Spark Reading for Kids

Name: Spark Reading for Kids
Rating: 4.6 (7742 reviews)
Author: Peekaboo Studios LLC

Digital books for learning

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

7.7K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

Peekaboo Studios LLC
Language

EN
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Size

312.8
MB

Reduce reading struggles without all the pressure! Reading is part of our everyday lives. Confidence with reading opens up every other possibility. Replace your doubt with knowledge. Reduce the struggle and stress. • Studies show that just 10 minutes of reading a day makes a world of difference, with students recording higher scores in reading proficiency • Question and answer - questions about each story encourage deeper thinking and measure improving comprehension • You build mental strategies by learning to find clues within text that you’ve read • Choose your favorites from hundreds of topics - check out stories from history, from today, and from a world of fiction Explore the app and see for yourself. With practice you can achieve your best score! - Age-appropriate books from 2nd grade through 8th grade levels - Listen to the stories read out loud and follow along - Track student progress and scores - Aligned with school curriculum and common core standards - Curated by teachers and educators to explore every academic subject - Categories include science, sports, history, inventions, food and nutrition, geography, animals, music, mythology, biographies, and more There’s no wi-fi needed to play, so students can take this digital library with them on the go. No information is collected from the device, it is fully secure and COPPA compliant. "This app helped me in my reading. Now I have an A+. I am very happy I tried this app.” Spark Reading is completely free forever. If you choose to subscribe, payment will be charged to your Apple account. You can cancel at any time. We love to hear from you! Please send any feedback or questions to hello@peekaboo.mobi

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Ratings & Reviews

4.6

out of 5

7.7K Ratings

Great
03/26/2020

A.G.C. 2008
I am homeschooling my little sister, due to all of this. Cause school is canceled. I could not find any books that is her level, she likes to read, and has a test, so I don’t have to make up a test.😂 She loves all these books and has read each at least twice. The only thing I would say that is bad is that our parents lost their jobs and cannot afford more books in her grade level. Because of this virus, you should make the all of the books free, because not everyone can afford it. Remember, that everyone including my family are fighting a hard battle.

Developer Response
Thank you so much for your review and great job helping your sister! We have been trying to make a lot of our content free to help families that are now studying at home. Write to us from the app and we’ll see if we can help even more.
Great
03/26/2020

A.G.C. 2008

I am homeschooling my little sister, due to all of this. Cause school is canceled. I could not find any books that is her level, she likes to read, and has a test, so I don’t have to make up a test.😂 She loves all these books and has read each at least twice. The only thing I would say that is bad is that our parents lost their jobs and cannot afford more books in her grade level. Because of this virus, you should make the all of the books free, because not everyone can afford it. Remember, that everyone including my family are fighting a hard battle.
Developer Response 03/28/2020
Thank you so much for your review and great job helping your sister! We have been trying to make a lot of our content free to help families that are now studying at home. Write to us from the app and we’ll see if we can help even more.
Great App
09/03/2020

109PA
I give the app a 4.5 because I was looking for an app that my kids would use to read instead of the old traditional way. An app with things they are interested in. I came across this app and both my kids loved when they saw books/stories about basketball or baseball (their favorite sports) they even like that it gave a quiz at the end. Which I thought was brilliant because you can tell kids to read and read but do they really understand it? How do you know they really read the book/story? With the quiz at the end it’s a little reassurance that yes, they did read the book/story and they understood it.. I had only one issue at the beginning which was that even tho I downloaded and paid for subscription on my iPad, there was no way to “log in” to the same account I had made on my iPad so they could use on their iPads. So I emailed the company and within 2 hours I had an answer back helping me. * Kudos for great customer service!!*** just a suggestion, you should create a way for parents to make an account and adding the kids, so then the kids can log in without having to pay the subscription again**

Developer Response
Thanks so much for your great review. We are glad we were able to help you. We are working on new stories and other updates so write to us if you ever have more suggestions!
Great App
09/03/2020

109PA

I give the app a 4.5 because I was looking for an app that my kids would use to read instead of the old traditional way. An app with things they are interested in. I came across this app and both my kids loved when they saw books/stories about basketball or baseball (their favorite sports) they even like that it gave a quiz at the end. Which I thought was brilliant because you can tell kids to read and read but do they really understand it? How do you know they really read the book/story? With the quiz at the end it’s a little reassurance that yes, they did read the book/story and they understood it.. I had only one issue at the beginning which was that even tho I downloaded and paid for subscription on my iPad, there was no way to “log in” to the same account I had made on my iPad so they could use on their iPads. So I emailed the company and within 2 hours I had an answer back helping me. * Kudos for great customer service!!*** just a suggestion, you should create a way for parents to make an account and adding the kids, so then the kids can log in without having to pay the subscription again**
Developer Response 10/09/2020
Thanks so much for your great review. We are glad we were able to help you. We are working on new stories and other updates so write to us if you ever have more suggestions!
Not the best learning app
10/23/2018

Kool laid jammerYT
This is not the best learning app. I have read so many stories in my lifetime, but have never experienced so much overage stories. For example, if you are twenty, you would want to read something for your age level so that you could understand it. But if your in this app, you can’t do that for even kids! Kids should be able to have a FREE environment that lays out all of the books they will understand and something that’s on their grade level or age range. This app again doesn’t provide that! I have read a story about Abraham Lincoln on this app. I know it’s obviously something I can understand, but do you really expect a 8/9 yr old child to be able to look at every detail and answer pointless hard questions about it? NO! That should be in the fourth grade range! That’s what I’m talking about. Now, this is MY opinion. Don’t take this personal. I do love this app but please, UPGRADE DA DANG THANG! Please!! Let children have the right to understand stories in grade level and age range! We are all people! Come on, that’s just JANK!!!!!

Developer Response
We love that you are looking for the best reading materials for the grade level that you need. Thanks for your well-written review. We have lots of good reviews from people who say this app has really helped them with their reading, but we always want to keep improving and we love to hear suggestions. The stories are written for the specific grade level. Because the Abraham Lincoln story is at the third grade level, it is written simply and with shorter sentences for that grade level, like "When he was a child, his family moved to Indiana." and "He ran for President in 1860 and won." There is a lot more which can be said about Lincoln but this is just a general overview of his life for that reading level. If you ever have other questions or suggestions for us please write to us here or from within the app, we love to hear from you.
Not the best learning app
10/23/2018

Kool laid jammerYT

This is not the best learning app. I have read so many stories in my lifetime, but have never experienced so much overage stories. For example, if you are twenty, you would want to read something for your age level so that you could understand it. But if your in this app, you can’t do that for even kids! Kids should be able to have a FREE environment that lays out all of the books they will understand and something that’s on their grade level or age range. This app again doesn’t provide that! I have read a story about Abraham Lincoln on this app. I know it’s obviously something I can understand, but do you really expect a 8/9 yr old child to be able to look at every detail and answer pointless hard questions about it? NO! That should be in the fourth grade range! That’s what I’m talking about. Now, this is MY opinion. Don’t take this personal. I do love this app but please, UPGRADE DA DANG THANG! Please!! Let children have the right to understand stories in grade level and age range! We are all people! Come on, that’s just JANK!!!!!
Developer Response 10/23/2018
We love that you are looking for the best reading materials for the grade level that you need. Thanks for your well-written review. We have lots of good reviews from people who say this app has really helped them with their reading, but we always want to keep improving and we love to hear suggestions. The stories are written for the specific grade level. Because the Abraham Lincoln story is at the third grade level, it is written simply and with shorter sentences for that grade level, like "When he was a child, his family moved to Indiana." and "He ran for President in 1860 and won." There is a lot more which can be said about Lincoln but this is just a general overview of his life for that reading level. If you ever have other questions or suggestions for us please write to us here or from within the app, we love to hear from you.
Restore my individual apps or give me lifetime access please
Jul 22

specialappssk
I don’t dare update this app because I assume it will strip even more content than it already has. An FYI about this developer- I purchased many, MANY apps spanning all the different grades for reading and learning, from this dev a long time ago and ALL have been removed from the App Store, but first updated to remove/place content under a paywall and three page ads for this Spark app added there… restore feature DOES NOT WORK, even though I still have these apps on my device. I am a special educator and work hard to find quality resources for my students. Yet again PRO /FULL apps were updated to become LITE apps, then removed from the App Store , and replaced with this subscription app! Please contact me about how I can obtain a free LIFETIME app to regain access to the contents I once had, because this is not cool to do to early adopters of your app!

Developer Response
Please write to us at hello@peekaboo.mobi so we can help you further. We understand why you’ve chosen our apps for your students - we work hard to make the best content for educators and as you know we have been doing it for many years. Thank you for your support!
Restore my individual apps or give me lifetime access please
Jul 22

specialappssk

I don’t dare update this app because I assume it will strip even more content than it already has. An FYI about this developer- I purchased many, MANY apps spanning all the different grades for reading and learning, from this dev a long time ago and ALL have been removed from the App Store, but first updated to remove/place content under a paywall and three page ads for this Spark app added there… restore feature DOES NOT WORK, even though I still have these apps on my device. I am a special educator and work hard to find quality resources for my students. Yet again PRO /FULL apps were updated to become LITE apps, then removed from the App Store , and replaced with this subscription app! Please contact me about how I can obtain a free LIFETIME app to regain access to the contents I once had, because this is not cool to do to early adopters of your app!
Developer Response Jul 23
Please write to us at hello@peekaboo.mobi so we can help you further. We understand why you’ve chosen our apps for your students - we work hard to make the best content for educators and as you know we have been doing it for many years. Thank you for your support!

A bold new design featuring new stories, photos, and challenges. Explore new worlds and connect with Apple Music to listen while you learn! Create your avatar with Image Playground and set up your Personal Voice to read the stories aloud. Full support for VoiceOver and Voice Control.

Version 6.1.6

Nov 5

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