A subscription-based online learning system for children ages 2 to8.

Square-Off is a strategy game from School Zonethat helps with focus, cognitive development, spatial reasoning,and problem-solving skills. It’s great for young learners and funfor all ages!Compete with a friend in two-player mode or play against a built-inopponent. Choose from three levels of play for added challenge. Thegoal is to complete the most squares. Players take turns placing aline (vertical and horizontal lines only) between adjacent dots.Touch between the dots to add a line. With one-person play, makethe first move, and the app’s built-in opponent moves immediatelyafter. The line it adds will continue to blink until your nextmove. It takes four lines to make a square. Be careful, so yourhuman or electronic competitor doesn’t add the fourth line! An“ownership” icon will appear in each square, depending on whocompletes the fourth line. The score indicator at the bottom of thescreen shows which player’s turn is next. The game continues untilall the squares are completed, and the winner is the player withthe most squares. Choosing “Play” at the end of a game shuffles thepuzzle for a new challenge and the opportunity to improve. Namesand scores get tracked in the player Hall of Fame. Beat your lastscore with the next game, and move up in the ranking!Features:• Audio instructions• 1- or 2-player game play• 3 levels of play• Colorful graphics• Delightful music• Player Hall of FameSkills:• visual perception• spatial reasoning• cognitive development• strategy/prediction• problem solving• attention/focusAges: 4-7ABOUT SCHOOL ZONEwww.schoolzone.comSchool Zone sparks imagination and nurtures children’s naturalcuriosity. We offer playful, research-based content, brimming withcolor, creativity and bonus features. A trusted friend to parentsand teachers for more than 30 years, we know how kids learn best.Play together with your kids or turn them loose to explore withconfidence--no third-party advertising.

Every child loves story time! Books fromSchool Zone’s Start to Read! series, in read-along format, narrateand present fun and friendly stories that help children learn toread.In Beep, Beep a truck driver gets stopped by a herd of sheepblocking the road. He honks his horn “beep, beep,” at all thesheep, and he closes the gate, but they still make him late. Verylate. What can he do? In order to read successfully, children needto master a basic vocabulary of sight words and learn to sound outwords. This read-along storybook app makes it extra fun. This Level1 series selection has beginning vocabulary, many basic sightwords, clever rhymes, and a short sentence or two on each page.It’s a super answer to the “Read me a story!” refrain. Easy-to-usesettings allow children to control their app experience. If theyturn on “Read to Me” mode, they can follow along with the narratoras each word onscreen is highlighted. With it off, they can tryreading the story on their own. In both modes, if they get stuck,they can touch any word, any time and hear its pronunciation. Kidscan also choose auto-page turning and background music on oroff.Features:• Part of a multi-level series• Introduces 9-50 new words• Relies on core words and repetition• Presents familiar themes and experiences• Illustrated to provide important picture clues• Memorable story line and main characters• Read-to-me audio with dramatic narrationSkills:• rhyming• reading• vocabularyAges 4-6Level 1Written by Barbara GregorichIllustrated by Ed TaberABOUT SCHOOL ZONEwww.schoolzone.comSchool Zone sparks imagination and nurtures children’s naturalcuriosity. We offer playful, research-based content, brimming withcolor, creativity and bonus features. A trusted friend to parentsand teachers for more than 30 years, we know how kids learn best.Play together with your kids or turn them loose to explore withconfidence--no third-party advertising.

Help your preschooler learn--and love--theletters of the alphabet. Hop aboard School Zone’s Alphabet Expressfor a fun-filled learning adventure! A friendly alligator conductorguides little ones through every activity, providing help andencouragement.Your child will enjoy exploring all the letter scenes anddiscovering each object that triggers a whimsical, surprisinganimation that will motivate and bring smiles. This award-winningprogram explores each letter in a variety of alphabet games andactivities. For example, select here and match the letter shown toan object whose name begins with the same letter. Or select thereto find all the “u” words at the circus. The software featurescolorful letter scenes, an alphabet song, a fun firehouse game, 30dot-to-dot puzzles, 15 maze puzzles, 10 hidden letter pictures,movies, and more. Plus, there are 78 coloring pages--26 that alsoinclude writing practice--for on-screen and off-screen creativity.The pages can be e-mailed for sharing and printing to encouragechildren to practice each letter of the alphabet.Features:• Easy navigation with friendly audio guidance• A range of high-energy activities maximize challengeand variety• Detailed animations enhance focus and imaginationSkills:• alphabet• alphabetical order• letter sounds• letter recognition• eye-hand coordination• beginning sounds• lowercase letters• uppercase letters• matching; pairing• letter-object association• following directionsAges 3-5U.S. English language conventionsABOUT SCHOOL ZONEwww.schoolzone.comSchool Zone sparks imagination and nurtures children’s naturalcuriosity. We offer playful, research-based content, brimming withcolor, creativity and bonus features. A trusted friend to parentsand teachers for more than 30 years, we know how kids learn best.Play together with your kids or turn them loose to explore withconfidence--no third-party advertising.

Rescue fish, win prizes, and become a superspeller! A G-R-E-A-T app to help good spellers become greatspellers and struggling spellers succeed. This fantastic appincludes over 2,000 first and second grade level words pre-loadedto a list of Professor Go’s Words. Plus personal spelling lists canbe added while they play. Download this app and send children on amagical journey under the sea where their spelling success will berewarded with creative fun. With School Zone’s Spelling 1-2 app,kids get three games in one. In the Sunken Ship's Galley Game, theylearn to spell by seeing the word, hearing it, and then typing it.Kids unscramble words by rearranging the letters in the Coral ReefGame, and in Neptune's Cave Game, they choose the correct spellingfrom a number of misspelled versions. Each unique game helpssharpen spelling skills at every level.To make the games even more fun and to motivate young spellers,each game offers cool collectables. As children successfully spellwords, they release trapped fish and earn prizes. After a fish isreleased, it goes to live in the Tropical Lagoon. Children use theprizes they earn to decorate the lagoon, creating a special placefor the fish to live. It’s a virtual aquarium.Parents, say goodbye to last-minute cramming for the weeklyschool spelling tests. With Spelling 1-2’s unique custom spellingwords feature, add word lists that then show up in each of thegames. Kids will relax and enjoy the fun of practicing theirspelling words all week long. A special Parents sections reviewsdirections and game play to help moms and dads help kids.Ages 6-8Grades First-SecondFeatures:• Accepts custom word lists• Three unique spelling games• Audio pronunciations• Progress tracking• Progress reporting• Printable progress reports• Instant grading• Audio prompts and encouragement• Animated scenes• Playful music• Colorful graphicsSkills:• Word recognition• Spelling patterns• Letter sounds• Long vowel sounds• Short vowel sounds• Combination sounds• Silent letters

Playfully learn and reinforce colors andshapes. Some things just need practice to form a solid foundation.Flash cards are a great, time-tested way to do that. But this flashcard apps turns traditional into sensational! What is this color?Tap to flip the card to see the color word and hear it pronounced;swipe to move to the next one. Do the same thing for shapes. Orplay a simple but delightful game to help little ones identify 12basic colors and 9 basic shapes. Twirling shapes and objects burstrapid-fire across the screen. What is purple? Hurry! Tap thecorrect match before they fall out of view. Choose wrong? Thecorrect pick will be displayed and pronounced. Along the way, getaudio encouragement such as “Way to go!” and “Good job!” along withgentle corrective feedback to help redirect to the right choice.After successfully completing the entire game, see all thecharacters dance onscreen to the tune of a merry march.Features:• Two learning modes• Audio praise and corrective feedback• Colorful reward animationsSkills: colors; shapes; hand-eye coordination; fine motorskills; following directionsABOUT SCHOOL ZONEwww.schoolzone.comSchool Zone sparks imagination and nurtures children’s naturalcuriosity. We offer playful, research-based content, brimming withcolor, creativity and bonus features. A trusted friend to parentsand teachers for more than 30 years, we know how kids learn best.Play together with your kids or turn them loose to explore withconfidence--no third-party advertising.

Every child loves story time! Books fromSchool Zone’s Start to Read! series, in read-along format, narrateand present amusing stories with memorable messages that helpchildren learn to read.In The Big Race identical twins named Jace and Mace outsmart aneighborhood bully called Ace. Two clever, determined peopleworking together really can accomplish more! In order to readsuccessfully, children need to master a basic vocabulary of sightwords and learn to sound out words. This Level 2 read-alongstorybook app makes it extra fun. It’s intended for younger readerswith some experience at Level 1, and most of the vocabulary wordsin The Big Race are typically introduced in first grade and secondgrade. Many of them can be read by changing the initial sound or byrhyming with a known word. It’s a super solution to the “Read me astory!” refrain. Easy-to-use settings allow children to controltheir app experience. If they turn on “Read to Me” mode, they canfollow along with the narrator as each word onscreen ishighlighted. With it off, they can try reading the story on theirown. In both modes, if they get stuck, they can touch any word, anytime and hear its pronunciation. Kids can also choose auto-pageturning and background music on or off.Features:• Part of a multi-level series• Introduces 50-70 new words• Relies on core words and repetition• Presents familiar themes and experiences• Illustrated to provide important picture clues• Memorable story line and main characters• Read-to-me audioSkills:• rhyming• reading• vocabularyAges 5-7Level 2Written by: Barbara GregorichIllustrated by: Barbara AlexanderABOUT SCHOOL ZONEwww.schoolzone.comSchool Zone sparks imagination and nurtures children’s naturalcuriosity. We offer playful, research-based content, brimming withcolor, creativity and bonus features. A trusted friend to parentsand teachers for more than 30 years, we know how kids learn best.Play together with your kids or turn them loose to explore withconfidence--no third-party advertising.

Players race against the clock in this Word Search app.