ABC Tracing from Dave and Ava 4+

The app is good and my 22 months old enjoys it. I am giving the app a 4 stars because the app only reflect upper case letters and not also lower case letters. It would make sense for the kids to see, to recognize and to learn both UPPER and lower case letters. Realistically, lower case letters are more commonly utilized and seen in real life so why not introduce it to them in their early learning years? The app would get a 5 if it teaches the kids both UPPER & lower case letters.

I love the ease of the app and the idea of it, but the sounds are not single phonemes. I teach first and second grade phonics and couldn’t help but notice that many of the sounds have the schwa, or the “uh” sound added to it. For example, the letter S should not be /suh/, but just /s/. Also O and X are just incorrect. O should not be orange because in that instance O is being controlled by the R and its sound is changed. Instead, use a word like “octopus” to show the short sound of O. And X makes the /ks/ sound. Your phonics video does it correctly with the word “box” but this app uses “x-ray” instead. These inaccuracies may seem small, but they greatly impact a child’s reading when they’re being told to “sound it out.” Would love to see these issues corrected and then I would absolutely give this 5 stars.

This is the only review I've left for an App because it is EXCEPTIONAL. I paid $3 for it and if it's worth it I don't mind. I'm having a hard time finding good toddler apps. They all want you to pay, pay, pay and keep paying. I've had this for one month but he loves this App. He became so frustrated today over another App that has nice graphics, so I paid $3 for it and that wasn't good enough they wanted more money and my toddler finds these purchase prompts very frustrating. And in turn I am frustrated. This Dave and Ava App is easy to navigate for him and does not frustrate him at all. This is by far the best app I have come across. I'm going to get the Dave and Ava Farm Animal App next.