Madam Word: Reading & writing

7 games to learn to read and spell in preschool and elementary school

"Madam Word lives in a city filled with challenging games and engaging characters, where children are invited to gradually develop the skills they need to learn to read, write and spell words.

The application is intended more specifically for children from 6 to 10 years old, but may in certain cases be suitable for children from 5 years old. Madam Word showcases fun learning games and characters that help children progress.

If you want to make learning to read and write fun and challenging… Download Madam Word!

Designed by Brigitte Stanké, speech therapist, Madam Word is developed in the light of the most recent research on learning to read. This application promotes the development of capacities pivotal to the process of learning to read and spell, namely, phonological awareness and lexical orthographic memory. Madam Word can also be used as a re-education tool for children with reading and spelling difficulties.

Do you want to reduce or even prevent learning difficulties in reading and writing? Download Madam Word!

The 7 games offered in this application achieve the following objectives.

Jen and Jim : develop the ability to identify phonemes and graphemes ""e"" and ""i"" in words.

Whose card is this? : locate one or two phonemes in a one-word syllable.

Rhyme Time! : judge if the words rhyme or not.

Mr. Mixup: develop the capacity for syllabic segmentation and improve phonological working memory.

Word Dive: develop phonemic segmentation and phonemes and graphemes matchin abilities.

Madam Word's Library: work on the confusion between the letters ""b"" and ""d"".

Word Pond: develop the ability to visually process similar graphemes and similar auditory phonemes.

Product notes are available for this application, and are suggested for anyone interested in understand how Madam Word was created, or to make a better use of the app.

The free version allows you to try all the games offered in this application.