First Words series of Apps for iPhone are excellent!
By Ben Robinson on Friday, October 16th, 2009 at 1:11 PM PST In Applications, Reviews
I’ve been busy teaching our eldest little to talk, and daily she’s picking up new words 
Fortunately, I’m not just sticking to the tried and tested method of data-input to said little ‘un via the medium of books; I’ve also implemented tech solutions too! One of these is the download of some Apps to the iPhone – namely the First Words series!
There are three Apps you can get, each costing £1.19:
- First Words: Animals
- First Words: Vehicles
- First Words: At Home
The concept is very simple as you can see from the screenshot below:
The idea is to slide the letters in to place to form the word – each letter is pronounced as you touch it, and then the whole word is spelled AND pronounced once you have completed the block-moving. There’s tons of skills this is teaching the little one, including phonetics, spelling, and co-ordiation.
Personally I think these Apps are EXCELLENT – tried them out, and they really work! Highly recomended!
You can grab them all from iTunes by searching for “First Words”
What a great mobile app category! My older kids grew up playing the JumpStart series on the home computer, but this is even better. Can’t bring your computer to the restaurant to pacify your ansy kids while waiting to be served.