logic in several activities changes the difficulty of questions as the child plays. Activities include:
- Lighthouse (Spelling)
- Crabshells (Matching)
- Undersea (Sentence Completion
- Beach balls (Sentences)
- Ice Cream (ABC order)
- Spyglass (Crossword)
- Kites (Sound Changing)
- Sandcastle (Word Match)
- Dolphin Rings (Sight Words)
- Volcano (Spelling)
- Pirate Ship (Sentences)
- Driftwood (Sentence Match)
- Beach Towels (Reading)
- Jet Ski (Short Answer)
- Frisbee (Reading)
- HD Storybook Readers
- Sunset (Lesson Review)
- Pier (Unit Check)
- Crab Attack (Reward Game)
- Octocave (Assessment)
Skills
- Review: Short Vowels, Digraphs, Blends
- 200 Sight Words
- Prefixes and Suffixes
- Long Vowel Spellings
- Diphthongs, Schwa, Broad O
- Other Letter Sounds
- Silent Letters
- Syllables
- Compound Words
- Contractions
- Abbreviations
- Homophones & Homographs
- Synonyms & Antonyms
- Context Clues & Inference
- Main Idea & Details
- Character, Setting, Plot
- Sequence of Events
- Problem & Solution
- Cause & Effect
- Compare & Contrast
Key Features
- Three island maps guide children along a logical learning sequence of lessons
- HD graphics with colorful backgrounds and lovable wholesome characters
- Pop-up animation and professional voices bring storybooks to life
- Professionally developed and illustrated videos and activities
- Clear, simple, easy to understand instructions and voiceovers
- Intelligent Question Logic changes the difficulty level in several activities
- No ads! Distraction-free practice promotes faster reading skills development
