Beginning Writing: Letters And Numbers App Released on iTunes

    CULVER CITY, CA, October 11, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Quackenworth, fresh off its selection as a winner in the Bill & Melinda Gates Literacy Courseware Challenge, announced today that it has released its Beginning Writing: Letters and Numbers app on iTunes. The app teaches preschool students how to write letters and numbers. In addition, children can listen to and watch examples of animated numbers and letters, practice writing on their own, and capture an image of their work and save it to their device's photo gallery.

"The Beginning Writing: Letters and Numbers app is another great interactive tool that teaches children how to write letters and numbers. Combine this latest release with our Witty Bitty Bunch and Vowel Stories for Beginning Readers series of apps and you have a solid mix of apps that can significantly increase a child's early literacy skills,'" said Quackenworth CEO David Hollaway.

The app is part of the Witty Bitty Bunch Pre-school readiness series which is a mix of interactive apps that teach children basic literacy skills including short and long vowel sounds, rhyming, reading rhythm, and sight words. The other apps in the series include Pete Has Big Feet, Joe Has a Sore Toe, Kim Likes to Swim, Jenny Found a Penny, Mike Has a Bike, and Paul is Tall. Each app includes animated characters, professional narration, and vocabulary activities. Quackenworth's apps are available on iTunes.

Quackenworth is a children's education and media company that specializes in publishing children's books, apps, educational curriculum, teacher management software, and online educational tools. The company also assists K-12 schools with developing programs and instructional strategies that integrate technology into the daily curriculum. In August of 2013 the company was selected as one of the winners of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Literacy Courseware Challenge. Quackenworth is located in Culver City, California

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