Sight Words Hangman App Reviews

Good idea. Harder Levels would make it better. Currently the words to choose from are so different it only tests the childs ability to sound out the first letter. A level with more similar starting words would require them to read more of the word. A level with a sentence read out and homophones to choose from would be good too.

What We Liked: Sight Words Hangman has a simple to use, straightforward design that is easy for children to operate independently. It allows parents to choose from any of the 27 target word-lists to focus on specific groupings of words or to serve up words randomly – a nice option that builds in flexibility. The spoken instructions once the game starts are clear, well pronounced and appropriate for early readers. The app is well built and helps to develop fluent sight word recognition through repeated practice. For children who must learn to read through memorization rather than decoding, this app can offer valuable reinforcement and repetition. What We Didn’t Like: I’m not a big fan of the guessing by multiple-choice strategy that this app employs to help children practice reading. Like most sight word resources, the included words cover a wide range of both phonetically regular and irregular words making this app difficult for a phonics-oriented homeschool to use unless a child has completed all of their phonics instruction. While scores are displayed at the end of each word list, there isn’t any record of those scores kept in the app. Overall: Sight Word Hangman is a solid, well-designed app for helping children recognize high-frequency words by sight. If you teach reading with sight words, this is a simple, quality app you might want to check out for sight word drills. I received a promo code.

I like that the direction are read out with a full sentence. Great use of Quiz Mode, I can hear the word or turn off the sound to read the word myself.

Sight words really works - the VoiceOver is very engaging and professionally done. I had a lot of fun choosing different words. This will be great for kids who want to play a new twist on hangman.

This is perfect for my kids. Its simple to use so I dont have to hover over them when they start playing. This will be good for our summer road trips.

I use this app on daily basis with some of the kids in school. Its simple and easy to use.

My young kids are learning to read and this has been a very useful app so far. Thanks!

I down loaded this app for my daughter who is going to 1st grade and shes a newly turned 5 year old. Way too easy and pretty boring.

I bought the Sightword Hangman App because it looked like a fun and educational tool for my son. And it is exactly that. My son likes the funny hangman character and I like the learning aspect. Now when we do flashcards together, he seems to pick up the words faster. I know it is because of the Sightword Hangman App.

I bought this to help my daughter who is currently in kindergarten. So far she likes to play and I can already see some improvement after a short time. This will be our daily routine until she masters all the words.

Kids are mastering sight words using this app and they are having fun at the same time. Love the look and feel of the design.

Love love love this app!!!! Great new words with sight words from seasons and from classrooms!!!! My 2 sons ages 4 and 7 love it and cant get enough! Especially love the voice, human like everyday people! clear concise and to the point, not those annoying fairy tale sounds that you usually hear in most apps for children!!!!

My son loves this game. It provides another way to introduce and then reinforce these essential words. We have lists of words that my son reads to me but this game provides another aspect of learning. Just this week at my Parent/Teacher conference I was told to say the Sight Words and have my son locate them. This app does that for us without the use of Flash Cards and in a fun way. Thank you for making learning fun!

This app is perfect for the emmerging reader. A parent or teacher can set up a child to review sight words that the child is learning in a fun and engaging app. I plan on using this app in the car or while waiting in line for my second grader to work on some new sight words. My seven year old played several rounds and enjoyed the challenge of showing me all of the words that he knew how to read. Perhaps a future version will have word definitions or words in another language.

This app is great. My daughter loves playing it. It provides another fun way for her to learn sight words. Love the holiday updates.

I anticipate that this will be great for those students who struggle reading their sight words out loud. Just what I was looking for!

My kids really enjoyed this game. Its actually quite challenging and fun. I highly recommend it as a tool for teaching kids spelling of sight words.

There are no instructions in the app, and since the sound on my iPad was not functioning properly I couldnt figure out what was supposed to be happening. I had to go back to the iTunes store to read the description to figure it out. All of the words are written in capital letters, and this is not how beginning readers are used to seeing them, so some children will not recognize the words that they have been taught to read elsewhere. Also, the wrong answers that the children are given to choose from should be taken from the same list as the ones they are drilling from for maximum exposure. The last problem is that there is no reward for getting it right, but if you get the answer wrong, you are rewarded with a fun body part illustration added to the picture. It should be more fun to get it right than get it wrong!

he loves playing it and the educational benefit is tremendous!

This app makes learning sight words fun