Alpha Writer
Alpha Writer, an app developed by the Montessori educators at Montessorium, is based on the Montesorri Moveable Alphabet. The moveable alphabet was created for children who have the ability and interest to start writing and reading, but don’t quite have the fine motor skills needed to hold a pencil and draw the letters.
This app is designed to help children learn to read, write and spell phonetically to compose words and create stories. As described by the developers, writing comes before reading in a Montesorri instructional environment. This is because writing is the expression of one’s own thoughts, whereas in reading, the child must identify the letters placed in formation to decode a word of someone elses choosing. At this stage of development, Montessori believes that spelling is not essential. Thus, the app places an emphasis on the phonetic sounds used to build a word.
Watch a video demo of this app posted on the Apps for Children with Special Needs website.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later