Words

Excellent product good value for money

Granddaughter enjoyed making up sums without realising she was learning!!

I ordered this back in may and have just got round to using it however it is saying that I need to purchase the actual game on the app

Probably a little challenging for anyone under 7

As a teacher, I am really saddened that this product would even be sold. I bought it for my son who is in the early stages of learning to read. I bought it because I had been impressed with the coding versions. I cannot believe that there were any educationalists involved in the creation of the app that goes with the letters. The first red flag was that the words used in the app are all in uppercase - despite the letters having both an upper and a lowercase version in the tiles. In the most basic activity, children are asked to identify the starting letter (not sound) of words. A picture is displayed and a voice says the word (with mispronunciation, including guttural “g”s - the way they are pronounced in German or Afrikaans), the remaining letters are shown as well. For example, a picture of a cookie, the word “cookie” is said and “OOKIE” is written on the screen with a blank space for the child to insert the “C”. Apart from the all caps and poor pronunciation, the bigger problem is that children are not identifying the starting sound. So for example, when presented with “shoe”, children should have to identify “sh”. Instead, there is only space for the “s”. Level 1 got boring quickly, so my son decided to try level 2. He literally went from being shown a picture of a chicken and having to identify the “c” as the starting letter (😡 it should have been “ch”) to being shown a picture of a chicken and having to spell the entire word. The first word he was asked to spell was “chicken” - one may think “cat” or “hat” may be a more appropriate starting point. There was absolutely no scaffolding. I think the technology is clever and has great potential but the application is not educationally sound and, in my opinion, does more harm to a child’s reading journey than good.

Meine Töchter wollten nie Kopfrechnen oder das 1x1 üben. Klar. Dann habe ich Osmo Numbers entdeckt - und schon hatte ich sie am Wickel ;-) Die beiden spielen jetzt seit Monaten immer wieder das Spiel, merken dabei aber gar nicht, dass sie Mathe machen. Toll!

This is a great way to teach little ones, books are great but this is fun

I bought this for my child and it’s been a great learning tool. It turns math into an interactive game instead of just another worksheet. Setup was simple and the games keep attention without feeling forced. It’s nice to see learning happen through play. This is a great option for parents looking to make screen time more productive.

Kid loves this a lot. Thanks!

We already had the coding set and wanted to expand on the collection and Osmo is really fun. My older child helps my younger one to play the alphabets and numbers games on the app.