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Christina Word - Help kids to learn word-processor basics Paramagnus eWork - Get help with your homework Animated Beginning Phonics - Help children to learn word sounds Reading Blaster Kindergarten - Teach kindergarten kids to read Reading Blaster 1st Grade - Teach first graders to read Back to the Main Software Page
Children's Software 09-29-99 Help kids to learn word-processor basics Company: John and Christina Version: 1.0 Size: 2.50 MB Requirements: sound card, speakers, and Windows 95, 98, or NT Purchase Information: Free Christina Word is a free program geared toward teaching young children the basics of word processing. Its interface is colorful and runs full-screen. As characters are typed, the voice of a seven-year-old girl (the author's daughter Christina) announces them. Her voice also provides audio help when the mouse cursor is placed over a button. Favorite words can be stored in a list for visual reference. Although the program can't print and only one document can be saved, the little ones will enjoy pressing keys and hearing their names spoken. Reviewed on Sep 29 1999. Back to Top of Children's Software Page Back to the Main Software Page
09-26-00 Get help with your homework Company: Paramagnus Developments, Inc. Version: 1.01 Size: 1.07 MB Requirements: Windows 9x, NT, 2000, or Me Purchase Information: Free Need help with your homework? eWork contains resources for all your classes including chemistry, biology, physics, history, English, foreign languages, and geography. Need help understanding a book? eWork has notes on over 210 novels. Need an essay? The author's claim eWork will find an essay on any subject for you. This program has not yet been reviewed. Back to Top of Children's Software Page Back to the Main Software Page
07-25-00 Help children to learn word sounds Company: Flix Productions Version: 1.0 Size: 11.26 MB Requirements: Windows 9x, NT, or 2000 Purchase Information: Shareware: Free to try, $22 if you decide to keep it. Animated Beginning Phonics is a fun educational program for kids from preschool to grade 2. With great sounds and animated graphics, it lets the student practice phonics lessons on upper- and lower-case letters, beginning and ending sounds, middle short vowel sounds, and beginning reading words. With all menu choices spoken as well as read, the students choose their own exercises and learn the relationships between phonetic sounds and over 200 3D pictures. As a reward after completing a study section, a parent/teacher-controlled game room with animated puzzles and memory games is offered. The parent sets the number of activities that must be completed before access to the games. The student can then select between puzzles and a Concentration-style memory game. Reviewed on Jul 03 2000. Back to Top of Children's Software Page Back to the Main Software Page
09-28-99 Teach kindergarten kids to read Company: Knowledge Adventure, Inc. Size: 2.97 MB Requirements: Pentium 90 and Windows 95 or Windows 98 Purchase Information: Demo: $29.95 for retail version. Reading Blaster Kindergarten teaches children how to read at kindergarten level. Skills taught include the ability to distinguish between same and different, recognize capital and lowercase letters, put letters in alphabetical order, match a letter to its phonetic sound, match beginning sounds to pictures and words, recognize opposite words, group words into similar categories, match rhyming words and pictures, spell simple three- and four-letter words, and put simple sentences together. Reading Blaster Kindergarten contains nine activities at five different reading levels and introduces 450 vocabulary words. The wonderful sounds and graphics make learning fun, and the single, submarine game included in this demo will give you a taste for more. Reviewed on Sep 13 1999. Back to Top of Children's Software Page Back to the Main Software Page
09-14-99 Teach first graders to read Company: Knowledge Adventure, Inc. Size: 4.02 MB Requirements: Pentium 90 and Windows 95 or Windows 98 Purchase Information: Demo: $29.95 for retail version. Reading Blaster 1st Grade is another entry in the excellent series of educational games from Knowledge Adventure. It teaches children how to read at a first grade level. It includes skills such as recognizing short and long vowel sounds; identifying nouns, verbs, and adjectives; writing and reading friendly letters; following directions; using punctuation and capitalization; spelling three- to six-letter words; building words from sounds; sequencing words to make sentences; and sequencing sentences to make a story. This demo contains a single, fun game that helps children to recognize beginning and ending sounds. The full version contains 10 games and features 1,500 vocabulary words. The pronunciation and spelling is US-based. Like all Knowledge Adventure games, Reading Blaster 1st Grade makes wonderful use of sound, graphics, and audio. Reviewed on Sep 13 1999. Back to Top of Children's Software Page Back to the Main Software Page
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