Product Review of Intro to Letters

Your kid will learn to read, write, trace, and record letter sounds, phonograms, and names based on the widely accepted methodology of Montessori. Intro to Letters will teach your kid the basic foundations of language, reading, writing and understanding of letters a-z (both lowercase and uppercase) as well as their sounds and symbols. Intro to Letters is a universal app that works on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
Website: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id387232375
What Users Love About the App
“My kids are loving it. The biggest problem with this app is that I have 3 kids and 1 iPad, and they all fight over the iPad so they can use it! My 4.5 year old already knows his letters but enjoys tracing them anyway, whereas my 19 month old and 3 yr old are actually learning from it.”
“Awesome! 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!!”
“Fantastic! We have had this app for a couple of years now. My daughter LOVES this app! She just started learning how to write her letters. I often find her practicing her letters on the iPad, in her leisurely time.”
“Excellent. My two year old has been using this for months and loves it. He recognized all letters in the alphabet before his friends… Mostly due to this app we think!”
“Best app! This is the most wonderful app. My almost-four year old played with it for only 2 days and is already telling me all the letter names whenever she sees letters! I’m an elementary school teacher and I’m thrilled!!”
What Users Dislike About the App
“Terrible. Had high hopes for this beautiful app, but this and Intro to Math are terrible flops. The game is almost completely unresponsive and achingly slow. The only interesting aspects are the visual design and I like the module that allows you to record the sounds, otherwise a complete waste of money. Such promising design with failed execution.”
“Kids can go in the wrong direction! Kids can trace letters in the wrong direction! Don’t buy this app.”
“Disappointing. I was expecting the letters to be in cursive since that’s what my kids are learning in Montessori school”
“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.”
“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.”