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Look in the GRAPHICS and MUSIC categories for additional programs for
this age group!
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Name: ABC FUN KEYS **UPDATED!**
Disk #: PR101
Author: Courtney E. Krehbiel
Requirements: 512K RAM, DOS 3.1, One floppy drive, Mono or higher
A learning program designed to introduce a child from the ages of 2 to 6
years the concept of letters, the alphabet and the computer keyboard.
This updated version contains 38 colorful, full screen graphics and 27
nursery rhyme songs with on-screen scrolling lyrics. Very well done!
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Name: THE ANIMATED ALPHABET
Disk #: PR104A/PR104B
Author: Tom Guthery IV
Requirements: 640K RAM, EGA or VGA Monitor, Hard Drive
One of the most graphic alphabet tutors around! For ages 2 to 6 and
quite appealing for ages 7 to adult too. This program will become a
favorite the first time you play with it. Combines colorful graphics
with appealing animation to teach the letters of the alphabet.
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Name: ADDITION-MASTER
Disk #: PR102
Author: James Frazee
Requirements: Floppy drive, Monochrome or color graphics card
Designed to help children ages 4 and up practice addition. Allows three
chances at each problem. Program will score points when the correct
answer is given and displays either a Smiley Face or a Frowny Face with
EGA monitors.
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Name: ANIMATED MATH
Disk #: PR103
Author: Tom Guthery IV
Requirements: 640K RAM, EGA or VGA Monitor, Hard Drive, Mouse optional
Author states that the program is for ages 2 to 6, but anyone would enjoy
this delightful program. Teaches counting, addition and subtraction with
animated rewards every step of the way. Includes a game room that can be
visited after completing ten questions.
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Name: AMY'S FIRST PRIMER
Disk #: PR105
Authors: Rob, Garth, and John Robinson
Requirements: 256K RAM, CGA or Higher, DOS 2.10 or higher, Floppy drive
This program was created for a little girl that missed kindergarten by
8 days. Her father and brothers wrote the Primer to help her work with
things her kindergarten friends were doing in school. Contains six
learning games that teach the alphabet, numbers, shapes, colors, counting
and matching. An updated favorite that's failed to go out of style.
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Name: THE ANIMATED MEMORY GAME
Disk #: PR106
Author: Tom Guthery IV
Requirements: 640K RAM, EGA or VGA Display, Hard Drive, Mouse optional
This game uses animated pictures to test memory skills by matching hidden
pictures in pairs. Select from 14 different tile patterns. The program
even comes equipped with a mini-movie theater. Various difficulty
levels provide a challenge for all ages.
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Name: BIG TIME LEARNING
Disk #: PR108
Author: Ray Zimmerman
Requirements: CGA or Higher, Floppy drive
Created to help children learn the four basic parts of mathematics.
This easy to use, menu driven program combines color and sound to help
preschool through grade school aged children learn addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division.
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Name: BUSYBABY and LOUDBABY
Disk #: PR109
Author: B.F. Bednarz
Requirements: CGA or higher, Floppy drive
BUSYBABY and LOUDBABY are basically the same program, but contain
different sounds. BUSYBABY plays music (The Candy Man), while LOUDBABY
plays random noises for random durations. This program also contains
BABYSENT which is something to keep baby occupied and ESKETCH is a com-
puterized version of Etch-A-Sketch.
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Name: FUN WITH LETTERS AND WORDS
Disk #: PR110
Author: Frank Holmes
Requirements: CGA or Higher, Floppy drive
A word and number game. Includes graphic animation and a 147 word
learning base in which you can add your own words. Also includes The
Alphabet Song and a learning guide for numbers 1-10.
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Name: KATIE'S CLOCK
Disk #: PR111
Author: TZK Publications
Requirements: CGA or Higher, Floppy drive, DOS 2.11 or higher
An excellent tool for helping parents teach their children how to tell the
time of day from conventional analogue clocks. KATIE'S CLOCK operates
in five time modes: normal, random, sequential, input and digital. All
times are clearly displayed on a colorful, easy to read clock face.
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Name: PICTURE MAGIC
Disk #: PR112
Author: Tim Yerks
Requirements: CGA or Higher, Floppy drive
Helps children identify the picture with the word. Preschoolers have
a total of nine pictures to choose from ranging from a rabbit to a
shark. When the first letter of the correct name is pressed, the picture
will light up and sound a beep. Entertaining!
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Name: MAGIC CRAYON
Disk #: PR114
Author: Alive Software
Requirements: EGA or VGA monitor, 256K RAM, Mouse, Floppy drive
A collection of three colorful and fun games for children 3 to 12 years
old. Magic Crayon is creative and challenging for young children who
like to explore and experiment with color and shapes. It encourages hands
on, active and artistic exploration.
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Name: ANIMATED SHAPES
Disk #: PR115
Author: Tom Guthery IV
Requirements: EGA or VGA display, 640K RAM, Hard Drive
Teaches shapes and color identification using a colorful menu system
designed for children. Each shape that is correctly identified combines
with other shapes to create a picture. Upon completion, the picture
becomes an entertaining mini-movie. For preschool through first grade.
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Name: STORY DISK **UPDATED!**
Disk #: PR116
Author: Aaron Shepard
Requirements: Floppy drive, Monochrome or higher
An electronic storybook containing five original stories by the author.
You can read them on-screen or print them out. Not very fancy, but we
think the author is a great story teller and we're sure your kids will
enjoy listening to you read.
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Name: TEACH A TOT
Disk #: PR117
Author: Paul Koeller
Requirements: GW Basic, Color monitor, Floppy drive
Nice primer that teaches preschoolers their numbers, letters and shapes.
It contains the "Ten Little Indians" counting song, The Alphabet Song and
The Shape Song (Old McDonald Had A Farm).
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Name: TITI
Disk #: PR118
Requirements: EGA or higher, Floppy drive
Teaches pattern recognition. Program will display a string of random
patterns. The idea is to pick the next shape in the pattern string from
two choices by selecting the appropriate letter. A correct choice sounds
a beep and a wrong choice gives a rasberry.
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Name: WORD GALLERY
Disk #: PR119
Author: David C. Swope
Requirements: CGA or higher, Mouse optional
Designed to help children associate the printed word with the object it
describes. It provides a set of colorful word-object flashcards that
fill with color as children match the words with their pictures. Two
levels of difficulty. For ages 4 to 7.
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Name: ABC'S
Disk #: PR113
Author: Wayne Beard
Requirements: One floppy drive, CGA or higher
This program was written with preschool through kindergarten children
in mind. It makes use of colorful graphics to present a colorful learning
environment. The object of the program is to start a child in matching
upper and lower case letters, matching letters and objects and presenting
objects on screen in response to keyboard input.
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Name: KIDGAMES
Disk #: PR120
Author: Donald L. Pavia
Requirements: Color graphics card, one floppy drive
Four games for toddlers through the third grade that teach children how
to tell time, count, the alphabet and learn to match different shapes.
Almost considered a classic in the PC World. Good color and sound.
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Name: BRANDON'S BIG BOX
Disk #: PR123
Author: Joey Robichaux
Requirements: CGA or higher, floppy drive okay
Contains 22 educational games that range from learning the alphabet,
counting, matching, memory games, problem solving, matching games, math,
sight words and much more. Very well put together. An outstanding
educational program for ages 3 to 7.
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Name: BANGMAN AND OTHER BASIC GAMES
Disk #: PR124
Author: Fred Hall
Requirements: GWBasic, Color graphics card
This program contains 18 educational games for toddlers through adult!
Little ones can learn how to spell their name and older children can
learn their states and capitals along with many other nice educational
programs and games. Good color and sound effects included.
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Name: TRACE
Disk #: PR125
Author: Jay Lichtenstein
Requirements: Mono or color graphics card, printer required
TRACE is a program that teaches children letters and numbers while they
trace them. Children don't even realize they are learning; they just
think they are having lots of fun! Will require the use of a printer
to create tracing sheets that contain letters and numbers you can design.
Parental supervision is required!
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Name: THE WUNDER BOOK
Disk #: PR128
Author: Polysoft
Requirements: EGA or higher, 256K RAM, Hard disk is preferred, mouse
A collection of five colorful and fun games for children 3 to 10 years
old. A fun-while-you-learn experience for children who like to explore
new and WUNDERFUL objects, numbers, alphabets, words, shapes and languages
of different cultures. Four language selections that include English,
Spanish, French and German. Highly recommended.
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Name: ABCDUEL
Disk #: PR126
Author: Professor Flash
Requirements: Mono or CGA+, one floppy drive
A simple mental gymnastic guaranteed to improve your child's ability to
create and maintain abstract mental images. The child and the computer
take turns selecting letters of the alphabet. The trick is not to repeat
any letter. It would be best for age five and up.
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Name: LEARN WITH ME
Disk #: PR100
Requirements: GWBasic, color graphics card
This disk contains all of the little programs we've found here and there
that are just too small to put on a disk by itself, yet they are so
entertaining we didn't want to leave them out of the catalog. We've
included an alphabet tutor, numbers, spell your name, Koko the clown,
and two little programs that just make interesting noises. Enjoy!
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Name: FUN WITH SOUNDS! **UPDATED!**
Disk #: PR127
Author: Merlin R. Null and Ken Corbin
Requirements: Color graphics card, one floppy drive
Squawkers and zangers and off-key loud clangers and things that go bleep
in the night! Here's a file to keep the little one occupied. Every
time a key is pressed, a noise is made. We've also included two programs
that your toddler can play just like a piano keyboard and one includes
colorful graphics that change with each key that is touched.
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Name: PLAY N' LEARN
Disk #: PR107
Author: HomeCraft Software
Requirements: One floppy drive, mono or color graphics card
Written for the author's two children, Zachary and Amanda, this outstand-
ing program has become a favorite in the computer society. It provides
several different learning games. The games teach letters, numbers,
colors, shapes using the keyboard and multiple key combinations.
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Name: HAPPY GAMES
Disk #: PR121
Author: Ruth Edwards Grove
Requirements: 256K, CGA or higher, one floppy drive, joystick optional
Four learning games that teach preschoolers their colors and shapes.
SUPERSORT is for the advanced child that can distinguish a difference
between four objects and pick out the one that matches.
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Name: SARAH-WARE
Disk #: PR122
Author: Meg Noah
Requirements: CGA or higher, one floppy drive okay
SARAH-WARE provides many educational opportunities for infants and todd-
lers. Your baby will quickly learn the "cause and effect" of pressing
keys on the keyboard to change the display or control music. Good for
developing memory skills.
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Name: WORD OBJECT FLASHCARDS
Disk #: PR129
Author: R. Scheckelhoff
Requirements: Hercules Monochrome or EGA+, One floppy drive
Very nice preschool program that teaches word recognition with objects and
sound. Very good animation provided. Cups fill up, cars zoom off, color-
ful boxes and hats are counted while they dance around the screen.
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Name: ASHLEY'S LEARNING FUN **NEW!**
Disk #: PR134
Author: Photon Technologies
Requirements: CGA or higher, one floppy drive
This program will teach your child how to count using a display of blocks
on the screen. It has an ABC sing-a-long as well as a "What comes next"
game where the child must decide what is the next letter or number in the
pattern. It includes a program that teaches beginning addition and sub-
traction and a program to help children learn the time.
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Name: ABC-TALK **NEW!**
Disk #: PR131
Author: Creative Educational Software
Requirements: EGA or higher, 512K RAM, one floppy drive
ABC-TALK comes equipped with a real human voice that teaches children how
to talk, learn the alphabet, read, spell and work with a computer. Stun-
ning graphics. Also includes the ABC song and a drawing program. For
ages 1 to 7.
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Name: COUNTING SHAPES **NEW!**
Disk #: PR130
Author: Sunbeams and Rainbows
Requirements: CGA or higher, one floppy drive
Designed to display a randomly selected shape, one to nine times on the
screen. The child needs only to press the correct number key that matches
the number of shapes displayed. Very simple for the preschooler.
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