App Review: First Words: Animals

2009 August 20
by digitalvictor

First Words: AnimalsOops they did it again!  The app masterminds at Learning Touch have nailed yet another First Words app, this time for Animals. My two and a half year old, who is more interested in toy trains than iPhone apps, really enjoyed this one (in addition to the First Words: Vehicles app with a train in it!).

First Words: AnimalsThe concept for this one is the same as the others: let kids spell words by dragging letters onto their respective spots in a word. After your child successfully spells a word, the letters are repeated in order, the word is spoken and the featured object animates with sound.

As my son dragged letters to their appropriate boxes, the narrator spoke them and he repeated them. The correlation between playing the app and learning letters and words is obvious. My little guy doesn’t even notice the repetitive nature of learning the letters because he is more focused on the fun of dragging the letters, and getting the featured lion, tiger or bear to animate.

High marks all-around for First Words: Animals. Highly recommended.

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  1. 2010 May 7
    joe permalink

    I loaded first words on my iphone and it does not work. What now?

  2. 2010 May 26
    digitalchristopherrobin permalink

    Joe -

    Sorry to hear you had a negative experience with First Words. It remains one of our kids favorite apps — but if it’s not working than that’s a bummer. I would say your best bet is to contact the folks at Learning Touch – they are the developers behind First Words, and they’ve been great whenever we’ve been in touch. Looks like the best way to contact them is here: http://www.learningtouch.com/contact

    Alternatively, Apple does have some suggestions you might try when you have applications that aren’t working. You can check them out here: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1702

    Hope that helps a bit – and let us know if you get it figured out.

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