Montessorium: Intro to Letters Reviews – Page 6
4/5 rating based on 56 reviews. Read all reviews for Montessorium: Intro to Letters for iPhone.
Montessorium: Intro to Letters is paid iOS app published by Higher Ground Education Inc
Not great for learning
Jesse A
There are two reasons this app isn't good for my 3 year old: 1. When writing the letters, the app requires you to extend the strokes to the absolute end of the letter. It's unforgiving and makes it really difficult for my daughter to learn because she doesn't understand that she needs to fill in another tiny bit. 2. The letter shapes are poorly chosen. For example, the lowercase "t" has a tail that slopes to the right. While this looks great in a font, it's not representative of how most people actually write the letter, and is therefore not a good training exercise. I had high hopes for this app, but it's as if they didn't test with children.
Sounds have no "uh"
Abqfrank
I had high hopes for this app. However, as soon as I heard the letter sounds pronounced, I saw I'd have to delete it. There are no letter sounds that end with "uh". It's not /buhand/, for band; it's /b/ /a/ /n/ /d/. This is not an app I would use with my child at home or school to enhance reading. Shame, shame for not pronouncing the letter sounds correctly.
weak programming
hormsf
A good idea in theory, but the interface has poor responsiveness and the software is unstable. Better to practice drawing letters with pencil and paper. I have an iphone 6s with updated os.
Horrible interface, boring, expensive junk
jeffmcneill
Tracing doesn't work. Bizarre "menu". Expensive junk. Some good ideas horribly executed by developers without a clue.
Simple, non-distracting interface
specialappssk
I was worried given two recent nasty reviews, but after trying this app out, I don't think they are warranted. For special needs, this is the perfect solution for some students who need minimal visual distractions. Clean, simple interface with options to practice tracing, or recording letter names/sounds. I like the option to jump to exactly the letter wanted. There is a page with links to this developer's apps, although it is protected by a parental gate, which is good. I would also like to see an option where I can shut off the "pencil" sound effect when tracing, while still hearing the other cues/voiceover. Some students with special needs may have trouble with this sound, and others will really enjoy the auditory feedback while tracing.