HangArt: A Literacy App

HangArt: A Literacy App

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category
price
$1.99
Reviews
5 (3)
United States United States
Description
Featured on: Best of Edtech 2016 - Common Sense Media; 10 Children's Apps for Summer Road Trips - The New York Times; Best Play and Learn App 2016 - Teachers with Apps

"HangArt gives kids practice with 200 sight words through three types of activities.The combination of guided games and open-ended activities gives kids a great opportunity for digging deep into words." ~ Common Sense Media 

"Rich in bite-size bits of interaction ... Brings the age-old game of hangman to your road trip, using words straight out of a school reading curriculum. The two-player mode can promote cooperative play." ~ The New York Times 

"Kids will not even realize the extent of what they are taking in because the app is centered on play. A delightful find!" ~ Teachers with Apps

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HangArt is an inclusive K-3 literacy game, created with educators. Our design is inspired by research which shows that connecting words to their meanings through pictures helps children become strong readers and writers. In HangArt, children practice 200 K-3 spelling sight words in a three-part literacy playground: 

PLAY HANGMAN
A family & classroom friendly word game. Say goodbye to the violent, macabre image of a man on a noose that has long been associated with the hangman game. Our "hangman" is a friendly guy who hangs from a monkey bar. In our fill-in-the-blank word-guessing game, each correct letter guess is rewarded with the reveal of part of an illustration of the missing word. When you lose a word, our "hanging man" falls off the monkey bar. When you win a word, you are rewarded with a complete original illustration of that word. Our original drawings celebrate the diversity and many are inspired by art, culture, and history! 

WORD GALLERY
Children draw their own pictures of the words they win using our custom drawing tool. They can also watch video playbacks of the original illustrations in the app, created by illustrator Kavita Ramchandran. 

STORY STUDIO
Children record, save, and playback digital, animated stories using their winning words!

FEATURES
•	No in-app purchases and no Internet required to play
•	Play word games in one or two-player mode. Great for family screen time. 
•	Practice handwriting in Letter Tracing Practice mode using Castledown, a dyslexic-friendly font custom recognized by Wired magazine as a “font designed to help kids learn to read and write”
•	Free guide for parents and teachers at www.hangart.co
•      Original music and sound FX by Nickelodeon/Dora the Explorer composers
•	Reward badges inspired by mindset growth philosophy
•	Grownups Dashboard with in-depth analytics 

MORE PRAISE

"Working on spelling and looking for an engaging app the whole family can play? Make it one that prioritizes diversity! HangArt is a great app to add to a family, school, library or museum collection." ~ Technology in Early Childhood Center, Erikson Institute.

"Culturally diverse drawings and a specially constructed, easy-to-read font welcome kids from a variety of backgrounds and abilities. A jewel of a game.” ~ Common Sense Media

"An exciting educational app for kids" ~ NBC News

"A fantastic ... friendly, easy to use app ... Could be used both in the home and in an education setting." - Educational App Store

"HangArt makes learning more meaningful and effective." ~ Geeks with Juniors 

"Great for reading skill reinforcement, in or out of the classroom." ~ Editor's Choice Award, Children's Technology Review

"HangArt was one of my favorite new apps from this past school year." ~ Understood.org, “New Apps for Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Other Learning Issues”

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Are you a teacher or librarian downloading HangArt for your institution?
 We want to hear from you. Contact us at [email protected] and we will send you a promo code for other Literary Safari storytelling apps. Follow us @litsafariapps & like us at www.facebook.com/playhangart.
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Reviews

Diverse and fun!

Hangart is so much fun! This great game is perfect for long car trips where you want the occupants to stay alive, awake, alert, and enthusiastic instead of just zoning out in front of another movie. As a dyslexic and someone who comes from a diverse family, it was nice to see the easy-to-read font and inclusive depictions of people from every walk of life. I also recommend the story recorder and drawing tool. It’s better than most painters I have seen out there. The app also works best on a tablet, but it worked fine on my phone, too.

Forest_WenchMon, Apr 17, 2017
United StatesUnited States

I love it!

Great fun for me and my daughter! We've spent hours collecting words and love drawing our own pictures of our favorites. My daughters face just lights up whenever we playback one of the stories we created together. Great work - really building happy memories for my family :)

InteractiveMonsterMon, Dec 19, 2016
United StatesUnited States

Hours of repeated play!

My four-year-old loves it. She's an artist at heart, and this app really sretches her vocabulary.

NitabebeThu, Aug 4, 2016
United StatesUnited States

Wonderfully creative!

I downloaded this well-made app for my 2 boys (ages 6 and 4) and can't believe how engaged they are! They love guessing which letters to choose in the clever 'hangman' section. Their favorite section (so far) is the art section- they not only love saving their creations to the photo roll, but adore watching the app re-create their images in faster speeds. This is a beautifully crafted app! Great job!!

nkothTue, Aug 2, 2016
United StatesUnited States

Charming and fun!

I downloaded this to play with my nieces, ages 6, 8, and 10. I thought they might be a tad old for it, but they ate it up, sharing my iPad between them and taking turns guessing letters. At some point they discovered the story mode, which I didn't even know existed, and started recording absurd and hilarious (to them) stories. That keep them occupied for a while - not counting the time they spent playing the stories back to the adults in the house. Anyway, the sound effects and voice prompts are lovely and very not-annoying, important in a game adults have to listen to. I also found myself stumped by some of the words, so - well done!

DaveThinksWed, Jul 27, 2016
United StatesUnited States

Dr.

I bought this and have yet to see it show up on either my ipad or iPhone. So WHERE IS IT?

leggaliciousSat, Jul 23, 2016
United StatesUnited States

Ploblems

Hello there is some Problems in this game when your drawing it sometimes freezes and you can't click the home button or save only just the colors so please fix.

Kayla kick out StorySun, Mar 20, 2016
United StatesUnited States
Download & Revenue
DOWNLOAD 80Apr 2024Worldwide
REVENUEN/AApr 2024Worldwide
download revenue
About
Bundle Id
com.literarysafari.hangart
Min Os. Version
8.0
Release Date
Mon, Dec 21, 2015
Update Date
Fri, Nov 15, 2019
Content Rating
Has IMessage
No
Support Watch
No
Support Siri
No
File Size
99.17MB
Has Game Center
No
Family Sharing
No
Support Passbook
No
Supported Languages
English
What's New
version
1.0.9
updated
4 years ago
- Resolved freezing  (blank screen) issues associated with app launch when connected to Wifi
- Updated Screenshots
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