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The READING MACHINES app aims to train the automaticity of the first, basic ability to sound out letters to form words. It also aims to consolidate the connection between letters and sounds.

Children start reading at different ages so the app can be fun for children aged 5 and up.

In READING MACHINES, we only have words with two or three sounds to lay a solid foundation. We also use "words" that mean nothing (we call them naughty words) but which could be Swedish words. This makes the child aware that you must read exactly as it is written because you do not know what it will be and therefore cannot guess.

Content
The app has 4 different "machines" you can play on to practice reading short words and 2 activities to strengthen the letter-sound connection.
Real words are symbolized by an owl and naughty words by a naughty figure.

Under the info button there are e.g. a little about learning to read.

The alphabet
We use a principle where every letter and language sound has an image that can be associated with the sound. The snake hisses sssss, the mouse beeps iiiii. If you cannot read and have difficulty hearing out the first sound in a word, it is not natural to associate the letter o with a snake or the letter m with a mouse. However, it is natural for children to remember that the snake hisses ssss and the mouse beeps iii.

Memory
Memory with language sounds and language sound images that consolidate the knowledge of which sounds and letters belong together.

Machine 1
Here there are only words and curse words with 2 sounds. The machine has 6 levels.
Levels 1 and 2 have words with the sounds s l m a o i e which are sounds you can endure and which are therefore easy to sound out together.
Level 3 and 4 have words with the sounds f v n å u ö + the sounds from level 1 o 2, several sounds but still ones that can be endured.
Levels 5 and 6 have words with the sounds r y ä + the sounds from previous levels. Even more sounds to master, still ones that are easy to sound.

Machine 2
The machine has 3 levels. Levels 1 and 2 have words with 2 sounds and level 3 has words with 3 sounds.
Here you must both read and listen to words and curse words and decide which word is written in the machine.
Level 1 has words with the sounds s f v m n l a u å e i y, all sustainable sounds.
Level 2 has the sounds p t k b d g r o ä ö + the sounds from level 1. Several of the sounds are stop sounds, which makes them harder to sound together.
Level 3 has the same sound as level 2.


Machine 3
The machine has 4 levels. Here are only words with 3 sounds. All sounds are used.
At levels 1 and 2, you have to decide whether it will be a prank word or one of two words where one word sounds almost like the prank word. At levels 3 and 4, you decide whether you hear a prank word or a real word in a competition between the Owl and the Bus figure.

Machine 4
Both 2-sound words and 3-sound words occur here. You can choose words to read yourself or listen to. You can choose to record the words and then listen to yourself. To support reading, there are pictures from the alphabet.

Reading machines is optimized for tablets but also works on larger mobiles.


Reading machines are developed by Branja's speech therapists, Anita Söderbaum and Britta Eriksson, with the help of support from the Special Education School Agency (SPSM).