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Starfall.com on the App Store
Description
Read, learn, and play with fun activities, games, and songs on Starfall! Covers reading, math, music, and more -- preschool to third grade. Includes free and subscriber content.
Join Zac the Rat and his friends on an exciting learning journey, starting with the ABCs and 123s and advancing up to grade 3 grammar and mathematics. Starfall's playful open format intuitively guides children through sequential learning objectives for reading, math, art, music, and social subjects like kindness and caring.
*Highlights*
*Reading (phonics, fluency, grammar) -- ABCs, Learn to Read, I’m Reading, Talking Library, Punctuation, Parts of Speech
*Math -- Numbers, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Geometry and Measurement, Fractions
*More -- Holiday Activities, Nursery Rhymes, Sing-Alongs, Interactive Calendar
*Why Starfall*
*Research based, teacher tested, child approved. Starfall's systematic approach was created by experienced educators using time-tested instructional methods.
*Try it for free. All of the basics for learning how to read are available to everyone.
*No advertisements. Whether a free user or subscriber, you won’t see any ads.
*Pass it forward! Subscribers gain access to hundreds of additional activities and support the free sections for others to enjoy.
*What people are saying about Starfall*
“[Starfall] offers a fantastic (and free) learn-to-read method based on numerous studies and educational research. Kids practice letter sounds, word recognition, and reading comprehension through online books, songs, rhymes, and other games... [Users] can access plenty of free materials to make [Starfall.com] worthwhile without a subscription.”
- Common Sense Media
Starfall listed as one of the “70 Best Apps for Families”
- Parents Magazine
“I truly believe that Starfall set the foundation for my future.
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- Sarah, undergraduate at Stanford University
*Subscription information*
If you choose to purchase a Starfall subscription, a $5.99 (USD) payment will be charged to your Apple ID account upon confirmation of purchase and monthly after that. Your subscription will automatically renew unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. To cancel your subscription, open the Settings app, tap your name, then tap Subscriptions. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription.
*Additional Info*
This app requires an internet connection and is intended for Pre-K, Kindergarten, and Grades 1-3. It also supports English language development, special education, and homeschool environments.
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Starfall Education Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Version 3.1.16
Starfall.com latest app version provides several updates for newer devices, including user navigation adjustments for wide screens. Thanks for your support and Happy New Year! Keep learning and having fun!
Ratings and Reviews
2.9K Ratings
This game has true potential!
Ok so, I am 13. I’m not a nerdy type kid, I’m just a critic. I watch movies and write reviews on common sense media, IMDb, rotten Tomatos, and Letterbox. And I do the same for games in the App Store.
I would like to start off and say that this game has a lot of potential. But, in the state that it is at now, it needs to stay free.For everything in game. Period. That’s how it can find it’s success later down the path.
Second: It’s great for teachers and parents to use for kids kinder-4th grade. It has tons of English, math, science, reading, and history. It’s almost as good as ABC Mouse! It just needs more content, and, like I’ve said, free content (Of course, until the game finds success.)
Last: Is it just me, or is anyone else getting ads? I don’t find ads very safe for kids to be able to see, especially explicit ads. And when they are playing this at school, it is an even bigger issue. And without ads, I think this would be a fun, safe kids game for the whole class, or family, to enjoy!
Amazing 🤩
This app is so amazing. The kids grew up using this app to learn. When they were old enough for school they were acing classes. This app is SO repetitive. And usually apps/games like that are an absolute no go for me.
But, this is how you teach kids to learn. Through fun games and songs. The learning to read books are the most repetitive part, they work on the same sounds so that your kid[s] master[s] it before they go on to another activity. If this was here when I was a kid then this is what I’d be using. I’m currently helping my four year old pronounce words correctly and learn more advanced words so that he can read better. He enjoys dancing to the songs. Once his little friend came over and they danced to the songs together. It was amazing to watch. I would recommend this to anyone who has kids. It says up to third grade but I would recommend it to anyone. I used to have a stutter and that could “cure” that. Though, their is nothing wrong with a stutter. I love this app and this truly helped my kids learn. This is a lifesaver. I’ll start my four year old back onto this once he’s off “winter break” (I figured he would think it was rude if his sisters were on winter break but not him.) Thank you for reading my review.
I just want the developers to know about my appreciation to this app and how it helped the kiddos.
Thank you for your review and feedback! We're so glad you and your family enjoy Starfall!
Needs new content
My 6 year old daughter has this app and she loves to use it. It has a wide variety of fun games and gets her excited about learning. I love that she actually uses it.
My only complaint is that the app content is repetitive. Each time she plays a game, the equations use the same numbers as the last time she played that game. So, all she has to do is memorize what the answer was last time and she gets the answer. I purchased a year’s subscription thinking the content would be new, but it’s still recycling the same equations.
I also wonder why the website has a different organization than the app.
It looks like there are more advanced options on the website and more kindergarten options on the app. I’d like to see some more advanced options on the app, as she uses an iPad.
We have great news to share with you! This week, Starfall released a long-awaited update to the iOS version of the Starfall.com App, which now closely aligns to the content available on the website.
Here's whats new with this release:
The iOS app still includes our our classic Pre-K and Kindergarten content along with many new activities and content for higher grades. The update features a new layout & organization, with split indexes for Kindergarten & Pre-K and Grades 1, 2, and 3.
Other content additions include the Calendar, I'm Reading! books, Motion Songs, Word Machines, plus English, Grammar, and Punctuation for Grades 1-3, and more!
We hope you enjoy the new updates!
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- Starfall Education, LLC
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- 154 MB
- Category
- Education
- Age Rating
- 4+, Made for Ages 6–8
- Copyright
- © 2023 Starfall Education
- Price
- Free
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Starfall Learn to Read on the App Store
Description
Learn to Read from the starfall.
com website is now a FREE app!
The Starfall Learn to Read FREE app is made possible by the member supporters of Starfall.com, a publicly supported nonprofit. The activities at Starfall.com motivate through exploration, positive reinforcement, and play.
Since 2002 Children around the world have learned to read with Zac the Rat — and your child will too! Each numbered section features a vowel sound and its related spelling. Your child will hear, touch, read and eventually master this sound-spelling through a variety of engaging activities, movies, and songs. Encourage your child to play and explore! Your child will come to recognize the relationship between spoken and written language while having fun learning to read. This app is excellent for emerging readers and English language learners.
Version 3.38
Performance enhancements and minor bug updates for a better user experience.
Have fun learning!
Ratings and Reviews
162 Ratings
Helped my 3 yr old
Great for kids who knows the alphabet letters and it teaches them vowels and how to pronounce the words correctly. Great tool for beginners. It worked for me. Hope it can help other parents.
Childhood memories!
omg, this was a major part of my childhood! I now, am learning Latin, and have a adult reading level! I just wanted to say a huge thank you, I really appreciate it! -avocxdothespian
Garbage!
I had it when I was little but i accently update it i thought the update was garbage.
NOTE: Improve when it has garbage update
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- Starfall Education, LLC
- Size
- 93.6 MB
- Category
- Education
- Age Rating
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- © 2022 Starfall Education
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where to start to change your life — Work.
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A very simple, useful and honest instruction from a programmer, investor and entrepreneur James Altucher for those who want to radically change their field of activity, but do not know where to start.
Here's the deal: I've been to zero a few times, come back to life a few times, I've done it over and over again. I started new careers. The people who knew me then don't know me now. And so on.
I started my career from scratch several times. Sometimes because my interests have changed. Sometimes because all the bridges were burned to the ground, and sometimes because I desperately needed money. And sometimes because I hated everyone at my previous job or they hated me. nine0005
There are other ways to reinvent yourself, so take my words with a grain of salt. This is what worked in my case. I've seen it work for about a hundred other people. According to interviews, according to letters that have been written to me over the past 20 years. You can try - or not.
1. Change never ends
Every day you rediscover yourself. You are always on the move. But every day you decide where exactly you are moving: forward or backward. nine0005
2. Start with a clean slate
All your past labels are futile. Have you been a doctor? An Ivy League graduate? Owned millions? Did you have a family? Nobody cares. You have lost everything. You are zero. Don't try to say that you are something big.
3. You need a mentor
Otherwise you will sink. Someone has to show you how to move and breathe. But don't worry about looking for a mentor (see below).
4. Three types of guides
Direct. Someone who is ahead of you, who will show you how he got it. What does "this" mean? Wait. By the way, the mentors don't look like Jackie Chan's character in The Karate Kid. Most mentors will hate you. nine0005
Indirect. Books. Movies. You can get 90% of the instructions from books and other materials. 200-500 books are equal to a good mentor.
When people ask me, "What is a good book to read?" I don't know what to say. There are 200-500 good books worth reading. I would turn to inspirational books. Whatever you believe, strengthen your beliefs with daily reading.
Anything can be a mentor. If you are nobody and want to re-create yourself, everything you look at can become a metaphor for your desires and goals. The tree that you see, with roots that are invisible to the eye, and groundwater that feeds it, is a metaphor for programming, if you connect the separate points together. And everything you look at will "connect the dots". nine0005
5. Don't worry if nothing fascinates you
You care about your health. Start with him. Take small steps. You don't need passion to succeed. Do your job with love and success will become a natural symptom.
6. The time it takes to re-create yourself: 5 years
Here is a description of these 5 years.
First year: you flounder and read everything and just start doing something.
Year 2: You know who you need to talk to and maintain working relationships with. You do something every day. You finally understand what the map of your own game of Monopoly looks like. nine0005
Third year: You are good enough to start making money. But for now, perhaps not enough to earn a living.
Fourth year: you provide for yourself well.
Fifth year: you make a fortune.
Sometimes I got frustrated during the first four years. I asked myself: “why hasn’t this happened yet?”, I hit the wall with my fist and broke my arm. It's okay, just keep going. Or stop and choose a new field of activity. It does not matter. Someday you will die - and then it will be really difficult to change. nine0005
7. If you do it too fast or too slow, something is wrong.
A good example is Google.
8. It's not about money
But money is a good measure. When people say "It's not about the money," they need to be sure they have some other unit of measure.
"How about just doing what you love?" There will be many days ahead when you don't like what you do. If you are doing it out of pure love, it will take much more than five years. Happiness is just a positive reaction from your brain. Some days you will be unhappy. Your brain is just a tool, it does not define who you are. nine0005
9. When can you say "I'm doing X" when X becomes your new profession?
Today
10. When can I start practicing X?
Today. If you want to paint, buy canvas and paints today, start buying 500 books one by one and paint pictures. If you want to write, do the following three things:
- read
- write
- take your favorite author and print his best story word by word. Ask yourself why he wrote each word. Let him be your mentor today. nine0005
If you want to start your own business, start coming up with a business idea. Rebuilding yourself starts today. Every day.
11. When will I earn money?
In a year you will put 5000-7000 hours into this business.
That's good enough to get you into the top 200-300 in the world in any major. Getting into the top 200 will almost always provide you with a livelihood. By the third year, you will understand how to make money. By the fourth, you will be able to increase turnover and provide for yourself. Some stop there. nine0005
12. By the fifth year you will be in the top 30-50, so you can make a fortune
13. How can I tell if it's mine?
Any area in which you can read 500 books. Go to the bookstore and find her. If after three months you get bored, go to the bookstore again. Getting rid of illusions is normal, this is the meaning of defeat. Success is better than failure, but defeats give us the most important lessons. Very important: do not rush. During your interesting life, you can change yourself many times. And fail many times. It's fun too. These attempts will turn your life into a story book, not a textbook. Some people want their life to be a textbook.
Mine is a story book, good or bad. Therefore, changes occur every day. nine0005
14. The decisions you make today will be in your biography tomorrow
Make interesting decisions and you will have an interesting biography.
15. The decisions you make today will become part of your biology
16. What if I like something exotic? Biblical archeology or 11th century wars?
Repeat the above steps and by the fifth year you will be rich. We don't know how. There is no need to look for the end of the path when you are only taking the first steps. nine0005
17. What if my family wants me to become an accountant?
How many years of your life did you promise to give to your family? Ten? All life? Then wait for the next life. You choose.
Choose freedom, not family. Freedom, not prejudice. Freedom, not government. Freedom, not the satisfaction of other people's requests. Then you will satisfy yours.
18. My mentor wants me to follow his path.
This is normal. Learn his way. Then do it your way. Sincerely. nine0005
Luckily no one puts a gun to your head. Then you would have to comply with his demands until he lowers the gun.
19. My husband (wife) is worried — who will take care of our children?
A person who changes himself always finds free time. Part of changing yourself is finding moments and reshaping them the way you would like to use them.
20. What if my friends think I'm crazy?
Who are these friends?
21. What if I want to be an astronaut?
This is not a change of self. This is a specific profession. If you like space, there are many professions. Richard Branson wanted to be an astronaut and created Virgin Galactic.
22. What if I enjoy drinking and hanging out with friends?
Read this post again in a year.
23. What if I'm busy? Am I cheating on my spouse or betraying my partner?
Read this post again in two or three years, when you are broke, without a job and everyone will turn their backs on you.
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24. What if I can't do anything at all?
Read point 2 again.
25. What if I don't have a degree or it's useless?
Read item 2 again.
26. What if I need to focus on paying off a mortgage or other loan?
Read item 19 again.
27. Why do I feel like an outsider all the time?
Albert Einstein was an outsider. None of the people in power would have hired him. Everyone feels like an impostor sometimes. The greatest creativity is born out of skepticism. nine0005
28. I can't read 500 books. Name one book to read for inspiration.
Then you can immediately give up.
29. What if I'm too sick to change myself?
The change will boost the production of beneficial substances in your body: serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin. Move forward and you may not get well at all, but you will become healthier. Don't use health as an excuse.
Finally, rebuild your health first. Sleep more. Eat better.
Go in for sports. These are the key steps to change. nine0005
30. What if my partner set me up and I'm still suing him?
Quit litigation and never think about him again. Half the problem was you.
31. What if they put me in jail?
Great. Reread point 2. Read more books in prison.
32. What if I am a timid person?
Make weakness your strength. Introverts are better at listening and concentrating, they know how to arouse sympathy.
33. What if I can't wait five years? nine0013
If you plan to be alive in five years, you can start today.
34. How to make contacts?
Make concentric circles. You must be in the middle. The next circle is friends and family. Then there are online communities. Then - people whom you know from informal meetings and tea parties. Then - conference participants and opinion leaders in their field. Then there are mentors. Then there are customers and those who make money. Start making your way through these circles.
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35. What if my ego gets in the way of what I do?
In six months or a year you will return to point 2.
36. What if I am passionate about two things at once? And I can't choose?
Combine them and you will be the best in the world for this combination.
37. What if I'm so passionate that I want to teach others what I'm learning myself?
Read lectures on YouTube. Start with a one-person audience and see if it grows.
38. What if I want to earn money in my sleep? nine0013
In your fourth year, start outsourcing what you do.
39. How do you find mentors and experts?
Once you have accumulated enough knowledge (after 100-200 books), write 10 ideas for 20 different potential mentors.
None of them will answer you. Write 10 more ideas for 20 new mentors. Repeat this every week.
Create a mailing list for everyone who hasn't replied to you. Repeat until someone answers. Write a blog about learning something.
Build a community where you can become an expert. nine0005
40. What if I can't come up with ideas?
Then practice this. The "thinking muscles" tend to atrophy. They need to be trained.
It's hard for me to reach my toes if I don't do it every day. I have to do this every day for some time before it comes easily to me. Don't expect good ideas to come from day one.
41. What else to read?
AFTER books you can read websites, forums, magazines. But most of them are garbage.
42. What if I do everything you say, but it still doesn't seem to work?
It will work. Just wait. Keep changing yourself every day.
Don't try to find the end of the road. You can't see it in the fog. But you can see the next step, and you will understand that if you take it, you will eventually reach the end of the path.
43. What if I start to feel depressed? nine0013
Sit in silence for an hour a day. You need to get back to your essence.
If you think this sounds stupid, don't do it. Move on with your depression.
44. And if there is no time to sit in silence?
Then sit in silence for two hours a day. This is not meditation. You just have to sit.
45. What if I get scared?
Sleep 8-9 hours a day and never gossip. Sleep is the first secret to good health. Not the only one, but the first. Some people write to me that four hours of sleep is enough for them, or that in their country those who sleep a lot are considered lazy. These people will fail and die young. nine0005
When it comes to gossip, our brains are biologically programmed to have 150 friends. And when you chat with one of your friends, you can gossip about one of the other 150. And if you don't have 150 friends, then the brain will want to read gossip magazines until it seems to it that it has 150 friends.
Don't be as stupid as your brain.
46. And if everything seems to me that I will never succeed?
Practice gratitude for 10 minutes a day.
Don't suppress your fear. Notice your anger. nine0005
But also allow yourself to be grateful for what you have. Anger never inspires, but gratitude never inspires. Gratitude is the bridge between your world and the parallel universe where all creative ideas live.
47. What if I constantly have to deal with some personal squabbles?
Find other people to be around.
A person who changes himself will constantly meet people who try to suppress him. The brain is afraid of change - it can be unsafe. Biologically, the brain wants you to be safe, and change is a risk. So your brain will give you people trying to stop you. nine0005
Learn to say no.
48. What if I'm happy at my office job?
Good luck.
49. Why should I trust you? You have failed so many times.
Don't trust me.
50. Will you be my mentor?
You have already read this article.
A week of self-development according to a tough scenario from the author of the book "On the Limit", the famous Norwegian trainer Erik Bertrand Larssen. Days go by. Weeks pass. Years fly by. If you are lucky, you will live to the age of eighty, and you will have 4160 weeks at your disposal. Most of them follow the “home-work-home” scenario. What if one week was enough to change your life for the better? nine0005 With these questions, Eric Bertrand Larssen begins his new book "On the Limit", which was published by the publishing house "Mann, Ivanov and Ferber". And this is not a theoretical course from the category “How to become happy”, but a specific methodology for self-development lasting 7 days. After the book was published, 13 countries joined Hell Week, including Russia, where 3,000 people are already taking the course: from young mothers to entrepreneurs. Here are some helpful tips from Eric to help you become more efficient. nine0005 Making a decision is the first step to change. The most effective strategy for assessing whether something in your life needs to change is to ask two questions. First: “If I continue to live the way I live, what will my life be like in 5 years? Will she like it? What kind of people will I be surrounded by? If you don't like the picture, then it's time to change something. And the second question: “If right now I start living differently – more consciously, effectively and every day to the maximum, what will happen to my life in 5 years?”. Eric came up with Hell Week just to let people see what their ideal week could be and how much can be done in just 7 days. Very often we get discouraged because the purpose of life disappears from us. Eric tells that this was the case with one of his clients, the lawyer Karl. Karl had a successful business, an apartment, a car, a wife, and children. It would seem, what to dream about? But Carl was dejected as he should be. And Eric realized that he needed a Higher goal. We all need a higher purpose. And it has absolutely nothing to do with any material things. In a sense, the Higher Purpose is our mission on earth. nine0005 Carl's highest goal is to help people with cancer. Write the phrase “My Highest Goal is…” on paper right now. Many people know that there is such a practice as vipassana. This is a 10 day meditation course. People come to vipasanna centers and stay silent for 10 days, meditating for several hours a day. Many who have taken this course admit to themselves that their lives have changed completely. nine0005 Give yourself a day of silence. Do not talk to anyone, do not read books, do not communicate on social networks, do not write anything, do not watch TV. Your task this day is to calm your mind and let your thoughts flow as they please. Your mind should be like the flat surface of water. nine0005 Hell Week has its own rules. For example, you will have to get up at 5.00 and go to bed at 22.00. There is only healthy food. Do sports every day. Be energetic. Live according to plan. Exclude empty talk, TV and social networks during working hours. Ultimate Week aims to show you that your possibilities are only limited by your imagination, that's all! One of the tasks of the week is not to sleep for 41 hours. This is a great technique to show you that you will get a second wind several times during this 41 hours. You will understand that the body takes strength from somewhere, even when it seems that there is no strength at all. At least once a week you should ask questions that most people don't have time for. Asking questions at the right time helps keep your finger on the pulse of awareness. Ask yourself: - Is my life really going the way I want? nine0005 — Am I going my own way? — How can I be even more efficient and productive? — Am I giving 100%? Am I doing my best for my career? - Do I solve problems to achieve what I want? “Hell Week” is not just another “marathon of success”, it is an attempt to test one's strength.
Source: techcrunch.com
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nine0005 How to change yourself in 7 days: extreme advice from a Norwegian commando
Make a decision to change 
How do you like this picture? Already more fun, right? nine0005
Highest goal 
His mother died of cancer and the desire to help people with the same problem filled his life with meaning. What is your highest goal? Maybe you also want to help people? Or create something great?
Spend a day in silence 
In general, spend the day completely on your own. You will be surprised how it will change your life. You will feel how many unnecessary and useless thoughts are in your head. You will understand how much we attach importance to our feelings and emotions, and how much they control you.
No sleep for 41 hours 
That is, you get up at 05.00 am on Thursday and go to bed only at 22.00 Friday. nine0005
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