Pencil-Pal Phonics Software (Windows Download)

Download size: 407 MB. Download time: about 23 minutes on broadband.

Help your child have fun learning phonics with colorful characters who come to the rescue! Pencil-Pal Phonics software arrives on the scene with sirens and a firetruck, and raises a phonics learning ladder for kindergarteners and first graders to climb.

Kids open an onscreen door or window and discover behind-the-scenes adventures as Paramedic Pete, Zachary Zebra, Jermaine Giraffe, and Feeney Flamingo lead the way. In the featured learning game, children practice word-letter and letter-sound association skills. Little learners can also solve dot-to-dot puzzles and watch them spring to life, while practicing letter and number sequencing. Other activities include a paint-and-draw studio for creating printable artistic masterpieces and onscreen coloring book pages with a variety of colors/patterns/backgrounds. A list of words and phonics sounds is also printable for unplugged practice. Jokes and riddles, plus short movies, add to the fun. To experience this software, see the video clip below.

Features & Benefits
• Exploratory learning
• Creative strategies
• Playful, animated “guides”
• Interactive whiteboard-friendly

Skills: phonics; beginning sounds; digraphs and blend sounds; ending sounds; vowel sounds; eye-hand coordination; fine motor skills; following directions; letter-sound association; letter-word association; problem solving

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