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╒═══════════════════════════════════════════════╕ │ PRESCHOOL AND RECEPTION - AGES 3-5 & UPWARDS │ ╞═══════════════════════════════════════════════╡ │ INDEX: this section is divided into several │ │ categories, listed in the order below: │ │ 1) General Educational Programs │ │ 2) ABCs and Keyboard Recognition │ │ 3) Typing and Handwriting Practise │ │ 4) Simple Spelling │ │ 5) Spelling with Foreign Language Support │ │ 6) Storybooks │ │ 7) Numbers, Counting, and Simple Maths │ │ 8) Shapes and Colours │ │ 9) Memory and Sounds │ │10) Clocks and Telling the Time │ │11) Money and Currency. │ ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ***************************************************************************** 1) PRESCHOOL & RECEPTION:- General Educational Ages 3/4 upwards programs covering several topics or subjects ***************************************************************************** H517: PHONICS READING & SPELLING SYSTEM (94) DAREWARE - £3.00 HD ONLY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uses music, voice and graphics to teach basic phonics, alphabet, how to find letters on a keyboard, and more! Features friendly elves, a different one is associated with each sound. Suitable for a wide age group - simple key basher for ages 1-3. Activites for 4-7 year olds include alphabet games (great for keyboard recognition skills), spelling, practise various blends, vowel sounds & more. 2-6; 1.2MB (4MB); $39 (parts 2 & 3); VGA. 286+. SOUNDBLASTER. ***** H543: ANIMATED BUGS v1.0 (94) FLIX PRODUCTIONS - £3.00 HD ONLY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brilliant board game for young children. The spinner can use colours, shapes or numbers. Play as a blue bug or a red bug (against a friend or the P.C). Choice of "garden". Excellent (optional) sound support with speech and music. As you traverse the board you encounter Animation squares and also ?s which give other instructions. Various "trickiness" levels. First bug home gets a mini movie scene. A nice touch is that the loser eventually catches up too! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Teaches matching skills, counting, fairplay & much more. 3-7; 1.2MB (2.0); $12 (more animations & pics); VGA. ***** H526: DOTMANIA v1.4 (95) MODEL SYSTEMS (NEW ZEALAND) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dot to dot puzzles have always been one of our favourite types of educational software. They successfully combine the elements of mouse control, colouring and drawing, number and alphabet skills - plus they're fun! This one is bang up to date with optional sound support (nice background music and effects). 20 pictures (varying difficulties) to join using numbers or letters. Children too young to count can still play - using the help button. Finished pictures are coloured with mouse, or print (puzzles or finished pictures) to complete on paper. RECOMMENDED. 4-6; £25 (extra pics); 720K (1MB). MOUSE. VGA. ***** H351: NODDYS PLAYTIME DEMO (92) JUMPING BEAN CO (U.K) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fully playable demo. 3 great educational titles run from a colourful picture menu. 1) DRIVING - explore Toytown in Noddy's car. 2) NOAHS ARK - rearrange the puzzle pieces in the ark to make an animal (lions, rhino, monkey, bear, etc) which then pops out the porthole! 4-16 pieces. 3) PAINT - brilliant art package; colour pictures, or draw your own. Use shapes, fill patterns, spray, or delightful predrawn "stamp pads" to add Noddy characters to your picture. This demo has a "time-out feature" which only allows 5 minutes play in each game but this is sufficient to assess whether you would benefit from the full commercial package - (£25). 3-7. 500K(620); VGA. MOUSE recommended. **** [3½"DD(£2.00)or 5¼"HD(£3.00)only] E357: VGA EDUC SPECIAL (92) D.REINHART (menued) "Childs Productivity Pack" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 super games for age 3-7, with colourful VGA pics & lively sound (optional). ABC-EASY - options inc upper/lowercase matching, alphabet song, which picture matches displayed letter. PICTURE MATHS - "Fruitful Additions", "Take-away Veggies!", "Count'em up" & more! COLOURING BOOK - 14 large simple pictures to colour with mouse. DOT 2 DOT - 17 pics to join up using either numbers or alphabet. 3-7;600K; $9 each; VGA. MOUSE (for dot2dot & coloring). **** [3½"DD(£2.00)or 5¼"HD(£3.00)only] E361: ELEMENTARY EDUCATION I (menued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ASHLEYS LEARNING FUN v1.0 (91) CLAYTON - six choices from main menu. HOW MANY BLOCKS? - count to eight (sound and large graphics). ABC SINGALONG - song. WHAT NEXT? - find next number/letter. ADD/SUBTRACT - with answers up to nine. FIND THE LETTER. WHAT TIME IS IT. 4-7; 90K; $10 (personalised); CGA. **** SEE AND SPELL (86) G.ABELSON - nine colour picture screens that can be used by various age groups. Simple identification (ages 2-3), guess first letter (4-6), or write in the word (6-8). Plus a number guessing game, simple maths and sequences. Requires adult supervision. 3-8; 240K; $20; CGA. *** H172: PRESCHOOL PACK v2.00 (94) KIDSTUFF - £3.00 HD ONLY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our all time favourite preschool program is now even better! Improved sound, graphics and animation. Now includes a new game where your child learns their telephone number; when entered correctly the phone rings and someone answers! Plus 5 other superb games for ages 2 plus, all run from a lovely picture menu (with a few secrets!). Put animals in correct homes, match coloured balloons, memory game, count along, or match letters. High quality speech for counting & alphabet games (no sound card needed). Now includes new options in counting and alphabet games. Completely mouse driven. Excellent graphics. 2-6; 900K(2MB); $20 (personalised, soundcard support); EGA. VGA. MOUSE. 286+ ***** E276: AMY'S FIRST PRIMER v1.8 (89) R.ROBINSON ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A deservedly popular and well known collection of games for youngsters. Start with the ALPHABET SONG for the very young. Then there's BEARY FUN LETTERS - pictures flashed up - child must push correct letters for pictures for smiley bear "reward". BEARY FUN NUMBERS - similar but with numbers. BUNNY LETTERS - link objects to their first letters. FROGGY - maze game, when froggy gets out he gobbles a fly! LOAD THE TRUCK - load shapes on correctly to drive it away (pattern/shape recognition). 3-7. 260K; $15 (personalised, source code); 256K RAM. CGA. HERC (simCGA on disk). **** E319: PLAY'N LEARN v2.10 (89) HOMECRAFT (menued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eight games: AMANDAS LETTER LOTTO - press a key and letter appears on screen. Set your own hidden letters (max 5). Upper / lowercase, colour choice, etc. can be set from adults menu. COLOUR SCREEN - key basher. COLOUR MATCH. WORD WHIRL - see your name in glorious technicolour! NEXT NUMBER. BLACKBOARD - match simple shapes. ZACH A DOODLE - line drawing with different characters and colours. UNDERGROUND ALPHABET - help Mickey miner dig up the letters. Ages 2-5; 220K; $10 (update); Some will be too fast on a 286+. CGA. *** EO45: KIDGAMES (86) D.PAVIA (menued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Old, but still a good choice for ages 4-7, covering the educational spectrum in a fun way. ANIMAL MATH - four games with colourful animal pictures to help; get eight ticks for a reward. Count [1-18]; number sequences [1-99]; add or subtract. ALPHABET - upper/lower case matching and sequences. CLOCK GAME - asks for a time and you move hands, if correct Hickory Dickory the mouse comes out! 5 levels; hrs, ½hrs, ¼hrs, 5 mins, free play. MOSAIC - copy one of six pictures; various colours and shapes. GALLERY - Simple shooting gallery with clowns and ducks. 4-7; 200K; $10; CGA. **** EO44:EGA EDUCATION II (menued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WORD OBJECT FLASHCARDS v1.1 (88): series of simple pictures, each with a list of "hints" - press the correct letter. Followed by a number session, where objects are drawn on screen, to be counted. 4-6; 200K; $0; EGA. HERC. *** TURTLE CARD GAME v1.1 (90): Concentration (pairs) for turtle fans. Match up your favourite turtle heroes (8 characters) from 40 cards. Every correct pair gives a quick blast of "turtles in a half shell". Nice pictures. 4+. 90K ;£0 (charity? create personalised set for £15); EGA. **** E200: BRANDONS BIGBOX v1.5 (91) J.ROBICHAUX (meneud) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CGA graphics are dated by today's standards but this title still gives good value, with a wide educational content. Add your own word lists, customise with childs name. 25 games in total. Upper/lowercase matching, memory game, numeric sequences, adding, reading, count in steps of two or five, simple co-ordinates, make a bug dance!, speed reading, arranging sizes and more! 4-10; 340K; $20 (update, manual); CGA. **** H091: PC LEARNING GAMES v1.02 (91) U.K. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Huge series of 22 games aimed at 2-8 years; all accessed from pull down menu with on-line help. Includes - simple keyplay, colour and shape displays for toddlers. Counting, addition, math snap, sumwall etc. Flashcards and gridword allow input of your own word lists. Mix up primary light colours (red, green, blue). Nice memory and shape/colour maze games. Allows for various numbers of players. Ages 2-8; 1MB(2MB); £10.00 (update; more maths); EGA. **** [4X5¼" DD DISKS (£8.00) OR 2X3½" DD DISKS (£4.00)] E365: ELEMENTARY EDUCATION II (menued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SHOW'N SPELL v1.0 KAPUSTA (93) excellent spelling bee, 100+ random pictures (very nice) are shown, type in the spelling (or use mouse with "on-screen" keyboard). Options include - play against clock, 1st letter clues, scores and three skill levels. 6-12; 130K; $10 (more words/pictures); HD. EGA. ***** YOUNG PICASSO v1.5 (93) BLUEVIEW - good introduction to paint programs for the very young, uses large paintpot icons. Draw lines, boxes, paint and fill. Save/restore pictures. 3-6; 50K; $20 (free program); VGA. MOUSE. **** DOT2DOT v1.0 (93) J.KLINE - eight simple pictures to join up with a mouse. Unusually, it lets you join dots in "wrong" order, then click to see what it should have looked like! Then colour in. 4-6; 70K; FW; VGA. MOUSE. *** ***************************************************************************** 2) PRESCHOOL & RECEPTION:- ABCs, keyboard recognition. Ages 2/3 upwards ***************************************************************************** E441: FUN WITH LETTERS - alphabet & keyboard skills. Ages 3-6. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TEACH ABC v1.0 (92) LOGICAL THOUGHT: large, colour uppercase letter shown on screen. Press correct key - after two wrong tries help appears in the form of an on-screen keyboard with correct key flashing. 3-5; 45K; $5; VGA. *** ABCs v2.00E (90) BEARD: very nice program supporting both CGA (4 colours) and EGA (16 cols). 8 areas - press key to reveal appropriate picture, next letter in sequence, match correct letter to picture, upper to lowercase, etc. Nice pictures and sound. Letters are very well formed - in correct "school" script. Simple but it works well! 4-6; 140K; $5; CGA. EGA. **** JULIAS LETTER PROCESSOR (90): push letter or number keys and they're shown in large nicely formed characters on a two line display; accompanied by matching note from the ABC song. Upper or lowercase letters. 3-6; 80K; $0; EGA. *** H174: TALKING ABCs (91) K.CROWTHER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From the author of "Word Rescue", a series of three super games. Particularly good for acquainting children with keyboard. Very good speech (soundcard not needed). PC "says" a letter which then appears in corner, when correct key is pressed a suitable picture appears on a beach scene. In second game pictures can be moved around. Game 3 - match pictures to letters. Good EGA graphics (also CGA). 3-6; 400K(700); $20(update, free game); CGA. EGA. ***** [2x5¼"DDdisks(£4.00),1x3½"DD(£2.00)or1xHDdisk(£3.00)] E036: ABC-TALK v2.5 (92) C.S.E (menued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Excellent speech synthesis without a sound card. Supports all graphics but best in EGA/VGA. After a greeting, you can select from a menu: A - KEYBOARD BANGER; press any key, it will say & spell a word, when not pressing keys see collages, kaleidoscopes & other patterns with hidden objects, words & shapes. B - ABC SONG; sung by a child. C - SAY THE ALPHABET. D - PRESS LETTER; when letters are pressed they appear on screen and are spoken. E - FIND LETTER; find specific letters, 50 correct for "wild screen" reward! F - SEE & SAY THE WORD; says the word, spells it and says it again. G - SPELL THE WORD; H - EASY DRAW; colour line drawing. I - OTHER OPTIONS; sound on/off, kaleidoscope on/off. 1-7; 330K; $24.0 (extras, sound support, s.blaster option, etc); CGA, EGA, VGA, HERC. MOUSE (option H only). 512K RAM. ***** H238: TALKING TEACHER FOR SOUND BOARDS (93) C.S.E Inc - £3.00 HD ONLY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Combines both ABC-Talk (above) and 123-Talk (E123) but only for those with VGA graphics and a soundblaster card. VGA. Soundblaster. ***** E376: ALPHABET CHASE v1.0 (92) TINKERTRONICS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Simple game for learning alphabet. Use mouse or keys to guide cursor around the screen, catching letters in correct order. 4 skill levels for each of 3 games (upper/lowercase, or a mix). Customise, alter speed, sound on/off, etc. 5-8; 340K; $15 (update); CGA. EGA. VGA. **** EO10: ABC FUNKEYS v4.30 (92) C.KREHBIEL (menued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Four games; the first involves pressing a letter key, an appropriate picture appears along with a nursery rhyme (accompanied by scrolling words). When your child has got to grips with this move onto game 2; picture is displayed, press correct key to be rewarded with songs and flashing colours. Game 3) is an advanced version where pictures are gradually revealed. Game 4 is a typing tutor; letters flash in the air, press correct key before they sink into the mud. SW version has 27 nursery rhymes but pictures for only half the alphabet (ABCEHJOPRSTUW). Adult setup menu has vast array of options such as music / sound on or off, order & combination of letters. 2-6. 283K; $15 (A-Z pictures & 0-9, personalised); HERC. CGA. **** H084: ANIMATED ALPHABET (90) FLIX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Random picture (from 26) is shown. Press correct first letter and the picture "animates". Child is allowed four guesses before moving to next picture. Good graphics. 3-6; 500K(1MB); $7.95 (personalised, extras); EGA..**** [2x5¼"DD DISKS,1x5¼"HD or 1x3½"DD DISK] ***************************************************************************** 3) PRESCHOOL & RECEPTION:- Typing and handwriting practise Ages 3 upwards ***************************************************************************** E360: PRESCHOOL TYPIST (menued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AMY! v2.2 (93) J.McCAFFREY - large letter display for any key pressed and sound effects for the function keys. Customise so when your child types their name the keyboard lights flash (plus music and "firework" display). 4 fonts. Sound on/off. Very nice. 3-5; 160K; $5; CGA (in b&w); EGA.VGA (colour). **** TYPING (92) HUCKABEY - type in anything, the PC "copies" it out in multicoloured print with sound. Customise with name. 4-5; 20K; $5; CGA. **** YOUR NAME (87) BCP - input your childs full name, and see if they can spell it correctly (including capitalising 1st letters). 4-6: 20K; FREEware. CGA. KIDSLETTERS (91) COTTONSOFTWARE - collect, move, and colour letters with a little robot. 4-5; 140K; $15(3D glasses); HERC. CGA(b&w). EGA(col). *** E225: PRESCHOOL WRITER (menued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MY NAME v1.0 (90) COWGILL: teach children their name, address & phone. Type in each letter as shown on screen (text editor needed to customise data). As each is correctly typed it can either be "said" by PC (awful speech) or (more usefully) directed to a printer. 100K; 3-6; $(donation); EGA. *** TRACE v1.0 (91) LICHTENSTEIN: good for handwriting practice. Prints pages of characters formed with dots to be joined up. Complete set of numbers and upper/lowercase alphabet, or create and save your own fonts. 1, 2 or 3 different characters per sheet. 70K; 3-5; $15; PRINTER. ANY MONITOR. **** RUNAWAY (90) NATURAL SW: alphabet display at top of screen. Letters begin to fall; hit correct keys to remove before they hit the bottom and pile up. Sound on/off. 70K; 3-7; FW; HERC. CGA. EGA. VGA. Too fast on 386+. **** ***************************************************************************** 4) PRESCHOOL & RECEPTION - Simple spelling Ages 4 upwards ***************************************************************************** H302: WORDS ALIVE v2.0 (93) L.CHAKOFF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Outstanding title for 4-7 yrs. SEE'N SPELL - spell word under picture, which then animates. Options inc. show or hide letters (very young can simply match the letters), upper/lowercase matching, spell whole word or missing letters. "On-screen" keyboard (click with mouse) or real keys. READ'N MATCH - select one of 3 pictures to match the word, animated reward. TIME'N SPELL - to spell mystery word, match time on clock to one of 3 shown. All games have excellent optional speech (PC speaker) and can be played against the cuckoo clock. VERY POPULAR. 3-8; 340K (640); $19 (extra pictures); 286+. EGA. VGA. ***** E438: FUN WITH WORDS (menued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FUN WITH LETTERS & WORDS (90) WESCOTT - an old but verg good title covering 6 levels. 1) Press keys for large letters. 2-5) Press 1st letter of word, to reveal a picture (max 5 pictures per letter in level 5). 150 pictures, some animated and with music. A nice feature allows you to enter child's personal details (siblings, pets, friends, age, etc). 6) Spell entire word for picture display. Plus an extra 490 word dictionary for level 6. Add your own PCX pictures, or those from "Fun with Designs" disk E227. Separate adult menu to set levels, upper/lowercase. etc. 3-7. 190K; $20(manual, extras); CGA. **** MOTHER GOOSE GAME (92) SULLIVAN - tests child's knowledge of nursery rhymes and simple spellings. Colourful, noisy (optional) screens show a few lines of each rhyme with a word missing. Type this in correctly to score (10 points a game). Two play levels, the top level has 80+ questions including some from less well-known rhymes. Younger kids will enjoy this, but will need help with the reading & spelling. 4-8; 35K; $8(update); ANY MONITOR best in colour. *** H175: ANIMATED WORDS (92) FLIX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Word shown at top of screen and a matching picture (from 5) must be selected. Each correct selection results in a puzzle "piece" appearing, when the puzzle is completed it "animates". These are great fun and include a bicycle-eating goat! Enhanced with 100 digitised sounds (turn these off to make it harder) plus words of praise and encouragement! Covox, Sblast & Adlib support but PC speaker is OK. Mouse or keys. Good pictures. RECOMMENDED. 3-6; 700K(1.5MB); $12 (100 more words/pictures, 20 more puzzles). EGA. ***** [2x5¼"DDdisks(£4.00),1x3½"DD(£2.00)or1xHD(£3.00)] H231: DOLLARS AND DINOSAURS v1.0b (92) RIGHT TO LEFT SOFTWARE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Easy to use (mouse/keys) with large picture icons and good VGA graphics. Four activities are arranged in 11 levels. Flashcards, spelling, matching words to pictures, and capturing falling letters. On-screen keyboard where letters are highlighted if you get stuck. In all activites pictures (26) are coloured and animated. Every 10 correct earns a "dinosaur dollar" to be stored or "cashed" (ie printed). Perhaps to be exchanged for 5p at Dad's bank?! Options:- upper/lowercase, sound on/off, speed. 2-8; 480K(750); $29 (more pictures, words, languages, manual); VGA. ***** [3½"DD(£2.00) or HDdisks(£3.00) only] ***************************************************************************** 5) PRESCHOOL & RECEPTION - Spelling (with English AND Ages 3/4 upwards foreign language support) ***************************************************************************** H089: WUNDERBOOK v1.0 (91) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First pick language (English, French, German, Spanish). Then select game from menu. Games 1 & 2 are for ages 3-5 and involve no words so chosen language is irrelevant. 1) 4 pictures appear - click on all the ones that are the same. 2) This time select those that are different. Games 3, 4, 5 are for older kids: 3) Picture appears with an on-screen keyboard, spell word in chosen language! Letters are highlighted on keyboard to help. 4) Fill in missing letters - optional clues. 5) Match word to one of 4 pictures. All games have large colourful EGA pictures. 40 objects. Sound on/off; 3-11; 160K(440); $15 (update, 200 object library); EGA. ***** H248: WORD GALLERY v3.0 (91) KINDERWARE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Many improvements. Now covers six languages (Eng, Ge, Spa, Fre, Dut, It) and has digitised speech (Eng only) using PC Speaker, Covox or Sblaster. 5 games for various ages between 3-7. These range from simply clicking on a picture & seeing it magically "coloured in" to hangman type games (with or without the pictures). Also match words to pictures (or vice verse), spell words, fill in missing letters. Large colourful graphics. Options inc: speech/music on/off; upper/lowercase; mouse or keys. RECOMMENDED. 3-7; 300K(600); $25 (250 more words & pics). Best in EGA/VGA but CGA/MCGA also supported. DOS 2.1+. ***** ***************************************************************************** 6) PRESCHOOL & RECEPTION - Storybooks Ages 4 upwards ***************************************************************************** H349: WHERES THAT MOUSE? (92) J.OLDFIELD (UK) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Good example of interactive computer fiction. Nice, brightly coloured EGA/VGA illustrations and lively sound effects. Help the twins search for Marmalade mouse, can you find him? Try looking in the fridge, washing machine, sink etc. At certain stages in the story you must select from a series of options. Large clear print using a carefully researched vocabulary. Ages 4½-7. 500K(1.2MB); *REG* £10.99 (another story personalised with your childs details); EGA. 286+. 512K RAM. ***** E449: THE MONSTER AND MICHELLE v1.1 (93) D.WILLCOXEN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Predictable, yet funny and exciting story for those just beginning to read. Simple, colourful EGA pictures accompany each page along with carefully re- searched text (in large clear letters). This popular U.S childrens story now comes to your P.C! Parents can read it to the very young. Older children (age 5-7) could study it alone or in small groups. 340K; $15; EGA. *** ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ BILLY BEAR STORIES (£2.00 each) - Loraine Wauer ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ A series of charming stand-alone interactive storybooks featuring colourful animation, music, speech and sound effects (PC Speaker or Sblaster). Each title comes on a 3½" DD disk (£2.00) or a high density 5¼" (£3.00). Need hard disk, 286 or faster, EGA or VGA graphics, and a mouse. Optional soundblaster support. All are created using "Storymaker" (H247 - £2.00) but do not need Storymaker to run. Speech quality will vary and is better if you have a soundblaster card. The music and sound effects are very good and young children enjoy clicking on pictures to discover surprises - older ones can read the text. Registration of each story is $8, or $15 if you want extra graphics, sound etc. to use in your own Storymaker creations. H401: BILLY BEAR LET'S PARTY! (94) L.WAUER - £2.00 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's Billy's sister's party - you're invited! 20 pages of fun and surprises, click on different objects and watch the story progress. Open presents, go to the carnival - finally it's time for bath and bed. Very young children will "play" with the pictures, older ones can read or listen to the text. Excellent example of what can be achieved with Storymaker (disk H247) - does not need Storymaker to run. 3-9; 560K(1.5M); $18 (songs & graphics to use in Storymaker), more stories available from author; EGA. MOUSE. 286+. **** H547: BILLYS BEAR LEARNS TO SIGN / BILLY BEAR DOWN ON THE FARM (94) L.WAUER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two consecutive stories. In the first Billy teaches basic finger spelling. He then visits his grandparents' farm with his deaf friend Peter. The story of their day is told with the help of sign language; they meet the animals, sample Grandma's cookies, ride a tractor, and much more! 500K (1.2MB). **** NOTE: MORE DEAF SIGN LANGUAGE TITLES UNDER MISCELLANEOUS - TEACHERS TOOLS. H546: BILLY BEAR'S SUMMER VACATION (94) LORAINE WAUER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Billy and his family are off on a camping holiday by the shores of Lake Michigan! On their travels they see lots of wildlife and have some adventures too! Can you find the hidden bee on most of the pages? You're even treated to a firework display. Eventually all good things come to an end and Billy returns to school. 24 fun filled animated pages - plus extra pages of information on how you can make your own stories. Age 3-6; 700K (1.7MB). **** H545: BILLY BEAR JOINS THE CIRCUS (94) LORAINE WAUER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 21 pages chock full of animations, surprises, and catchy music. Billy is a clown for a day when the circus comes to town. Enjoy other events too; lions, sealions, trapeze artists, loads! Then Billy helps capture a wicked gangster who steals the baby elephant. Unfortunately Billy ends up in bed after eating too much! Ages 3-6; 400K (1.3MB). **** ***************************************************************************** 7) PRESCHOOL & RECEPTION:- Numbers, counting, Ages 3/4 upwards and simple maths. ***************************************************************************** H486: BRANDONS PRESCHOOL GRAPHIC LUNCHBOX v1.0 (93) ROBICHAUX - £3.00 HD ONLY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The original CGA version of this program has been around a long time and has been very popular. Now bang up to date with new VGA graphics and soundcard (vocal plus interesting guitar chords!) support. Covers preschool number skills with three games; a very nice memory / matching game that also helps you count, plus "Number Magic" and "Apple Numbers". Ideal for 3-5 year olds. 900K (1.2MB); $25 (modules for shapes, colours & alphabet); VGA. Sblast. **** H482: AMYS FUN-2-3 ADVENTURE (93) DEVASOFT - £3.00 HD ONLY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Previously a full priced commercial game on the Amiga. This excellent package has now been ported to the PC. High quality digitised speech and sound, using either a soundcard or the PC speaker. Builds on simple number skills - four game "areas" selected from a main picture menu. "Amy's Doghouse" (count along with the computer), "Marty's Match Machine", "Cookie Castle" and the excellent "Music Magic Room" where there is a choice of eight tunes to play note by note on a xylophone (or make up your own). The best pre-school maths program we've seen so far this year (95). Ages 2-5; 900K (1.8 MB); $17 (more games - shapes, ABC. Manual); 286+. VGA. Mouse & sound card optional. ***** H451: SEA SCHOOL - MATH WAVES (94) MVP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Charming, bright and colourful VGA graphics with instant appeal. 5 "areas", all accessed with mouse from a picture menu. WAVES - count the objects that are washed up on shore. SEAHORSES - numerical sequencing. PENGUINS - addition. ICE FISHING - subtraction. SAND BRUSHING - our favourite! uncover objects and match with the correct written number. Correct answers receive a gold coin, these are added up after each game and put on Sassy Sea Monster's scoreboard. Can your child improve their rank from a lowly shrimp right up to a sea captain? All games further enhanced with music / speech (needs sblast). 3-6; 600K (1.2MB); *REG* £28 ( "Alphabet Treasures" and "Readers Island") VGA. 286+ (no music or speech), 386+ (with music & speech); MOUSE. ***** [3½" DD (£2.00) or 5¼" HD (£3.00) only] E405: MATH SAMPLER v1.01 (93) FIRST MAGNITUDE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another brilliant arcade style maths program from author of Beat The Bomb. Six different games/lessons cover counting (catch fish - great mouse game), +,-,x,÷, "carrying" & "borrowing". 3 speeds/levels. Highly recommended. 4-12; 300K; FREEWARE (20 games - $20); EGA. VGA. DOS 2.1+. MOUSE. ***** E123: 123-TALK v 2.5 (92) C.S.E (menued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another excellent preschool program from authors of ABC-Talk (E036- above). Same speech & graphics support, again best in EGA/VGA. KEYBOARD BANGER - this time numbers are spoken. 123 SONG - again sung by young child. SAY YOUR PHONE NO - customisable. FIND THE NOS - asked to find a certain no on keyboard. EASY COUNTING - count balloons with computer. ADDITION & SUBTRACTION - solve verbal questions. EASY DRAW2 - simple drawing with mouse. Again all correct answers rewarded with "Wild Graphic screens". 1-7; 330K; $25 (more features); HERC. CGA. EGA. VGA. MOUSE (Easydraw only).512K RAM. ***** H054: ANIMATED MATH (91) FLIX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More fun from the "animated" series. 1) Count objects. 2) Multiple choice - shown a number then pick correct "domino". 3+4) Addition with nos or objects. 5+6) Subtraction with objects/nos. All correct answers rewarded with that number of animated objects. These inc. tadpoles, frogs, rabbits in top hats etc. Graphic help if needed. After 10 correct answers visit the games room, choice of 6 games - pictures to colour, dot to dot, make music, dinosaurs & more! Optional mouse support. 4-7; 300K(1MB); $10 (personalised, more games & animations, unlimited game-play, $3). EGA. 640K RAM. ***** * UPDATED * H145: COUNT AND ADD v2.5D (94) LANDER (UK) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Learn to count with Shades the dog, who talks well even without a soundcard. Now has improved graphics and soundcard support for Sblast, Adlib & ProAudio. 5 games: SETS 1 - count animated objects by pressing space bar, good for very young kids that don't know number keys. SETS 2 - press space to make a given number of objects appear. ANIMALS - count, then press correct key. TRAIN - simple addition with animated figures. SPIDER - finish sum before spider catches butterfly. In all games Shades helps after 2 wrong attempts. Optional music/speech. 530K(1MB); 3-6; £34.99 (more options); VGA. 286+. ***** [3½"DD (£2.00) or 5¼"HD (£3.00)] E352: CGA MATHS SPECIAL (menued) arcade fun & general practise. Ages 4-14. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MONDO MATH v1.0L (93) ILLOWSKY - shooting gallery with balls, ducks and ships gliding past. Shoot those displaying correct digits, clear screen for a bonus round! Especially good for young children and those with disabilities of movement as only a single key press (or mouse click) is needed. No frustrating time limit. Alter speed and difficulty (several addition levels). Saves student scores & setups. 4-ADULT. 160K; $20 (-, x levels); CGA. **** MOMS MATH v4.2 (93) MOTES - comprehensive set of programs covers everything from counting through to algebra. From "School Mum" author (E012), this is the Maths part of that program. Arcade games cover counting & mental arithmetic, Bug Numbers (100s, 10s & units), plus +,-,x,÷, and pre-algebra (many levels). 4-14; 150K; $10 (free program); CGA. 256K RAM. DOS 2+. **** H371: TALKING NUMBER MACHINE v1.0 (93) PRACTICOMP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A unique talking tutor, uses clear digitised speech (no soundcard needed) to say any number between 1 and 9,999,999,999,999! Click on various parts of the "machine" for various functions. Enter numbers as digits or words, have the computer speak or write any number or count in increments of 1-10. Enter a specified number or any you wish. "Fact machine" gives out interesting number facts. Very well done. Mouse or keys. 5-10; 460K(800); $10 (more facts, free program, etc); EGA. 286+ required for speech function. ***** [3½"DD(£2.00) or 5¼"HD(£3.00)only] ***************************************************************************** 8) PRESCHOOL & RECEPTION - Shapes and colours Ages 3/4 upwards ***************************************************************************** E440: FUN WITH SHAPES AND NUMBERS (menued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COUNTING SHAPES v1.0 (91) SUNBEAMS & RAINBOWS: shows 1-9 shapes, press right number (no enter key required) for a lovely smile and sound. 3 tries before help. Very nicely done. Set max between 3-9. 120K; 3-5; $10; CGA. EGA. **** HAPPY GAMES v1.1 (88) EDWARDS-GROVE: 4 games with menu and music. COLORSORT - pick "odd one out" to get a smiley face! 5 to win. SHAPESORT - similar but with shapes. SUPERSORT - combination of two above. WIGGLEWORMS - get the worm to eat all the apples, 1 or 2 joysticks, improves hand-eye coordination. 3-7. 200K; $15 (update); CGA. JOY (worms only). *** BABYMATH (1983): Type in a number from 1-77 & big dots appear. 3-5; 20K; CGA. Has the dubious distinction of being the oldest program in our catalogue! H025: ANIMATED SHAPES v1.0 (90) FLIX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Great fun! An outline shape appears, you must pick the correct shape and colour from two menus. Do this 5 or 6 times, and the shapes join together and animate. Our favourite is a tap that floods the screen with water, a water skier appears - we won't tell you more as it will spoil the surpises! Mouse or keys. 3-7; 300K (950K); $8 (more animations, personalised); EGA. **** E444: EGA EDUCATIONAL MATCHING GAMES (menued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PALLANDA v1.6 (91): "board game" for 1-4 children. If less than 4 play Prince Pallanda can play too (ie the PC!). Involves no counting, spin colour spinner & move your piece to nearest matching area on board. Winner is first one to centre. On the way you may uncover one of the "surprise" drawings. 3 game lengths. Sound on/off. Mouse or keys. 4-6; 230K; $15 (extras); EGA. *** PANDA (91): a grid is half-filled with picture icons. Select an icon, then click squares with letters that match its 1st letter. You win when all the squares are filled with the correct icons and no letters are left. Only get 4 minutes! 5+. 60K; $10 (extra options); EGA. MOU. *** ***************************************************************************** 9) PRESCHOOL & RECEPTION - Memory and sounds Ages 3/4 upwards ***************************************************************************** H459: ANIMATED VGA MEMORY GAME (94) FLIX - £3.00 HD ONLY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Similar to the original EGA Animated Memory Game (still available, below) but with excellent VGA and sVGA graphics. All kinds of animation are used - clay animation, stop motion, morphing, tweening, 3D, cell, and full-motion video. In VGA (320x200) mode, 10 or 20 tiles can be used in a game. Super VGA (640x480) mode allows 16, 24, 36, or 64. Loads of options - 2 player mode, change tile backs, mini-movie theater. Keys/mouse. Supports many sound cards. 4-ADULT; 800K(1.7MB); $10 (90 tiles, more animations, etc); VGA. sVGA. ***** H024: ANIMATED MEMORY GAME v1.0 (91) FLIX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Excellent concentration type game, when two matching tiles are turned over their pictures come to life. Choose from 14 designs for the tile backs and visit the mini movie theatre between games. Levels for ages 3-adult. Mouse/keys. 3+. 236K(600K); $6 (30 extra animations); EGA. 640RAM. **** H173: SOUNDS LIKE A ...? (92) PRACTICOMP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unique program for ages 3-6. Identify sounds with their pictures (revealing a background picture as you progress). All types - from a crying baby to a violin! Also a memory game (with a twist) - remember where a sound and its matching picture are. Entirely mouse driven. Excellent sound and pics. 3-6; 550K(900); $10 (more sounds/pictures, update). EGA. MOUSE. 640K RAM. ***** [3½"DD(£2.00) or HD disks(£3.00) only] E263: MEMO (93) SOFTEDUCT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Concentration type game for children. Choose 12 or 24 tiles and try to match the toy pictures for musical reward. Clear and easy to use with choice of English, Dutch, German or French instructions! 3-10; 190K; £14 (extra songs & pictures - animals, fruit, shapes, etc); MOUSE. EGA. **** ***************************************************************************** 10) PRESCHOOL & RECEPTION - Telling the time Ages 3/4 upwards ***************************************************************************** H370: TALKING TIME TUTOR v1.0 (93) PRACTICOMP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ High quality digitised speech (no soundcard needed) and animated graphics. 4 activities each at 3 skill levels. 1) Set analogue clock to match a digital watch. 2) Vice verse. 3) Set clock to a spoken or written time. 4) Set clock to a given past or future time. Nice "extras" include a bear that tells time related jokes, pocket watch or owl clock, change watchstrap colour. Mouse or keys. 5-9; 400K(700); $10 (more clocks, etc); EGA. 286+ for speech. ***** [3½"DD(£2.00) or 5¼"HD(£3.00)only] E439: FUN WITH TIME (menued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KATIES CLOCK v2.0 (92) TZK: large clock shows actual time. Show random time, input any time, show sequential time (press to advance five mins). Digital or written display. 105K; 4-7; $10; CGA. EGA. VGA. **** CLOCK (87): simple but clear, useful full screen clock shows current system time. Complete with moving second hand & date display. 26K; 4+; PD; CGA. *** TELLTIME (88): old but with nice, simple, CGA graphics. Clock face is shown with three suggested times (multiple choice style). Make the clock smile (or frown if incorrect!). Scores. 60K; 5-7;PD; CGA. *** H235: ANIMATED CLOCK (93) Flix ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Teaches children (ages 4-8) to tell the time in various ways using digital & analogue methods. Animated rewards, cuckoo clock and other features. Various levels. Another winner from this highly successful author. EGA. ***** ***************************************************************************** 11) PRESCHOOL & RECEPTION - Money Ages 5 upwards ***************************************************************************** Sorry! we have been unable to find any shareware that covers UK currency. If anyone knows of a suitable title (or fancies writing one!) PLEASE CONTACT US. H458: ANIMATED MONEY (94) FLIX - £3.00 HD ONLY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fans of the Animated series will love this new title, but unfortunately there is only a choice of US or Canadian coins. These are depicted in excellent VGA photographic style. Three games cover matching coins to pictures, grouping coins to make certain values, and matching groups of identical values. After 10 correct answers, your child receives a ticket to a short animated movie. Various techniques such as clay-animation, full-motion video, stop-motion, and morphing are useed, all with excellent results! Keys or mouse. Very well presented and could be useful for those planning a holiday to the US or perhaps doing a project at school on the US. Supports many soundcards and PC speaker. 5-10; 1.4MB(2.2); $15 (15 more animations, personalised); VGA. ***** ╒══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ │ OTHER RELATED PROGRAMS │ ╞══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ │ Related programs that may be of interest. 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