Screen Shot 2015-05-19 at 8.04.12 PMMeet the newest member of the Tiggly family, “Tiggly Words,” designed to help kids discover the love of reading as they “play” with their hands-on vowel toys interacting with their tablets. A,e,i,o, can be used with 3 apps, Submarine, Tiggly Tales and Tiggly Doctor. Take a tour of the ocean with your submarine to find a blue hexagon to start up your letter game. An elevator, underwater tree house, octopus pad and circle of coral need vowels to reveal words beginning with or using a,e,i,o,and u. “A” reveals alligator, astronaut, ant or an ax who cleverly comments,”No way, time to split.” while an egg cracks and a tiny dinosaur swims out. Elk says, “Wrong floor, this isn’t the lodge,”  adding a little humor for parents listening in. Tiggly Tales is my favorite as it is simple and entertaining in its content and graphics, focusing on the learning of letters and their associated sounds. Beginning and ending consonants are literally loaded onto the deck with a space in the middle for kids to drag or stamp their vowel sound to complete the 3 letter word. h__g reinforces correct responses, hug, hog and hag (depicted by a witch flying by on a broom which kids loved) while incorrect letters inserted medially are ejected by a spring. Kids liked the quick success they could achieve as they experimented with vowels and were rewarded with cute illustrations. It was fun to see them quietly sounding out their possible words before selecting a vowel–just what we want them to do!  B__g was completed to say bug, bag, big and bog, with cartoons appearing to tell kids their answers were correct. Tiggly again has combined traditional and digital play to encourage emergent readers to learn through fun discovery!

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