Montessorium: Intro to Letters app for iPhone and iPad
Intro to Letters will help your child learn to trace, read, write, and record letter sounds, names, and phonograms in English! Based on the proven methodology of Montessori.
"Minimalist yet engaging, the sleekly designed app makes self-directed learning what it should be: Fun, simple, yet effective." - Maria Popova
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YOUR CHILD WILL LEARN:
• Basic foundations of language
• To read, write and understand English letters from A-Z
• Lowercase letter symbols and their sounds (phonics)
• Capital letters - letter names, writing and pronunciation
• Phonograms - writing and pronunciation
• Consonants and vowels
• Fine motor skills
Intro to Letters includes the following activities:
• LETTER SOUNDS (Lowercase Letters)
The first activity places an emphasis on phonetics instead of letter sounds. Your child will learn the sounds of the letters through a series of guided, interactive exercises.
• PHONOGRAMS
Similar to the letter sounds, your child will work through the sounds of phonograms and unite them with their symbols.
• FLASHCARDS
Connect the sounds of the lowercase letters with their uppercase counterparts.
• LETTER NAMES (Capital Letters)
The objective of this activity is to acquire a knowledge of the names and symbols of the capital letters.
• SOUNDCARDS
A special recording section to help your child learn sounds, phonograms and names.
• PRACTICE MODE
- This section allows kids to practice specific letters or phonograms. A new toggle feature allows the user to isolate their tracing paths.
• ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
Recording Studio: Adults can record their own pronunciations of letter sounds and names to use throughout the app so children learn from a voice they love. Follow the instructions in the Parent Portal to get started.
Integrated Kids Library: Swiping the home screen will reveal all Montessorium apps on the user’s device. Tap an app icon to switch to a different activity.
Integrated Parent Portal: We’ve added several tools to help adults access information. With “Journal”, adults can stay up to date with Montessorium news and read posts on education, design, and technology.
Intro to Letters is a universal app for use on the iPad and iPhone. Please note, the Recording Studio functionality will not work on the iPod Touch.
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Concept and design by Montessorium. Development of Intro to Letters 3.0 by Ymedia Labs.
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Pros and cons of Montessorium: Intro to Letters app for iPhone and iPad
Montessorium: Intro to Letters app good for
My 3 year old son has enjoyed using this app. The only improvement I noticed that was needed was on the tracing page. There should be button there that lets the child hear the letter they are tracing. It does automatically say it once but after that not possible. Other than that I would have given the app 5 stars.
My 3 year old has been using the letter and number apps for over a year and Im impressed by the very slow visual pace the app allows. It takes a kind of patience for a child of this age to both enjoy and progressively learn from it continuously. Im very impressed! I just wish there was a simpler transition to their writing words app and a continuously slow learning into more addition and subtraction in the numbers app - but I dont see anyone else coming close.
The iPad or iPhone is a high-tech chalkboard. With a good teacher or good parental guidance, any child can have a better chance of being prepared for school and for life.
This app is an essential and extremely powerful tool for preparing your child for reading, speaking, and writing. This is one of the most useful and effective apps that we work with.
The idea is nice, the kids love it, and especially the 5 years old is learning.
Sometime arrows do not follow exactly the pen, maybe an improvement is needed. Overall is ok.
This is a good app, but it will be usefull to me when youll improve the italian language like in "intro to math"... Please add italian! However, good work, thanks
Some bad moments
I like the idea of this App but we are really struggling with the "tracing" part. If I cant do it (42 years old and awesome fine motor skills) how can I expect my three year old to manage? Somethings not quite right.
I bought this app for my 5 year old brother and feel like I have wasted my money. There are no letter sounds when he traces the alphabet and as he is still learning the letter names, he is basically just tracing shapes and not learning anything. There are free apps that are way better than this one!
This is a poorly designed learning tool in my opinion. My main complaint is that it doesnt go alphabetically in the random letter selection...not so productive especially for children. Its also way overpriced.
This App was too bland to hold the attention of either of my kids. For the price, I expected much more.
I had high hopes for this app. However, as soon as I heard the letter sounds pronounced, I saw Id have to delete it. There are no letter sounds that end with "uh". Its not /buhand/, for band; its /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.
My grandchildren love everything that this team puts together. Intro to Letters is like an entrance into a whole new world! I cant wait to see what they come up with next. Intro to Letters is so beautiful... I really feel the quality of this app.
