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Based on the proven Montessori learning method, Montessori Crosswords helps kids develop their reading, writing, and spelling skills by building words from a set of 320 word-image-audio-phonics combinations using a phonics-enabled movable alphabet.

• Editor's Choice Award ( 4.8 stars out of 5 ) "It is an extremely powerful early reading experience." - Children's Technology Review
• "Best literacy app in my opinion" - Sue, National Board Certified Teacher
• Featured by Apple in "Apps for Learning to Read" & "Apps for Learning to Write"
• Commonsensemedia.org - “Montessori Crosswords is a great way for kids to develop literacy in an engaging way that feels like play."

• More than 280,000 units sold!
• Used in schools to learn phonics and spelling (65,000 units sold to schools)

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Montessori Crosswords helps kids learn and understand two fundamental concepts:

• First, the app helps kids understand that words are made up of sounds or phonemes (phonemic awareness). For each word, your kids can touch the empty rectangles where letters must be dragged to complete the word, and hear the sound the corresponding letter produces.

• Secondly, the app helps kids memorize the phonics associated with letters by providing a phonics-enabled alphabet where kids can touch each letter and hear the associated phonic.

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Montessori Crosswords allows you to select words according to their difficulty or sound categories:

• Level 1 displays a three-letter word with no difficulty for beginning readers (CVC words)
• Levels 2, 3 & 4 offer more complex words that contain more complex phonics (as long vowels sounds or blends), and also offer the option to automatically create multi-word crosswords in tens of thousands of different combinations
• Alternately, you can choose from 44 sound categories (i.e. choose words that contain a specific sound (for example, long a, “k” sound, and so on).
• You can also create custom word lists based on letter clusters
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To create an enjoyable experience, the app also includes sounds, animations, and interactive visual effects that are displayed after a word is completed.
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More Features:

• Digraph Support : "oo", "th",... are displayed as a whole unit
• R-Controlled vowels support ("car","horn",...)
• Capital, lower-case, or cursive letter display
• Setting to show only letters are in the word to spell (great for beginners!)
• Setting to force spelling from left to right
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Users & Reports

• Create any number of users
• Check and export activity for each user in the Reports section
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Common Core State Standard (CCSS):
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1b Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2 & CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
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More reviews:

• Wired's GeekDad - "5 Favorite Apps for Elementary School iPads" - "An excellent tool for learning spelling and early literacy (...) It can build from simple to more complex words making it usable by students from prep through to grade 3 or 4"

• Teachers' Reviews:
-Sue on Iear.org - "I just have to say I love Montessori Crosswords both as a parent (to 2, 7, and 8 year olds) and K teacher. I like that the app is appropriate for the developmental levels of my students and all three of my kids"
-Cindy - "This is one of my favorite educational apps. I highly recommend it for the children who are learning to read and spell. The kids also love the interactive artwork."
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Montessori Crosswords for Kids App Comments & Reviews

Montessori Crosswords for Kids Positive Reviews

Great gameGreat game with a focus on phonics. Having a little trouble getting the sound feature to work which suddenly stopped working..Version: 5.1

Montessori crosswordThe best app ever to teach you child or student phonics, reading and spelling. Make sure you use the different settings. This app has so many different ways to use. Love the setting that only the letters displayed in the word are visible for beginners, force spelling from left to right and even able to practice specific sounds. Set the interaction time after completion on about 15 sec and your child will continuing practicing. Deactivate showing solutions when your child needs to listen to the sounds so he won’t only visually copy the word. This app is more than worth the few dollars and I would like to give it more than 10 stars!!!.Version: 5.1

Great Speech Therapy Tool Too!!Awesome app, my favorite therapy app for developing both phonemic awareness and the essential foundation of phonological awareness (how/where sounds occur in words, the fundamental skill for reading). Another plus is that the voice and effects are not 'babyish', so my older students love this too. Best app I know of for spelling and phonological awareness development, for both regular and special ed students, and for home use as well. I recommend this to everyone!.Version: 5.2

Great! As a teacher...So glad to be able to use this with my little ones in class! They really connect to the pace of it. I know the pictures that go along with it are a consideration, but could I make my own word lists someday? Definitely loving it though. Cheers!.Version: 5.1

Amazing!Exceeded my expectations! Awesome graphics, easily used. I bought it for my 3 yr old grandson & have enjoyed playing with it myself...well worth the price...I don't usually write reviews, but these developers did an amazing job...buy the bundle that contains this app. All three items are perfect!.Version: 5.1

Awesome!Great learning tool for early readers. You can tailor it to meet the needs of your child, and change it as they master each section. Love it and the kids do too!.Version: 5.2

Just startedTrying the app for the first time and seems to work really well. Will update as we use it throughout the summer for practice during summer vacation..Version: 5.1

Very interestingMy grandchildren love this app! It’s visually pleasing while learning. Look forward to seeing other programs..Version: 5.2

Cool appGreat for learning how to spell. I love the part at the end where the balls fly around. Really fun. I love this app. I discovered this at school, and now I play it at home..Version: 5.2

Pronunciation of L perhaps incorrectOne thing that frustrates me about the app is it’s pronunciation of the phoneme /l/. I wonder if that could be changed in an update?.Version: 5.2

Best appI always tell families if they only buy one app, this is the one to buy..Version: 5.2

Literally the best app ever for early readers.I have used this app continually for 12 years with early readers..Version: 5.2

GooApp is good, interaction is fine..Version: 5.1

Montessori Crosswords for KidsMy 5-year old granddaughter loves it..Version: 5.2

Volume doesn't work oftenGreat concept and learning app but volume doesn't work daily. Help?.Version: 5.1

MontessoriAwesome keeps them quiet and learning in the car!.Version: 5.2

Great addition to Montessori Home SchoolGreat addition to Montessori Home School.Version: 5.2

Wonderful appKids love it and they are learning!.Version: 5.1

Excellent app!My dyslexic students love this and I can tailor the app to their needs. Dr. Fletcher.Version: 5.1

Beginning ReadersAbsolutely excellent. Recommended to me by a school district curriculum director..Version: 5.1

Nanna mommaLove it. For 5 yr old she does it and loves to play with the finger paint . Thanks.Version: 5.1

Awesome AppA fun app where I get to play with the letters and animation 😀👍.Version: 5.2

EmmaIt helps me learn how to spell.Version: 5.2

Excellent ApplicationMontessori Crosswords.Version: 5.2

Fantastic - best reading tool for my daughter yet!My 4-year-old daughter LOVES this game... It took some coaching at first for her to figure out how to do it, but she now sets herself up and plays at all three levels, working the sounds out as she makes the words. It has been hard for me to reliably find good apps for my girl, who is only 4 but knows her alphabet backwards and forwards (so the zillions of ABC apps out there are kind of useless), but can't yet quite read big words, and is still learning many aspects of word sounding. this app does the best job I've found so far at bridging that gap and making it fun at the same time. My one complaint is that some of the images that represent the words are unclear or ambiguous (the one for "kid" could just as easily be "boy", for example, and others are hard to identify for a small person), but it is otherwise brilliant. The "play" screens are just enough reward and just varied enough to keep her interested, and there are lots of words at all three levels. I'd love to see many more words added, and for the younger set it would be nice to have a "speak this word aloud" option for each one, since the images are not always clear. That would help bridge that age gap even further. On the whole I would easily buy this again, and I hope to see many more like it in the future. Thanks!.Version: 0

Fun. Day.Good. Game..Version: 5.1

I love itBruh.Version: 5.1

KGreat.Version: 5.1

BhHvbb.Version: 5.2

"Fun & Games"Not the sleekest app on the block--I had higher expectations for a Montessori application. It is more geared towards fun and games than for use as a learning platform. The reward (a cascading, colorful shape) doesn't hold any educational value, and unless it goes out the window, it definitely needs to time-out. 3x3, simple crosswords would be nice, too. + The app does get a thumbs up for playing letter sounds when solving the puzzle, and gets kudos for updating with cursive letters. However, as of this version, I would pass on this app, price considered..Version: 3.0

Great app with superb build quality!As an ESL educator, I've tried many other apps that tries to teach words to children. But this one simply blows them out of water. With this app, I can teach vocabulary and phonics at the same time. And the details of the app are simply amazing. I love how the sound of the letters change for different words. Especially when I try this in crossword mode, it just seems "magical", for lack of a better word. It's designed for children, but it doesn't skim on details like a lot of poorly made "education apps" do. I've been using this app for months now and found very, very few bugs while using this app, which is actually saying a lot about the robust quality of this app. I would strongly recommend this app to others looking to teach vocabulary and phonics to children..Version: 5.0

Playful App for Learning Words!I love this App, especially the peaceful sound reinforcement as you select the correct letters of the alphabet and the beautiful graphics and sound effects you see and hear when you assemble a complete word or crossword combination. The photo hints are not always obvious but guessing the word is part of the fun. If you don't have the right word you'll know it as soon as you try the first letter -- if guessing gets too frustrating you can click on the question mark for an answer. Perhaps a future update could support an audio hint as one of the above commenters suggested..Version: 0

Best app for spellingThis is a great app that really teaches spelling and not just letter-matching. And the recent huge update made it even better - with options for focusing on certain letter sounds, cursive letters, and single word consonant blends - just what I was hoping for to take my toddler to the next level in spelling. In the prior version, the jump from level 1 to level 2 was too big for a very young child. The only other improvement I would like to see would be the option for the letters to be displayed as a QWERTY keyboard to teach beginning typing. Thanks for a great update!.Version: 3.0

Best literacy app in my opinionAs an experienced, National Board Certified Teacher I have high standards for what I think is a good app, especially when it comes to paid ones. This app is a must have for families and teachers of 3-8 year olds. It allows students to practice spelling at their level, whether CVC words, CVCe, etc. I especially love the hint feature that allows children to successfully complete more challenging words. I use this app in my kindergarten class during reading groups. It is very useful for Making Words lessons, by using the moveable alphabet. The most recent update has only made the app more perfect for school and home use, allowing you to choose a spelling pattern to focus on. My 3 yr old likes to play with it, building words using the hints and repeating the letter sounds. My 7 year old practices his spelling with it too. There are few apps I would pay for to put on all of my classroom iPads, but this is certainly one of them..Version: 3.6

A must have for your 3 to 6 year old!I absolutely love this app! Whether you are a parent trying to find an educational app to give your child a "head start" or a teacher looking for a phonemic awareness/phonics activity for your students, this is the perfect app for you! The letter sounds are very clear and the voice choices are not annoying. The settings allow you to choose upper or lower case letters, abc order or qwerty order, and varied fonts. Customer service is also wonderful and is open to any suggestions! This was definitely worth paying for!.Version: 5.0.1

Fantastic app!This is my favorite educational kids app. Both my kids love playing it at different levels. They also love the screen play between words. This is a fantastic way to both teach your child to sound out and spell three letter phonetic words as well those as more complicated. Highly recommend it in conjunction with Word Wizard. Think about it no more. Just download! There was a glitch in an earlier version and they were really on top of both their customer service and fixing the issue. Thank you!.Version: 3.5

Encourages interested ToddlerMy son is almost 4 and he can recognize and sound out most letters. I have been looking for an app that would help me teach him how to put sounds together to spell/read words. This app fits the bill perfectly with a pleasant and uncluttered backdrop and different stages for different levels. My son worked on it tonight and enjoyed it along with my interaction and encouragement. A good buy.... Update...we are still playing and learning with this app and appreciated the good developer support. Works perfectly every time!.Version: 3.5

FANTASTIC APP FOR THE PRICE!This is a GREAT app! It is high quality and engaging and my 1st graders LOVE it! I do wish is that it would let me reset the words after awhile, but there seem to be endless variations.. Also, some of the pictures are a bit blurry, so it would be helpful if a student could tap the picture and hear the word. Lastly, when you tap the vowels, it should say both the short and long vowel. All in all, one of the BEST apps I have downloaded for Ks and 1s. Definitely worth the money! I hope this company will make more apps soon!.Version: 2.5

FantasticThis app is really great! It follows the best teaching practices for helping young children learn the sounds and functions of the letters. It is like a talking alphabet that says the sounds of the letters instead of the names of the letters. Each letter says its sound when tapped. Each picture can be tapped to hear what it is, too. Fortunately, This app uses lowercase letters which are 20 times more common than uppercase letters in written print. This app is a very helpful and supportive tool for emerging readers. It can help your child become a better reader and a better speller..Version: 5.0.1

Superb app with great supportMy 4-year-old daughter loves this app! Of all the apps I've purchased for her (and I've purchased quite a few of these educational apps), this is her #1 favorite and it's the one I feel she learns the most from. If you ever want to showcase your iPad as being a great learning tool for kids, this is your app. If you want your child to have fun learning and get immediate feedback in the form of visual and interactive beautiful rewards, this is your app. The support offered by the author is also top-notch..Version: 3.5

BrilliantI recently enrolled my four year old daughter at a Montessori pre-primary school. I then bought this app which she tried and loved, as it allowed her to practice what she had started to learn at school. The app is also designed to be fun and rewarding for kids. Within a week I received an email from the head mistress telling me that my daughter had started to read. A lot of that achievement can be credited to the help she got from practicing with this app. I give this app a full five stars!.Version: 3.6

Great for home & schoolI bought this app when it first came out, the option to show the word the kids are trying to build is very helpful for young kids just learning, and the hiding option is perfect for the older children. The kids adore the fireworks that happen when they accomplish something. The variety of word games helps to keep the children's attention. I was very impressed when my school started including it as part of their technological education time..Version: 5.0

Good learning appThis app is a very good app for children to learn to spell. A positive aspect of this app is that when the letters are touched, children are able to hear the sounds of the letters. Since I am an educator myself, the only drawback I see is that some of the vowels are not pronounced correctly for all sounds in words (such as stating short vowels when a long vowel is needed or allowing a child to hear sounds of letters that are slient within the word). Even with that drawback, it's worth the money..Version: 2.5

Excellent! One suggestion....This app is awesome - both my kids (7 and 5) enjoy it and ask to play it all the time! The only comment I have would be: the short "e" sounds almost exactly like the short "i", when played individually. I have noticed my kids mess up "i" and "e" several times because they sound so alike. However, when short "e" is used in a word, it sounds correct. (Example: "pen" sounds correct, but when they click the box where "e" should go, it sounds like "i")........Version: 3.0

Wonderful app!This is a great app. As a special education teacher working with multiple grade levels, I appreciate any app that came be adapted to work with students at different ability levels. I especially like using it with students who are struggling with writing CVC words. My students will work on this app without asking to stop. The developer continues to make free updates that only add to the value of this app. The developer is also very responsive to suggestions..Version: 3.0

Perfect for Reading DevelopmentMy kids have been in Montessori since the time they were 2.5 and this app does such a great job at modeling the way that reading and phonics is taught using the Montessori method. Both of my boys have had fun playing with this app already - especially since their favorite works in school have always involved the movable alphabet. Also think that the graphics turned out really well..Version: 0

Fabulous AppWe are planning to homeschool this year and I've been pretty worried about getting my 4 year old over the phonics hurdle as it takes time and patience, things I don't always have available with 2 other young children at home. This app is making a huge difference for her and our 6 year old loves it too. I had some questions and got help immediately from the company. It's a truly great app..Version: 3.0

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