Flash Action Phonics Made Easy

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Product Features

• Fun, easy-to-use learning program teaches beginner phonics
• Explore letter and vowel sounds, rhyming families, letter blends, and more
• Tracks progress and rewards success with 4 unique play areas
• Hundreds of quick practice exercises; straightforward main menu
• For kids age 6 and older

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B00007M5VG
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 13, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,719 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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Product Description

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Remember how great School Zone's Alphabet Express was? Phonics Made Easy is all that and more. From a simple, straightforward main menu, kids can launch hundreds of quick phonics exercises from four learning areas. One area teaches consonants and beginning and ending sounds. Another area focuses on vowels, while a third deals with word families. The fourth area drills blends and digraphs. Among many other things, kids add letters to make words, pick rhyming pairs and draw lines from pictures to associated sounds. The emphasis is on drill and practice, but the activities are colorful and entertaining and don't feel like work at all. As children successfully complete the exercises, they are rewarded with play in four fun creativity areas. We liked the game of making kaleidoscope patterns out of blends--you'd be surprised at how beautiful "bl" and "gr" can be when swirled in various colors across the screen. There's also a letter-themed paint and print area, a rhyming rap game and a picture-making activity. Work can be printed, and the software tracks where children leave off. The bottom line--if you're looking for an affordable, fun, early reading activity for either home or classroom use, this is money well spent. Copyright © 2001 Children's Software Revue

Product Description
Children will have fun learning and practicing beginning phonics skills in this easy-to-use program. Just click one of the colorful buttons on the left of the screen to explore letter sounds, vowel sounds, rhyming families, letter blends, and more. The program keeps track of the children’s progress and rewards success with four unique play areas. Each play area corresponds to the colored buttons and reinforces the skills taught.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging and useful software game, May 17, 2004

By	pandabear "pandabear35" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This program is cheerful and fun. My kids love it. The educational content is strong yet it still manages to hold children's interest. Good for children who need to reinforce simple phonics, like beginning sounds, ending sounds, long and short vowel sounds, etc. Inexpensive and very recommended!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended!, March 4, 2008

By	Rochelle Jensen "Rochelle" (Spring, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My sister bought this for my daughter when she was 4 and she loved it. A little help was needed at first because she had never used our computer, and the program (especially painting the different parts of words) took some getting acquainted with. After she warmed up to it and understood it, she did it all by herself for months. She knew her alphabet and sounds (and could read a few words) but not all her digraphs when she started, but it didn't take long for her to get the picture and she was independently reading in a short time. I passed this on to a struggling reader, so now I'm looking to buy it again for my son. They love the little characters and the silly story maker. It's nice to have a reprieve from each section after it's completed, so I appreciate the reward section. Well done!

0 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars poor excuse for a phonics program, December 31, 2003

By A Customer

This program has nothing that could assist any child learn or review phonics. The so-called game reward is merely more work, and the work has no value ! If you are looking for a program that provides a learning experience, look elsewhere. If you think this will provide some sort of meaningful review of phonics, you will be quite disappointed.
The producers of this program should hang their heads in shame!