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By Mieke VanderBorght
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Beautiful graphics give letter-learning app a boost.
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Moji Moji: Learn the Alphabet
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What's It About?
Tap on a letter to get started with MOJI MOJI: LEARN THE ALPHABET. Hear the sound the letter makes and watch as a hand forms the letter. Then try to trace it yourself. Once you've traced correctly, the letter transforms into an animal whose name begins with that letter; for instance, "l" becomes lion. All the letters in the animal's name get scattered, and kids drag them back to their places. Choose another letter to unlock another animal. Explore six natural landscapes, each with four or five letters/animals.
Is It Any Good?
The artistic quality is what makes this otherwise simple -- albeit thoughtfully designed -- introduction to letters and letter sounds unique. Moji Moji: Learn the Alphabet doesn't do anything revolutionary with its educational content, though it does do a nice job of covering basic letter sounds. Kids hear each letter's sound several times, and when the animal's name is put together, it's also sounded out very clearly. It's nice that kids must put the letters back in the correct order and that letter pairs that form one whole sound (like the "ea" in bear) act as one unit rather than as separate letters. The tracing activity can help kids experience the letters in multiple ways, though the app isn't very forgiving about accepting sloppy tracing. Though the parent section says it gives updates about kids' progress, that information is limited to seeing the last tracing attempt, which isn't all that informative. Most of all, the aspect that makes Moji Moji: Learn the Alphabet stand out from the thousands of other letter apps is the lovely colorful animals and wild landscapes, which make looking at the app a real pleasure.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the letter sounds kids learn in Moji Moji: Learn the Alphabet. Help kids sound out the letters and animal names themselves. Point out other words that begin with the same letter, and help them hear the unique sounds in each word.
Encourage your child to trace letters in other real-life objects such as sand, flour, or soap suds.
Talk about art and art appreciation. What makes the graphics in this app nice to look at? Explore other kinds of art in high-quality kids' picture books, museums, or art books from the library.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Subjects : Language & Reading : letter or word recognition , phonics
- Pricing structure : Paid
- Release date : July 13, 2018
- Genre : Education
- Topics : Numbers and Letters
- Publisher : GAKKO, INC.
- Version : 1.0.5
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 8.0 or later
- Last updated : September 30, 2025
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