Sammy's StarShot for iOS

Top Quote The game is for Kindergarten and first-grade students. They have to help a starfish named Sammy escape a polluted ocean floor and reach the starry sky above by bursting bubbles containing consonant letters and avoiding those containing vowels. Players can unlock special items by gaining achievements and giving Sammy upgrades such as bottle rockets and agility to reach the stars faster. End Quote
  • (1888PressRelease) December 28, 2013 - Click Labs recently released it's latest edutainment game Sammy's StarShot for iOS in partnership with educational gaming website Fuel the Brain.

    The game already existed online at Fuel the Brain's website, but Click Labs developed the mobile version with the possibility of porting all of Fuel the Brain's games to apps.

    Sammy's StarShot: About the Game
    The game helps students with their basic reading and writing skills. The game is designed to help students learn the requirements of common core curriculum standards while building their foundational reading skills.

    They can obtain one-to-one sound-letter correspondence knowledge or, at least, the frequent sounds for consonants by playing the game. For vowels, they can learn to associate short and long sounds with common spellings (graphemes). The game also helps improve recognition of lower case and upper case letters.

    StarShot has fun sound effects and graphics and can prove useful for classroom instruction as pupils can learn while playing the game and enjoying themselves.

    It doesn't contain social network integration, in-app purchases or third-party ads. The game doesn't collect private information about its young users.

    Click Labs & Fuel the Brain

    Fuel the Brain's mission is to provide teachers with new, entertaining resources for designing classroom activities relevant to students. By partnering with Click Labs for mobile development and app marketing, they are able to further fulfill their endeavors by adapting to more updated technologies.

    Sammy's StarShot can be downloaded for iPhone, iPod and iPad at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sammys-starshot/id781460751?mt=8.

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