Alphabet Track/Eye Track/Phoneme Track
Tool Factory, Inc. www.toolfactory.com PC/MAC. Ages 5 and up.
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These three programs are part of a series designed for use in the inclusive classroom, home schooling, and for students with dyslexia, dyspraxia, and other visual or learning challenges. Created in England, users can choose a British or American accent for the narrator who guides them along. Fun graphics and increasingly difficult activities make these sure winners with kids. Excellent booklets aid users in their endeavors.
Eye Track invites children to help apprehend the villain Ronnie Retina through various visual puzzles requiring matching, identifying and exploring to improve visual perception.
In Phoneme Track the charmingly odd “potatoes in a bucket" egg children on to learn their phonemes by building words, manipulating sounds and replacing phonemes to make other words thereby increasing the users’ abilities to read and write. (This is best with headphones if being used in classroom or other active room.)
Alphabet Track encourages children to practice their letters by matching upper and lower case letters and by spelling words. The program reinforces alphabet awareness and visual and auditory sequencing.