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A simple app which reinforces the sounds of single letters. As children draw and design their letter, the phonemic sound is repeated over and over again. Once c... Read More >
You can buy a connected wooden alphabet that can play with the app (only for iPad, expensive at £49.99). Apps come free with the purchase of the wooden alphabet... Read More >
This is a beautifully fun app, illustrated by the same illustrator as the Gruffalo. This app allows children to play around with mixing different animal words t... Read More >
This is a beautifully fun app, illustrated by the same illustrator as the Gruffalo. This app allows children to play around with mixing different animal words t... Read More >
This is a fun version of the Flip Flap book, enabling the reader to read poems about pets that exist, like cats or rabbits, or creatively combine them, making u... Read More >
This is a beautifully fun app, illustrated by the same illustrator as the Gruffalo. This app allows children to play around with mixing different animal words t... Read More >
An app with many different story options for children to choose from. Children can decide which character they want the story to focus on, what they want the st... Read More >
An interactive storybook which allows you to input your child's/parent's photo on to the main characters. The child can then choose what they wear, as well as w... Read More >
An interactive storybook which allows you to input your child's/parent's photo on to the main characters. Children can also input their school and teacher's nam... Read More >
This is a highly interactive story app where children can follow Bizzy Bear to make a house. Every interaction is written out on the screen, with words highligh... Read More >
A fun interactive storybook app, which highlights words as they are read, or allows you to read by yourself/with a parent. Narration by Jason Donovan (Australia... Read More >
An alphabet game with a musical twist, every alphabet letter is part of a song. The more letters children touch the longer the song. Letters are sung out above ... Read More >
A wide range of free story books based on CBeebies characters. Available for parents to download, with new updates made regularly available. Read to me/read to ... Read More >
This app is a traditional Cinderella story with the options to "read and play" along with the app, "read by myself", in which you can also interact, but the nar... Read More >
This is a more advanced app, where children can create their own stories based on the picture templates they are given. Children are encouraged to record their ... Read More >
This interactive story app gives you three different options; read to me, read by myself and read and play. The story helps children to build an awareness of di... Read More >
Fonetti is a Listening Bookshop™, offering children a listening ear to help in the learning-to-read journey. It also allows adult carers to track progress and i... Read More >
A wonderful story app based on the popular fairytale, but with a twist! Children get to choose which story they want to follow, either Goldilocks or Little Bear... Read More >
Part of a set of three apps to support early phonics. This app focuses on nine different phonemes and gives children games and prompts for children to play. The... Read More >
A very interactive storybook app which gets children involved with the story line as it goes along. Children help Hanna get dressed, choose different pieces of ... Read More >
This app has watch/play/read options available. The app allows funny mix ups as the animals get things wrong through Chinese whispers. This is a great opportuni... Read More >
A beautifully illustrated story app which covers lots of different themes, such as gardening, friendship, cooking, behaviour etc. It imparts a lot of informatio... Read More >
A very sweet storybook app which reinforces the positive role of fathers. Words are highlighted as they are read, supporting word recognition and the screen has... Read More >
A lovely storybook app by the famous reggae singer Ziggy Marley. The simple rhythmic story is one of love within families, making it a great opportunity to shar... Read More >
In this app, children can combine images to form poems that are both visual and verbal. Each slice of illustration is accompanied by a verse, creating funny and... Read More >
Nosy Crow are great at developing interactive storybook apps for younger children. These apps allow children to be read to or read along themselves. Children ca... Read More >
An app from the very popular Jolly Phonics team. Children are given a flowerpot and have to work their way around the flowers, listening to and interacting with... Read More >
In this app children need to match letters with the beginning sound in words. A fairly simple and fun way to support letter recognition. Each letter has a video... Read More >
Beautifully animated and interactive app for traditional nursery rhymes. The app allows children and parents to record themselves singing along, which can then ... Read More >
Another great storybook app from developers Nosy Crow. This story extends on the fairy-tale, allowing children to explore different interactive elements that ad... Read More >
