So disappointed
As a first grade teacher and former literacy coach, I am horrified as to the pronunciation of many of the letter sounds. Instead of /b/ I hear /ba/. Instead of /k/ I hear /ka/. And the worst of all is the sound for the letter r. Instead of /r/ I hear /er/. These are all the things I have worked so hard for my students to not do. In light of these gross errors, I can not recommend this app to anyone, especially schools. If the developer needs some assistance, please contact me.
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Great, flawed
Such a cool app, wonderful practice, nice look, clean and isolates the skills involved. Recording capability is great. Big problem: the consonants are not phonetically pronounced. Each consonant sound adds an 'uh' sound to the true consonant sound. If you phonetically spell each one the way the app demonstrates, each consonant would be bu, cu, du, etc. Seem like a minor flaw? Not to a teacher or a child first trying to master phonics! Also, this app needs to continue into early phonetic word building, with photos of 3 letter word phonetic objects (hat, bun, sit, dog, etc) like other apps do. This could be the dominant app for starting to learn to read, doesn't quite get there yet. I hope they fix the issues and expand it.
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Five bucks down the drain
When a program advertises that it will teach children how to write letters, one assumes that the program designers actually know how to print letters. The y is wrong, the d is wrong and after that, I didn't want to know what other mistakes there were.
Nice, but could use some design upgrades
Nice app. My only criticism is that it is not easy to practice/trace letters in sequence. I want the kids to trace A and then be able to go to B easily without going to the main menu.
I also tried a different app called "Learning ABC" made by Newgenon Solutions which the kids are loving as you can go from one letter to the other in sequence and can also trace upper case and lower case versions of the letter on the same page.
I also tried a different app called "Learning ABC" made by Newgenon Solutions which the kids are loving as you can go from one letter to the other in sequence and can also trace upper case and lower case versions of the letter on the same page.
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it's good, but a little delayed
the app is really great . . . my daughters both love it. the design is clean and interesting and beautiful. it's a great learning tool that keeps them coming back. my only complaint is that the tracing can be a bit unresponsive or delayed. this wouldn't be a problem for me, but it's sometimes frustrating for the girls. when they draw outside the line by accident, it takes an extra moment for the app to reset and ready itself. i recommend this app, but be sure to explain that to your child.
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Disappointed
I bought this app for my 5 year old brother and feel like I have wasted my money. There are no letter sounds when he traces the alphabet and as he is still learning the letter names, he is basically just tracing shapes and not learning anything. There are free apps that are way better than this one!
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My 3 year old loves this!
My 3 year old has been using the letter and number apps for over a year and I'm impressed by the very slow visual pace the app allows. It takes a kind of patience for a child of this age to both enjoy and progressively learn from it continuously. I'm very impressed! I just wish there was a simpler transition to their writing words app and a continuously slow learning into more addition and subtraction in the numbers app - but I don't see anyone else coming close.
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Wonderful!
Love it's simplicity and design. The kids like it also. Highly recommend!
Sounds are incorrect
I was very disappointed with this app as the sounds are not correct. Example: The app says that "b" says /buh/ when it actually only says /b/. Slight but very important difference. This occurs with other letters a well. Hopefully I will be able to receive a refund as I cannot use it with my child.
Another unhappy educator
As a Montessori teacher, I was ecstatic to find this app. However, I too am very disappointed when the "y" and the "t" come up because they are not correct. Please fix this because I would like to not take the iPad away when these two letters appear on the lesson. Otherwise, love it!
