Wagga for Early Learners

In South East Asia, most children grow up in multilingual and multicultural environment. Learning to read and speak in English can be a struggle for children whose first language is not English, especially those who fall behind in their basic literacy skills compared to their same-aged peers. Appropriately developed mobile application with foundational skills are potentially useful as a facilitation tool to support children with learning needs in literacy and language. Wagga offers a low cost solution in a form of an Android-based game app for children with weakness particularly in visual discrimination skills and vocabulary to help them face tomorrow.

Attention is a critical role in information processing, and its adequate functioning is required for the correct development of complex cognitive abilities and regular scholastic progress. It plays a vital role in the acquisition of academic skills, such as reading. The correlations between inattention and reading achievement were the strongest and most consistent. Kindergarten inattention was associated with poorer kindergarten reading achievement, hence early intervention to support children to develop foundational skills in literacy and language, is the utmost importance.

Children who grow up in multicultural environment especially with weakness in visual discrimination and vocabulary skills are often struggling developing the foundational skills in literacy and language. 

Appropriately developed mobile application with foundational skills are potentially useful as a facilitation tool to support children with learning needs in literacy and language. Wagga offers a low cost solution in a form of an Android-based game app for children with weakness particularly in visual discrimination skills and vocabulary to help them face tomorrow.