My kids love it!
My 4 years old's kindergartens follows the method of Montessori, so when I found this apps, I am quite excited. My wife also bought a set of physical Montessori tools but we seldom play with my kids. But with this apps on my iPad, it is much more convenient. Actually, after a fews days, he could play it by himself without guidance. The only thing I want to improve is about the user interface. It's great but my kids need to wait until the voice is finished before he could drag the letters. It made him a little bit confused because he couldn't wait and started to drag. BTW, I think I will buy more apps if they make it.
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Not enough
I would have thought having the sounds of the letters included was a must. But it's just a silent app. I expected more for the price.
Include the letter sounds in lower and upper case and I will give a better review.
Include the letter sounds in lower and upper case and I will give a better review.
Best app!
This is the most wonderful app. My almost-four year old played with it for only 2 days and is already telling me all the letter names whenever she sees letters! I'm an elementary school teacher and I'm thrilled!!
Great app, but tracing should work even if outside the letter
This is a great app, simple but effective. The only thing needed is to let you trace even if you're outside the lines slightly. My 2 1/2 year old caught on right away but couldn't quite get started inside the lines, even though he got the motions right. I'd give five stars then.
Great app
Our daughter love this app and it works well. No updates yet though.
Worthy of the name of Montessori
We have been using iPad apps for letters and phonics for a while now. In my opinion, even when they hold my girl's attention, they are too distracting; the focus is not on the letters or their sounds, but rather on the pictures and sounds related to the pictures (animal sounds, object sounds, etc. rather than letter sounds), in addition to the "game" itself. In the end, I found my girl did not remember anything except for the bells and whistles. This application is exceptional in its simplicity and its quiet focus on the letters and sounds. I think we underestimate our children's interest in learning itself. We think we have to have heavy stimulation for them to stay focused, but I think that is not the case. The calm low voice and the pleasant colors help continue without getting overexcited and simply just touching random buttons. Plus, my girl especially liked the way she can record her voice and hear herself say the letter or sound.
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GREAT app for preschool-age kids
THIS is what learning apps on the iPad should be modeled after. A clear-spoken voice that gives instructions, an easy-to-use interface, engaging activities, and EXCELLENT methods for helping kids to recognize and write letters and eventually to read. I eagerly await more apps from this developer.
No depth
I hope there is a major update soon because we were sorely disappointed in this program for the high price. The letter tracing part of the app might be one of the strongest elements, but there are other apps that make tracing a bit more fun. I love Montessori, but once you've taken the sandpaper out of the equation you have to replace it with some other engaging way to make tracing letters interesting. There are no other elements that take advantage of the ipad's capabilities. Flash cards would do the same thing. I really want to find a way to continue Montessori teaching at home but I'm afraid this isn't interesting enough to hold my son's attention for very long. This could be SOOOOO much better! Come on Montessorium, you are missing the point. Maria would have done it differently don't you think?
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Good - wish it had cursive
The interface is as good as Intro to Math and it has a good set of activities for the sandpaper letters work. However, my child's school teaches with the cursive alphabet, so an option to use that would be much more helpful for me to reinforce the movement needed.
That being said, my son seems more willing to spend a bit of time with the letters on my iPad than he is at school - could be a case of fewer options for work over the summer or that it just takes less time to put the work away when he is done - regardless it is a well done app that my son enjoys using.
That being said, my son seems more willing to spend a bit of time with the letters on my iPad than he is at school - could be a case of fewer options for work over the summer or that it just takes less time to put the work away when he is done - regardless it is a well done app that my son enjoys using.
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Highly Recommended!
I love this application as much as Intro to Math!
