The Alphabet Goes High Tech
We have only owned our iPod Touch for 2 months, but are amazed by the quantity and quality of apps available. What has really impressed us is how great a device it is for children. The size and the touch interface are perfect for kids and easy for them to master.
Letters A to Z from True Learning is a flash card alphabet game for kids that runs on the iPod Touch and the iPhone. Each ‘card’ shows a large letter and a cute drawing.
The controls are simple:
* Intuitively scroll to the next letter with a flick of the finger.
* Tap the large letter to hear the name of the letter.
* Tap the object to play a fun animation and hear the phonetic sound as part of a word.
Our family had the perfect age ranges for testing this app. After showing the game to all 3 kids here’s what we found.
Ethan, 6, was at the older end of the target audience for this app. We liked practicing the letters with him, but it didn’t hold his interest. He knows there are other games on ‘daddy’s iPod’ and wanted to move on. We liked using it as flash cards to work on letters he’s had difficulty with.
Ben, 4, will go through the whole alphabet and likes seeing the animations.
Jamie, 2, loves this app. She will sit in my lap and loves going through the alphabet over and over again.
What I love about Letters A to Z is that it makes reviewing the alphabet with your children so easy and fun. We have the alphabet letters on the fridge, but if the kids aren’t using them as hockey pucks, the dogs are launching them across the room with their tails. We tried flashcards, but haven’t had the full deck since we opened them.
With Letters A to Z we not only have a complete flash deck available anywhere we go, but it is more engaging for our kids than traditional flash cards and letter games. Ethan and Ben understood the controls immediately, while Jamie needed some coaching. Once we had helped her through the first few cards she had a blast using the touch screen. At first she eagerly zipped from card to card, but now she is going through more slowly, playing the animations, and learning to identify the letters.
Overall, we couldn’t be happier with this app. With 3 kids in various levels of school, we had been working on letters on and off all year, but our efforts had stagnated. The addition of this game to our teaching tools gave us the boost we needed to keep teaching our kids and improving their letter comprehension and early reading skills.
Letters A to Z is available for 99 cents from the iTunes App Store. - by John
Win it! We’re giving away the Letters A to Z app AND an awesome jam-packed-with-educational-fun True Learning CD to one lucky winner. To enter, leave a comment on this post before noon mst on Friday, April 24, 2009.
CONTEST CLOSED & WINNER EMAILED
April 17th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
I would love this for my little girl.
April 17th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
I subscribe!
April 17th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
I would love this for my boys.
Thanks,
Michelle
April 17th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
I subscribe!
Michelle
April 17th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
My kids would love this!
April 18th, 2009 at 8:09 am
what a great learning tool for little ones. mverno@roadrunner.com
April 18th, 2009 at 8:10 am
this would be great for my girl.
thanks
April 18th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
What a great idea.
April 18th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
I have three beautiful granddaughters aged from 12 to 6 months.
This would be the perfect gift for my youngest.
Thankyou.
April 18th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
youngest would love this
April 18th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
I subscribed! I would love that for my kids.
April 19th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Thank you for a great giveaway. THank you
tatertot374@sbcglobal.net
April 19th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
I am a subscriber.
April 20th, 2009 at 11:00 am
please enter me
April 20th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
This looks great. My daughter is getting ready for kindergarten and my little guy is learning his letters.
April 21st, 2009 at 8:13 am
This would be great for my little guy. He loves to listen to his music on our ipod touch just to watch the CD cover on the screen. He would love to learn his letters this way. Thanks for the chance!
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:02 am
My daughter would love this!
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:46 am
Would LOVE to win this for my kids. They love playing with my Ipod Touch, and would love to have an age appropriate app.
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:40 am
My daughter loves playing with my iPhone and I would love this application for her.
Thanks!
April 23rd, 2009 at 4:06 pm
For my niece Hannah!
April 23rd, 2009 at 4:52 pm
What will they think of next? Great idea!
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:37 pm
I would like this for my granddaughter
pcollins@cajunnet.com
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:37 pm
I subscribe
pcollins@cajunnet.com
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:28 pm
This is high tech. learning
April 24th, 2009 at 9:01 am
looks like fun for the grandkids:)
April 24th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!
April 24th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
My daughter would REALLY like this. Thank you!
April 24th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
well, its sounds good to me, please sign me up, I’d could use one, since everyone else I’d know has one, and I’d don’t thanks~