Start reading training through this fun game. Learn letters, letter sounds and words. Train your brain to learn. The game is used in Norwegian schools.

Alpha Minders is a game that both trains the child's ability to learn and offers basic reading training. The game is adapted for children between 4-7 years old, and corresponds well with learning goals in the Norwegian subject that children encounter in the 1st and 2nd school years.

Alpha Minders is also well suited to children who struggle to learn and read.

Alpha Minders is a game that teaches children the 29 letters of the alphabet as well as all the letters' own sounds (phonemes). This is very important in order to be able to crack the reading code. When the child is ready for it, word training can begin. The words in the game have been selected based on the wishes of special educators and teachers, and many of them are so-called high-frequency words. That is, words that occur frequently in sentences and text. By being able to read and recognize these words, reading speed will increase and reading comprehension can be achieved faster and better. The letter and word training is found in one of a total of three activity areas in the Alpha Minders world. The number of letters and words in a given order will increase as the child progresses, and provide important working memory training at the same time as quantity training in letter and word learning.

The fire temple consists of a wheel with flames in three different colors. The child's task is to remember which flame colors are described with their English color names in the correct order. In other words, the pronunciation of English color names is trained, while at the same time remembering their order. The latter is working memory training. The number of flames increases as the child remembers the correct order of them. The amount will be adjusted automatically according to how much the child remembers, thus continuously giving the child something to reach for.

The entities that we find in the third activity area are small trees that stand in rows. Here it is pure working memory training, where the task is to remember the order of which trees move when. It starts with a few trees, but the number is adjusted up (or down) according to what the child is able to remember. The goal is to be at the outer limit of how much the working memory can handle, in order to improve capacity and give the child something to strive for.

Similar characteristics for all three activities is that the child receives rewards based on the results achieved. The rewards are different types of food that the dragon needs to grow big and strong. After each activity, the child can go to the dragon temple and feed his dragon, as well as cuddle with it and hear the cuddling sounds it makes.

Alpha Minders was created in collaboration with children, where the children themselves have chosen the different characters. Throughout the game, the child's own dragon will hatch and grow in line with the child's development in the game. There is also a phonetic test that shows how many letters and letter sounds the child knows. It is recommended to do it the first time you use it and after three to four weeks.

Features:
* Innovative learning through exploration and play
* Entertaining
* Quantity training on upper and lower case letters
* Contains all 29 letters in the Norwegian alphabet
* Letter sounds for all letters
* High-frequency words that are important to learn to crack the reading code
* Dyslexia-friendly letters
* English concepts such as colors
* Working memory training that increases concentration, short-term memory and the ability to reuse knowledge
* Working memory training is especially recommended for children with ADHD, dyslexia, general learning difficulties, and premature babies
* Immediate feedback during the game on progress
* Your own dragon that grows as your knowledge increases
* Phonetic test that measures the level of knowledge of how many letters and letter sounds the child knows
* No advertising in the app