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My son's favorite game was Fruit Ninja and I was getting increasingly frustrated with having my son waste a lot of time on a fun but mindless game while he was still struggling to master his sight words and learning to read. \n\nSo I decided to create our very own Sight Words slicing game and to my and my son's delight, he now has a new favorite game where he is having fun and learning at the same time. \n\nMy sons skills in recognizing Sight Words have dramatically improved since he started playing this game and now I no longer have to feel guilty when I need a five minute break to take care of the laundry or prepare lunch for the kids.  I know that they are having fun and that they are learning at the same time.\n\nWarning: Your child will keep begging for your iPhone or iPad after they try this app.\n\nSight Words Ninja is an exciting educational game that helps kids rapidly learn sight words by sight, sound, and touch.  \n\nThe interface is so easy to use that even a 9 month old baby will delight in using this app. \n\nFEATURES:\n\n• Slice your way through all sights words from preschool to grade 3\n\n• You decide what to focus on - turn individual categories ON or OFF from the settings page\n\n• Learn by sight, sound, and touch\n\n• Fun game play, sounds, and animations keep kids engaged\n\n• Dynamic game play adjusts difficulty (the number of sight words) automatically based on player skills to keep kids both challenged and entertained vs. getting bored\n\n• Supports 3 difficulty settings: EASY, MEDIUM, or HARD\n\nEASY MODE:\n- Max 1 sight word\n- Sight words move very slowly\n- Great for introducing sight words one at a time\n\nMEDIUM MODE:\n- Starts with 1 sight word\n- Max of 3 sight words on screen\n- Sight words move 30% faster\n\nHARD MODE:\n- Starts with 2 sight words\n- Max of 5 sight words on screen\n- Sight words move even faster\n- Sight words rotate faster too\n\nAdjust difficulty from settings page. \n \n• Wrong answers do not interfere with gameplay, the child can immediately try again and slice the correct answer (most other games are too slow to keep kids interested by interrupting the gameplay and slowly repeating the desired question)\n\n• Play Sight Words from A to Z or in random order (adjustable from settings page)\n\n• Multi-sensory learning tool - combining audio, voice, and touch\n\n• Want to work on just a few Sight Words?  No problem... head to the settings page to turn entire categories or individual Sight Words on and off\n\n• Want to record your own audios? No problem.  Just click on the category and record your own Sight Words sounds \n\n• Supports three levels of difficulty \n\nHEROIC SUPPORT\n\nHeroic Support is not just what we do.  It's really what makes us, well, us.  It's that drive to make a difference in your life - no matter how big or small.  Really, it's our way of life because we want you to be our customer for a lifetime of fun and learning.\n\n\nHave questions?  We are here to help.  Email us at support@grasshopperapps.com","facts":{"developer_id":414603477,"developer_url":null,"first_released":"2014-02-20T23:18:12Z","support_url":"http://www.grasshopperapps.com/","privacy_url":"http://www.grasshopperapps.com/privacy-policy/","website_url":null,"app_version":"2.0","release_notes":"Ensured that app works well with latest version of iOS\nEnsured that app works well across all iOS devices\nMinor bug fixes and improvements","rating_current_version":4.39909,"rating_count_current_version":2651,"star_counts":[217,69,125,268,1972],"genres":["Education","Family","Games"],"languages":["EN"],"content_advisories":null,"device_families":["iphone","ipad","ipod"],"made_for_iphone_duo":false,"chart":{"name":"top-paid Education","position":121}},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-22T19:17:29.790Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-10-22T19:17:29.790Z","reviews_checked_at":null,"summary_written_at":"2026-10-22T22:15:12.895Z","placed_at":"2026-10-19T06:53:11.696Z","scored_at":"2026-10-23T08:53:12.786Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"A sight words game where kids slice flying words to practice reading, with adjustable categories, difficulty levels.","what_is":"Sight Words Ninja is an education app in which children slice sight words that move across the screen, a format modeled on the fruit-slicing game genre. 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