5 ways to improve a child’s reading skills
Research suggests that the habit of reading enhances cognition and brain function through an increased neural network connectivity. Developmental experts say, that children who learn to read on their own grow up to be problem solvers and creators. There is a wide variety of digital resources and educational aids to encourage reading habit in your kids. Read on to know more about 5 app and game-based aids that they will love.
Epic
This award-winning digital library for children aged 12 and above contains over 35,000 book titles, audio books, and learning videos on topics ranging from animals to DIY and literature. Kids are given reading lists based on their unique tastes. They can also read offline and do quizzes to earn badges and incentives. This digital library also allows parents to keep track of their children's progress. Its free trial version allows sampling of a wide choice of novels for various reading levels.
Bookful
This is the first app to use augmented reality to bring books to life. It's a fun and simple way to read on any device. As parents, you can simply open the app and select a book to read or play for your kids, then point to any surface and watch the magic happen. Kids can listen to the book being read to them, or zoom in to watch the animation up close and forward in the plot by swiping pages. The interactive play mode allows children to do simple tasks such as collecting cabbage in a basket while learning a game's rules.
Endless Reader: School edition
This application introduces 'sight words' which are the most frequently used vocabulary in school and children's literature. They are beneficial for beginners since many of these words have unique spellings, can't be sounded out with phonics, and can't always be represented with pictures. Reading fluency is aided by delightful animations with friendly monsters explaining the context and word puzzles in the app.
Monkey Stories
This app uses audio-visual stories to pique the interest of kids. One of the key features of Monkey Stories is that it highlights new words on the screen to emphasise them. They are organised by levels and themes to teach single words, simple sentences, and complicated sentences. Through this app, younger children can memorise new words and learn phonics through repetition. Folk tales, transportation, and technology are among the stories for older children. Aside from the well-written text, the images are of high quality.
Headbanz
This guessing game can be enjoyed by a large group of kids. Here, one of the participants places an image card on the forehead. The other players must provide him with clues to identify it without naming the object. Allowing him to ask yes or no questions is another method to play. The winner is the one with the most correct answers.