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PLD’s Reading and Spelling Apps
PLD’s apps aim to strengthen early literacy foundations. Each app delivers structured tasks that grow in complexity, keeping students motivated while giving teachers confidence that every activity aligns with PLD’s SSP Stage 1 sequence.
Designed for Foundation and Year 1 learners, the apps also support older students who need catch-up (Tier 2 or 3 intervention). Short, interactive sessions at school or home help build the essential skills for fluent reading, spelling, and writing.
While not a replacement for quality teaching, the apps provide efficient, motivating practise that complements whole-class instruction, small-group intervention, and at-home learning.
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Teachers can use the App Scheduling Guide to place Foundation and Year 1 students at the appropriate Stage of Development, ensuring practise matches with PLD’s teaching sequence. Additionally, PLD’s apps align with AUSPELD’s three-tiered approach as an effective Tier 2 or Tier 3 support, catering to older students who are still consolidating Stage 1 skills, and are also recommended for home use, giving families an engaging way to reinforce learning, providing 5–10 minutes of daily revision or catch-up.
Reading Apps: PLD offers two series of reading apps for Stage 1 learners:
- Reading Race (single player) provides structured, game-based practise in sounding out, blending, and reading words.
- Two-Player Reading Race apps follow the same sequence as the single player concepts but add peer interaction. Students rehearse decoding and reading skills through friendly competition, extending practise time and engagement. This format is especially effective for classrooms, small groups, or siblings learning together.
Spelling Apps: PLD offers single-player spelling apps for Stage 1 learners:
- Spell Star (single player) provides structured, game-based practise in segmenting words, consolidating phonics knowledge and strengthening phonemic awareness.
PLD’s four-part Reading Race series focuses on decoding and builds Stage 1 reading skills through fun, game-based practise. Starting with simple CVC words, the apps progress to digraphs, CCVC/CVCC words, and common vowel patterns. Along the way, students practise sounding out, blending, high-frequency words, and early spelling skills, steadily building fluency and confidence.
Stage 1, Target 1
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Stage 1, Target 3
Stage 1, Target 4
PLD’s Spell Star series focuses on encoding, guiding students to segment and spell words step by step. Beginning with CVC words, the apps progress through digraphs, CCVC/CVCC words, and early vowel patterns. Each game-based session consolidates phonics knowledge, strengthens phonemic awareness, and builds spelling accuracy and confidence as words increase in complexity.
Stage 1, Target 1
Stage 1, Target 2
Stage 1, Target 3
Stage 1, Target 4
The Two Player Reading Apps are a four-part series that extends Stage 1 reading through interactive, game-based learning. Students progress systematically from simple CVC words to digraphs, CCVC/CVCC words, and early vowel patterns. The two-player format encourages repeated practise, peer interaction, and friendly competition, making it ideal for whole-class use, small-group support, or home reinforcement.
Stage 1, Target 1
Stage 1, Target 2
Stage 1, Target 3
Stage 1, Target 4
PLD’s Reading Race Mega Bundle and Spell Star Mega Bundle combine all FOUR single-player reading or spelling apps into one collection. For schools or families wanting complete access to the Stage 1 reading and spelling app programs, the Learning & Literacy Mega Bundle provides complete access to each single-player app.
Schools can buy PLD’s Spelling and Reading apps in bulk through Apple’s Volume Purchase Program (VPP), which provides discounted pricing for orders of 20 or more. Please note: PLD’s App Bundles are NOT part of the VPP, as they are already discounted.
