Cheryl Bush 1
Friday, February 28, 2025
The Orton Gillingham method overall is excellent. This app from all about press is incomplete to say the least. It only gives one sound for each of the letters. I'm working with an older dyslexic student and needed all The sounds. For example, the letter a actually makes three different sounds, not just the one that is given here. This app also does not have digraphs and combinations like tion. All about press used to have an app that had all of these sounds. Bring that one back please. Edited
All About Learning Press
Friday, February 28, 2025
Hi Cheryl, thanks for your response! This is a beginning app for use with our preschool program. For a free app that has the multiple sounds for phonograms, download the Phonogram Sounds app: https://www.allaboutlearningpress.com/phonogram-sounds-app/.
~Merry :-)
Dee-Ehm Bee 93
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Apps are great however letters in it are so small. Its fine if its small but I hope you can make updates like when you tap on every letter it will zoom in to the entire screen so your eyes will only focus on that letter and see it clearly. Then when you tap again it will back to its normal size. Sounds are pronounced clearly. Good job. Edited
All About Learning Press
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Thanks for the suggestion, Dee-Ehm! I'll pass this on to our developer! ~Merry :-)
Shawnee Eskridge 182
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
It's a good app. However, I would suggest going back and adding a second page that addresses that vowels make two different sounds. So make a page for long and short vowel sounds. Also, take out "qu" and just put "q". Teachers and parents can explain those sounds. Finally, consider adding a third page for combination sounds "th" "gr" "dr", etc.
All About Learning Press
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Thanks for your feedback! This app is for preschoolers and supports our Pre-reading program. In English words, q is always followed by a u. For the multiple sounds of phonograms such as th, please see our Phonogram Sounds App. (gr and dr are "blends"--each consonant retains it's sound.) For more info, check out www.allaboutlearningpress.com.
Carol Wade 131
Saturday, June 20, 2020
As an Orton-Gillingham reading tutor this is great. Simple, accurate, clear sounds. Now we need to go back a step and include a similar app that just says the alphabet sounds. Many children do not have a command of the alphabet itself . They should master alphabet before they do any sounds. Exactly the way this app is laid out but with names of letters. lower case. Just q I love that you isolate the topic which is a hallmark of Orton- Gillingham, the origin of the phonics program.
All About Learning Press
Monday, June 22, 2020
Thanks for your comments, Carol! I'll be sure to pass your suggestion on to our team. Our Pre-reading program does just that--students learn letter names first and then work on letter sounds: https://www.allaboutlearningpress.com/all-about-reading-pre-reading/
Melissa Dearman 14
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
When trying to use these letters along with Zigzag Zebra to learn the sounds of the letter it is confusing to the child if they have not learned the lowercase letters. We also tried the phonics app to see if they were capital and they are not. It would be nice if they were available in both capital and lower case
All About Learning Press
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Thanks for your feedback! Pre-reading focuses on letter sounds in lessons 53-78, after the student has already learned to recognize lowercase letters. I think it's a great suggestion to include capitals on the apps though, and have shared that with our team. ~Merry :-)
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