I have always been on the search for materials to use to educate Ben, or at least, expose him to more learning materials. So when I came across this review opportunity, I decided to try it out. So here goes my review for the "PreK Scholars":
Description from the product page:
"The Pre K Scholars preschool curriculum is being used in a variety of different preschools as core curriculum and as an enrichment program where it provides an additional revenue source. The lessons are fun, creative and easily adapted to a variety of thematic units because the Scholarville characters represent a broad spectrum of occupations and situations.
Licensed for single classroom use, the Pre K Scholars Preschool Curriculum is suitable for:
* Montessori preschools
* High/Scope approach
* Bank Street approach
* Home-based approach
* Play-based preschools
* Head Start
* Church-based preschools
* Remedial kindergarten programs"
I received the DVD version and the app for my review.
What's Good?
From the DVD
* The syllabus is free and easy as it is broken into 22 weekly lessons and you are not pressed to complete it as fast as you can. In fact, I am surprised that the alphabet starts with P instead of A!
From the iPad app
* There are a lot of learning materials: guessing game, printable activities, videos and so on. Ben was attracted to the tracing game (you learned to write the alphabet by following the green star to red star) and also the matching game.
* I definitely will go for the iPad app as I can bring it along wherever we go. Learning on the go, awesome!
Room for Improvement?
* I will definitely prefer better illustrations as I feel the current illustrations are not sharp and enticing enough.
* As for the tracing game on the iPad app, I sometimes realised that the touch sensitivity is not strong enough, my boy and I had to trace slowly and there are several occasions when the app is not able to detect the area we trace through.
You can get the DVD version at: https://www.prekscholars.com/shopping-cart/default.aspx
The app version can be found at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/phonics-fun-games/id470701115
I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the product by the sponsor in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.
