Montessori Movable Alphabet3.4 - App Store

Ages 3-6. Designed for both parents and schools, this app beautifully provides children a way to "write" words in order to express themselves prior to mastering the use of pencil and paper! This is a preschool & kindergarten language activity that will help children learn the correct spelling of simple words.

We originally published this app back in 2011. After observing what others were doing with the Movable Alphabet, such as the Montessori Crosswords app, we wanted to create something that was more academic in nature vs. being more entertaining. So, we designed a very clean looking app that has a "manual" feel to it in order to closely resemble the physical Movable Alphabet material. Over the passed several years we've been thrilled to see schools systems incorporate our Movable Alphabet into their curriculums!

We're extremely excited about the new 3.0 update that came out in September! Many teachers and parents requested that we provide feedback to the child whether or not a word is spelled correctly. We wanted to do that, but in a way that still maintains the manual feel of the Movable Alphabet, without letters snapping into perfect positions. Well, after a lot of hard work, we've finally got something that has a great feel to it! Please watch the preview video to see how it works!

After learning to identify and blend the sounds of the letters of the alphabet children are often ready to build words on their own. However, the ability to write them down with paper and pencil may require much more time and practice to acquire. Therefore, Dr. Montessori prepared the Movable Alphabet for children to “write” words, long before mastering the physical skill of writing.

Children can phonetically sound out words, one letter at a time to build words. The app includes over 40 images of simple words, along with audio pronunciations and instructions, for children to practice with. Additional word sets are available, too!

To help the child construct the words correctly, they can touch the buttons in the box or the letters themselves to hear their sound, giving them the ability to "search" for the sound they are thinking of to build their word!

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About the Word Sets:

Once the children begin the process of composing three letter words (consonant-vowel-consonant) with the Movable Alphabet they are encouraged to move on to building four and five letter words. In our experience in the classroom, it is best to follow the CVC words with four letter, CVCC words, which often seems to be easier for the blending of sounds leading up to the actual reading of words. Mastering word building requires lots of practice and repetition. Following this, we introduce four letter, CCVC words and then five letter, CCVCC words. As the children master these skills they often explore the process all on their own and have fun expressing their own ideas using the Movable Alphabet!

Word Sets 1 & 2: CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant), three letter words (bat, fin, jug, etc.)

Word Set 3: CVCC (consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant), four letter words (fast, bulb, hand, etc.)

Coming soon: Word Set 4: CVCC (consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant), four letter words ending with “ck” or “nk” (sack, rink, tack, etc.)

Coming soon: Word Set 5: CCVC (consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant), four letter words (clap, flex, spot, etc.)

Coming soon: Word Set 6: CCVCC (consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant), five letter words (drink, twist, slept, etc.)

Dr. Montessori observed in her work with children that after working with the Movable Alphabet children experienced an “explosion in to reading!” Our goal is to bring a sampling of this excitement to a large audience via the Movable Alphabet on the iPad & iPhone!

Thanks for your support of our Preschool Language apps! We have an entire line of educational apps for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and elementary students! Please take a look: www.mobilemontessori.org

Version History We fixed an issue on iPhone where some pictures and words did not matchup. 3.4 04/11/2020 Special Update for Schools: The Movable Alphabet no longer has any In-App purchases! Word sets 2 & 3 are now unlocked for everyone to use. In the future we will release more word sets as free updates, as well!

Thanks for your support of The Movable Alphabet over the years! 3.3 02/28/2018 Updated for iPad Pro. 3.2 03/16/2017 3.1 Fixed a bug with one of the letters that would get stuck on the Build Your Own Words activity. :)

3.0 Enjoy this major update to the Movable Alphabet!

Many of you asked for the app to provide feedback to the child whether or not a word is spelled correctly. We are happy to bring this new feature to the app! When the audio is played for each picture the child will be able to see an animation that shows them how many letters it takes to build the word, and the sound of each letter. We've added the ability to hear the sound of each letter every time you touch it! Once the correct letters are placed in the right positions to build the word, a green box appears around the word and you hear the audio pronunciation one more time.

The neat part is that we've kept the manual feel of the physical Movable Alphabet! The letters never "lock" into position, so they can always be moved and adjusted. Getting the words to "look right" by being properly aligned and spaced is up to the child! If a letter is moved out of position, the green box disappears and will reappear once the word is constructed correctly again.

We've improved some of the audio for more accurate letter sounds!

And, we've made the app UNIVERSAL! Which means, you buy the app once, and you can use it on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch!

We hope you enjoy this huge update to the Movable Alphabet and we appreciate your support! Please check out our constantly growing library of educational apps for schools and home use: http://www.mobilemontessori.org

We truly appreciate your support!
- Mobile Montessori Team 3.1 10/19/2016 Enjoy this major update to the Movable Alphabet!

Many of you asked for the app to provide feedback to the child whether or not a word is spelled correctly. We are happy to bring this new feature to the app! When the audio is played for each picture the child will be able to see an animation that shows them how many letters it takes to build the word, and the sound of each letter. We've added the ability to hear the sound of each letter every time you touch it! Once the correct letters are placed in the right positions to build the word, a green box appears around the word and you hear the audio pronunciation one more time.

The neat part is that we've kept the manual feel of the physical Movable Alphabet! The letters never "lock" into position, so they can always be moved and adjusted. Getting the words to "look right" by being properly aligned and spaced is up to the child! If a letter is moved out of position, the green box disappears and will reappear once the word is constructed correctly again.

We've improved some of the audio for more accurate letter sounds!

And, we've made the app UNIVERSAL! Which means, you buy the app once, and you can use it on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch!

We hope you enjoy this huge update to the Movable Alphabet and we appreciate your support! Please check out our constantly growing library of educational apps for schools and home use: http://www.mobilemontessori.org

We truly appreciate your support!
- Mobile Montessori Team 3.0 10/08/2016 Updated for iOS8 2.01 01/02/2015 New design & added word sets! 2.0 12/13/2013 Fixed issues with landscape orientation 1.5 09/27/2013 Fixed an issue with one of the audio files.

Thanks for your support of our Montessori apps!

www.mobilemontessori.org 1.4 02/16/2012 Fixed audio issue when tapping pictures multiple times. 1.3 11/03/2011 You requested more letters in the box, and we're happy to provide them to you in this update! There are now eleven of each letter in the box so children can complete the picture cards without running out!

Thanks for your support of our Montessori Apps! Please send us your comments and suggestions!

www.mobilemontessori.org 1.2 10/15/2011 1.0 06/11/2011