Montessori Crosswords for Kids

Montessori Crosswords for Kids


Phonics Game to Learn to Read


$2.99

5.2for iPhone, iPad and more
8.7
112 Ratings
Pierre Abel
Developer
26.4 MB
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Oct 18, 2019
Update Date
Education
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About Montessori Crosswords for Kids

Based on the proven Montessori learning method, Montessori Crosswords helps kids develop their reading, writing, and spelling skills by building words from a set of 320 word-image-audio-phonics combinations using a phonics-enabled movable alphabet.

• Editor's Choice Award ( 4.8 stars out of 5 ) "It is an extremely powerful early reading experience." - Children's Technology Review
• "Best literacy app in my opinion" - Sue, National Board Certified Teacher
• Featured by Apple in "Apps for Learning to Read" & "Apps for Learning to Write"
• Commonsensemedia.org - “Montessori Crosswords is a great way for kids to develop literacy in an engaging way that feels like play."

• More than 280,000 units sold!
• Used in schools to learn phonics and spelling (65,000 units sold to schools)

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Montessori Crosswords helps kids learn and understand two fundamental concepts:

• First, the app helps kids understand that words are made up of sounds or phonemes (phonemic awareness). For each word, your kids can touch the empty rectangles where letters must be dragged to complete the word, and hear the sound the corresponding letter produces.

• Secondly, the app helps kids memorize the phonics associated with letters by providing a phonics-enabled alphabet where kids can touch each letter and hear the associated phonic.

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Montessori Crosswords allows you to select words according to their difficulty or sound categories:

• Level 1 displays a three-letter word with no difficulty for beginning readers (CVC words)
• Levels 2, 3 & 4 offer more complex words that contain more complex phonics (as long vowels sounds or blends), and also offer the option to automatically create multi-word crosswords in tens of thousands of different combinations
• Alternately, you can choose from 44 sound categories (i.e. choose words that contain a specific sound (for example, long a, “k” sound, and so on).
• You can also create custom word lists based on letter clusters
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To create an enjoyable experience, the app also includes sounds, animations, and interactive visual effects that are displayed after a word is completed.
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More Features:

• Digraph Support : "oo", "th",... are displayed as a whole unit
• R-Controlled vowels support ("car","horn",...)
• Capital, lower-case, or cursive letter display
• Setting to show only letters are in the word to spell (great for beginners!)
• Setting to force spelling from left to right
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Users & Reports

• Create any number of users
• Check and export activity for each user in the Reports section
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Common Core State Standard (CCSS):
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1b Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2 & CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
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More reviews:

• Wired's GeekDad - "5 Favorite Apps for Elementary School iPads" - "An excellent tool for learning spelling and early literacy (...) It can build from simple to more complex words making it usable by students from prep through to grade 3 or 4"

• Teachers' Reviews:
-Sue on Iear.org - "I just have to say I love Montessori Crosswords both as a parent (to 2, 7, and 8 year olds) and K teacher. I like that the app is appropriate for the developmental levels of my students and all three of my kids"
-Cindy - "This is one of my favorite educational apps. I highly recommend it for the children who are learning to read and spell. The kids also love the interactive artwork."
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Email questions or suggestions to support@lescapadou.com.
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What's New in the Latest Version 5.2

Last updated on Oct 18, 2019
Old Versions
iOS 13 Support
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Version History
5.2
Oct 18, 2019
iOS 13 Support
5.1
May 15, 2017
Thanks for your feedback & suggestions :-) Here are the last changes:
• Allow disabling items on the home page
• Updated pronunciation of some letters in some complex words
• 64 bits compatibility
5.0.1
Jul 4, 2014
• "ng" & "l" sound updated
• Add parental control when exporting reports via email
• Bug fix: it is now possible to focus on one sound when 'Show R-Controlled Vowels' setting is disabled

Introduced in Version 5.0
• Create any number of users
• Check and export activity for each user in the new Reports section
• Create your word lists based on letter clusters
• Digraphs ('oo','th', etc.) are now displayed as a whole unit
• New section for words with digraphs
• New section for CCVC & CVCC words
• R-Controlled vowels support ('car','horn', etc.)
• New default word lists in the 'Focus on...' section
• Setting to show only letters that are in the word to spell (great for beginners!)
• Setting to force spelling from left to right
• Setting to allow interaction with words after completion (to study a word once it is completed)
• New letter font for 't' and 'l'
• Many other new settings (background audio, interaction time limit,...)

Thanks for your precious feedback to make this app even better !

Please rate the app if you like it - it is important to let other parents and teachers that an app is great :-) You can rate directly from the 'Parents' section.

Hope you enjoy all the new features, and thanks if you take one minute to rate the app !
5.0
Apr 28, 2014
• Create any number of users
• Check and export activity for each user in the new Reports section
• Create your word lists based on letter clusters
• Digraphs ('oo','th', etc.) are now displayed as a whole unit
• New section for words with digraphs
• New section for CCVC & CVCC words
• R-Controlled vowels support ('car','horn', etc.)
• New default word lists in the 'Focus on...' section
• Setting to show only letters that are in the word to spell (great for beginners!)
• Setting to force spelling from left to right
• Setting to allow interaction with words after completion (to study a word once it is completed)
• New letter font for 't' and 'l'
• Many other new settings (background audio, interaction time limit,...)

Thanks for your precious feedback to make this app even better !

Please rate the app if you like it - it is important to let other parents and teachers that an app is great :-) You can rate directly from the 'Parents' section.

Hope you enjoy all the new features, and thanks if you take one minute to rate the app !
4.7
Oct 4, 2013
New Feature !
• You can now focus on certain themes (animals, colors,...) in addition to the current possibility to select words according to difficulty and phonics.
•The app is also fully iOS7 compatible.

Thanks for your feedback ! Please continue to send feedback so we can make the app even better.
3.6
Mar 15, 2012
Note: if you don't have sound, it is because the side switch is enabled and it mutes sound.
V3.6-> Thanks for your great feedback that help us to make the app better and better - we are listening to our users to improve our products!
➜New dialog to prevent kids to use external links
➜Words reordered in "Focus on one sound" section

If you’ve got a moment, please rate the app - or re-rate this version - to tell people it's a great app and so we can keep free updates coming. We've included a shortcut ( "Feedback/Rate this App" button) inside the app to ease the process. Thanks!

History:
v3.5: New words, Phonics & Christmas word list

v3.0: Advanced Phonics Support thanks to the feedback of parents,SLPs and teachers. The app now supports 41 different phonics so that :
➜Kids can touch the white rectangles where they must place letters, and hear the phonics for the word. All phonics are supported: long and short vowels, consonants digraph like "th", and even silent letters.
➜Phonics played are chosen according to the words displayed so they are always correct.
➜You can choose to focus on a set of words that contains a specific phonic - e.g. short a, long a, sh sound, silent e,... There are 44 categories to choose from
➜For levels 2 and 3, you can also now play with single words.
➜Cursive letters have been added as an alternate choice.

v 2.5
➜Option to limit time play of Interactive Animation (available via the "Settings" app)
➜Option to hide solutions (available via the "Settings" app)
➜Louder word audio
➜Word is now pronounced when a word is completed. In addition, letter sounds are also pronounced in level 1 when a word is completed
➜Interactive animations are now supporting up to two touches at the same time for even more fun !

v2.0
➜ New words, audio and phonics
3.5
Dec 15, 2011
★ v3.5: Even better Phonics Support & Qwerty Layout ★
Yet another free update of Montessori Crosswords thanks to the feedback of parents,SLPs and teachers. This time, we bring :

➜New Christmas Words Section (20 words) !
➜Qwerty Layout option (available when one word is displayed)
➜New phonic for short E
➜Alternate phonics for L and R options
➜Advanced Settings available directly in the app (hide solutions and limit animation time)
➜More space between alphabet letters (available when one word is displayed)
➜Better visual feedback for digraph like "ch","oi",..
➜New "ck" category
➜New words for "oi"

If you’ve got a moment, please rate the app - or re-rate this version since rating is per version - to tell parents it's a great app and so we can keep free updates coming. We've included a shortcut ( "Contact Us/Rate this App" button) inside the app to ease the process. Thanks!

Do not hesitate to tell us what you think about this update or sent us new suggestions for the next update (use the "Contact Us" button or mail to support@lescapadou.com).

Thanks again for your great feedback that help us to make the app better and better - we are listening to our users to improve our products!

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History:

v3.0
The app now supports 41 different phonics so that :
➜Kids can touch the white rectangles where they must place letters, and hear the phonics for the word. All phonics are supported: long and short vowels, consonants digraph like "th", and even silent letters.
➜Phonics played are chosen according to the words displayed so they are always correct.
➜You can choose to focus on a set of words that contains a specific phonic - e.g. short a, long a, sh sound, silent e,... There are 44 categories to choose from
➜For levels 2 and 3, you can also now play with single words.
➜Cursive letters have been added as an alternate choice.

v 2.5
➜Option to limit time play of Interactive Animation (available via the "Settings" app)
➜Option to hide solutions (available via the "Settings" app)
➜Louder word audio
➜Word is now pronounced when a word is completed. In addition, letter sounds are also pronounced in level 1 when a word is completed
➜Interactive animations are now supporting up to two touches at the same time for even more fun !

v2.0
➜ New words, audio and phonics
3.0
Jun 17, 2011
★ v3.0: Advanced Phonics Support ★
(note: v3.5 coming very soon with new users' requests!)
Yet another free update of Montessori Crosswords thanks to the feedback of parents,SLPs and teachers. This time, we bring advanced phonics support for all 300 words. The app now supports 41 different phonics so that :
➜Kids can touch the white rectangles where they must place letters, and hear the phonics for the word. All phonics are supported: long and short vowels, consonants digraph like "th", and even silent letters.
➜Phonics played are chosen according to the words displayed so they are always correct.
➜You can choose to focus on a set of words that contains a specific phonic - e.g. short a, long a, sh sound, silent e,... There are 44 categories to choose from
➜For levels 2 and 3, you can also now play with single words.
➜Cursive letters have been added as an alternate choice.

If you’ve got a moment, please rate the app - or re-rate this version - to tell people it's a great app and so we can keep free updates coming. We've included a shortcut ( "Feedback/Rate this App" button) inside the app to ease the process. Thanks!

Do not hesitate to tell us what you think about this update or sent us new suggestions (use the "Feedback/Mail" button).

For the next update, we want to add new words and... your suggestions!

Thanks for your great feedback that help us to make the app better and better - we are listening to our users to improve our products!

History:
v 2.5 with teachers and parents requested features.
➜Option to limit time play of Interactive Animation (available via the "Settings" app)
➜Option to hide solutions (available via the "Settings" app)
➜Louder word audio
➜Word is now pronounced when a word is completed. In addition, letter sounds are also pronounced in level 1 when a word is completed
➜Interactive animations are now supporting up to two touches at the same time for even more fun !

v2.0
➜ New words, audio and phonics


2.5
Jan 28, 2011
Last News: Another free update is coming very soon (already submitted to Apple) with even better phonics support (long vowel sounds,silent letter,...)  as well as a new way to choose words or crosswords according to letter sounds !

➜version 2.5 with teachers and parents requested features. Thanks for the feedback !
★Option to limit time play of Interactive Animation (available via the "Settings" app)
★Option to hide solutions (available via the "Settings" app)
★Louder word audio
★Word is now pronounced when a word is completed. In addition, letter sounds are also pronounced in level 1 when a word is completed
★Interactive animations are now supporting up to two touches at the same time for even more fun !


➜ If you’ve got a moment, please rate the app - or re-rate this version - to tell people it's a great app and so we can keep free updates coming. We've included a shorcut ( "Feedback/Rate this App" button) inside the app to ease the process. Thanks!

➜ Do not hesitate to tell us what you think about this update or sent us new suggestions (use the "Feedback/Mail" button).

Thanks again for your great feedback - we are listening to our users to improve our products!

History:

2.0.1
★Sound of the letter O updated + option to disable the letter Q sound (thanks parents and educators for the feedback!)
2.0 :
★AUDIO for each word and letter sound (phonics) for each letter!
★We also added some new words (300 word-image-audio combinations now!).
We are very excited about this huge update, audio was the most wanted user-requested feature.
2.0.1
Dec 14, 2010
2.0 : AUDIO for each word and letter sound (phonics) for each letter! We also added some new words (300 word-image-audio combinations now!).
We are very excited about this huge update, audio was the most wanted user-requested feature.
2.0.1 : Sound of the letter O updated + option to disable the letter Q sound (thanks parents and educators for the feedback!)

Do not hesitate to tell us what you think about this update (use the feedback/mail to us button) and if you’ve got the time please rate the app (use the feedback/rate this app button).
Thanks again for your great feedback - we are listening to our users to improve our products!
2.0
Nov 28, 2010
AUDIO for each word and letter sound (phonics) for each letter! We also added some new words (300 word-image-audio combinations now!).
We are very excited about this huge update, audio was the most wanted user-requested feature.

Do not hesitate to tell us what you think about this update (use the feedback/mail to us button) and if you’ve got the time please rate the app (use the feedback/rate this app button).
Thanks again for your great feedback - we are listening to our users to improve our products!
1.2
Sep 24, 2010
Thanks to our users for the feedback!
BIG NEWS! A new version (2.0) with audio pronunciation of words and phonics has been sent to Apple and should be available december the 3rd! In addition we've also added some new words!

This version (1.2) is only a minor update to support retina display on iPod Touch 4



1.1
Sep 7, 2010
News: New version has been submitted to Apple to support the new iPod Touch 4 and should be available this week

➜This version adds support for iPhone! (high resolution on iPhone4)
➜Now you can also interact with the visual effects displayed every time a crossword is completed. Move your finger on the screen to make the visual effects change and follow your finger!
➜ You can now zoom in on a picture when you touch it

Next update (october) will include audio pronunciation

Contact us at support@lescapadou.com for any questions or new suggestions!
1
Aug 3, 2010

Montessori Crosswords for Kids FAQ

Montessori Crosswords for Kids is available in regions other than the following restricted countries:
China
Montessori Crosswords for Kids supports English
Click here to learn how to download Montessori Crosswords for Kids in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Montessori Crosswords for Kids.
iPhone
Requires iOS 9.3 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 9.3 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 9.3 or later.

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