Montessorium: Intro to Letters Reviews

Worth every cent

Blueberryjellybean

This ap, along with intro to numbers are the most fantastic, beautiful, useful, and most used on my iPad. Our 3 year old practices daily, and would for hours if we allowed her. As a parent I appreciate the calm voice, beautiful interface, and pleasant sounds. The one and only application that provides letter sounds that I have found. Lower and upper case lessons make this a long-lasting application. Proof that you don't need cartoony characters, loud annoying audio, or dumbed-down content to capture the attention of a child. A wonderful companion to her Montessori education. Please, more applications Montessorium!

A Gem of an App

freccles

I downloaded this for my 5-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son, both of whom are in a Montessori program. My daughter loves the sandpaper letter "tracing", which is much more difficult on an iPad than in real life, so it keeps her interested. Even the sound/letter recognition, which she knows backwards and forward, keeps her engaged because she's on the iPad. For the most part, it's a bit junior for her, though. She's ready for the "next level", which I hope will come out soon. You know...WORDS not just sounds. (The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that I thought it should go one more level to create 2- or 3-letter words, at least.) The 2-year-old has been introduced to the sandpapaer letters in school, but he doesn't have the manual dexterity required to be succesful at in on the iPad. Within the next couple of months, though, this will be great for him. I definitely recommend this whether or not your child is in a Montessori program.

A little less engaging than the Numbers version

LinusMom

My 4 year old really likes the numbers game, but has gotten pretty bored with this letters version pretty quickly. He knows all his letter and sounds and is already doing some reading. This isn't challenging enough for him to keep him engaged. I thought there might be some ordering or short words involved. If that's what you're looking for, I'd suggest waiting for a words-based app rather than just letters. My two year old likes it though--she's just beginning to learn her letters.

Good for that Kindergarten boost

Oakland Parent

My daughter grew up in a play-based preschool and never learned letters before kindergarten. We've found the work sheets in kindergarten to be painfully boring. And now she is behind. So, we turned to an app. My daughter really likes this app and her interest continues. It has good audio feedback (though the drawing sounds irk my 9 year old) and the tracing is fun for her once she got the hang of the touch screen. I like it because there are no singing farm animals, just straight forward, good design letting the letters speak for themselves. My husband and 9 year old want to do it too, but my kindergartner won't share. Also, I'm a UI designer and it's a beautiful product on many levels. (Note: this is my first recommendation. My second will be their Math product - also excellent).

Beauty and Learning

MaxWilkins

I am inspired to write my first review ever. Combines a focused beauty with creative learning. My only complaint is that it is a bit hard for three year old to start the tracing process.

Awesome!

Crystal Youngblood

We have this app and the math.......my daughter loves them....she goes to a Montessori school and I have struggled to find apps that teach the Montessori Method......Great great great apps...can't wait to see more apps by Montessorium!!!!

Volume to low

Monica Smart

For $5 I am disappointed... There are free apps with better quality than this. My daughter is 4 years old and within the first 10 mins of playing with this game said "Why is the tracing sound so loud? I can't hear the sounds of the letters..." when playing the game myself I soon realized the phonetic sounds of the letters are a whisper compared to the overbearing sand paper tracing sound. Perhaps just a glitch with volume levels... With that said don't pay 5 bucks for this app!

Dissappointed

Artzyval

I love intro to numbers, but this one does not compare. Tracing is nice but there could be so much more. Sorting is a strong aspect of the learning method. I would like to see another component at this app price.

Not as good as Numbers

Doubter

My four-year-old is enthralled with Numbers, but isn't very interested in this app. In particular, the recording game needs a lot of work. All the instructions are written instead of spoken - do you expect the user of "Intro to Letters" to be able to read written instructions for sound recording and playback controls? Even after explaining them to her, they're quite difficult to use correctly. Stick with the number game until this one gets some more polish.

Tracing simply ignores finger input.

Mad Hacker

Ok the concept of this application is perfect for what I wanted to work with my 4 year old pre-schooler. Unfortunately the tracing algorithm is so bad it is hard for me to get it to trace the letter let alone a 4 year old with 4 year old coordination. I'm using this on a 3GS that has no problems with other drawing/painting programs. It often won't follow my finger causing you to wonder why it isn't tracing the letters. On a minor note the volume seems to always be set to max and doesn't turn down even when you turn your iPhone volume down. I haven't tried it on my iPad yet but it proved to be so frustrating for both me and my child that I'm posting this review and regret spending 99¢ on this worthless app. Again, the concept is great. If they fix the tracing I might try it again.

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