Bilingual/ESL Software for Students

        *Symantec Greatworks-eight applications/one program. It  includes:
word processing, spreadsheets, data bases, outlining, graphs and  charts,
drawing, painting and communications. (Available in English or in  Spanish.)

        *Lindy Enterprises (1-713-359-3647) TAAS Software to prepare
students for standardized tests. Also Higley  House and Mousetales,
including Goldilocks & the Three Bears, Jack & the Beanstalk, Red Town and
The Gingerbread Man. Very colorful with a great variety of activities.
Highley House covers basics of learning the alphabet, sight words,
counting, basic math facts, and map skills.     The stories are similar to
living books but do not require a  CD- Rom drive. Available in English or
Spanish.

        * Fabulas Favoritas, written to develop Spanish literary skills
for the minimally educated teenager.  Written in Hypercard stacks,
currently  in black and white, includes buttons to have stories read
aloud.  Great introduction for teachers  planning to have students write
their own stories in Hypercard.  Package  includes lesson plans.  Call
1-713-496-6969.

        *Math-Blaster by Davidson. Covers Addition, Subtraction,
Multiplication, Division,  Fractions, and Decimals.  Choice of  4
activities.  Seven levels of difficulty.

        *Alge-blaster by Davidson -- fun and educational for language
minority  students. Similar to Math-Blaster  but  teaches Algebra.

        D & F Maze (Bilingual Version  Eng.-Spa.)  Reward for working
decimal and fraction problems is  moving through a maze.  Contains
beautifully illustrated and culturally relevant artwork.  Mazes vary in
level of difficulty.

        *Kid Pix - Paint and draw program fun for all ages.  Commands can
be switched from English to Spanish.  Literate students can add text to
their pictures by  clicking the A in the tool box with the mouse.

        *Kid Pix Companion --very easy to use.  Students can create
stories or reports (similar to ones written  in Hypercard) using "Slide Show."