Find the word, fast!
A Persian learning game for primary school, Grade 1 to Grade 6
Speed Reader is a word-fluency game for primary school, grade 1 through grade 6. A target word appears at the top of the screen; word cards pop up one by one from nine windows, and the child taps every card that matches that word — among lookalikes, like «آب» (water) and «آن» (that).
The Android app is on Cafe Bazaar and Myket, Iran's app stores. Anywhere else, play the online version in any browser.
Speed Reader is part of the Nikipoo School app, alongside 85 other games. The game is in Persian.
A child who sounds out every word letter by letter has forgotten the start of the sentence by the time they reach the end. Speed Reader's goal is for the child to recognize high-frequency words whole, without sounding them out. The target word is shown at the top of the screen, and word cards pop out of nine windows for a moment; the child only taps the card matching that word. The distractors are deliberately similar: «این» and «آن» (“this” and “that”), «میرود» and «میروند» (“goes” and “go”), «سفر» and «صفر» (“trip” and “zero”), «خواست» and «خاست» (“wanted” and “rose”), and in higher grades, «گزار» and «گذار».
When a word is recognized at a glance, over and over, the brain stops spending energy decoding it. This automaticity, the foundation of reading fluency, frees up mental capacity for understanding meaning; that's why a fluent reader usually also understands the text better.
«میرود» and «نمیرود» (“goes” and “doesn't go”) differ by only one prefix, yet their meanings are opposite. Speed Reader makes the child read fast while paying attention to that small part; a combination that prevents guessing and careless reading.
In grades 3 through 6, words with the doubling mark, tanvin, hamzeh, and the «خوا» cluster appear before the child's eyes again and again. Repeatedly seeing the correct form next to lookalikes helps the spelling of words like «حتماً» or «تأخیر» settle into visual memory.
If the target word is missed, there's no penalty, and it comes out of a window again. A wrong tap just turns the card a gentle orange, and the game reminds the child which word to look for. The child learns that being fast and being calm can go together.
A tip for parentsWrite five words from one of the levels on small cards. Show each card for one second and ask what it said. Shorten the time slightly with each round, and at the end, find those same words together in the child's textbook.
Level titles are listed in the order the child plays them — from easy to hard, following the school textbook.
Grade 120 levels
Grade 220 levels
Grade 324 levels
Grade 424 levels
Grade 522 levels
Grade 623 levels
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The Android app is on Cafe Bazaar and Myket, Iran's app stores. Anywhere else, play the online version in any browser.
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