Target Sound ID
Detailed App Info:
Application Description
Phonological awareness provides a beginning reader with an important tool for understanding relations between written and spoken language. A deficit in phonological awareness is accepted as a consistent feature of reading disabilities. Poor phonological awareness is linked to poor reading skills independent of IQ.
The Target Sound Identification app directly enhances and elevates phonological awareness skills in order for a young child to become a proficient reader and speller. The Target Sound Identification app includes over 350 colorful and engaging picture cards.
The child is presented with a picture card and a field of three sound (phonogram) cards. The child must identify (by tapping on) a sound in the specific requested position of the word. For example, “Point to the first sound you hear in the word: ship”. In this example the correct response is: sh. "Point to the last sound you hear in the word: dog”. In this example the correct response is: g.
You have the ability to choose if you would like to work on initial (first) sound identification, final (last) sound identification, or initial and final randomized.
• First Sound
• Last Sound
• Random
The randomized presentation will put more auditory attention demands on the child because they have to really attend to whether the target is asking for the first sound or last sound. Selecting “First Sound” will always ask to identify the first sound. Selecting “Last Sound” will always ask for the last sound.
This app is not intended to be self-guided by the child. The parent, teacher or specialist is to provide support and feedback to the child as needed.
Want more apps to support the literacy and learning development for your child? Check out these other great apps developed by Lynn Carahaly, M.A., CCC-SLP to facilitate phonological awareness, auditory processing, and literacy development: Auditory Word Discrimination, Auditory Blending, Sound Matching, Auditory Rhyming, Syllable Counting, and Auditory Figure Ground.
Requirements
Your mobile device must have at least 169.31 MB of space to download and install Target Sound ID app. Target Sound ID was updated to a new version. Purchase this version for $24.99
If you have any problems with installation or in-app purchase, found bugs, questions, comments about this application, you can visit the official website of Foundations Developmental House, LLC FOUNDATIONS DEVELOPMENTAL HOUSE, LLC at http://www.speech-ez.com.
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