Just what my first grader needed!

Summary:
good for children having trouble with their "handwriting"/fine motor skills. Good oral feedback. Nice tracking/reporting feature for parents. My child showed improvement. Feel app was well worth the money. Wish they made more apps this good.

Details:
The sounds and movements in the pinching crab exercise make it a fun game for my son that entices him to practice. He picked it right up and stared playing. Over weeks I have seen an improvement in his pencil grip. This is an improvement we were not able to accomplish with regular writing exercises, hand holding, grip devices or other apps.

The writing exercises use strategically placed targets to help with letter/number formation. I like the escalating corrective feedback. I have described this to others as having an occupational therapist over your shoulder.

The targets and the feedback are what set this app apart from other "tracing" apps. Seeing my sons poor "handwriting" I looked for handwriting apps to help him practice. He loved the music and the animation. However it was easy for him, there was no "consequence" for errors or verbal coaching him to correct mistakes.

This comes to one of my two adjustment opportunities. I didnt find this app until I used the vernacular of the industry. As a parent, I saw this as a "handwriting" problem to be solved. When the school reinforced this calling it a "fine motor skills" issue I used that verbiage in my key word search. That is how i found this app. They need to tag the product so it gets in the hands of those who really need it.

Second opportunity - totally selfish - make more apps that are such a beautiful marriage of professional expertise and software development. This app did what I needed it to wonderfully. I had a desired goal that I did not know how to accomplish. This app did it and distinguished itself while doing so.

[Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with this company. I am just a very satisfied customer.]

indewoman about Dexteria - Fine Motor Skills