Phonological Awareness Lab 4.0
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Publisher Description
Phonological Awareness Lab (PAL) is a fun, multi-level game specifically designed to improve phonological awareness in children. Designed by a certified speech-language pathologist, PAL incorporates a fun science lab theme to encourage children to demonstrate their phonological awareness.
Created to help teach phonological awareness, PAL incorporates four (4) “labs” to target the essential phonological awareness skills needed for reading.
• The Sentence Experiment Lab
• The Decoding Room
• The Rhyming Compound
• The Syllable X-Ray
Inside the Decoding Room and Rhyming Compound are multiple levels of activities including blending syllables, blending sounds, rhyming identification, rhyming selection, and rhyming match. The fun animations within each area make learning these skills fun and engaging.
Multi-player
Recognizing the need for small group work, Phonological Awareness Lab is designed to be used with a single player or multiple players. A tap on the add player button displays a pop-up screen. The user types the student’s name and enters the player’s photo or a stock avatar. Player information can be easily edited if needed.
Data Compilation
Data compilation is a critical element for the busy speech-language pathologist. PAL compiles the data tracked for each task into a “report card” for each student. This report card is located in the Report Center and is available to be exported to the free Therapy Report Center or emailed. Each session report lists the date, activity, and accuracy. Each report card includes an easy-to-read graph to aid progress monitoring.
PAL and Response to Intervention
Phonological awareness skills are critical for reading (Carson, et al, 2013; Hogan, et al, 2005; Power-deFur, 1998). The data compilation for individual students kept over time, makes Phonological Awareness Lab perfect to use with Response to Intervention (RTI). Students who receive phonological awareness instruction often have superior reading skills. In addition, children who receive phonological awareness training have significantly fewer decoding difficulties (Carson, et al, 2013). To aid in the intervention plan, PAL includes an easy to read data report detailing the number of sessions, the activities targeted, and the accuracy. Easy-to-read graphs present a visual for each activity to ensure easy progress monitoring.
Features
Phonological Awareness Lab includes the following features:
1) Multiple player capability
2) Four different elements of phonological awareness
3) Seven tasks of varying complexity
4) Customization
5) Data compilation
6) Fun and engaging animations
7) Visual and auditory feedback for correct/incorrect responses
8) High quality images
Sources:
Carson, K, Gillon, G., Boustead, T. (2013). Literacy outcomes in the first year of school. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, April 2013, Vol. 44, 147-160. doi:10.1044/0161-1461(2012/11-0061)
Hogan, T., Catts, H., and Little, T. (2005). The relationship between phonological awareness and reading. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, October 2005, Vol. 36, 285-293. doi:10.1044/0161-1461(2005/029)
Power-deFur, Lissa. (1998). Language, phonological awareness and reading success. SIG 11 Perspectives on Administration and Supervision, October 1998, Vol. 8, 13-14. doi:10.1044/aas8.2.13
Jan 20, 2022
Version 4.0
iOS 15 updates
About Phonological Awareness Lab
Phonological Awareness Lab is a paid app for iOS published in the Kids list of apps, part of Education.
The company that develops Phonological Awareness Lab is Smarty Ears. The latest version released by its developer is 4.0.
To install Phonological Awareness Lab on your iOS device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2022-01-20 and was downloaded 8 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Phonological Awareness Lab as malware if the download link is broken.
How to install Phonological Awareness Lab on your iOS device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to the App Store.
- Once the Phonological Awareness Lab is shown in the iTunes listing of your iOS device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the GET button to the right of the app to start downloading it.
- If you are not logged-in the iOS appstore app, you'll be prompted for your your Apple ID and/or password.
- After Phonological Awareness Lab is downloaded, you'll see an INSTALL button to the right. Tap on it to start the actual installation of the iOS app.
- Once installation is finished you can tap on the OPEN button to start it. Its icon will also be added to your device home screen.
