Disclaimer: I have teamed up with Reader Bee in support of this campaign. We received compensation for participation in this campaign. However, all thoughts and opinions are my own.
Learning to read is a big step in a child’s development that has lasting benefits. It’s important as parents to invest in our child’s reading with our time and energy to help them gain confidence and succeed in their education. The most important element to our children’s reading process is our home involvement in the teaching process- luckily, there are a lot of great tools to help us on that journey.
Reader Bee is committed to help teach young children to become confident readers through a simplified approach to traditional phonics along with providing tools that spark young learners’ curiosity. The product iPad apps, Reader Bee and the Story Tree and Reader Bee’s First Story Maker, guides preschoolers and kindergarteners through the basics of sounds, letters and words to reading fluency. The Honeycomb Keyboard lets young children see and write rhyming words (cat, hat, sat) and sight words (with, the, and, is) with one swipe through the letters, helping them learn to read as well as write.
The Reader Bee program uses a great mix of pictures and words to make reading fun. Their unique honeycomb shaped keyboard adds a fun twist for kids and is a good stepping stone prior to learning a full keyboard. To start they give children just enough letters for the project at hand to keep the process from becoming overwhelming. Both Reader Bee and the Story Tree and Reader Bee’s First Story Maker are available for download from the iTunes App store for under $2.00.
Win – iPad from Reader Bee
The Reader Bee Off-Screen Games Contest is for people who have unique and fun ideas for teaching children to read. The ideas you enter should be games, materials or activities that will complement the Reader Bee apps by reinforcing concepts children learn when using Reader Bee. Submit your off-screen game ideas now — you could win a free iPad! Contest ends on January 15, 2015.
How To Enter
To enter the Contest, you must complete all of the following steps within Pinterest:
- Be following Reader Bee at the time the Contest ends.
- Pin a description of your idea with at least one picture or video. Your pin must include enough information to show that it is an eligible entry. (See requirements here.) For ideas that need additional explanation, include a link to your video or blog post.
- Comment on the Reader Bee pin linking to the Contest announcement with a link to your pin describing your idea.
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