Best App to Work on Reading Skills for Preschoolers! Hooked on Phonics App Review

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Who used Hooked on Phonics as a kid? I can tell you the app is way cooler. If you have a three, four or five-year-old you’re teaching at home, or you just want some fun learning activities for them, the Pre-Reader World is a great place to start. I did a lesson with my four-year-old so you can see exactly how it works.

What you’ll get from this post

  • Who the Pre-Reader World is for, and when kids usually move on
  • How the 12 units and 45 lessons are set up
  • What one lesson looks like, step by step
  • What comes in the practice packs

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Chapters

  • 0:00 Who the Pre-Reader World is for
  • 0:21 How the lessons are set up
  • 1:03 A lesson with my four-year-old
  • 2:10 Practice packs and the first-month offer

Who it’s for

The app starts as young as three with the Pre-Reader World. Kids are usually ready for the Learn to Read World around age five.

Let’s be honest, the app just makes things easier on us parents. It’s a fun app with songs, stories and games all in one place.

How the lessons are set up

There are 12 units with three to four lessons each, for 45 lessons in all. That means you can introduce it at a leisurely pace and let your child get their feet wet in the world of letters and reading.

Here’s what a lesson includes:

  1. A short video, a minute or less, introducing the letter and sound for the day
  2. Two games to practice that letter and sound

The last lesson of each unit is a review with a game and a little book.

A lesson with my four-year-old

We did the letter A together. In the first game, she dragged objects that start with the “a” sound into a picture frame: astronaut, alligator, apron. In the next game, she helped a bee get home by pressing the flower with the letter A. Then there’s a little rhyming book with words like pat, Nat, sat and hat.

It has tons of fun songs that help kids remember each letter and its sound. It lets them get hands-on with the material, and the stories connect them back to those letters and sounds. It’s such a great way to get a preschooler interested in learning to read.

Practice packs

When we filmed this, the subscription came with practice packs shipped to your door each month. Each pack included:

  • Pages to practice writing the letters they’re learning
  • Little books you can read together
  • ABC flash cards
  • Stickers to celebrate their progress

Hooked on Phonics has taught two of my children to read so far. Here’s my Hooked on Phonics link for your first month for $1.

What comes next

Once your child finishes the Pre-Reader World, the next steps are the Learn to Read World and Hooked on Spelling. I review both:

Key takeaways

  • The Pre-Reader World starts at age three. Kids usually move to Learn to Read around five.
  • There are 12 units and 45 lessons, so you can go at a leisurely pace.
  • Each lesson is a short video plus two games, and each unit ends with a review game and a little book.
  • Songs, games and stories help kids remember letters and sounds.
  • The practice packs add writing practice, books, flash cards and stickers.

What viewers say

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FAQ

What age is the Hooked on Phonics Pre-Reader World for?

It starts at age three. Kids are usually ready for the Learn to Read World around age five.

How many lessons are in the Pre-Reader World?

There are 12 units with three to four lessons each, for 45 lessons total.

What’s in a Pre-Reader lesson?

A short video of a minute or less introducing a letter and its sound, followed by two games. Each unit ends with a review game and a little book.

What comes in the Hooked on Phonics practice packs?

When we filmed, they had letter-writing practice, little books, ABC flash cards and stickers.

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Full transcript

Who used hooked on phonics as a kid I can tell you the app is way cooler it starts at the young age of three with the pre-reader world then they're usually ready for the learn to read world at age five so if you have a three four or five year old that you are trying to teach at home or you just want some supplemental educational activities for your child to do at home hooked on phonics is amazing and the app just makes it way easier on us parents let's be honest it's such a fun app it has songs stories games for them to play all wrapped into one app there are 12 units with three to four lessons in each totaling 45 lessons

So this is something you can introduce at a leisurely pace getting your child's feet wet in the world of letters and reading each lesson starts with a short video a minute or less introducing the letter and sound they will be working on that day then there are two games for them to play the last lesson of each unit is a review which includes a game and a little book okay let's do a lesson together with my four-year-old you ready the letter a drag the objects into the picture frame that have the sound a astronaut alligator apron alligator great listening help the bee get home by pressing the flower with the letter a you got it you are blooming into a reader pat nat sat

Hat this app is such a great way to get your preschool aged child interested in learning to read it has tons of fun songs that help them to remember the letter and the sound that they make it lets them get hands-on with the material and then connects them to those letters and sounds through the story check the description box below for a link just for you to get your first month of hooked on phonics for just one dollar this subscription also comes with practice packs these ship right to your door each month

And these packs give your child the opportunity to practice writing the letters they're learning and comes with little books you can read together it also comes with abc flash cards for some more fun and practice and stickers to celebrate their progress so click that link in the description box below to get your child started with the program that has taught two of my children so far to read if you enjoyed this video please give it a thumbs up that helps other people to be able to see it

And if you're interested in more homeschooling tips please consider hitting the subscribe button below and join me every week here I have two videos you'll want to watch next my review of the learn to read section of this app and my review of the hooked on spelling section of this app these will be the next steps after your child completes the pre-reader world until next time happy schooling

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