Pas vraiment en français
Super appli pour tracer les lettres en anglais. Par contre même si l'interface a été traduite en français, les lettres sont prononcées en anglais.
Simple, non-distracting interface
I was worried given two recent nasty reviews, but after trying this app out, I don't think they are warranted. For special needs, this is the perfect solution for some students who need minimal visual distractions. Clean, simple interface with options to practice tracing, or recording letter names/sounds. I like the option to jump to exactly the letter wanted. There is a page with links to this developer's apps, although it is protected by a parental gate, which is good. I would also like to see an option where I can shut off the "pencil" sound effect when tracing, while still hearing the other cues/voiceover. Some students with special needs may have trouble with this sound, and others will really enjoy the auditory feedback while tracing.
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Response from developer
Thank you so much! Please let us know if we can help with anything. Waving!
Horrible interface, boring, expensive junk
Tracing doesn't work. Bizarre "menu". Expensive junk. Some good ideas horribly executed by developers without a clue.
No “complete my bundle”
TL;DR
App is good: worth 3-4 stars. But if you can find someone else who already has the Montessorium apps for you to try out with your child(ren) then do that before you buy any. Or—if you think or know you’ll eventually want to get more than three of their apps—wait until you’re ready to buy the bundle because you can’t “complete my bundle” once you’ve bought one.
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I will increase rating to 4 stars and update my review if I learn “complete my bundle” support is added.
I have been burned pretty bad with educational apps. The videos Montessorium has which showcase each app look great; but—based on past experience—that’s not a good enough indicator of a good app. With a few poor reviews it’s even more unsettling to take a dive on the full bundle price. So, since “complete my bundle” exists I got one app to try before buying the full bundle. This one is pretty good; it’s far from perfect, but they’ve done a good job tackling a hard problem.
After trying this app I figured that it’s worth the remaining bundle price to take the risk on a few of the remaining apps. I went to the bundle. But “complete my bundle” isn’t available for this bundle! I still have to pay the full price even though I’ve already paid more that 1/4 the price of the 7 app set.
App is good: worth 3-4 stars. But if you can find someone else who already has the Montessorium apps for you to try out with your child(ren) then do that before you buy any. Or—if you think or know you’ll eventually want to get more than three of their apps—wait until you’re ready to buy the bundle because you can’t “complete my bundle” once you’ve bought one.
Full story:
I will increase rating to 4 stars and update my review if I learn “complete my bundle” support is added.
I have been burned pretty bad with educational apps. The videos Montessorium has which showcase each app look great; but—based on past experience—that’s not a good enough indicator of a good app. With a few poor reviews it’s even more unsettling to take a dive on the full bundle price. So, since “complete my bundle” exists I got one app to try before buying the full bundle. This one is pretty good; it’s far from perfect, but they’ve done a good job tackling a hard problem.
After trying this app I figured that it’s worth the remaining bundle price to take the risk on a few of the remaining apps. I went to the bundle. But “complete my bundle” isn’t available for this bundle! I still have to pay the full price even though I’ve already paid more that 1/4 the price of the 7 app set.
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Still new...
... but 2.5 year old enjoying it so far.
Sounds have no "uh"
I had high hopes for this app. However, as soon as I heard the letter sounds pronounced, I saw I'd have to delete it. There are no letter sounds that end with "uh". It's not /buhand/, for band; it's /b/ /a/ /n/ /d/.
This is not an app I would use with my child at home or school to enhance reading. Shame, shame for not pronouncing the letter sounds correctly.
This is not an app I would use with my child at home or school to enhance reading. Shame, shame for not pronouncing the letter sounds correctly.
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Not great for learning
There are two reasons this app isn't good for my 3 year old:
1. When writing the letters, the app requires you to extend the strokes to the absolute end of the letter. It's unforgiving and makes it really difficult for my daughter to learn because she doesn't understand that she needs to fill in another tiny bit.
2. The letter shapes are poorly chosen. For example, the lowercase "t" has a tail that slopes to the right. While this looks great in a font, it's not representative of how most people actually write the letter, and is therefore not a good training exercise.
I had high hopes for this app, but it's as if they didn't test with children.
1. When writing the letters, the app requires you to extend the strokes to the absolute end of the letter. It's unforgiving and makes it really difficult for my daughter to learn because she doesn't understand that she needs to fill in another tiny bit.
2. The letter shapes are poorly chosen. For example, the lowercase "t" has a tail that slopes to the right. While this looks great in a font, it's not representative of how most people actually write the letter, and is therefore not a good training exercise.
I had high hopes for this app, but it's as if they didn't test with children.
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Horrible app
This app is impossible for my three year old son to use properly and I wish I could get my money back. I am very disappointed. I would think for the 5 dollars it would have been a quality app. Clearly I was wrong.
Pretty great app
I think for the most part this is app does a great job. I especially love the option of recording my own voice to do the instructing.
I gave 4 out of 5 stars only because I wish there was an an option in the settings for left handed kids. My child tends to want to trace in the opposite direction of what a right handed person would naturally want to trace.
I gave 4 out of 5 stars only because I wish there was an an option in the settings for left handed kids. My child tends to want to trace in the opposite direction of what a right handed person would naturally want to trace.
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Leave it to Montessori
This is one very terrific program to aid a child to learn Phonics. The child hears the sound as he/she follows with their finger. So that involves 3 of the senses: Seeing the letter, hearing it's sound, and following the letter with their finger gets motor skills involved. The more involved, the greater chance the youngster will remember the sound made by the letter. It's a great program for teaching Phonics.
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