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Montessorium: Intro to Letters

Montessorium: Intro to Letters

English ABC’s with Montessori

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97 reviews
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Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • August 21, 2010
  • April 12, 2018

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Developer

Higher Ground Education Inc
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About

This app helps children learn English letters, sounds, and phonics through interactive Montessori-based activities. It covers tracing, reading, writing, and recording letter sounds and names for foundational language development.

✓Learn letter sounds and phonics
✓Practice tracing and writing letters
✓Identify uppercase and lowercase letters
✓Record custom pronunciations
✓Develop fine motor skills
✓Integrated kids library
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Montessorium. Based on 25 reviews and a 3.7/5 average, it highlights the 13 positives and 25 negatives reviewers mention most about this Education app.

Positive things

  • ✨Beautiful design and interface
  • 🧠Good for learning letters and phonics
  • 🗣️Clear voiceovers and audio feedback
  • 👍Simple and non-distracting
  • 💡Recording feature is great
  • 📚Complements Montessori learning
  • 🌍Multilingual support (English, French)
  • 🎨Clean and focused design
  • 💯High-quality app
  • 🌟Engaging for young children
  • 🚀Smooth tracing experience (for some)
  • 👍Good for recognizing letters
  • 💡Option to record own voice

Negative things

  • 🤏Touch sensitivity issues
  • ❌Incorrect letter sounds (phonics)
  • ✍️Tracing is too strict/finicky
  • ❓Lack of clear instructions
  • 📉Unresponsive or delayed tracing
  • 💰Overpriced for features
  • 🚫No cursive option
  • 😵Confusing for young children
  • 🐌Slow to reset after mistakes
  • 🎛️Clunky and restrictive use
  • 😴Boring and dry content
  • 🎚️Volume levels unbalanced
  • 🤷Inconsistent letter formation
  • 🚫Mandatory background app refresh
  • ❌Poorly chosen letter shapes
  • 🤔Bizarre menu
  • 🔠Not alphabetical in random selection
  • 👎Not ideal for left-handed kids
  • 🎛️Control for recording could be streamlined
  • 🎚️Tracing sounds can be overbearing
  • 😵Frustrating for children
  • 🤷Inconsistent tracing recognition
  • ❌Poorly executed
  • 🤔Not intuitive
  • ❌No encouragement or rewards
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What's New in Montessorium

3.1.1

April 12, 2018

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. Updated for iPhoneX.

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User reviews

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I want to love these apps...

It would be a 5 star review if the touch wasn’t quite so finicky!! I love the content of the apps, but I’m scared to download it for my students because I can see them getting easily frustrated.
racheypantsracheypants

Letter Sounds Incorrect

I gave this app a 1 star because the letter sounds are not being said correctly. The sound for g is not /ga/ it’s /g/ you should not add an a on the end of the sounds.
This app would be perfect otherwise and the other apps from this company are great! Bummed I can’t recommend this app to my students families.
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hpgl3hpgl3

Not accurate

I tried this app out to suggest to parents at home, but I got as far as the sounds of the letters and was sorely disappointed. The sounds of consonants should not have vowels attached; that makes it hard for children to move from writing to reading. It’s not “buh”, “cuh” and “duh” but just the one SOUND. Disappointed that I can’t recommend this…
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pbewleypbewley

Needs more testing

Mandatory background app refresh - foolish.
Preschool fingers have to be exact or app won’t let kid move on to next letter.
Buffy2dayBuffy2day

Something weird happend on the lowercase q in the drawing activity

Well the circle was out of the q then weirdly the dot was going fast up the q and I’m like BTW how did that dot do that?!?! that’s weird
KillerbootsmannKillerbootsmann
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

27 issues

Touch sensitivity issues

Bug

Letter sounds incorrect

Bug

Tracing is too strict/finicky

Bug

App crashes

Bug

Sound only worked for 2 mins

Bug

Mandatory background app refresh

Bug

Tracing doesn't work

Bug

Software is unstable

Bug

Tracing hangs at edges of letters

Bug

App does not recognize correct tracing

Bug

Voice over feature not working

Bug

Tracing algorithm is bad

Bug

Volume set to max and doesn't turn down

Bug

Recording game needs work

Bug

Instructions are written, not spoken

Bug

Phonetic sounds are a whisper compared to tracing sound

Bug

Tracing facility is very poor

Bug

Tracing function needs to ignore extra touches

Bug

App is almost completely unresponsive and achingly slow

Bug

Tracing can be unresponsive or delayed

Bug

Letter formation for 'y' is incorrect

Bug

Letter 't' has a tail

Bug

Lowercase 'q' drawing activity has issues

Bug

Letter pairs have incorrect associations

Bug

No 'complete my bundle' support

Bug

Background app refresh is mandatory

Bug

Tracing requires strokes to be pushed past the end

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Requested Features

15 requests

Support for left-handed children

Feature

Option to shut off 'pencil' sound effect

Feature

Option to practice letters in sequence without returning to main menu

Feature

Support for iPhone 5

Feature

Sounding letters when tapped in upper/lower case transition

Feature

Ability to add child's name to learn/recognize

Feature

Option for cursive writing

Feature

More advanced activities like word building

Feature

User-controlled tracing instruction level

Feature

More engaging content

Feature

Option to select specific letters or pre-determine words

Feature

Include both letter names and phonics

Feature

Improve recording feature controls

Feature

Add dark mode option

Feature

Include Spanish version

Feature

FAQ

What does Montessorium: Intro to Letters do?

This app helps children learn the English alphabet, including tracing, reading, writing, and recording letter sounds and names. It is based on the Montessori methodology to provide a fun, simple, and effective learning experience for foundational language skills.

What are the key learning activities in this app?

The app includes activities for learning letter sounds (phonetics), phonograms, flashcards to connect sounds and symbols, learning capital letter names, a recording studio for custom pronunciations, and a practice mode for specific letters or phonograms.

How much does Montessorium: Intro to Letters cost?

The provided information indicates that this is a paid application. There are no mentions of in-app purchases or advertisements, suggesting a one-time purchase model.

What devices is Montessorium: Intro to Letters compatible with?

This is a universal app designed for use on both iPad and iPhone. However, the Recording Studio functionality is noted as not working on the iPod Touch.

How does the app help with fine motor skills?

The app incorporates tracing activities for letters and phonograms, which directly helps children develop and refine their fine motor skills. The practice mode also allows for focused tracing paths.