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Montessori Crosswords iPad App Free for Moms With Appsв AppFriday

2010-09-02 11:25
Sophia Antipolis, France - L 8217;Escapadou is pleased to announce that Montessori Crosswords will be free on September 3rd, as part of Moms with Apps 8217; AppFriday. Based on the proven Montessori learning method, the app helps kids develop their writing/reading skills by building words from a set of pictures shown. The app provides 282 words and associated pictures sorted by their phonetic complexity. At the time of writing, Montessori Crosswords is ranked 22 in USA top paid iPad education App and its average rating is 4 stars. Montessori Crosswords provides an amusing way to learn letters for children as young as 3, and can be used by children up to 10 or more to improve and reinforce their word-spelling and literacy skills. The game offers a complete movable alphabet, is auto-corrective, and the 3 increasingly difficult levels are based on the word series defined in the Montessori teaching according to the phonetic difficulty of each word. The app has also been designed to have fun with the iPad, and one of the 21 colorful visual effects - based on a particle system - is displayed every time a crossword is completed. Other animations and sounds effects are also included to create a great and fun user experience. Next update will support iPhone (high resolution on iPhone4) and add the possibility to interact with the visual effects displayed every time a crossword is completed for even greater fun. This update has already been submitted to Apple and should be available next week. We will also add word pronunciation in an update due end of September. Montessori Crosswords also features a standalone movable alphabet providing open-ended activities with letters for young children who don 8217;t know letters and their phonetic sounds yet. An article including a quick introduction to the Montessori approach to reading and writing, and how to use the game as an educational tool, is also provided. Montessori Crosswords was created after we observed our homeschooled daughter having fun with a Montessori picture-spelling activity. We wanted to recreate this experience in a lighweight format, adding all the fun that the iPad/iPhone technology can bring, such as direct interactions, animations and sounds, as well as automatic crosswords construction. This one-day free download is offered in cooperation with MomsWithApps, of which L 8217;Escapadou is a member. Moms With Apps is a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families. App Friday is a weekly feature on a family-friendly developer from Moms With Apps. The goal is to highlight one of the developer 8217;s apps with a review and description, along with a free download or special promotion. Montessori Crosswords Features: * 282 different words, and associated pictures * Three word series of increasing difficulty as defined in the Montessori method according to the phonetic difficulty of each word * Crosswords are created randomly to offer ten...
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