Overall, it's attractive, colorful, and a solid early learning app to help present the alphabet to young kids. Its simplicity means that Starfall ABCs is super accessible, but also not particularly in depth or interactive. Other than that, besides repeating the basic formula for introducing each new letter, there's not a whole lot going on - which is actually likely to be just right for most young kids. A separate section nicely highlights some of the variety in vowels, even if it only covers short vowel sounds. There are some cute animations that can be triggered for each word, followed by interactive games (like puzzles and mazes), and chances to see words used in sentences. Kids will hear the sounds of each letter repeated often and be able to both hear and see how each letter is used within words. Children delight as they see, hear, and interact with letters and sounds in words, sentences, and games. Starfall ABCs stats - Users & downloads analytics, Starfall ABCs competitors and market share, daily & historical ranking in Google Play Store, top keywords. Starfall ABCs offers a mix of prereading skills and decent task variety that should keep preschoolers engaged. Kids get a great basic introduction to the alphabet with simple songs and fun images. All in all, I would recommend Starfall for students ages 2-6 as I feel that they would find the site fun, interactive and educational. This would prevent students from clicking on games they can't access for free.
Starfall's website would be more kid friendly if they only displayed options/games that are free on the main page. The options on the right lead to ways to pay for activities beyond the main page. I did find that students got frustrated when they would click on the options on the right side of the page. Students are able to navigate the site with little to no adult assistance. Thanks to Starfall my students don't even realize that they are learning, they are having too much fun. Starfall is a fun and easy way for students to have exposure to letters and letter sounds. As the teacher, I loved how the students were asked after each activity how they felt about the game they just completed as this helps them become reflective thinkers. They especially loved creating and printing jack-o-lanterns from the Pick a Pumpkin game. The students seem to really enjoy exploring the other games on the website. Students had no real trouble accessing and navigating the site. Color cards include colored crayons with the color name clearly. Number cards include the number and representation of that number with objects. Alphabet cards include upper- and lower-case letters and a photograph of a word that starts with that letter. I also use Starfall as a reinforcement tool for parents to support their children's development at home. ABCs, Numbers and Colors Wall Cards are an essential part of Starfalls Pre-K Curriculum. I project the program on my Promethean board and students are able to come up and use the touch pen to choose their favorite letters to explore.
I also use the website as a whole class incentive. My students use Starfall as an option for computer center. I began using Starfall to help my students identify letters and letter sounds.