SOUND BEGINNINGS

Name: SOUND BEGINNINGS
Rating: 4.4 (760 reviews)
Author: PRESCHOOL UNIVERSITY

By: PRESCHOOL UNIVERSITY App

Phonemic Awareness Games

Overview

Version:

3.0

Last updated: 2021-08-18

Ranking

#68,082 ▲ 97,074

Overall

Features & Capabilities

SOUND BEGINNINGS delivers twelve interactive phonemic awareness games designed for preschool learners. The activities help children hear and distinguish the beginning, middle, and ending sounds of words, and connect those sounds to letters through picture-to-letter matching, using lowercase letters for all tasks.

Created by educators and tested with preschool children, SOUND BEGINNINGS features an engaging Preschool University-style interface. It emphasizes sound-based practice, offers lesson tracking, and invites feedback from caregivers and teachers to support ongoing literacy growth.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

PRESCHOOL UNIVERSITY

Rating:

4.40

(760) 0.20

Version:

3.0 Last updated: 2021-08-18

Version code:

840324474

Creation date:

2012-08-04

Compatible devices:

Size:

225.78MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-19

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Ranking

# 68,082 ▲ 97,074

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Developed by:

PRESCHOOL UNIVERSITY

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sound-beginnings/id541898864

Website:

http://preschoolu.com/

User Reviews

Overall, users widely praise Sound Beginnings for effectively teaching letter sounds and phonemic awareness through a simple, engaging design. The app combines appealing visuals, clear audio (including child voices) and intuitive picture-letter matching, making it suitable for early readers and even adult learners. Some reviewers note room for small enhancements (level sequencing, word segmentation hints, progress tracking), but these are minority views. The core strengths cited are accurate instructional content, a clean interface, and motivating visuals and audio that feel like a classroom experience.

Pros

Effective at teaching letter sounds and phonemic awareness.
Simple, intuitive design that is easy for kids to use.
Engaging visuals with cute pictures and a clean, distraction-free interface.
Clear audio with child voices and adjustable voice options (male, female, or child).
Includes essential phonics features such as beginning/middle/end sounds and picture-to-letter matching.

Cons

Recent reviews

Sound Beginnings is an outstanding app. PreschoolU is one of the best developers for research-based reading apps. They produce the most accurate and well-designed phonemic awareness and phonics apps available on the market. Because the voices can be adjusted for male, female or child, they are equally suitable for people of all ages.