Simplex Spelling Phonics 1 app for iPhone and iPad
Scientifically validated as a highly effective approach to improving spelling skills through our phonics approach, a published study revealed that students demonstrated an average spelling improvement of 1.9 grades among children in a classroom setting who regularly used Simplex Spelling over a 18 week period. The largest student improvement observed over the same time period was 4.4 grade levels as assessed by administering the Schonell Spelling Test.
Linda Chmiliar, "Improving the Spelling Skills of Students with Learning Disabilities using Apps on the iPad", International Journal of Technology and Inclusive Education, pp. 962-971. Special Issue Volume 3, 2016.
Simplex Spelling Phonics 1 teaches a full year of spelling curriculum with over 450 high frequency words divided into 42 lists that are organized by spelling patterns and difficulty levels. Each of the 42 lists comes with a lesson that teaches one of the basic building blocks of spelling in the English language. These basic building blocks include the different phonograms, sounds, and spelling rules.
Our spelling lists focus on some of the highest frequency words in the English language to help students establish a base foundation of literacy and confidence with spelling and reading.
Students learn a new concept for each lesson building on the skills learned from previous lessons. Simplex Spelling Phonics 1 guides the student and acts as a personal spelling coach with every word, while teaching "how to spell" English words.
Memorization may be sufficient to pass a spelling test, but it often does not transfer into good long term reading and spelling skills. Our goal with Simplex Spelling Phonics 1 is to not only teach a list of words, but to teach students “how to spell” these words, thus building long term skills that can be used for over 84% of the words in the English language that follow phonetic patterns.
Many studies show that students who learn to read through phonics have a higher level of literacy than students who learn to read by using flash cards and the whole word approach. Also, that not all readers are good spellers, but almost all good spellers are also good readers. This is why Simplex Spellings comprehensive unique phonics approach to spelling really works to create both better spellers and better readers.
Note: Now supports both North American and British accents.
Note: You can not create your own spelling lists.
Features:
- Over 450 high frequency words to help build literacy.
- A starting assessment/placement test.
- Review lists.
- 42 instructional lessons teach phonics, phonograms, and spelling rules.
- A full “reverse phonics” approach that includes sounds made by all the different letter combinations.
- Contextually relevant spelling rule hints that help explain “how to spell” English words.
- Letter by letter feedback system provides immediate feedback.
- Guaranteed success on every word.
- Support for 40 user accounts.
- Export and email student progress reports.
- Remembers each user’s progress in every list.
- User stats screen to see mastered words and words that require further practice.
- Supports both upper and lower case letters.
- Supports both alphabetic and QWERTY keyboard layouts.
- Supports US, UK and Canadian English spelling of words.
- Featured previously by Apple in New & Noteworthy, Whats Hot, Words for the Wise and Spelling & Grammar.
- Placed 3rd in the 2012 Best App Ever Awards - Best Elementary Student App.
- Honorable mention in the 2012 Best App Ever Awards - Best Special Needs App.
- AppsforHomeschooling (5/5, Golden App Award, 2011 Readers Choice Award)
- Academics Choice Award
- Parents Choice Award
Privacy Disclosure:
- No 3rd party ads
- Does not share any data
- No In-App purchases
- No links to social media
- Contains child protected links to a kid safe version of the developers website, email support and to rate the app.
COPPA Compliant
Pros and cons of Simplex Spelling Phonics 1 app for iPhone and iPad
Simplex Spelling Phonics 1 app good for
Builds on the strengths of the previous simplex spelling app but seems to have more depth to it and a few other improvements. Great app!
What We Liked:
I am a dedicated teacher of phonics as the primary method of instruction for both reading and spelling in our homeschool but I have had a hard time finding apps that do phonics well. Simplex Spelling Phonics 1 is certainly one of the best, most intensive spelling apps that I’ve found.
My daughter (8) loves that she can use this app independently to learn phonetic patterns of spelling that we haven’t yet covered together in our one-on-one learning times, but because it includes excellent direct instruction, this app can be used as a primary source of phonetic spelling instruction.
My favorite part of the app are the detailed explanations of phonetic concepts and rules, particularly the additional explanations that are available by clicking the white starburst in the phonics hints for each letter, and the arrow bars connecting silent e’s with the vowels they influence.
Most children learn well by recognizing patterns and the introduction of one phonics sound or pattern for each lesson helps children by grouping words together by sound and spelling pattern, making long-term retention more likely.
What We Didn’t Like:
I don’t think there is anything to really dislike here! My one caveat would be that the word lists span at least three grades, there isn’t a lot of depth given for any of the phonetic concepts, so if you have a kindergarten child, he’ll move through all the cvc offerings fairly quickly an the rest of the app will have to wait until grade one (unless your child is a precocious speller!) We are using it with my third-grader who isn’t a strong speller so that isn’t an issue for us, we’ve jumped in on phonograms she hasn’t used in her spelling yet because you can choose any of the 42 lists.
Parents might also want to note that there isn’t any direct teaching of syllabification/open syllables in this app, though many other phonics patterns are explicitly taught with the hints option.
Overall:
Simplex Spelling Phonics 1 is one of the most powerful spelling apps for phonics I’ve ever used. The arrangement of 450 high frequency words according to phonetic sounds and principles, the self-correcting, direct-instruction, statistics, multiple users – it meets ALL of my criteria.
I received a promo code.
I had the simplex spelling sight words app which we really like, so I automatically bought the new phonics app. It is more than I could have wished for! Easy to use, verbal directions for how to use the app, and very clear lessons for all the phonics sounds. I am so happy that I bought this app and look forward to Phonics 2 so we can have more vocabulary to practice with!
I love this app. I use it in the classroom. The kids like it too. The only suggestion I would make is more user accounts. I have 22 students and can only make 9 accounts.
It is very educational with great style.I strongly recommend this app to everyone who wants to learn words through the phonics method . It would be more than 5 star if developer could add an exam for each part without HINTS . so parents can really evaluate the learning process.
Some bad moments
Bought this for my daughter and we cant create a user to start the app. Dont waste your money.
Love the multi user feature! This is going to be a great tool for our homeschool family!
The interface is simple and clear. As an ELL teacher, I love that I can program multiple users so that my students can all have their own accounts. The audio is easy to understand, and the phonics lessons are comprehensive. Great app!
What can you say. My boys are excited to play or watch anything. (They are TV and game deprived.) Even with that this game managed to capture their interest for 3 minutes tops...can I get my money back?
This is perfect for my 6 year old homeschooler! We love it, his spelling has improved tremendously. Highly recommend.
We just downloaded and my daughter really liked it and enjoyed, shes being playing with her friends and its fantastic that has the option for multiple users. I like that you can choose the list of words that you want for spelling.
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