A speech pathologist reported that she’s been using the app with her patients to her satisfaction, and educators reported that they use the app with their students.Īs in the Montessori method, the 300 word-picture-audio combinations are sorted according to 3 levels of spelling difficulty. User feedback seems to acknowledge this since the app is rated 4 stars on average on the App Store and one can read the following reviews “Both my kids love this app and they are learning so much”, “Fantastic - best reading tool for my daughter yet!”,“Absolute Must”. Touch technology allows direct interaction with objects, which is very important to ease usage - there is no mouse between kids and the computer”. “iPhone, and iPad in particular, is a great medium to support Montessori exercises such as the picture spelling activity that inspired us to create Montessori Crosswords. It seems logic to not reinvent the wheel but build on what has already been proved adding what technology can bring” said Pierre Abel. “The Montessori method is internationally recognized and has been successfully used for 100 years. Montessori Crosswords was also selected in the "5 Favorite Apps for Elementary School iPads" post on Wired’s GeekDad blog. Montessori Crosswords was mentioned in the New-York-Times article “iPhone for toddlers”, where a mother explained that her 3-year-old had learned to spell compound words using the app. “In Montessori Crosswords version 2.0, we added audio for words and letter sounds, responding to the requests of busy parents, and allowing children to play and learn independently.”Įven without the audio, version 1.0 generated very positive feedback from the press and on the Internet.
#Montessori crosswords app how to
“We designed version 1.0 to encourage parents playing with their kids and help them learn how to build words, but we soon realized that parents wanted their kids to be more independent.” said Pierre Abel, co-founder of L’Escapadou. This new version includes audio for each word as well as letter sounds (phonics), and uses 300 word-image-audio combinations to create tens of thousands of different crosswords. Based on the internationally recognized Montessori learning method, the app helps kids develop their writing/reading skills by building words from a set of pictures using a Movable Alphabet.
#Montessori crosswords app update
L'Escapadou announces the release of Montessori Crosswords 2.0, an update to their successful iPad and iPhone educational app recently mentioned in the New York Times, with 4 stars rating average on the app store, and over 10.000 downloads so far.
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