Montessori Numbers for Kids app for iPhone and iPad

4.4 ( 8544 ratings )

Games Education Educational
Developer: LEscapadou

3.99 USD

Current version: 3.1.1, last update: 3 years ago
First release : 15 Aug 2012
App size: 106.92 Mb

• "This is a must-have app, for any early learning setting" - Editors Choice - 4.8 stars out of 5 -Childrens Technology Review
• "A fantastic app for helping the young students understand the relationship between numbers and the quantity they stand for” - NBCNews.com
• Featured by Apple as "Best for Ages 5 and under" & as New and Noteworthy (Education)
• 26,000 units sold to US schools !
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Montessori Numbers is designed to help build sound mathematical foundations in children aged 3-7 by using a concrete, visually significant material inspired from the Montessori methodology.

Montessori Numbers offers a sequence of guided activities that gradually help children reinforce their skills. Each activity offers several levels of increasing complexity.

• Learn to count up to 999
• Experiment with quantities and learn their names
• Learn the numerals and their names
• Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities
• Understand the decimal system and place value
• Master the numerical order
• Learn to trace numbers

Montessori Numbers builds on the iPad’s touch feature, and uses verbal feedback for more efficient learning. The app can pronounce any number between 0 and 1009 (American, British and Australian voices available).

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Common Core State Standard
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This app will help your child in learning the following Common Core State Standards domains:
• Counting and Cardinality (K.CC)
• Operations and Algebraic Thinking (K.OA, 1.OA.1/2/5)
• Number & Operations in Base Ten (K.BNT,1.NBT.1/2/4/5/6, 2.NBT.1/2/3/5/8/9, 3.NBT.1/2). The app is great to deal with place value.

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Activities
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• Hundred Board
A great activity to help your child master the numerical order of 1-1000, and to introduce numerical patterns. The hundred board displays 100 numbers in a square. The first number (1,101,201,...) can be chosen so it can customized for each child

• 1 to 20
This activity is designed to introduce numbers.
3 levels of difficulty: 0 to 5, 0 to 10 and 11 to 20.

• Quantity
In this activity, kids associate quantities to numbers by manipulating units, bars of 10, and squares of 100 to match a given number which is pronounced and optionally displayed.
Levels of difficulty: 0 to 9, 10 to 99, 100 to 999 or custom

• Numerals
In this activity, number names are to be associated with numerals. As a number name is pronounced, kids are invited to build the corresponding numeral. Kids can freely experiment with numerals and hear the names associated with each numeral they build. The quantity representing the numbers built is also displayed to reinforce the association between quantity and numerals.
Levels of difficulty: 0 to 9, 10 to 99, 100 to 999 or custom

• Numerals (from Quantity)
In this activity, a quantity is to be associated with a given numeral. The child must build the number that matches the quantity displayed. This is the most complex activity because the child must count the quantity displayed, and then build the number using the numerals.
Levels of difficulty: 0 to 9, 10 to 99, 100 to 999 or custom

• Number Tracing
Learn to trace numbers with animations that follow the childs touch. Several options (size, difficulty, tracing style, show/hide model) are available to tailor the activity to your needs.

• Building Block Game:
A game can be started at the end of each activity (availability can be modified in settings). There is no “real” goal to this game - kids can play freely with the materials, thus becoming more familiar with them.
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More Accolades !
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• "Overall, Montessori Numbers is a great way to expose kids to math in a meaningful way." CommonSenseMedia.com
• Wireds GeekDad Approved
• "Montessori Numbers is among the best educational apps for young children Ive seen. The verbal feedback is very supportive. " Mary Ellin Logue, Ed.D, Early Childhood Education, University of Maine
• Rated 5 stars on BestKidsApps.com and MindLeap.com

Pros and cons of Montessori Numbers for Kids app for iPhone and iPad

Montessori Numbers for Kids app good for

My daughter is 4 and has started in JK at school but I took her out to homeschool because she wasnt learning anything in school. I started with apps, and this is my daughters favourite! She has learned so much already and is climbing farther into levels! She plays this for hours every day and loves it! I recommend this to kids in preschool as a fun, interactive learning at home!

At last someone has discovered a way to show the benefits of teaching math using the Montessori method online! I am working with an adult who has lost some of her math abilities due to a stroke. She loves this app, as do I. Thank you! A grateful school psychologist (retired)

I have an 8yr old high functioning autistic and this app, while it works well with younger kids, still has use for my son, in Grade 3. He still needs to work on his counting basics and the rods and beads allow that. I also like being able to turn off the game feature.

Some bad moments

A nice app but fundamentally broken in many ways. Most obviously, the app is not navigable by a child that cannot read fluently. Instead, the parent needs to manage the app at all times. This is fine but it limits children who may want to explore the app or switch between apps and come back to a new activity. This app assumes that the parent is there every step of the way. The instruction screens are always there and there are lots of sub-menus you need to read. It would be much better if a parent could configure a reading level and then let the child play and join in when necessary or fun. Instead the app becomes a teaching prop -- theres nothing wrong with that but there is so much more that the app could do. Just be aware.

Ok as a teaching tool. Hangs regularly. No reward system and stacking game does not hold the childrens attention. A disappointment after the huge success of the crosswords.

This morning I introduced Montessori Numbers to my seven year old daughter, entering 2nd grade. She started on the beginning levels and proceeded on her own intuitively throughout the app. At one point she turned to me and said, "Look Mom, I counted to 950!". I like the app because its simple to follow, but has a flexible number of settings for activity, style and difficulty. Adding options for "flowers, diamonds and pearls" admittedly added engagement from a girls point of view. Congratulations to this developer for consistent, educational, high quality releases. I hope to see more. --Mom of two girls, blogger, and app enthusiast.

This is one of the best apps we have tried for learning early numbers and counting. The app combines structured counting activities with fun free play rewards. Different activities are available for learning all the way up to 1000.

Its very good for teaching numbers, counting, and place values.

Just like the tools they use at my daughters Montessori school. But less messy. i.e. There arent counting beads laying all over the living room.

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