Learning Made Fun
The
game-style environment of Ultimate Learning will keep kids focused for
hours, and because each program is divided into easy, medium and hard
levels, it is an appropriate learning tool for children at all levels of
language ability. The
Ultimate Learning Software Suite is a wonderful, cost-effective resource
designed
by a physician with a child in the autism spectrum, integrated to
strengthen social, language, math and reading skills. Concepts are
taught incrementally and reinforced to help learning to become generalized.
Fun
With Feelings children learn to read the state of mind of others around them — improving both their social interaction and personal well-being.
It targets:
* identification and understanding of common emotional states
* visual features of each emotion
* situational factors that produce emotions
* voice and sounds associated with emotions
* language-thinking skills
* comprehension and perception
* part/whole relationships
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information on Fun With Feelings.
Problem Solvers
teaches children in a step by step process to learn asking and answering
the "Wh-word" questions: Who, What, Where, When and
Why. By teaching
children how to gather information about the world around them, Problem
Solvers provides them with an essential component needed for children to
explore their world and learn independently. More
Math Master is designed to overcome a specific problem in learning math: the inability to assign a quantity to a number symbol. While many children can count 5 dots, if you asked them how much is 3 plus 2, they may not understand. Math Master overcomes this problem, while reinforcing additional fundamental principles of math.
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Songs to Get Along teaches children important lessons through
music and combined with words. Frequently, children within the
autism spectrum learn better when music and language are combined,
involving both hemispheres of the brain that processes sound. These
songs were created by Cathy Bollinger, an award winning music
therapist. The songs teach social skills, including:
* Hello and goodbye
* Reciprocal conversation
* Eye contact and rules of conversation
* Playing with others
* Asking for help
* Helping others
* Manners
* Strategies for dealing with anger and frustration
* Being yourself and finding your own individual strengths.
Ultimate Learning Sound Readers utilizes breakthrough
VoiceLink technology to help children develop sight word recognition skills that
quickly builds into
sentence reading.
Inferential and factual reading comprehension are also developed and
communication skills are enhanced.
Combining successful language
building techniques along with catchy, original songs, Ultimate Learning
Sound Readers helps improve:
- Sight
word reading skills
- Factual
comprehension
- Inferential comprehension
- Language and communication
- Concept
generalization
- Auditory
processing
- Visual
processing
- Social concepts
This title features songs by Cathy Bollinger, an award
winning music therapist — along with being
a mother of three. This acclaimed singer/songwriter contributed three original
songs to make the Sound Readers experience even more special.
System Requirements
Windows® 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME or XP, Pentium Processor, VGA monitor 800 x 600 resolution, 32-bit color display, 520 MB hard drive, 128 MB RAM, sound card, MS DirectX 8 or higher.
