Montessori Geometric Cabinet

This app is meant for quiet study. maybe not classroom, but it does teach shapes.

I don’t think this is an app worthwhile for classroom use. It is not an engaging application and could be more effective if used with flashcards rather than the iPad. It is not as interactive as it leads on to be. In the directions it says to “place” the shape in the tray. Instead of physically moving the shape to the tray by touching and dragging, the student only has to touch it and the app does the dragging automatically. This may not be as effective for students when learning shapes and their names. For some of the activities, the app has three different shapes with thick lines and thin lines. The app asks the student to sort their shape regarding the thickness of the line along with their shape. This task is extra and does not correlate with any of the Common Core standards. One part of the app that I did like for Kindergartners is that it lets them have the option to learn the shapes and then practice them. It also has audio prompts that give the students directions on what shapes to match to each other. This is helpful because younger students will need this audio direction rather than reading directions. However, the students may become bored with listening to the same slow voice repeatedly.