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| Problem
Solvers |
Ages
4-6 |
Windows |
$49 |
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Help Reader Rabbit and Sam the Lion on their mission to
find a crown for Sam! Your child will travel to 30 Letter Lands, learn
their sounds, and take giant steps toward real reading! This
program provides hours of fun, engrossing activities. With many
lands and thirty stories, the first stories start out simply with with a
few words and simple illustrations on each page. One of the many
cool features of this program is that your child can actually record his
or her voice while reading the interactive books and then have the book
replayed using the child's voice. This classic,
full-featured program taught both my children to read - it really
works! |
| Reading
Upgrade |
Ages
8 thru adult |
Windows |
Pricing
Information |
 Macintosh |
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A
complete on-line reading course that has been proven to improve reading
levels of struggling readers 1-3 years in an 8 week period. It is
being implemented by many schools throughout the U.S. and Canada as part
of their remedial reading programs. More cost effective than
comparable programs, it teaches phonics (letter sounds, blends, digraphs, silent sounds),
word decoding (blending, rhyming, word families, long words, prefixes, suffixes),
comprehension (sentences, passages, main idea, details, compare & contrast, fact & opinion, conclusions).
The children play the games until they complete all 50 levels of
play. To keep things interesting, the games vary from level to
level and are so much fun, some children will stay on for
hours at a time playing to get to the next levels. |
| Scally's
World of Verbs |
Ages
5-7 |
Windows |
Pricing
Information |
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Children are introduced to Scally, a little alien
character who is learning our English language. Children can make Scally
say words and do various actions, but he will only `do` the ones he
knows!
Scally has about one hundred animations, plus easy-to-use configuration
options. Develops vocabulary, word recognition, listening, spelling and
keyboard skills. You can limit Scally`s words, choose word equivalents
(e.g. stretch = yawn) and even add your own equivalent words. There are
five levels in all. Optionally displays Mayer-Johnson Picture®
Communication Symbols. |
| ScanIt
Plus |
Ages
4-adult |
Windows |
$150 |
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ScanIt Plus is based on the flashcard principle: each
question consists of a text test, which is displayed on the screen for a
specified length of time. The text is removed and the student either
selects the correct text from a selection of texts or types back the
displayed text. If you are doing well, ScanIt Plus reduces the time that
the word stays on the screen, and if you are having trouble, ScanIt Plus
flashes them up for longer. With a little practice you will start to
read whole words instead of letters. You can then move onto phrases. As
you train your eye to read larger groups, your reading fluency will
increase dramatically and you can see a chart of progress at the end of
each exercise showing your improvement. |
| ScreenTurtle
2 |
Ages
6-15 |
Windows |
Pricing
Information |
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A fun
way to introduce children to computer programming and teach geometry
through the Logo programming language. ScreenTurtle focuses
on the exploration of shape, space, number, vectors and bearings.
It is great for not only teaching programming, but the basics of
geometry. |
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| Sequences |
Ages
3-6 |
Windows |
$58 |
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Children are rewarded with cheers as they
piece together sequences in this superb program. The program is text-free. Fully configurable through teacher
controls, the 30 sets of sequences can be assembled and printed. A set of
high-quality cards is also included for work away from the computer.
Kids will love ordering sequences with the clicks of their mouse! This
program can also be used with a switch or touchscreen. |
| Smart
Alex |
Ages
5-15 |
Windows 98, 95 |
$58 |
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Smart Alex is a larger than life cartoon character who
laughs, talks, cries, blows raspberries and does many other actions that
simulate feelings. Alex can also express emotions through facial changes.
Alex(s) can be male or female, black or white. Four games are included in
this appealing package which encourages expression, vocalization,
concentration and the ability to find words of Rebus symbols. Runs from a
floppy disk. |
| Sound
It Out Land |
Ages
4-6 |
Windows |
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Price
info. |
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Help your child learn to read on their own with Sound
It Out Land. This best-selling CD-ROM uses music and games to teach
basic phonics, phonemic awareness, and reading skills. Children move
step-by-step from learning letter sounds to reading words and
sentences. Each of the 12 lessons contains an original song-video and
a reading game. As an added bonus, all the songs play on any music CD
player. Sound It Out Land is available as a home version,
school version with teaching materials, home version with VHS videos,
and a complete phonics kit with work books, flash cards, teaching
materials, and videos. |
| Sound
Stories |
Ages
5-7 |
Windows |
$58 |
Pricing
Information |
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Thirty different storybooks included for
each letter of the alphabet, plus plus the digraphs sh, ch, th, and wh,
allow children to learn letter recognition, word recognition and early
reading in a fun, intuitive format. The average story is 5 pages long and
contains words beginning with the selected letter or digraph. Each
story is read out loud by the program, page by page, and each word is
highlighted as it is read, modeling how to read. Each page in a
story has a colorful picture and single sentence. Every
story is followed by two interactive spelling activities to help students
reinforce their knowledge - one of filling in a blank in a simple sentence
and the other of finding pictures of objects on that page that begin with
the letter or digraph that has been selected. A gem of a
program. Now a sequel, Sound Activities is available. |
| Speedy
Keys |
Ages
5-7 |
Windows |
$38 |
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Throw custard pies at zany creatures, while
improving typing, spelling, and reading skills. Speedy Keys was designed
for early learners and special education students, to develop a
familiarity with the standard keyboard in a fun and encouraging way.
Provides introduction to keyboarding - teaches children to find
location of letters and symbols on their keyboard, and then to improve
speed of typing - simple interface, to develop familiarity with position
of letters on the keyboard. One great feature is that adults can
type in spelling lists that children can practice. Does not
instruct in finger position - will work for touch and two-fingered
typists. Runs through Windows Internet Explorer. This program runs
speedier on speedier computers.
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| Spelling
Games |
Ages
4 and up |
Windows |
$20 |
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child can play ten different spelling games using lists of words you
input or any of the built-in lists of 1400 words (Grade Levels K-6).
Word lists (up to 30 words each) can be printed and saved on disk for
future use. The program has an excellent list editor for easy entry and
modification of words and a file manager to keep track of saved lists.
One especially great feature is the program’s ability to use a
microphone for you or your child to record the words to be played back
during the games!
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