World of Letters

What it is: 5 activities for learning the letters of the alphabet.

What you do with it: letter flashcards: go through the letters of the alphabet, touch the letter for letter name, touch the objects starting with the letter to hear their name read out. Guess game: listen to the audio instructions and point to pictures with objects starting with the particular letter. Tracing activity: practice writing letters using visual guides. 'Feed me' game: tilt the device to guide the character to the yellow ball, after successful attempt a random letter will be displayed and its name read out.

What we liked: the concept of combining several activities, ease of use, audio instructions.

What we didn't like: limited educational value (the examples are not well matched, you get 'ear', 'egg', 'eye' to illustrated the letter 'e' - same letter, different sounds). The tracing activity is rather limited in comparison to 'standalone' tracing apps. The 'feed me' game is very simple and doesn't bring too much value to the educational part of the app. The illustrations and music are not too enticing.

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