Reading Friends

Reading Friends Application

Reading Friends: Interactive Learning for Kids

Reading Friends is a Chrome extension developed by a Reading Specialist supported by a background in special education. It takes children through a structured learning process, starting with early reading skills and gradually progressing to early grade school level reading tasks. Lessons feature interactive, fun-filled games and activities focusing on themes that children love. It rewards them with gold coins to keep them motivated. Its learning outcomes include mastering letter names and sounds, identifying and spelling high-frequency words, recognizing rhyming pairs, building word families and more. Children's progress is assessed at the end of each theme and those struggling are guided back for more practice. It even incorporates a Dyslexie font to assist those with dyslexia.
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Users: N/A
Rating: 4.50
(2)
Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2015-06-03)
Creation date: 2015-06-03
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
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Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • webview
Size: 26.68K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Reading Friends is designed to teach children how to read through interactive games, puzzles, and music. Developed by a Reading Specialist with a masters degree in special education, each lesson follows a developmentally appropriate sequence, beginning with skills for children who have little or no reading background through early grade school level reading. Children will complete 10-17 games within each lesson and can revisit any previous lessons to reinforce what they've already learned. This repetition gives children the needed practice for these skills to become part of their long-term memory. The lessons are designed around themes that appeal to young children, such as Ocean Life, Prehistoric, and Transportation. Each activity is highly interactive, fun, and will keep your children wanting more.

Children are rewarded with gold coins that they can spend on various prizes. This encourages children to stay on task and keeps them motivated.

Children will learn the names and sounds of letters, identify and spell the most common high frequency words (sight words), recognize rhyming pairs, build word families and spell CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant). They will master all of the necessary reading readiness skills, such as left to right directionality, both in a word and a sentence, one to one correspondence, and being able to follow a pattern in a book created at their level. The lessons get progressively harder, building on what your children have already learned. Children can progress at their own pace, while being challenged to go on to the next developmental level. How To Prepare Your Child For Total Success In Life

Reading Friends is designed to teach children how to read through interactive games, puzzles, and music. Developed by a Reading Specialist with a masters degree in special education, each lesson follows a developmentally appropriate sequence, beginning with skills for children who have little or no reading background through early grade school level reading. Children will complete 10-17 games within each lesson and can revisit any previous lessons to reinforce what they've already learned. This repetition gives children the needed practice for these skills to become part of their long-term memory. The lessons are designed around themes that appeal to young children, such as Ocean Life, Prehistoric, and Transportation. Each activity is highly interactive, fun, and will keep your children wanting more.

Children are rewarded with gold coins that they can spend on various prizes. This encourages children to stay on task and keeps them motivated.

Children will learn the names and sounds of letters, identify and spell the most common high frequency words (sight words), recognize rhyming pairs, build word families and spell CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant). They will master all of the necessary reading readiness skills, such as left to right directionality, both in a word and a sentence, one to one correspondence, and being able to follow a pattern in a book created at their level. The lessons get progressively harder, building on what your children have already learned. Children can progress at their own pace, while being challenged to go on to the next developmental level.

Every lesson ends with a short pattern book that children will have a choice to read on their own or have read to them. Each book highlights the skills that have been previously taught and encourage children to use other word solving strategies, such as initial sounds and picture cues to challenge them further. The books also offer a chance for children to gain confidence as they begin reading on their own.

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User reviews

good
by Ning Cao, 2015-10-22

Great App!
by Muhammad Sohaib, 2015-05-19
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Reading Friends does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Reading Friends has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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