Pre-K Letters and Numbers at Mac App Store analyse

My 3 yr old son enjoys playing this game. Very intuitive for kids

Too particular for a 3 yr old fingers. I can see shes drawing the letter correctly but it rejects minor imperfections.

Im convinced that my 2 year old can write his letters now thanks to this app. It requires patience and concentration. I tried the free app which convinced me to get the paid version. The only thing I dont like about it is that the previous and next buttons are sometimes in line with the letters and my son oftentimes doesnt stop at the end of a line. If he happens to slide his finger across the next or previous button, his progress with that letter is lost. Despite this, Im really happy with this app.

This app is great for children to learn the correct way to print letters, however if they make an error, they get kicked out of the program and someone has to start it up for them again.

My daughter found this app very engaging. She really enjoyed using the iPad and this app specifically, to reinforce what she learned at JK. 3yr old son loves it...calls it his work.

My son really enjoys the program, but gets frustrated when it recognizes his palm touching the phone when tracing with his finger, and then tells him he messed up. A bit too finicky in that regard. Other than that its a fine app to teach children how to write letters.

What We Liked: If you’re familiar with any Orton-Gillingham inspired intensive phonics programs, a lot of the methodology used by Pre-K Letters and Numbers will seem familiar to you. Not only is the letter name and formation of the letter taught, but the SOUND of the letter is presented right alongside that information. Even two letter teams are presented, which is a gem for a phonics-loving mom like myself. This developer has worked hard on the phonics, and they are very accurate, a rarity amongst educational apps. The ability to have multiple children use the same app and to have detailed statistics generated is incredible. I love how the statistics really help to focus in on any problem characters so you can target those for your child to practice further. You can have your child use their finger on this app, or buy a capacitive touch stylus which works like a finger on the screen of your iDevice but helps to develop those pen holding skills if your child is ready. My five-year-old started trying to write early, and she picked up some incorrect stroke directions. Teaching her to correct them has been a struggle though, she thinks she knows better than I do! With a step-by-step guided app like Pre-K Letters and Numbers, she’s basically forced to form the letters correctly, because each dot must be touched in the correct order to complete each character. This takes all of the conflict out of our penmanship lessons. Not only is she not arguing with me and telling me she knows how to make an “R”, but she’s also laughing when the funny block-headed animal corrects her! If she starts making her "R" incorrectly we do one session on "R" with this app and the next day shes forming it correctly when she writes her name! Even my three-year-old has really been enjoying this one, she carefully touches each dot one-by-one to form the strokes and laughs whenever an animal pops out to uh-oh! her. What We Didn’t Like: I’d like to see an easier way of selecting a character to work on, right now you need to move through each one in order to get to the next by tapping an arrow key – a selector tray would make it easier to work on trouble characters as identified by the statistics. Overall: The more I use Pre-K Letters and Numbers, the more I love it! This app has become my favorite printing app for the 3-5 year-old crowd. It is absolutely wonderful for teaching small children how to form their letters accurately with appropriate stroke direction as required by the dot-to-dot tracing method. Including phonics, multiple users, statistics, phonological/number concepts, and more - it really is a huge value for the cost and I can confidently recommend it!