December 1996

Number Tutor

Age: 2 to 5 years
Skills developed: Number recognition and computer keyboard skills
Publisher: ACTion Software, http://www.sliceoflife.com/official/ACTion
Registered price: $US8
System requirements: 486 or faster PC, Windows 95 or 3.1, 8Mb RAM or higher, VGA or SVGA monitor, hard disk, soundcard

A shareware program, Number Tutor is a colourful way to teach your kids the placement of numbers on the keyboard. It offers two different activities: Type-n-Tell Numbers and Number Invaders. These are best played with the keyboard covered so kids don't peek. In Type-n-Tell Numbers you press numbers on the keyboard and the program tells you what number you pressed. When you have pressed the numbers 0-9 all the numbers on the screen go bouncing everywhere. In Number Invaders you pilot a spaceship. As numbers come down onscreen you press the corresponding number on the keyboard before the numbers reach the bottom of the screen. If you don't press it in time, you lose one of your three lives. Complete three waves to win the game. The registered version adds harder levels. Number Tutor . -- By Alan Hilvert-Bruce

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November 1996 educational software