Spark Reading for Kids 4+
Year 2 - 8 English Programme
Peekaboo Studios LLC
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Spark Reading improves the reading skills of students ages 6 to 16, designed by award winning experts and teachers to build up your child’s reading ability and confidence.
"Kids Apps We Love" - Apple App Store
Featuring hundreds of topics and thousands of questions, students will be hooked reading one story after the next as they improve their critical thinking skills and reading comprehension.
Spark Reading is designed to highlight the best stories for a child’s reading level and interests, empowering them to pick the perfect story to stay engaged with their learning.
Students have a digital library at their fingertips! Every academic subject is covered, and every story was written specifically for this app.
We are always adding new stories to help students grow as readers, so please write to us if there are any topics you’d like to see us add to the app!
Studies show that just 10 minutes of reading a day makes a world of difference for students. Completing comprehension questions has been linked to higher scores in reading proficiency.
"A book is a door. You open it. You step through." - Jeanette Winterson
"Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere." - Mary Schmich
"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." - Margaret Fuller
- Uses widely adopted standards for Year 2 through Year 8, including Lexile levels
- Expertly curated by teachers and educators, with content across all topics and school years
- Award-winning designers and writers
- Age-appropriate books that children love to read
- A vast collection of fiction and nonfiction titles
- Learner-centered STEM topics (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
- Stories on every academic subject
- Aligns with school curriculum
- Recommendations to match your student’s reading level and promote accelerated reading
- As students track their progress through each category, they will build a passion for reading
- Easy to monitor the progress of multiple student profiles, track their scores, how much time they are spending reading, and their favorite topics
- Safe and kid-friendly environment to explore and learn!
The app allows the reader to reread and retake the tests without punishment. Teachers and caretakers can review time spent reading and other learning data.
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."
• No Wi-Fi needed - study anywhere and learn at your own pace
• Audio for each story can be read out loud
• Highlighting of the words to read along (with audio)
• Each passage and question set takes approximately 5-8 minutes to complete (more advanced stories take 7-10 minutes)
Teachers: stories and question sets from this app can be assigned as activities in Apple's Schoolwork app
User feedback:
"I like how it highlights where the answer was in the passage when you pick your answer." - Kami Butterfield, teacher
"The selections are age appropriate and the responses to the questions are not too easy - some thought needs to go into it." - Mary Skummer, teacher
"The feature showing where the answer is located in the passage is a spot on tool since I ask my students to be able to provide this in their oral and written responses." - Harold Nelson, teacher
"Great for reading practice - I would highly recommend it."
"These apps are awesome! Our boys absolutely love these. They love the fun aspect of getting the questions right, and think of these more as games than a learning app."
Current categories include science, sports, history, inventions, biographies, geography, animals, food and nutrition, mythology, music, and more.
*With practice - students can achieve their best scores!*
What’s New
Version 5.8.1
New visuals, events, and stories have been added. Plus - enhanced student progress through their learning journey!
Ratings and Reviews
Best app I have been able to find for comprehension
Best app I have been able to find for comprehension. Answers highlight alongside the questions. My girls seem to find the app a good balance between challenging and intuitive. I needed to contact the developer for technical support who reassuringly responded same day and was very helpful which deservingly tipped this review to five stars.
Developer Response ,
Thanks so much for trying our apps and for your kind words. Please write to us if you need anything else. We are glad our apps have been helpful in your household!
Download this app it’s amazing
Wow this app is amazing now it can help me read normal and easy and now I can read better in the class and when I get called up to speak and help me with learning new thing this app is so good that my 4 year old sister even knows how to read now and she Is not even meant to read cause she’s in reception
Developer Response ,
Thanks so much for your review! We are glad the app is helping with your reading!
Best app ever for kids reading
I love spark reading app. If you choose 3 topics it’ll randomly choose a story for you to read. Perfect for kids aged 7-14. There’s also a quiz at the end of each story which I love.
Developer Response ,
Thanks so much for your review! We are glad our apps are helping you. Keep practicing your reading and you will keep getting better and better!
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Information
- Provider
- Peekaboo Studios LLC
- Size
- 190.7 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Languages
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English, Arabic, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+, Made for Ages 9 to 11
- Copyright
- © 2024 Peekaboo Studios
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- All Access £23.99
- All Access £3.99
- Monthly Subscription £3.99
- Annual Subscription £23.49
- All Access £22.99
- All Access £6.49
Supports
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Family Sharing
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