Read and write with Zebra

TheappZEBRAWRITINGTABLEisacomponentoftheGermantextbookZEBRAbyErnstKlettVerlagandis
conceptuallybasedonit.Butitcanalsobeusedindependentlyofthetextbook.Itoffersalearningpathwith
films,agameandvariousexercises.Thesechaptersillustratethefirststagesoflearningthewrittenlanguage.
ThisappisthepreludetotheZebraAppseriesforlearningtoreadandwriteinGerman,years1to4.
ThenewappZEBRAWRITINGTABLEprovidesexercisesforthewritingofphoneticallywordsbasedon
fundamentalvocabulary.Basicphonetic-letterassignmentsarepracticed.Wrongwordsareautomatically
correctedafterthethirdincorrectattempt.Byshowingthecorrectlywrittenwordaswellastheirowninput,
thechildrencancompareandrecognizemistakes.Basicorthographicawarenessispracticedinaplayfulway.
Thecontentsofthetutorialsinthetwoareaschangewitheachnewgameoftheapp,sopracticingdoesn’tget
boringevenwithmultiplegames.
Thefollowingcontentsareincluded:
-Videosexplainingthebasicsinachild-friendlyway
-Incorrectentriesarecorrected,afterthethirdattemptthecorrectsolutionisdisplayedautomatically.
-Cleararrangementofexercisesonalearningpath
-Self-determinedlearningispossible
-Motivationbycollectingstarsandtrophies
-Detailedevaluationforteachersandparentsasabasisforpromotion
Intheapptherearetwoareastopractice:
TheareaSWINGINGSYLLABLESANDWRTINGfamiliarizeschildrenwiththewritingtableandoffersexercises.
-“initial-sound-rap”
-Movie"speak-listen-swing"
-Task"hearandswing"
-“ZEBRAwritingtablegame”
-Movie"writingwiththeZEBRAwritingtable"
-Task"swingandwrite"simplelevel
-Task"SwingandWrite"difficultlevel
TheareaHEARINGSOUNDScontainsexercisesforphonologicalawareness,whichisabasicrequirementforthe
acquisitionofthewrittenlanguage.
Thefollowinglisteningtasktypesareincludedtothesoundssection:
-Whichwordbeginswith...?
-Whichwordssoundsimilaratthebeginning?
-Wheredoyouhearthesoundintheword?
-Withwhichsounddoesthewordbegin?
Thefourlisteningtaskscanbeacquiredasanin-apppurchase.Thispurchaseisshownonthelearningpath,but
itisonlypossibleintheteacher-parentarea,whichisprotectedfromunwantedaccessbyanumericalbarrier.
Italsoprovidesinformationthatprotectsthetabletfromunwantedin-apppurchases,makingitimpossiblefor
thechildtopurchasetheappextensions.
Wehopeyouandyourchildenjoytheexcitingprocessoflearningtowriteandlookforwardtoreceivingyour
commentsandremarks.
YourZebraTeam