Start Your Engines!

Little Sky Writers is an excellent writing technology for use with early learners.  This interactive app is available for the low price of $1.99 in the App Store for Apple devices.  Using this app children learn to write their letters by navigating a plane of their choice through a series of letter-shaped flight plans.  Students who use this app will learn to form their letters correctly every time while gaining hands on writing experience.  This app is great for Kindergarten readiness preparation as well as a writing supplementation.

With three levels of experience, children can gradually work their way to mastery.  Once they have completed all the levels they receive a certificate.  In addition to learning how to properly form letters, there command tower "Roger" also teaches the sound of each letter and provides some examples of words that begin with the letter.  

  

In my own classroom I purchased a few stylus pens (similar to these:http://www.dano2.com/pages/appcrayon) for the students to use while interacting with Little Sky Writers so that they also gained practice holding a pencil and working on maturing pincer grips.