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ED-08: Pre-School
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0076 Pre-School Small Programs Disk
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Counting Shapes 1.0 (CSHAPES)
Sunbeams and Rainbows
$10
teaches very young children to count. It displays random shapes on the screen.
The child must press the number key that matches the number of shapes displayed.
Each set allows three tries with the third and last try assisting the child.
Runaway
Natural Software ASP
$0
is supposed to be a keyboard training tool for ages three to eight. It must be
CPU speed dependent, since on a 386, it could be a bit of a challenge for even
a touch typist. It has good graphics and sounds that can be turned off.
Sarah 1.0
Noah, Meg
$15
is a program for entertaining toddlers. You can select colors and designs which
fill the screen in an animated way. Infants as young as three months will become
fascinated by the quickly changing bright pictures and will learn to press the
keys to change the design. By five months, two fisted banging begins - but can
be controlled by parents encouragement. By nine months the baby will have
learned that certain function keys play music and have favorite letter keys.
Sequence (SEQUENC)
is a child's game for pre-readers that requires parents to be present. It
mainly deals with figuring the next number in a sequence.
Sesame
is the theme song from the Sesame Street TV show.
ShowKeys (SHOWKY)
Natural Software ASP
$0
is for children (ages one to four) who like to play on the computer keyboard.
The letter of each key pressed will appear on the screen in attractive
graphics accompanied by a musical tone. You could even play simple tunes for
the kids.
StoryDisk 2.0 (STORY)
Shepard, Aaron
$0
is an electronic storybook, with eight original, entertaining stories for
children. Aaron Shepard's work has sold to the prestigious Cricket Magazine,
among others.
Telltime
teaches kids to tell time. Requires BASIC.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #0076
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2846 Pre-School #2 Small Programs Disk
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Draw-it-Up! 1.2 (DRWITUP)
Thomas, A.
$0
is an simple EGA drawing program geared toward younger children. It uses ASCII
characters to draw shapes on the screen. The color palette has 15 different
colors to choose from. Pictures can be saved. A mouse is recommended, but cursor
keys can be used. On-line help lists all available commands.
EGA Word Eater 1.1 (EGAWORD)
Aretz, Anthony J.
$15
is a game that test a child's ability to tell which words sound alike, such as
sit and hit. It is recommended for children who are beginning to read. Not
much action, but a fairly good teaching tool. Requires EGA or VGA.
Ian's Game (IANGAME)
Smith, Mark
$10
produces bright colors, shapes, and sounds in response to a toddler's key
presses. A color display is required.
Katie's Clock 2.1s (KATIE)
TZK Publications
$10-$20
is a tool to help parents teach their children how to tell time. Color video
is required.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2846
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3875 Pre-School #3 Small Programs Disk
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ABC'S 2.00E (ABCS)
Beard, Wayne
$5
uses colorful graphics to teach children the alphabet. The child must match
upper and lower case letters and letters and objects. The program also displays
objects on screen in response to keyboard input.
Balloons 3.9 (BALLOON)
AssistWare ASP
$7
is a visual delight for children. It draws a balloon and sounds a tone when any
key is hit. Each key is has a different tone. You can play tunes by pressing the
appropriate keys. Balloons may be enlarged until they pop into a rainbow as
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star plays. Suitable for 18 months and up.
DrawSome 3.9 (DRAWSOM)
AssistWare ASP
$8
is a visual delight for children 18 months and up. It provides the child with
experience using the computer. Lines are drawn with a hand as it is moved with
the arrow-keys or with the mouse. The program also draws flowers, circles,
triangles and squares when certain keys are pressed.
Kid Sound (KIDSND)
Myers, Wes
$0-$4
makes a sound when a key is pressed and displays the letter or character in the
center of the screen until another key is pressed.
Raina
Johnson, Stewart
$5
makes colorful geometric shapes and sounds as your young computer
genius-in-diapers pounds at the keyboard. Requires an EGA/VGA.
TatrHead (TATRHED)
Axelgraphics
$?
is a simple Mr. Potato Head game for young children. A mouse is required to drag
the blinking eyes and other features onto the faces.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3875
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ABC Fun Keys 4.3
Krehbiel, Courtney E.
$15
#7028/1244
is a children's learning game that teaches letters, numbers and the keyboard.
It has on-screen scrolling lyrics for all twenty-seven nursery rhyme songs,
functional arrow keys to the opening kid's menu, an option to allow PrtScreen
to function, and adjustable timing. The number of songs can be set with a
command line parameter that allows you to add your own songs. A CGA compatible
or mono-graphics video card is required.
Amy's First Primer
Computing Specialties
$15
#7028/1475
is a set of six different programs for ages four through eight. It will help
teach the alphabet, numbers, shapes, colors, counting, matching, pattern
recognition and problem solving. Color video is required.
Beginning Sounds
Custom Programs Unlimited
$15
#7028/1284
helps pre-school children relate to the beginning sounds of words, which is
the first stage of learning to read. The program displays pictures of several
different objects on the screen, including a sample picture, and the child is
supposed to pick the two that start with the same letter as the sample.
There is no scoring or other feedback until you quit the program, so someone
will have to help the child evaluate his answers as he goes. The program
requires CGA-compatible graphics. The files with an extension of .BAS are the
graphics picture files used by the program, so do not try to run them. Just
enter BS101 to run the program. Instructions are on-line.
Note that the files on the disk with the extension of *.BAS are not BASIC
programs, as the extension might well make you think. Instead, they are
screens that are loaded by the actual program, which is named BS101.EXE. To
run the program, at the DOS prompt type BS101.
Animated Alphabet
Guthery, Tom IV
$8
#7077/2519 [4 disks]
teaches the alphabet to pre-schoolers through first grade using animated
graphics. When the child matches the correct letter to the displayed picture,
they are rewarded with a movie-like animation. The author is an artist with over
a dozen years of experience in classical animation. Requires 640k, EGA/VGA and
either a 1.44meg drive or a hard disk.
Animated Clock
Guthery, Tom IV
$8
#12129
teaches children to tell time in a variety of ways. The program helps them
convert digital time to analog time. Various levels can be selected to provide
practice in increments of hours, half-hours, 15 minutes, 5 minutes and one
minute. A cuckoo clock feature does not work in this version. Requires 640K,
EGA/VGA.
Animated Math
Guthery, Tom IV
$10
#7467/3161 [2 disks]
teaches counting, addition and subtraction to pre-schoolers through
first grade. It makes good use of animation. Various games can be played
after completing ten questions. Requires EGA/VGA, 640K RAM, and a hard
drive.
Animated Multiplication and Division
FLIX Productions
$10
#20149 [2 disks]
teaches multiplication and division to children from first through third
grades. It is based on the multiplication table from 1 to 10.
Progressive help is provided as needed. It makes good use of animation.
Several build-and-color-your-own animated