Read with Phonics – Games - Interview with the developer of a fantastic app

Did you have any prior development or coding experience?

Being a teacher, I didn't have any prior coding experience. We were fortunate to work with a brilliant developer company who also had young children at the time and shared our vision.

What was the most challenging aspect of developing mobile app?

Many of our targeted users at that time didn't use apps for learning and didn't have access to the technology in their classrooms, we had to adapt to our user's needs by creating a website to play our games to go alongside our app.

_{Sophie Cooper - Founder of Read with Phonics}

"I remember when I first thought of the idea of creating 'the ultimate learn to read resource for the classroom', other teachers thought I was crazy! “Nice idea Soph, but leave that to the experts...” That really bugged me though, we are the experts! We are the ones using these resources day in, day out in our classrooms, we know how the classroom dynamic works, what resources our students like to use, we should be the ones designing and making them...

And so I set about dreaming up the perfect learn to read resource..."

Name a few of your favorite apps and reason you love them.

The interviewee chose not to answer this question.

How long have you been working on this app?

We have been working on the app now for over 7 years, with constant development and feedback from teachers in the classroom to make to read as easy and fun as possible.

What need of the user did you have in mind when developing this app?

I came up with the idea of Read with Phonics while in my first year of primary school teaching in the UK, I was under a lot of stress to meet targets and deadlines and saw something I needed but wasn't available for me to use. I wanted to create an app that was easy to use for teachers and parents alike and that used the same methods of teaching children to read that I was currently using in my classroom.

In what way do you think your app is better than similar apps on the market? Please describe in detail what innovation you think you bring and what you are proud of in your app.

Our app using techniques and teaching methods used in the classroom today. We make sure that each word is sounded out and blended back together and our app takes a user from learning simple sounds to being able to read whole words.

What are your future plans and expected features of the coming new versions of this app?

We are planning on introducing some very exciting new features over the next year, working on the feedback that we have received from teachers and parents.

Assuming new users of your app are reading this page. What do you want to ask them to do (contact you about X, Share the app, etc.)?

We love to hear what you think of Read with Phonics, contact us with any feedback and ideas you may have to improve your reading experience. We also love hearing how your children enjoy Read with Phonics!