Word Wizard for Kids School Ed 6.5.1

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Word Wizard is an educational app designed for children ages four to 10, widely used in schools to enhance reading and spelling skills. This award-winning app offers a variety of unique activities that engage children in learning.

<ul>
 <li>Learn to Read by Building Words</li>
 <ul>
 <li>The Talking Movable Alphabet activity allows kids to experiment with word building and phonics using the advanced text-to-speech engine, which is the first step in learning to read.</li>
 <li>Children can write and hear any text.</li>
 <li>Includes two child voices and five adult voices, with options for US, UK, and Australian accents.</li>
 <li>The app provides uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, digraphs, and a choice between ABC or QWERTY keyboard layouts.</li>
 <li>Various settings allow customization to meet each child's needs, such as adjusting letter size, associating images with words, and enabling high contrast modes for kids with visual impairments.</li>
 </ul>

<li>Learn to Spell using the Talking Movable Alphabet and your word lists</li>
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 <li>Three spelling activities of increasing difficulty are available.</li>
 <li>Comes with 200 built-in word lists, totaling around 2000 words.</li>
 <li>Users can add their own words and images to create personalized spelling quizzes.</li>
 <li>Detailed reports allow parents and educators to track children's progress.</li>
 </ul>
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Word Wizard has been widely recognized and utilized:

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 <li>Over 140K units have been sold to schools.</li>
 <li>The New York Times praises it as an "important breakthrough in reading instruction."</li>
 <li>Wired's GeekDad hails it as "a fantastic app for young children, right through to children in later elementary school."</li>
 <li>It received the Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Design from Children's Technology Review.</li>
 <li>Recipient of a Parents’ Choice Award.</li>
 <li>Over 290K units have been sold.</li>
</ul>

Talking Movable Alphabet Activity:

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 <li>Users can pronounce and spell-check any word, number, or sentence.</li>
 <li>The app provides natural-sounding voices, including three American voices, one British voice, and one Australian voice.</li>
 <li>Children can choose to receive the sound or name of each letter when touched.</li>
 <li>The alphabet layout can be either alphabetic or QWERTY, featuring letters, numbers, consonant digraphs (like “th”), and vowel digraphs (like “oo”).</li>
 <li>Options for uppercase or lowercase letters are available.</li>
 <li>Users can even emulate a physical keyboard.</li>
 <li>Four letter sizes can be chosen to accommodate different preferences and board space.</li>
 <li>The app allows customized word pronunciation as needed.</li>
 <li>Accessibility features include external keyboard support and four high contrast modes.</li>
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Fun Spelling Activities:

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 <li>Three spelling activities of increasing difficulty are provided to adapt to the child’s spelling level. Built-in word lists are available, or users can create their own.</li>
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 <li>"Word Practice" says and displays the word to spell, and asks the child to spell it using the talking movable alphabet.</li>
 <li>"Scrambled Letters" says the word and displays the letters needed to build the word or sentence, and asks the child to reorder the letters.</li>
 <li>“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.</li>
 </ol>
 <li>Comes with 200 built-in word lists, including words for beginners, Dolch Words, 1,000 most frequently used words, body parts, and more.</li>
 <li>Users can create custom Word Lists by entering their own words and sentences.</li>
 <li>Importing and exporting Word Lists is possible.</li>
 <li>Hints are available when kids are unsure of how to spell a word.</li>
 <li>Colorful animations are displayed upon completing a word.</li>
 <li>Interactive animations serve as a reward once a quiz is completed.</li>
</ul>

Users & Reports:

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 <li>The app supports an unlimited number of users.</li>
 <li>Detailed Spelling Test Reports per user are available, with an option to export them in PDF format.</li>
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Word Wizard has received high praise from reputable sources:

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 <li>The New York Times recognizes it as an "important breakthrough in reading instruction" that maximizes the iPad's features for phonetically accurate sound production.</li>
 <li>Children's Technology Review grants it the Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Design, rating it 4.8 stars out of 5. They describe it as a tool that can turn the iPad into a talking alphabet/language generator, perfect for children experimenting with letters and sounds.</li>
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