First Words Sampler8.2 - App Store

More than just a game, First Words Sampler is a powerful educational tool for toddlers and preschoolers. It provides hours of fun while giving your child a head start on learning about letters and words.

If your child is old enough to ask for your phone, they're old enough for First Words Sampler!

First Words Sampler teaches kids about letters, how letters relate to sounds, and even how to spell words. First Words Sampler is toddler-tested and approved, with a user-interface designed specifically for the littlest of fingers. The game includes beautiful illustrations, each matched with entertaining sounds and high-quality recordings of letters and words.

Kids can play the game by themselves, but they also enjoy bringing their adults along, talking about the animals, saying the names of the letters, and watching the pictures spin around and sound off.

This free application is a sampling of words selected from our highly rated paid apps, First Words Animals and First Words Deluxe. We've also included some words from our Spanish, German, Japanese and French First Words apps. If you like First Words Sampler, you can keep your toddler laughing and learning with the full paid applications.

Note: We love getting feedback and hearing stories about kids using our software. Leave a comment in iTunes and send us feedback at learningtouch.com. Tell us what you'd like to see us do next.

Version History Bug fixes and performance improvements 8.2 03/28/2023 Now supports both portrait and landscape play!
Also, support for latest devices, bug fixes, and performance improvements. 8.1 01/27/2021 Device compatibility updates. 7.1.2 11/10/2019 Support for iPhone X and latest iPad Pro models. 7.1 05/30/2018 * Now with six language choices: US English, British English, Spanish, Japanese, German, and French
* Native support for all screen sizes
* New Parent Gate keeps little users from going where they shouldn't
* Bug fixes and other improvements 7.0 03/16/2016 With this update, we've added support for the larger display on the iPhone 5.

Don’t hesitate to contact us at info@learningtouch.com if you have a question or need support.

Thank you for supporting Learning Touch! Please rate our app in the App Store. 4.4 11/13/2012 Thanks to your feedback, we've made First Words Sampler better than ever!

★ With this update we've fixed a bug that prevented sounds and speech from playing in some circumstances. You can now also adjust the volume of the speech in the game more easily.

Don’t hesitate to contact us at info@learningtouch.com if you have a question or need support.

Thank you for supporting Learning Touch! Please rate our app in the App Store. 4.3 08/26/2012 Thank you for writing to us with your ideas and feedback-- please keep it coming!

★ In this update, we’ve added more information about about what happens when you switch from letter names to phonics. We hope that helps with any confusion.
★ Make sure to check out the options menu! There are lots of ways to customize the app to meet the needs of your child, including a new option to hear the word before spelling it.
★ We removed the word “cake.”

Feel free to contact us at info@learningtouch.com if you have a question or need support.

Thank you for supporting Learning Touch! Please don’t forget to rate our app in the App Store. 4.2 06/08/2012 - You can now access Options from the Play Again screen. 4.1 12/15/2011 * Phonics! You can now use phonics (speech sounds) rather than letter names when playing the game. Use the language option to select "English - Phonics" to play the game with phonics. 4.0 04/25/2011 ** We made a small improvement to the handling of Spanish, German, French, and Japanese. 3.0.1 01/10/2011 * We now have support for five languages! English, Spanish, French, German, and Japanese.
* New option to select a sans-serif font.
* New option to leave the picture on the screen after the word is spelled.
* Improved graphics on non-retina iPhones and iPod Touches. 3.0 12/22/2010 * Fix audio problems on iOS 4
* Option to play words from shortest to longest 2.0.1 12/03/2010 * Now includes Spanish language option!
* Supports multitasking in iOS 4.0 and 4.1.
* Fixes volume-control bug running under iOS 4.1.
* Letters don't jiggle when letter hints are turned off.
* Fixes intermittent hang when starting up. 2.0 09/29/2010 * Universal version now supports the iPad with high-resolution graphics.

* Tap a letter target and the corresponding letter tile wiggles. 1.6 05/11/2010 * New word: Blue
* New option to control word difficulty
* New option to control spelling speed
* Improved interface makes it harder to accidentally skip a word
* New home screen with Tell a Friend, Get More Games, Options, and Play
* Removed holiday season word: Tree 1.5 03/10/2010 * New word for the season: Tree!
* Includes link to FirstWords: Christmas
* Improved lowercase-a for early readers
* Advance button is hidden when it is disabled 1.4.1 12/16/2009 Configuration options let you adjust the difficulty level to match the abilities of younger and older kids:

* turn hints on and off
* choose letter case
* require left-to-right letter placement
* play words in random or alphabetical order
* turn speech on and off 1.4 11/11/2009 * The application now alerts users that sounds will not play if the Ring/Silent switch is set to silent.

* There is now a link to the French version of FirstWords. 1.3.3 09/16/2009 * Added two words from FirstWords: At Home -- Keys and Cake.

* Removed Wagon and Frog.

* Added option to purchase FirstWords: At Home. 1.3.2 07/25/2009 1.3.1 06/23/2009 1.2.2 04/23/2009