TeachMe: 1st Grade Reviews

by K Disappointed

No matter how you write the answers, the “teacher” tells you it’s wrong. Extremely frustrating for my 6 year old and highly disappointing since I paid for this

by Dramafreemama

I want a refund. TeachMe doesn’t give you the ability to choose a subject or a game. It’s lazy. Waste of 2$ and frustrated my 6 year old within minutes of playing. I wanted to find a game that would help him practice subtracting. This is not it

by Audreyb25

This appWhat is promising but it just repeats the same 20 questions over and over

by Jdpj1982

I downloaded this to help my step-son work on his reading and writing. Overall, TeachMe is great and seems to be very helpful. I do, however, have one frustrating gripe. TeachMe makes it too easy for him to get the answer and trace it. All he has to do is press the question mark. I constantly have to tell him not to press it, just try it on his own. It would be great if the developers would either get rid of this option, or at least make it much more difficult for the kids to get the answer without trying. Also, TeachMe has trouble recognizing even his good writing sometimes even my good writing! It would be nice if they could figure out a way to make it easier to read what we write. Other than that, though, TeachMe is wonderful. He loves the prizes he can get for saving up his coins, and his reading and writing have both improved.

by 70sarah

I was amazed when I found this application at the end of our first grade year. My favorite part was that the kids actually got to enter the answer using their finger or stylus instead of selecting from a list of prepared answers - such good feedback on neatness and actually knowing the answer.

If it included time & currency then it would be an excellent all around tool for learning & reviewing. It could also move along a little faster, my kids have short attention spans for anything truly educational and the time it takes to deposit the coins has them ready to move onto something else.

But an excellent product for the price.

by LuAnn27

My kindergartner LOVES this. Once she started playing, she played for 30 minutes ( I make her get off after that long). She did great wth the concepts in all areas. The only trouble we had is her formation of letters was read incorrectly. I had to teach her to look at what THEY think she is writing before she gets it checked. That seemed to help. I was confused by the "learned" and "unlearned" until I found out that she has to show some kind of "mastery" before it says she has officially learned the concept. That makes sense. I think she will enjoy playing for hours to come (well, maybe half hours!).

by Emkur

Both my sons like TeachMe. My younger son while very bright has poor handwriting so there is a feature where you can enable a keyboard so he can select the correct number or letter. I totally relate to feedback that handwriting can be frustrating. My 7 yo has trouble on second grade app with his handwriting being recognized but again for them to both be practicing math, reading, etc on an inexpensive app - especially one that does NOT require additional in app purchase makes this an awesome app. SO many of these educational games require An in app purchase that when your kid reaches a certain level you have to pay another $5-10.

by WerkinDad

I don't usually review in all caps, but felt it was appropriate for Teach Me. I have a 4 year-old boy who, like many boys his age, is struggling a bit with language. (this is compounded by the fact that we have him in a Mandarin immersion program, but that's another story). Since I handed him my iPhone with Teach Me, he's been engrossed with learning. Unlike many other game-based learning apps, this one doesn't result in burn-out after 5 minutes. He can easily go for 30 minutes if I let him. It's a vivid example of the love of learning in action.

TeachMe is robust and deep. He's been using this game now for about 15 minutes a day (during our drive to school) for the last two weeks. And he still has a ways to go. It's clear that there has been significant attention to detail when designing TeachMe . Someone on the team at this company "gets it" when it comes to early childhood learning. The star leveling system, the piggy bank and aquarium pet store rewards are brilliant.

99 cents was a bargain. I hope you guys are working on Teach Me 2nd Grade!!

Thank You!!

by SupposeNot

I bought TeachMe for my first grader, who is good with arithmetic but needed practice on spelling. She likes it a lot---she's obsessed with getting coins to buy fish food to feed her fish.

TeachMe has four categories it tests: addition, subtraction, spelling and recognizing sight words. The fact that it lets kids use their own handwriting turns out to be a really nice feature. The math is a little on the easy side at the beginning, but apparently it is possible to increase the difficulty. We haven't tried that yet.

The only complaint I had was that finding the settings were not intuitive, but an email to the developer was answered within about an hour --- on a Sunday! (To access the settings for each player, click on the list of players and then drill down to a list of settings. ) in particular, it is possible to have this only test spelling, or only arithmetic, or a mixture of both.

Overall, I think it's a great app. Absolutely worth the money. One of the best educational apps I've bought, especially for this age group.

by Shopaholic33

I teach first grade and use iPod Touches as learning tools in my classroom. I had used the Kindergarten app before the first grade app was created. I would use it for review or with my lower functioning students. However, TeachMe for First Grade is now used by all of my students!!! The love it! They call it the Mouse Game!! They learn so much! App is fantastic for all learners! I just wish you didn't have to pay for additional student users, but I understand why it's necessary. I will happily buy any app this company creates!

P.S. Someone in development at this company should get in touch with the mathematics company that makes Investigations & Envisions and turn their learning games like Roll & Record or 5 in a Row into apps! The kids (and teachers) would love it!!!!!

by RLittledale

I originally got the iPad for grown up business stuff but quickly saw how great a touch screen is in empowering little kids to learn. The iPad UI is fantastic - thank and God Bless you Apple & Steve.

Now onto the this app apps. I love these apps and so do my kids. We have them all; Toddler, Kindergarten, 1st Grade and they all rock. Math, spelling, sight words, listening and handwriting all rolled into 1 fun and educational package.

A really nice feature is the ability to set how many answers they need to get right before earning a virtual coin and going off to the virtual store to buy virtual prizes - no need to worry about any in app purchase rip off. TeachMe motivates, educates, teaches some very fundamental financial literacy and tracks progress!

At last count I had over 560 apps - the majority for my kids - so much for all that grown up stuff - maybe Santa will bring me my very one iPad 3:). In any event these apps are worth every penny. My kids love these apps as much as Where's My Water and other pure gaming apps. That says it all.

Thank you 24x7 digital, you guys rock!

by JTracy410

I love this program as a whole, personally I think the rewards could be a little cooler but when you get down to it TeachMe is about learning not the rewards. One critique I do have is that when you have to spell a word, I think it should have underlines or something to signify how many letters are in that word (2, 3, or 4). This is especially annoying to me when a word like 'ball' comes up to spell. My daughter sounds out the word and puts b, a, and l, but she doesn't realize the word contains 2 L's and it's unfortunate to see her get an answer like that wrong when she did so well to sound out the word and get the correct letters. Other than those minor details, this is a great app. Well worth the small price, and overall excellent for learning and/or review.

by Erinehooley

I have never cared enough to review an app before although I make it a point to read others' reviews before any purchase. TeachMe was well worth the tiny cost and I would have happily paid more for it! Watching my 6 yr old daughter practice these skills with such excitement and enthusiasm was a joy! As I have 4 kids (ages 6, 4, 3 & 2), I went back and purchased the toddler, kindergarten and 2nd grade versions as well. The automatic rotation of subjects including math, writing and reading is wonderful and keeps kids who prefer to stick to the one subject they feel most comfortable with on a very well rounded track. Well done!!!

by Mom Of A Little Boy

My son is 4.5 and he just loves this application. He was doing very well in Math and finished the kindergarten set a month back. I was worried about letting him try this first grade app, but things have been going very well so far. He has learnt to write numbers better and mentally solve simple figures. I'm amazed by the depth of conceptual understanding reinforced by TeachMe which we witness in our day to day life and play. One last thing, my son is just so-so with reading and phonics, so we've just tip-toed around letters for the longest time. TeachMe lets him learn at his own pace, which is currently just getting familiar with first, middle, and last sounds and very basic sight words. In fact he would have avoided any reading altogether if it were not for the cool silly band awards! Well done!!!

by Gerriann Armstrong

My son who is 8 years old, and has Autism. He is verbal however tests poorly and due to school issues we are unable to access special education services, however TeachMe is wonderful in that it allows you to really "see" what your child knows and is learning. I love that it records a snapshot of my sons writing, and is helping him to learn that we write for others to read. He is more willing to try to make each letter correctly. He likes the friendly mouse who gives instant praise for correct answers and encouragement to try again when it can not read an answer. Love the being able to trace the correct spelling words. Would like to be able to turn off that feature so that he cant give up easily. I have shared TeachMe with our tutor, occupational therapist, speech and lanuguage therapist, and soon the classroom teacher. I have recommended it to other families wtih children with a Autism Spectrium Disorder. Thanks for a great app. Looking forward to then next one!

by Vicki Ariyasu

I am so impressed with the quality apps from 24x7digital. this app: 1st Grade continues the terrific learning, entertainment and engaging elements of this app: Kindergarten and this app: Toddler. The new character recognition tool added to TeachMe is instruction and fun. It is a terrific instructional scaffolding tool perfect for children. The feedback is intuitive and helpful. As a mom and preschool/early childhood educational consultant I have high standards for technology that promises learning and entertainment with a seamless delivery. this app: 1st grade delivers on all levels. This is another great product from skilled developers. Kids and parents will love TeachMe! Highly recommended.

by ALS_reader

I love TeachMe!! It is fabulous for my special needs son. There is one thing that could make it even better… allowing the option to take out the "handwriting component". My son is struggling to learn. When handwriting is combined with the skill of spelling or math it overwhelms him. Often he gets the answer correct but can't get the program to 'recognize' his answer due to handwriting quirks. I would love to see handwriting as a separate category with the option to have the student answer questions either in handwriting or by selecting the answer on a keyboard. Otherwise, I think TeachMe is wonderful and would highly recommend it! Thank you.

by Imthedrama

My little sister really loves the British Voice on the preschool one if it was possible to get that on the other ones that would just make her day great app otherwise ❤️👌🏻

by Wxma

Amazing game, definitely recommended.

by Jakgirl

I really like it you get to go shopping and learn and it’s just the best you should get it it’s really good the money is worth it