Our Apps

WordWhile

“Timeless texts…tweaked!” In this new game, as well-loved poetry and excerpts from classic books scroll by, you fill in the blanks by choosing between the author"s word and another selected from a large and lovingly hand-picked set. Accurate or novel: either way you win! Wordwhile is available for free on the App Store for iPhone and iPad and Google Play for Android and Chromebook.

Funny Phonemes

Phonemic awareness training meets pop culture jargon and clean slang in Funny Phonemes, available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad and Google Play for Android and Chromebook. Older students will love it (and so will you)! Practice hearing phonemes, identifying missing phonemes and arranging them into words. What words? Over 250 of them including surfing terms, social media lingo, school-yard epithets and, of course, a few terms worthy of Captain Underpants. Various voices, color schemes, and effects are available to unlock. A Phoneme Set Editor allows you to customize phonemes and focus areas. A slang dictionary with text-to-speech function is also included.

Teen & Adult Phonics Library

The Teen and Adult Phonics (TAP) Library apps offers a collection of sequential, decodable digital novels with edgy, engaging themes designed to appeal to teenagers and adults. Care has been taken to build a positive experience for older emergent readers, especially those with SpLD such as dyslexia, ASD or ADHD. Developed in collaboration with Victoria Leslie, an Australia-based reading and dyslexia specialist. Available as a pay-once School Edition on the App Store for iPhone and iPad and Google Play for Android and Chromebook. A free-to-download version with in-app purchases of individual texts is also available for iOS devices

Visit FocusOnTap.com for all the details and be sure to join the TAP Library mailing list while you're there.

Planet Lettra

Planet Lettra for iOS is a digital playground for making spelling and phonics discoveries. Available for free on the on the Apple App Store. Kids build words by pushing and bumping the letter bubbles together in the sky over Lettra. The bubbles are smart; they guide kids towards spelling real words. On the surface of the planet are creatures hungry for bubbles. When they get a snack, their funny reactions also encourage kids in their word building experiments.