It's no secret that the iPad is amazing. What is even more amazing is how easily the Pea is able to use it. She taps around on the "pPad", as she likes to call it, as quickly as I can. She especially likes to look at our family photos on it and to play her games. We've bought a few for her, including Dora's Skywriting. This game focuses on letter formation. It's great because it makes you start in the correct places, and requires her to drag her finger to form the letter. She zips right through the uppercase letters. Letter-sound relationships are a secondary focus by having a picture of something that begins with the letter. For example, an apple comes after A. Dora comes after D. My only complaint about this game is that in order to reveal the picture, she has to tilt the iPad many times to get acorns to fall into certain places. It is difficult for her and she often asks for help. But, that really is not a big deal. Overall, this game is giving the Pea experience with proper letter formation in a way that she enjoys and gives her a sense of independence. Montessori teachers, and others for that matter, often use a sensory approach to letter formation. One example would be having children write letters in sand with their fingers before actually doing so with a pencil and paper. Using the iPad for letter formation is the same idea. Perfect for my indpendent toddler who wants to do everything on her own!
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