The applications of science have jumped many folds, all thanks to innovations and exciting ideas that keep on flowing into the industry. If we specifically talk about mobile apps, it has significantly impacted the way we deal in our day to day life.
Reading Eggs is one such excellent reading app for children that has won many awards due to its features and functionalities that comes packed with this app. Reading Eggs app is curated to cater to children aged between 2 and 13 and helps them to learn to read.
Reading Eggs as a program was developed because learning to read makes an essential part of the skill set that the children need to learn. And to make this process fun, interactive and highly rewarding, the educational app’s lessons are full of colorful animation, fun characters, songs, and rewards to keep children motivated.
Reading Eggs App covers the following five essential components of reading:
- Phonics
- Phonemic awareness
- Vocabulary
- Fluency
- Comprehension
According to the claims made by app developers, “over 91% of parents using Reading Eggs report a noticeable improvement in their child’s reading skills.”
Katy Pike, CEO of the Blake eLearning, says,
“As a mom of four, I know the frustration of trying to get my kids interested in learning to read. They couldn’t grasp those essential early skills. Over several years, we looked at everything, and I mean everything until we found the essentials that really work in teaching kids to read.”
She further adds,
“…and we created Reading Eggs. The most comprehensive online reading program for kids aged 2 to 13. The uptake was almost instant. Parents were overwhelmed with the results. We received thousands of letters from excited parents who couldn’t believe their eyes…their kids were READING!”
Reading Eggs app engages scientific research patterns in their programs and plan its lessons accordingly. The scientific research is complimented by experienced elementary teachers, which assist the children to learn to read through interactive reading games, guided reading lessons, fun activities, and over 2,000 digital storybooks.
Notable features of the Reading Eggs educational app:
- Children are matched and progress with self-paced, one-on-one lessons;
- Reward system consists of golden eggs, collectable pets, and games;
- Based on scientific research and other learning principles;
- Effective and results-driven online reading curriculum;
- Instant results can be viewed in parent dashboard and receive detailed progress reports, which show you exactly where your child is improving and where extra attention is needed;
- No advertisements or social networking features for the safest possible learning environment;
- Can be used either on a desktop or tablet device.
Reading Eggs App Programs
Over 10 million children worldwide are been benefited with the help of this app. If the user goes for the monthly subscription plan, the following are the benefits that come packed with it:
- Reading Eggs Junior (ages 2–4): In this session, the toddlers are taught pre-reading skills like phonemic awareness and alphabet knowledge with fun activities, games, videos, and read-aloud books.
- Reading Eggs (ages 3-7): In this age group, the children learn to read, covering phonics, sight words, spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension.
- Reading Eggspress (ages 7-13): After it comes the phase where the children are made to read for meaning and enjoyment.
- Mathseeds (ages 3–9): In this age group, Reading Eggs app covers numeracy skills, covering numbers, measurement, shapes, patterns, and more.
- Printable teaching material: Hundreds of printable worksheets reinforce essential skills and concepts covered in the programs. Homeschoolers have access to detailed curriculum guides for grades K–2, as well as lesson plans, assessment tasks, printable certificates, and real-time progress reports.
Requirements To Run Reading Eggs App
To run this app, there are a handful of requirements that need to be taken care off as the basic requirement of logging in with the personal account details. Other specifications are as follows:
- Wireless internet connection
- iPad 3+
- iPad Mini 2nd Gen+
- iPhone 5+
- iOS 9.3.5
- An active trial or subscription
As the app is designed to run on the iOS compatible devices, we do have some recommended devices and iOS version that will offer a better experience to the users.
- iPad 4+
- iPad Mini 3rd Gen+
- iPhone 5s+
- iOS 10+
Going further, we did find one catch while using this app and that is, the user needs to select ‘General’ option present in the iPad settings and select ‘Mute’ option under ‘Lock Rotation,’ as it will enhance the overall experience of the Reading Eggs app.
Reading Eggs App Subscription And Pricing
The app is free to download, but to keep using it; the user needs to subscribe to a plan, which will provide access to Reading Eggs Junior, Reading Eggs, Reading Eggspress, and Mathseeds.
Reading Eggs app is free to use for the first month, and after that, the user needs to shell out a few, which will be charged to the iTunes account.
Reading Eggs App Subscription Plan Pricings:
- 1st child: $9.99 USD/month
- 2nd, 3rd & 4th child: $4.99 USD/month
Going further, the app offers and an additional benefit for any other child by giving a 50 percent discount on the full subscription cost per month subscribed via the Reading Eggs iPad app.
The app offers a free trial to the user as well.
Note: The subscription of the app will get renewed automatically from the iTunes account, and if the user no longer wishes to use this app, he needs to cancel the subscription at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The user can even withdraw the subscription plan anytime by discontinuing it
MAD Verdict: Reading Eggs App
Any app that can assist children in honing their skills is always welcomed. With more and more children sticking to smartphones and tablets nowadays, apps like Reading Eggs can surely do wonders in improving their learning from day one.
Also, Reading Eggs app lessen the unnecessary burden of going to play schools or other institutions to learn to read. This way, parents can save time and needles juggle of the kids.
We do recommend Reading Eggs app to every parent to try it once and then measure the substantial change that comes along with it.
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