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Category: Announcements

TAP Library app to become a showcase for talented dyslexic artists

Dyslexic artists wanted: let TAP showcase your talent!

November 9, 2018 Greg McDonald

Dyslexic artists + our stories = a winning combination The two newest additions to the decodable novels in our apps, The Plan and…

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Posted in: Announcements, Design Filed under: art, dyslexic artists, illustration
Phonics books for mature readers can be light-hearted too. Life Is A Joke is funny, touching story of Kate's crush on Jake.

Phonics books for mature readers with humour? Try “Life Is A Joke”

November 2, 2018 Greg McDonald

The first four decodable books for older beginner readers available through our app were written at Level 2 of our…

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Posted in: Announcements, Literacy Tools Filed under: decodable books for mature readers, decodable books for middle school, decodable books for older students
Great CVC readers for older students have characters and themes that teen and adult beginner readers can relate to. The Plan is just such a book.

CVC readers for older students? Decodable drama in “The Plan”.

Greg McDonald

 Writing CVC readers for older students is uniquely challenging! Writing books that capture the interest of older students is no easy…

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Posted in: Announcements, Literacy Tools Filed under: decodable books for high school, decodable books for older students
Phonemic awareness training app Funny Phonemes for older students with phonemic awareness activities using clean slang and pop-culture jargon

Phonemic awareness activities for older students with Funny Phonemes

September 19, 2018 Greg McDonald

Phonemic awareness activities that older students find fun? [TL;DR. Get Funny Phonemes on the App Store or Google Play.] In a…

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Posted in: Announcements, Literacy Tools Filed under: older students, phonemic awareness, phonemic awareness training, phonics for adults, phonics for teens
Teen and Adult Phonics Library app offers decodable texts for older students on iPad and now iPhone as well as iPad

Decodable texts for older students now on iPhone!

July 9, 2018 Greg McDonald

Earlier this summer, we were asked by one educator whether we would reconsider making our app and its decodable texts…

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Posted in: Announcements, Literacy, Literacy Tools, Phonics, Teaching Tools Filed under: decodable books, decodable readers, decodable texts for older readers, phonics books, phonics readers

This Inspiring Review for TAP on the App Store is our first

April 26, 2018 Greg McDonald

This week we got our first written review of the TAP Library app on the App Store and quite an…

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Posted in: Announcements, Literacy, Reviews Filed under: grandchild, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandson, more titles
Dyslexia Help website has a tools section with tips and ideas, activities, materials, website links and other resources for dyslexics

Apps for Dyslexia on DyslexiaHelp Now Includes TAP!

Greg McDonald

Apps For Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities I reached out recently to Dr. Joanne Pierson over at the fantastic U Michigan…

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Posted in: Announcements, Literacy, Literacy Tools, Phonics, Special needs Filed under: apps for dyslexia, dyslexia, dyslexic, dyslexic readers, help, information, learning disabilities, support
How decodable is my text: our browser based decodability analysis tool is available now

How decodable is my text?

March 13, 2018 Greg McDonald

Today we made available on this website a tool for analyzing the “decodability” of a text in terms of the…

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Posted in: Announcements, Literacy Tools Filed under: decodable, decodable books, decodable readers, decoding, levelled readers, phonics
Launch announcement for the first TAP decodable book iPad app that supports teaching phonics for teens and adults entitled Bad

Now there’s a point to searching for “phonics for teens and adults” on the App Store

November 29, 2017 Team TAP

As of today, a search for “phonics for teens and adults” on the App Store returns our decodable book app…

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