Learning to read Spanish and mastering the alphabet is a crucial skill that lays the foundation for a child's educational journey and future success. It's essential to start this process early, ideally during preschool and the initial years of elementary school, as it forms the basis of all subsequent learning both in school and throughout adult life.

Children today are digital natives, naturally drawn to computers and tablets. This affinity for technology presents a unique opportunity to reinforce and enhance what they are learning in school, making the learning process more engaging and effective.

Method

Our method, "Learn to Read Spanish with Phonics," is tailored for children aged 3 to 6 or 7, and even adults looking to improve their pronunciation. The program is structured into a section for tracing letters and 30 lessons that progressively introduce vowels and consonants, starting with L, M, S, T, P, N, D, F, H, C, Q, CH, G, GUE, R, -rr-, B, V, J, GE, GUE, Y, Z, CE, LL, X, K.

Each lesson includes 11 engaging games, available at two different difficulty levels. This approach is perfect for parents and teachers seeking to practice and reinforce the first syllables and words in Spanish. Encourage the child to listen and engage with the exercises; full comprehension is not necessary at this stage.

Learning to read is a gradual process that may take over a year. We recommend daily practice sessions of a few minutes, revisiting previously learned material, and adjusting the type and level of exercises to keep the experience fun and game-like.

Levels

All games feature two difficulty levels, which can be adjusted at any time. Children can progress at their own pace, with the flexibility to pause and resume play later. As they complete games, they earn fruits as rewards.

The first level is suitable for children as young as three, and sometimes even younger with assistance from parents or educators. At this level, games can be solved with the help of the instructions. The second level is more challenging, encouraging children to solve problems independently while ensuring the learning process remains enjoyable.

As a parent or guardian, it's important to match the difficulty level to the child's abilities and avoid pressuring them to complete or advance levels prematurely.

Abilities

Our program enhances several key skills:

• Visual and auditory memorization
• Identification and association
• Discrimination
• Understanding
• Literacy

Options

On the home screen, users can:

• Enable or disable background music
• Choose to play in full screen

Within the Tikis menus, additional options include:

• Changing the font to uppercase, lowercase, or cursive handwriting
• Enabling or disabling automatic activity, which switches to another game after a set number of exercises
• Shuffling syllables to mix up the learning experience

Achievements

The program allows for up to three profiles (avatars) for different children, tracking each child's progress, correct and incorrect answers, and overall performance, represented as a percentage and visually as fruits.

Fruits serve as a fun motivator for continued play. When children collect fruits in their basket, they can click on it to give them to little aliens, adding an element of fun and reward to the learning process.

For a detailed overview of progress, users can press the reports button on the Tikis screen.

Games

NEW THE ALPHABET:

Children can listen and learn to write each letter of the alphabet, syllables, and some words in different modes: trace, copy, and free mode. They can choose between three types of letters: uppercase, lowercase, and handwriting.

For each lesson, there are 11 engaging games:

1. DOLPHIN: Presentation of the word and its parts.
2. BALLOONS: Identification of the letters of the syllable.
3. CLOUDS: Trace the shape of each syllable.
4. CRABS: Formation of syllables from letters.
5. BUTTERFLIES: Identification of syllables.
6. BEES: Identification of the initial syllable of words.
7. SNAKE: Formation of words using syllables.
8. MONKEYS: Formation of words from letters.
9. PARROTS: Recognition and word reading.
10. MOUSE: The order of the words and sentences reading.
11. SNAILS: Formation of sentences from words.

For any feedback or technical queries, please contact us at [email protected].