Dot To Dot Letter Tracing Discouraging to 3 to 5 year olds.
The app is great and just as others have mentioned it has so much learning potentional however the app is let down by the letter tracing dot to dot games as they are just to sensitive to being perfect on every dot.
I do understand that the dot to dot tracing is set this way to encourage the children to practice over and over to form correct letters however apps of this level are aimed for Pre-K being 3 to 5 whom are not writing yet or are just learning how.
The app really needs to be revised / updated to fix this let down of the restriction / sensitivity of the letter tracing from dot to dot.
My older kids are big fans of reading eggs and thus the younger children are familiar and really wanting to play the app and be successful but the letter tracing dot to dot sensitivity is discouraging for them.
I do understand that the dot to dot tracing is set this way to encourage the children to practice over and over to form correct letters however apps of this level are aimed for Pre-K being 3 to 5 whom are not writing yet or are just learning how.
The app really needs to be revised / updated to fix this let down of the restriction / sensitivity of the letter tracing from dot to dot.
My older kids are big fans of reading eggs and thus the younger children are familiar and really wanting to play the app and be successful but the letter tracing dot to dot sensitivity is discouraging for them.
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Good learning tool
We've found this game useful to review sounds and to practise early writing. However, there are glitches that could do with being ironed out. More critters or no critters as rewards would be better. As it is, the first few critters are easy to obtain, getting the kids drawn into the whole reward system. Then it becomes much harder to obtain, encouraging long screen-time and now the kids don't want to bother because it's just too hard to gain them. Also the play for 2 consecutive days critter just doesn't work.
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Frustrated dot to dots
This is a great set of apps, it has so much learning potential however the tracing and dot to dot games are way too hard and we end up with very frustrated little critters trying to write perfectly. This should be made to be more lenient to encourage little fingers!
Disappointing
This app does not teach the correct letter formation based on the New Zealand Curriculum. It is also disappointing when the three year old gets "bad luck" said to her when she only slightly draws over the line even though the letter she has drawn looks correct. Overall this app is disappointing.
great for kindy kids
My 4.5yo (kindy) LOVES this app and plays it whenever she can. I have introduced a stylus to improve her tracing. She will spend up to 20 minutes playing in total silence - pretty amazing.
Impossibly sensitive
Ap has a great concept and is fantastic apart form the one major issue that the letter writing and tracing is so exceptionally sensitive it makes it very very hard and frustrating for young children learning to write. At times it was so sensitive and critical it would fail me on writing some letters. Might be fine for your grade1 age group but them I'd have thought this app would be too basic for them. With great regret we deleted it.
If you have 3-5 year olds try pocket phonics instead until they can sort this app out!
If you have 3-5 year olds try pocket phonics instead until they can sort this app out!
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Eggy Alphabet
On the whole this is an ok app but but my 4yo was getting very frustrated at tracing the letters when she just went a teeny bit over the line or a little bit too long and it decided that was an error. It's a bit too sensitive. I'm also not too happy at the fact that in order to unlock some of the "critters", you need to play for 30 or 60 mins non-stop, which is too long for a young child to be playing on a computer in my opinion.
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Excellent for both handwriting and alphabet skills
Excited to see this app and how it gets kids to write all the letters correctly. Having critters to hatch like on the website is a great motivator. The activities use the touch screen really well. A great addition to the Reading Eggs range.
Where are the sounds?
As a literacy teacher I am disappointed that this app focuses on the letter names when playing the picture game. Children are taught at school to listen to the sound, letter names only confuse the issue in young children. Please fix this problem, as your apps are usually well designed and are very popular!
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Love!
What a great app! My child really loved playing this and I feel great knowing that they are learning their alphabet on so many levels. They are learning letter sounds and names as well as how to write each one correctly, this is a winner! Buying the full app now!
