Community reviews for Montessori Numberland

This app allows students to work on learning their numbers from 0-9. Each lesson gives the students a number, tells it to them, has them write it and works with them to count the objects. It offers the program in different languages and focuses on the Montessori principals of learning . This app is a good tool to help the beginning process of number learning. It is directed towards kids ages 3-5. As a parent I would use this with my child on a regular basis to build new skills and reinforce them.

The app teaches and/or reinforces basic number skills. Emphasis is placed on allowing users to move freely as it is a Montessori-designed app. I wondered if Maria Montessori would like this method of instruction. Having virtual sandboxes to draw in rather than actual boxes of sand might not be what she envisioned. According to the American Montessori Society early learners "learn through sensory-motor activities, working with materials that develop their cognitive powers through direct experience: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching, and movement." Some might say that using an iPad interferes with those sensory experiences. I'm not certain if apps geared toward the youngest of learners are really essential to their learning. I suppose it's an individual's opinion on the best means of teaching the youngest learners. I'd prefer preschoolers to be engaged in the real world rather than the online one. Having said that, this app does attempt to mimic real life as best it can. Ultimately, it's a decision the educator should make based on their students' needs.