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learn with HOMER: best app for kids

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There are so many early learning apps and computer games and platforms for kids, but which one is the best? Which one is worth your child’s precious time and your money?

Learn with HOMER.

Hands down, the learn with HOMER program takes the cake, and here is an educator’s HOMER app review.

little girl playing with HOMER on tablet

HOMER is a proven and personalized early learning program that helps kids ages 2-8 discover a lifelong love of learning. Designed by learning experts, HOMER takes each childโ€™s interest and ability and combines them to make learning fun!

Sometimes called ‘Learn With HOMER’ or just the ‘HOMER app’, no matter what you call it, your kids will let you know quickly that they love it!

I’ve been an educator for over 20 years, and I’ve had kids for 17 years. For about 15 years, technology has been a part of our lives, so I have seen a lot.

So many apps and programs and devices have come through these doors.

I have reviewed dozens and dozens and dozens of Early Childhood-focused programs and resources.

The learn with HOMER program–and it’s a program, not just an app–takes the cake. Use HOMER on phone or tablet–Android, Amazon tablet or Apple iPhone apps.

It totally rocks.

Here’s the skinny. . .

free tablet + app for a year

CYBER MONDAY SPECIAL!

Give the gift of playful learning with 44% Offย HOMERย Annual Plan+ Contixo V10 Kids Tablet Bundle. Free Shipping to US and Canada only. (11/29-11/30)

I want the Tablet + HOMER bundle!

Best Early Learning App for Kids: HOMER

First, I’ll tell you a bit about what HOMER is–and what it isn’t.

Then, I will share you some reasons I love it.

Finally, you’ll get the details on how you can get HOMER for the absolute best price right now.

child playing on ipad with parent

What is HOMER?

HOMER is the first digital foundational reading program, created by literacy experts and advisors to the new Common Core standards, combining decades of experience in education and in the classroom. Our program is both visually engaging for a child and highly effective, based on a proven body of research on how children best learn to read.

from the HOMER website

HOMER is a 4-part program, friends, and this is what makes it so amazing.

HOMER is research-based

Successful reading programs must be explicit, systematic, and sequential, and HOMER is all of these things.

But what does this mean?

  • Explicit teaching just means that a teacher will teach sound and letter correspondences to children in a direct manner.
  • Systematic means there’s a planned approach to instruction.
  • Sequential means working on concepts in a set order.
free tablet + app for a year

CYBER MONDAY SPECIAL!

Give the gift of playful learning with 44% Offย HOMERย Annual Plan+ Contixo V10 Kids Tablet Bundle. Free Shipping to US and Canada only. (11/29-11/30)

I want the Tablet + HOMER bundle!
little boy on ipad in car

I’ve talked time and time again about how reading instruction must be all of these things, which is why this program rocks.

You can find posts on phonological awareness, explicit teaching of comprehension strategies, what parents should or should not say to emerging readers, and more over here on the blog.

These things are so important that I have shared about them for over 12 years!

Why do I love Homer?

I really love–and am in awe!–of this program for a bunch of reasons, but here are my tops.

HOMER is awesome because it is:

  • research-based (and if you’ve been around for a while, you KNOW I need strategies and methods to be based on research!);
  • all about combining decoding (reading) and encoding (spelling);
  • focused on the importance of phonemic awareness (recognizing how integral it is for kids to be able to hear individual sounds in words!);
  • helpful in preparing kids for Kindergarten and beyond;
  • incorporating practice into each and every time children play;
  • not only focused on literacy instruction but also focused on building background knowledge and increasing higher-level vocabulary words;
  • helping to develop critical thinking skills;
  • allowing students to read and learn from fairy tales, fables, folktales, and myths so as to broaden their foundation and familiarity with the classics.

Take a look at what kids will learn with HOMER at each age:

HOMER screenshot for toddler learning
Toddlers
HOMER screenshot for preschooler learning
Preschoolers
HOMER screenshot for pre-K learning
Pre-K
HOMER screenshot for early learner learning
Early Learners
HOMER screenshot for growing learner learning
Growing Learners

How can YOU get Homer right now for your kids?

You can bet your bottom dollar that this program is THE right thing to get for your child. THIS is a wise use of screen time for your little one.

And before you know it, your child will beg, plead, and cry for you to allow him or her to get back on HOMER. It’s worth it.

RIGHT NOW, you can score a SWEET deal!

SEE BELOW!

little boy on couch playing  HOMER on ipad

All you need to do is head to the HOMER site and try it for yourself!

Though you may be hesitant to put your credit card info in the system because it’s easy to forget to cancel, and it’s overwhelming to think about one. more. thing. on your credit card statement, I encourage you to set a calendar reminder to cancel.

Put a calendar reminder on your phone or planner so that you remember to reevaluate your membership because it will auto-renew, but honestly–I’m betting you will want to keep it going. Your kids will love it.

Whether your child is in preschool or not, and wherever your child is with knowing letters or numbers, this is worth your money.

I cannot stress this enough.

I have spent hours upon hours checking out every aspect of HOMER. Even though my kids are big kids now–17, 16, and 14 years!–I still work with emerging readers. I still help and encourage and teach educators and parents. So I must know the latest and greatest in literacy technology.

Friend, this is what we have been waiting for.

Give it a try. Check it out.

free tablet + app for a year

CYBER MONDAY SPECIAL!

Give the gift of playful learning with 44% Offย HOMERย Annual Plan+ Contixo V10 Kids Tablet Bundle. Free Shipping to US and Canada only. (11/29-11/30)

I want the Tablet + HOMER bundle!
Little boy using Learn with HOMER on the ipad

Thanks for checking out this fabulous deal on early learning platform for kids.

fyi: Some of the links in the post above are โ€œaffiliate links.โ€ This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. Forever and always I recommend only products or services I use personally and believe will add value to my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissionโ€™s 16 CFR, Part 255: โ€œGuides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.โ€  For more information, please see teachmama media, llc. disclosure policy. 

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