In the ABC club, The Magic Ball, you get to practice letter recognition, sound analysis, word decoding and putting letters together into words. Some children probably recognize the pictures and exercises from school. The ABC club is a well-spread teaching aid in learning to read and write for preschool class–grade 3.
The ABC club consists of the children Asta, Bea and Cesar. In the app, they ask the player for help in collecting magic balls. The marbles that the player collects are exchanged for letters. Using the letters, the player can read the secret messages in the club room.
The app is divided into seven levels with increasing progression. When a level is completed, the next level is unlocked.
The app contains:
The alphabet. Here, the connection between the letter shape and the letter name is practiced.
Find the word. Here word pictures are trained (automation of small words such as and, hey, den, det, can, not).
Sound hunting. Click on images where the sound is included.
What do you hear? Here, sound analysis is practiced (being able to divide a word into different sounds).
Write. Here, connection between sounds and letters is practiced, as well as synthesis (being able to put letters together to form words).
In this version you only access the first level, with the letters OMAS. Download the full version with all levels and solve the secret messages!
© 2014 Nature & Culture, Stockholm
Project manager: Eva Postrup
Idea and production manager: Åsa Böhme/Happie
Developer: Extransit
Graphic design: Kari Wahlström/KariDesign
Illustrators: Nathalie Uppström and Catharina Nygård
Voice: Elisabet Carlsson
Child voices: Isabelle, Lucas and Stella
Jingle: Johan Eckman
Sound Studio: Visual Sound
Sound Effects: Visual Sound/www.freesfx.co.uk/www.soundbible.com
The reading books about the ABC club are written by Mats Wänblad.