Reading Train Starter Books

I have an 11 year old with autism and he has struggled with reading from the beginning. He started the school year at a kindergarten level and by the end of the year he was at a first grade third month. I believe with the help of this app he was able to be so successful. I love how if he does not know a word he can hold his finger on it and then he can hear what the word is. I like the different categories and levels. I would suggest this app for struggling readers! Now if the programmer can create one with the next levels that would be great!

Love the new books. I like that kids can read anywhere and anytime even when you are not connected to WiFi. The Reading Train is hands-down the favorite of my 5 to 7 year old students. This app has everything they need to develop from pre-readers to self confident, independent readers. Kids can get started right away with reading real books. The books are very simple, fun and informative with lots of interesting topics to choose from. There are 3 beginning reading levels so it is easy to find just right books for every child. Kids love to record themselves reading which is a great way for me to assess their reading progress. Every word can be touched to hear it spoken and I love the built in dictionary where kids can hear and see definitions of hundreds of words and build their background knowledge. The train game lets kids practice phonics, spelling and even tests comprehension as kids have to pick items for a category related to the book they just read. My kids love earning coins to spend in the music shop where they can sing along with familiar and new children's songs. I subscribed for a year for just 9.99 which is incredible value as I know we will be using this app every day! ,

This is a well-executed app, with nice graphics and sound. Lots of activities keep the child interested, and the songs are fun and engaging; I love that the lyrics are printed as the song plays, so the child can read along and learn those words. For very beginning readers, it would be helpful to have the words in the books at least be highlighted as the book was being read, as this is focusing on sight word recognition it seems more than phonics. I like that there are other things to learn, like trains that group "things that are food" for example. When you tap on a word, you can get more info about it; it would be nice if there was a read-aloud option for that info, as it is too advanced for the readers who would be using this app.