Solar Pack

Level 2: Emerging

This 5-level guided reading system helps kids master verbal, reading, and writing skills — starting at any level. Every app, storybook, and video has been hand-selected to help kids gain the knowledge they need to transition from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn.

Emerging packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones:

- Asks questions to confirm understanding
- Knows letter sounds
- Recognizes basic sight words
- Identifies patterns of text with picture support
- Spells short vowel words and blends
- Uses drawing, dictating, and writing to compose text

This Launchpad contains the following apps:

A Bat and a Bat
First Reader, Level 1: A bat is flying around at night when it finds a baseball bat lying on a mat. Read along as the bat swoops down to check out the bat!

ABC Preschool Sight Word Jigsaw Puzzle Shapes
A fun and interactive puzzle-themed environment for children to learn letters, phonetic pronunciations, and build vocabulary.

Meet the Phonics: Letter Sounds
Learning Phonics Has Never Been This Easy! Children will fall in love with these wonderful characters as they Meet the Letter Sounds. Meet the Letters taught children to recognize letter characters. Now, with Meet the Letter Sounds, children will learn the different sounds that each letter makes. Meet the Letter Sounds also introduces children to basic phonics rules, such as r-controlled vowels and silent e. Meet the Letter Sounds is one of the three part Meet the Phonics Series that teachers Letter Sounds, Digraphs and Blends.

Monkey Word School Adventure
Get ready for adventure...Monkey Word School Adventure! Join Monkey and his jungle friends as they explore a fun-filled world of letters, sight words, phonics and spelling. Monkey Word School Adventure is an entertaining and captivating way to introduce children to the fundamental concepts behind reading and writing.

Moose on the Loose
There is a moose on the loose! Join the chase in this silly story for early readers.

On the Farm
Do you like farm animals? You will certainly love “On the Farm.” The perfect story for Early Explorers! Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.

Opposite!
Yes? No! High? Low! Fast? Slow! Get ready to play a game called Opposite! When kids are asked to do the opposite of freeze, don't be surprised if they join the animated cast of characters for a dance party! Speakaboos’ parent app, HOMER, is a proven early learning program that builds personalized learning plans for children ages 2-8 - complete with this story and others like this!

Phonics: Fun on Farm
Feed the animals, herd the sheep back to their barns, or build your own beautiful farm while mastering the reading basics! Kids will learn letter recognition, spelling, and more with this engaging app.

Storybook Animations: Greenfoot Gus
Greenfoot Gus a turtle walks to school.

Storybook Animations: Hummingbird and Heron
A take on 'The Tortoise and the Hare' Hummingbird and Heron race to see who gets to eat fish from the river and who has to eat something else.

Storybook Animations: Little Fox, Little Fox
What do foxes, squirrels, owls and bears do in nature?

Storybook Animations: Ready for Winter
Dad and Isabel watch wild animals prepare for winter.

The Dog in the Bog
" This cute and funny book is great for early readers. Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework."

Tom the Dog
Nip, Nap and Rob are playing in the water when they see Tom the dog feeling sad. They head over to Tom to help him feel better. With his friends' help Tom is not sad anymore and jumps in the water to join in on the fun!