About Writing Wizard - School Ed.
"Fantastic, customizable tracing practice with fun rewards." 5 Stars - Common Sense Media 470,000+ units sold (including 260,000 to schools) ! Writing Wizard is designed to help every child learn how to trace letters, numb
"Fantastic, customizable tracing practice with fun rewards." 5 Stars - Common Sense Media
470,000+ units sold (including 260,000 to schools) !
Writing Wizard is designed to help every child learn how to trace letters, numbers, and words through a fun system carefully designed to maintain motivation.
• Show and enforce how to trace letters correctly
• 16 Fonts available (including 3 most popular USA fonts)
• Fun tracing using 50+ animated stickers, sound effects and interactive games that animate letters at the end of tracing
• Letter names and phonics
• Uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers and words
• Ability to create your own word lists (and record audio for each word)
• Fully customizable to suit every child’s needs (letter size, difficulty,...)
• Check progress thanks to reports that display what the child has traced
• Shapes tracing activity for toddlers
• Create PDF Worksheets and print them to help your child to write on paper
• Use Apple pencil to write at very small size
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ACCOLADES
• "Writing Wizard is the most complete and intelligent letter tracing app we’ve seen"" AppoLearning.com
• "This brand-new app should be the go-to for every parent, teacher and therapist to work on handwriting" - TOP PICKS - 5 stars - SmartAppsForKids.com
• "Writing Wizard by L’Escapadou is everything a parent wants in a handwriting app, and more." 5/5 - kids-app-reviews.com
• "L’Escapadou has made handwriting fun." AppyMall.com 5/5
• Listed in "20 best educational iPhone and iPad apps for kids of 2013" - appsplayground.com
• Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Design - Children's Technology Review
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PERFECT FOR KIDS
Kids want to have fun, and Writing Wizard offers a lot of fun to keep them motivated in the learning process !
• They can trace using 50+ animated stickers and sound effects
• Once tracing is complete, they can interact with them on 4 games that animate letters
• They can trace any word - like their name - and record their voice for each word
• They can collect stars in 5-Stars play mode
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PERFECT FOR PARENTS & TEACHERS
• Ability to create your own word lists (and record audio for each word)
• Detailed reports provide information on what kids have done, including the ability to replay and export the tracings to view kids' progress
• Share word lists via iCloud drive or other cloud providers, adhoc network, or email
• Multiple parameters to customize the app according to the child’s current education level (e.g. letter size, difficulty, show/hide model, allow to stop between key points, etc.)
• 3 most popular fonts in the US (ZB, DN & HWT) and 13 international fonts (UK, Scandinavia,Australia, germany, France)
• Upper and lower case letters, numbers (and word lists)
• Letter names and phonics (which can be customized)
• A customizable 5-Stars play mode prompting the child to trace a letter or a word 5 times using different parameters (each step is more challenging)
• Create an unlimited number of users
• Many settings to customize the app (sound, game time limit, black background,...)
• In the A-Z section, special graphics available to match letters (e.g. ant graphic for A/a)
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Note that a free to try version is available (search for "Writing Wizard -Starter" on the App Store)
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Privacy Policy
KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE
As a Moms with Apps member, we follow the "Know what's inside" best practices for kids’ apps
L’Escapadou takes children’s privacy seriously. We believe you should not have to worry about your kids being tracked by apps or websites. This app:
• Does not collect any user information (we do not use data collection tools)
• Does not contain in-app purchases
• External Links: Protected parent sections are available where you can send us a mail and check out our others apps. Before accessing a parent section, an addition must be solved so that young kids cannot access it. *
Apr 11, 2024
Version 5.1.1
• New font: ABC Boum (Québec)
• New simple shapes have been added
• New tiny font size is now available in the settings for the 5-star mode
• The Complex Child Lock mode is now even more... complex
As always, please send us your feedback and suggestions so we can make the app even better (
[email protected]). And don't hesitate to rate the app, it is very important for us! Thanks :-)
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Writing Wizard - School Ed. since it was posted on our website on 2016-09-25 09:57:11.
The latest version is 5.1.1 and it was updated on 2024-04-22 08:43:29. See below the changes in each version.
Writing Wizard - School Ed. version 5.1.1
Updated At: 2024-04-11
Changes: Apr 11, 2024
Version 5.1.1
• New font: ABC Boum (Québec)
• New simple shapes have been added
• New tiny font size is now available in the settings for the 5-star mode
• The Complex Child Lock mode is now even more... complex
As always, please send us your feedback and suggestions so we can make the app even better (
[email protected]). And don't hesitate to rate the app, it is very important for us! Thanks :-)
Writing Wizard - School Ed. version 5.0.7
Updated At: 2023-10-19
Changes: Oct 19, 2023
Version 5.0.7
[For Schools] Using your MDM, you can now remotely erase and deploy word lists
Writing Wizard - School Ed. version 5.0.2
Updated At: 2023-09-09
Changes: Sep 9, 2023
Version 5.0.2
• New behaviors when the app detects that the child's finger, or the stylus, is out the correct path. There are now 3 possible behaviors : “Stay in Place”, “Back to the Last Validated Key Point”, and “Back to the Start of the Letter”
• New font used in Australia (Queensland)
• Possibility to add a child lock before going back to the homepage (so the child stays in a specific activity)
• Update the 'f' in the Australian NSW font
• (For Schools) New settings can be remotely set via your MDM
Writing Wizard - School Ed. version 5.0.1
Updated At: 2023-03-02
Changes: Mar 2, 2023
Version 5.0.1
• New behaviors when the app detects that the child's finger, or the stylus, is out the correct path. There are now 3 possible behaviors : “Stay in Place”, “Back to the Last Validated Key Point”, and “Back to the Start of the Letter”
• New font used in Australia (Queensland)
• Possibility to add a child lock before going back to the homepage (so the child stays in a specific activity)
• (For Schools) New settings can be remotely set via your MDM
Writing Wizard - School Ed. version 4.8.1
Updated At: 2022-02-18
Changes: Feb 18, 2022
Version 4.8.1
• Improved import of word lists from text files (you can now specify the lists precisely as well as the titles)
• You can now Import Word Lists from the Web
• (Schools) New Settings can now be remotely set using MDM
Writing Wizard - School Ed. version 4.8
Updated At: 2022-02-15
Changes: Feb 15, 2022 Version 4.8
• Improved import of word lists from text files (you can now specify the lists precisely as well as the titles)
• You can now Import Word Lists from the Web
• (Schools) New Settings can now be remotely set using MDM
Writing Wizard - School Ed. version 4.7
Updated At: 2022-01-21
Changes: Jan 21, 2022 Version 4.7
• Schools can now configure some settings remotely using MDM (contact us for more information)
• New setting to hide the More Apps button
Writing Wizard - School Ed. version 4.6
Updated At: 2021-09-01
Changes: Sep 1, 2021 Version 4.6
• Two new fonts (15 fonts are now included)
• Ability to disable or enable each activity in the settings
• The tracing of the model is now much faster is the maximum speed is set
• Sámi letters are now available in the Scandinavia and UK fonts
Writing Wizard - School Ed. version 4.5
Updated At: 2021-05-10
Changes: May 10, 2021 Version 4.5
• New shapes to trace
• "My Words" section: Playback of long recordings is now possible
• Reports: you can now filter the letters or words displayed in the "View Tracings" section
• New setting to disable the failure sound when the child is tracing
• Improvements to the UK font
• iOS 14 optimization
As usual, do not hesitate to send us your suggestions for the next update (
[email protected]). Thank you!
Writing Wizard - School Ed. version 4.2
Updated At: 2020-09-16
Changes: 16. Sep. 2020 Version 4.2
• 3 new fonts (12 fonts are now available!)
• Apple Pencil: improved support
