Letter Land: How children learn to write playfully on tablets and smartphones

The biggest advantage of the Buchstabenland App lies in its flexibility. Whether on a long car journey, in the waiting room, or comfortably at home on the sofa, learning is possible from anywhere. The app, which is available for both iOS and Android, turns the often tedious process of learning to write into an interactive adventure.

Instead of mechanically tracing lines on a sheet of paper, children are motivated by visual and auditory stimuli. They learn the alphabet with ease and internalize the correct form of the letters. The intuitive interface ensures that children can focus entirely on what matters: the fun of learning.

Even though the Buchstabenland app can be easily operated on a smartphone with a finger, it reaches its full potential on a tablet when used in combination with a stylus. The use of an iPad with an Apple Pencil (or a comparable Android tablet with a stylus) is, from an educational perspective, highly beneficial:

• Promotion of fine motor skills: Handling a digital pen trains the same pen grip and fine motor skills that your child will later need in school when writing with a real fountain pen or pencil.
• Realistic writing feel: Modern pens such as the Apple Pencil offer excellent pressure sensitivity and precision. Writing on the display feels almost like writing on real paper.
• Enhanced concentration: The deliberate use of a stylus helps many children to work more focused and attentive, since the movements must be performed more consciously than when simply swiping with the finger.

Thus the combination of tablet, stylus, and the Buchstabenland app unites the best of both worlds: the classic, tactile preparation for school and the playful, motivating reward of the digital world.

To make getting started as easy as possible for you, we have summarized for you the most important questions about the app.