Phonics Adventure with Sing-Along Sam is part of Panasonic's Learning Ladder series. Phonics Adventure , of course, fits in the language arts category as it's designed to teach kids basic sound and reading skills though song. Phonics Adventure uses 16 original songs in 12 progressive lessons in which kids point and click to match the sounds in the songs with the letters of the alphabet and the letters of the alphabet with objects that appear on screen. Junior Reader Level is designed to take kids from learning the sounds of letters to reading whole words. Bookworm level introduces two-letter blends and teaches kids to identify sight words and start reading whole sentences.
Kids learn to read and pronounce words as they sing along with the songs.
Simple interface requires little or no adult supervision. Kids get to play three arcade games and see their name in Hall of Fame when they finish each level. Extensive lesson plans and word lists are included on the CD, making program suitable for classroom as well as individual use. Tracking mechanism monitors child's progress through the levels. The 16 original songs can be played on an ordinary CD player as well as through the program.