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Dorling Kindersley History of the World
From the beginnings of life to the present day, this book shows how our common international history has evolved over thousands of years. It is divided into 20 chronological chapters with 20 illustrated timecharts showing contemporary events across the world. author: Fry, Plantagenet Somerset; publisher: Dorling Kindersley
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Anne Hooper's Ultimate Sex Guide
<I>Anne Hooper's Ultimate Sex Guide</I> is a DK title that brings the wisdom of sex-counsellor and marriage guidance expert Anne Hooper to CD-ROM. It is designed for people seeking to improve their sexual experience, whether in a new or established relationship.<p>Laid out like a book, it is built around four main themes: questionnaires, case studies, sexopedia and programs. The questionnaires and programmes work together to individualise Hooper's expertise. Like the software itself, the questionnaires are password-protected, to ensure the user's privacy, but also to ensure that those for whom the adult content is inappropriate can't access it.<p>Well-designed and easy to use, this software uses explicit live video clips to demonstrate sexual positions, with categories from Exotic Sex to Advanced Positions, as well as animated clips to explain essential items of sexual health, contraception and pregnancy. <p>With voice-overs and lots of snippets of text, there is a lot of information in here, and quite a lot of depth and ideas for experimentation, as well as factual advice on disease, adolescence and bodily functions. Hooper also explores the psychological side, such as repression, fears, expression and developing self-confidence. <p>This CD is well-organised, with a main menu which is always accessible, and on which you can access the video library, A-Z index, Your Case File and related topics. In look, feel and content, it is exactly like a DK printed manual, but the multimedia content is well integrated, and really does provide excellent add-on value. <p>The content is firmly aimed at heterosexual couples, and as a shared tool to use and read together, it should prove valuable particularly for those who are new to a relationship, or seeking to further intimacy in an established one, or just wanting to know more about sex.--<I>J Collins</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Mia's Science Adventure
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Skipper & Skeeto Triple Pack (Tales from Paradise Park, Alphabet Games, Number Games)
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd I Love Maths!
Explore the ancient civilisations of Greece, Atlantis, Egypt and the Aztecs, all while building and reinforcing essential maths skills through fun and challenging games in <i>I Love Maths!</i>. A couple of kids named Gretchen and Wilbur have travelled back in time and are causing trouble. By using their knowledge of maths, kids can reinforce what they've learned in school and foil the dastardly duo's plot to terrorise the ancient world.<p> Players can choose from three games: Save the World, Free Travel and Challenge. In Save the World, kids visit each civilisation while bending their brains with multilevel, mind-boggling maths games. In Greece, they can free the country's greatest athletes by playing the Measurement Olympics; although tricky at first, this activity is a great way to learn to recognise types of measurements. Players take the Time Machine to Atlantis to help Ratty the plumber fix broken water pipes (and restore the city) by practising fractions. There is even trouble with paradise--birds of paradise, that is. The Aztecs need kids' geometry skills to free their beautiful birds of paradise that are locked inside the temple.<p>The Free Travel mode allows players to explore the civilisation of their choice for unstructured play, and the Challenge area includes a multitude of multilevel maths practice questions that test a child's understanding of angles, area, length, money, perimeter, quadrilaterals, symmetry and more.<p><I>I Love Maths!</I> covers more than 250 maths topics and contains 3,000 maths problems and 2 million arithmetic questions. Do the maths and you will discover that this software is a great value. It also scores high on the replay factor, so you are sure to get your money's worth. And the more than 6,000 helpful pop-ups make this program excellent for independent play. Parents and teachers can easily track a child's progress, making this software ideal for use at home, in-home schooling or in schools. An intelligent tracking system self-adjusts to individual maths abilities by topic, although the levels on any of the games can be changed manually. (Ages 7 to 11) --<I>Tina Velgos</I>
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GSP DK A Level Biology 20062007 (PC)
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd A Level Chemistry 20032004
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd The Ultimate Human Body 2.0
When parents run out of answers (Mum, what does the pancreas do?), try offering the aspiring surgeon a copy of DK's <I>The Ultimate Human Body</I>. This DVD entertainingly teaches kids how the body works, using animations, diagrams and spoken descriptions. The three main sections make up a multimedia encyclopedia of the body. The Systems Scanner is a good starting point, with short answers to questions such as how do I swallow?. The 3-D Scanner allows you to navigate around a cutaway image of the body, with links to animated videos and statistics about the body's workings. Finally, the X-Ray Scanner displays the skeleton and the names of bones. A multiple choice Body Challenge Quiz tests whether you've been paying attention while browsing. After a wrong answer you can link directly to the page containing the correct fact. Two documentary videos complete the package. The first examines the skeleton, its adaptations in vertebrates from sharks to antelopes, and its role as a symbol of death and mortality. The second looks at the human machine, showing how the body's mechanical parts function together, from intricate organs like the ear to the powerful muscles of a sprinter. The presentation is designed for a wide age-range, with text explanations kept simple, and more technical terms included on diagram captions. <I>The Ultimate Human Body</I> is an ideal fact-source for early teens, with enough appeal to keep younger children engaged too.--<I>Frank Pennycook</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Book of Nursery Rhymes
This is a collection of 50 classic rhymes to read aloud, with photographs and facts about the history of each nursery rhyme. author: Gliori, Debbie; publisher: Dorling Kindersley
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Dorling Kindersley Illustrated Oxford Dictionary
This text aims to bring the English language to life. With its clear format and wide-ranging coverage of words from all major English-speaking areas, it should prove fun and easy to use. author: ; publisher: Dorling Kindersley
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Dorling Kindersley Animal Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia exploring the animal world of over 2000 animal species from aardvarks to zebras, arranged alphabetically for easy access. It includes close-up photography plus action sequences and key data on animal behaviour, camoflage, adaptation, migration, breeding and conservation. author: ; publisher: Dorling Kindersley
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Dorling Kindersley Guide to Dinosaurs
Packed with mind-boggling facts for children of 8 years and over, this volume of the DK GUIDES is a photographic journey through the land where dinosaurs walked. The latest computer graphic techniques merge the crafted life-like models with photorealistic scenery to bring the dinosaurs and their strange world back to life with astonishing realism. author: Lambert, David; publisher: Dorling Kindersley
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Dorling Kindersley Big Book of Knowledge
Intended as a first picture and word reference source of nature, science and the world in which we live. This book includes information on plants and animals, machines and transport, science and industry, people in the past, music and the arts and life around the world today . author: ; publisher: Dorling Kindersley
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Dorling Kindersley The Ultimate Peter Rabbit Sticker Book (Ultimate Sticker Books S.)
Pages: 16, Hardcover, Dorling Kindersley
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Dorling Kindersley Celebration Days (DK Readers)
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd DK - Rainbow Fish Double Pack
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Test For Success: Maths Age 11
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd GCSE French 20032004
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Test For Success: English Age 11
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Dorling Kindersley Great Wonders of the World
In this pictorial guide, children are introduced to the seven wonders of the ancient world, wonders of the natural world and marvels of engineering. The Great Pyramids, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Grand Canyon and the Channel Tunnel are included, with cross-sections, maps, and timelines. author: Ash, Russell; publisher: Dorling Kindersley
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Learning Ladder Year 5
<I>Learning Ladder Year 5</I> is another excellent CD-ROM from Dorling Kindersley. It's aimed at children aged 9-10 and structured so that children listen to a lesson and then carry out exercises to help consolidate the literacy and numeracy they are learning at school. <p> Exercises can be done at five different levels of difficulty, so that children are challenged and continue to make progress. For every 400 points a child scores, they are rewarded with new pictures to use with the printing machine. As they gather more pictures they can enjoy designing their own cards, invitations and labels, which can be printed out. <p> Children can also have lots of fun navigating around Science City and learning lots of facts along the way. For example, they can find out about the solar system, forces and reflection. The progress tracker clearly shows how each child is getting on with a system of green and red lights. This would quickly show parents where more help is needed. --<I>Amanda York</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Bananas In Pyjamas: It's Party Time
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Cluefinders Year 4 Adventures (Ages 8-9)
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Bear & Penguin's Big Reading Adventure
<I>Bear and Penguin's Big Reading Adventure</I> is another excellent program developed by Dorling Kindersley. It is aimed at children aged 5-7 years old and helps to develop a wide range of literacy skills through four fun games.<p> There are very clear instructions and each game is initially demonstrated, so children will quickly be able to develop confidence and independence. The games, which can be played at three different levels, have been carefully developed to practice the skills that children are learning as part of the literacy hour in school; for example, spelling words by choosing the missing sounds and putting words in the correct order to create a sentence. There are also two storybooks that children can choose to read together or alone. If children want a break from the games there is also an excellent printing section where children can make their own stationary and create lists, cards, writing paper and signs. This is a brilliant way to encourage children to write for a range of different purposes.<p> As children play the games they collect snowflakes and they are then rewarded with a sticker for their sticker album. When all the stickers have been collected they can print out a certificate and listen to the reward song.<p> There is an excellent guide for parents that discusses the skills the games are developing. The child profile shows parents how many times children have played each game and at what level and also suggests follow-on worksheets that can be printed out and used with children.<p> <I>Bear and Penguin's Big Reading Adventure</I> would be an excellent buy for parents or teachers to use with children aged 5-7 years. --<I>Amanda York</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Become A World Explorer
Armchair adventurers relax. With the <I>Become a World Explorer</I> CD-ROM children can obey the call of the wild and see the world without leaving the comfort of their home. Once loaded, it's possible to whizz around the world in almost 80 ways with this fun and feature-packed CD-ROM learning adventure. As soon as you've filled in the virtual passport, you're off. The first stop on any interactive globe-trotting adventure is Sam's bedroom--it's perfect for click-happy kids with animations that come to life when you hit the objects scattered around.<p> For beginner backpackers, a talking train gives a guided tour of how to find your way around the world, and what a choice there is. You'll find video clips, an interactive index, a country finder with each nation's flag and a wide range of fun games that test skills such as general knowledge and compass directions. A ringing phone launches more adventurous travellers straight into the globetrotting game that displays the strongest aspects of the software. Clues based on geographical sights and sounds lead players on an interactive journey around the world. Along the way, the players' knowledge of capitals, continents and customs are tested in a totally involving way with three difficulty levels encouraging repeat visits.<p> The beautifully detailed animated maps with pop-up info boxes and sticker book links are an impressive feature, as are the virtual postcards. And although the amount of features may mean younger players require some initial help, this superb software combines learning with plenty of fun and will ensure numerous repeat visits. --<I>Martin Oliver</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd The New Way Things Work
<I>The New Way Things Work</I> is a CD-ROM packed full of information about machines and the scientific principles behind them. Children can learn all about the latest technology and take a look back in history to find out how things work.<p> Children will enjoy, for example, navigating their way around the warehouse or choosing from the A-z of machines to extend their understanding of how things work and discover the science behind some great inventions. They can look at information screens with excellent text, diagrams, animation and video clips. They can also find out about some of the great inventors who created these amazing machines. There is a useful progress tracker to show children which screens they have visited and which screens are left for them to look at.<p> Children can also use their new-found knowledge to face the challenge of the science test and try to win a master, an expert or a genius certificate. Children can look back at information screens or take a look at the research answers if they are struggling.<p> <I>The New Way Things Work</I> would be a good buy for inquisitive children of 8 years and over who love to know how things work. It's particularly useful for helping children who are struggling with homework or doing a project, as it covers a huge range of scientific principles. --<I>Amanda York</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Become A Human Body Explorer
<I>Become a Human Body Explorer</I> is an interesting CD-ROM full of information about the human body. It's aimed at children aged 6-10 years old, but would be best suited to older end of this age range.<p> Seemore Skinless, the helpful skeleton, guides the children through a wide range of games, quizzes and experiments. Children can play four fun interactive games, which involve, for example, collecting body parts by answering questions and learning about the body and choosing how Seemore should spend his day. There is an excellent search feature so that children can access information screens on a very wide range of topics. (Parents of younger children may want to supervise children's use of this, as there is information about reproduction and how our bodies change.) Children also have the opportunity to create their own Secret File, which contains information about themselves and can become a scrapbook of facts.<p> So once children have visited the information screens, played the games, answered brainteaser questions and found out amazing facts, they will have discovered all they need to know about the human body.<p> <I>Become a Human Body Explorer</I> would be a good buy for parents or teachers of children aged 8-11 years old. It encourages children to explore and find out about the human body in a fun and interesting way. --<I>Amanda York</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Become A History Explorer
<I>Become a History Explorer</I> is an excellent CD-ROM in this series, which will turn any child into a budding historian. It's aimed at children aged 6-10 years old and encourages them to find out about eight exciting periods in history, through games, quizzes and information screens.<p> Children will love the challenge of collecting the pieces of the time trail, so that they can rescue the history professor who has been trapped in time by the time fugitive. Children must travel in the time machine and explore each historical world in order to find all the pieces and become a history explorer. There is an excellent journal in which children can record their travels. This would help to consolidate what they have learnt about each period in history. Having answered questions along the way children are rewarded with stickers, which are kept in their journal. There are also activities to do, for example, design a coat of arms, which can be saved in the journals, along with photos and other souvenirs. There is also an excellent index menu that allows children to view information screens on a very wide range of topics. This would be particularly good to use if children were having trouble answering any of the quiz questions.<p><I>Be come a History Explorer</I> would be an excellent buy for children aged 7-11 years old who would love to complete the mission and rescue the history professor, while exploring an extremely good range of historical information. --<I>Amanda York</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Cluefinders Year 5 Adventures (Ages 9-10)
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Become A British Isles Explorer
<I>Become a British Isles Explorer</I> is a fun CD-ROM aimed at children aged 6-10 years old. It encourages them to play games, look at maps and find out a whole range of interesting facts about the British Isles through very informative information screens.<p>Children will love the challenge of following Jo on his five journeys around the British Isles and collecting five medals to become a British Isles Explorer. Children can explore the map of the British Isles. They can look at regions, and towns to find out about famous places, people and much more. The trips can be recorded in the child's own travel log, together with stickers and photos that are collected along the way. A great way to reinforce the information they have found out. There are a range of fun activities for children to do, for example, recording the weather, sending postcards and printing out map outlines which can be filled in. There is also an excellent Index Menu that children can use to find out about a wide range of topics and look at word definitions. They could use this menu to answer any questions that they might be having trouble with.<p> <I>Become a British Isles Explorer</I> would be a good buy for children aged 7-11 years old and it would really extend their understanding of the British Isles. This would be excellent to use if a child was doing a topic or project on the British Isles. --<I>Amanda York</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Learning Ladder Year 4
<I>Learning Ladder Year 4</I> is a fantastic CD-ROM aimed at Year 4 children. It is structured so that children listen to a lesson and then carry out exercises that help to consolidate the literacy and numeracy they are learning as part of the school curriculum. <p> Exercises can be done at five different levels of difficulty, so that children are challenged and continue to make progress. For every 400 points that a child scores, they are rewarded with new pictures to use with the printing machine. As they gather more pictures they can enjoy making their own cards, invitations and labels, which can be printed out. <p> Children can also have lots of fun navigating around Science City and learning lots of facts along the way. For example, they can have a go at the science quiz and find out about roots, leaves and flowers. The progress tracker clearly shows how each child is getting on with a system of green and red lights. This would quickly show parents where more help is needed. --<I>Amanda York</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Eyewitness Children's Encyclopedia
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Eyewitness Encyclopedia Of Nature 2.0
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Play and Learn: Science Experiments
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Learning Ladder: Year 3
<I>Learning Ladder Year 3</I> is another excellent product from Dorling Kindersley. This CD-ROM is packed with a good range of activities tailored to support the Year 3 school curriculum. Children can navigate their way around the playroom, looking for fun activities. These include the printing machine, which they can use to create their own labels, invitations and cards. <p> Children can then improve their literacy, numeracy and science skills by undertaking a wide range of activities that help to consolidate Year 3 work. Children can, for example, choose correct word endings, solve addition and subtraction problems, label skeletons and identify correct habitats for animals. These are just a few of the carefully thought out and clearly explained activities here. <p> Children should be able to use this program independently. They are rewarded with stickers for each activity they complete correctly and will enjoy collecting these and putting them in their own sticker album. <p> <I>Learning Ladder Year 3</I> would be an excellent buy for any Year 3 child. It consolidates the learning that is taking place at school and develops children's competence on the computer. --<I>Amanda York</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Learning Ladder: Years 1 & 2
<I>Learning Ladder Years 1 and 2</I> is an extremely good CD-ROM aimed at children aged 5-7. It presents a huge number of activities that would help to support the school curriculum. <p> Children can navigate their way around the playroom, which will develop their confidence with the mouse. Children will enjoy making things move on the screen. There is also a range of fun activities, such as painting and copying the tune. <p> The program also helps to consolidate and reinforce what children are learning in literacy, numeracy and science at school. There are games involving identifying sounds, making words, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and much more. Children are rewarded with stickers as they complete activities correctly, which they will love collecting and putting in their own sticker book. --<I>Amanda York</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Mia's Reading Adventure
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Oz The Magical Adventure
Baum's original tale of the <I>Wizard of Oz</I> is adapted to create the story of Oz. The story is made up of 18 beautifully illustrated pages of a book, each being depicted on the screen with the words, and the animated characters coming to life as the story, is told.<p>With the aid of this storybook options can be set to either have the tale read to the child, or for the child to read themselves with the text being highlighted along the way. As the story is completed on each page the characters come to life and act out a short scene before a new page is opened.<p>The storybook has the facility to be fully customised to your child's ability. Early readers can have just a few words to each page, and this can be increased as their reading capacity grows. With clear text, and bold, bright animation the child's interest is captured making reading an enjoyable, fun pastime.<p>A comprehensive glossary allows new words to be investigated and knowledge to be expanded, and observational skills are also developed by working through the screens.<p>With the capacity to develop as reading skills grow, and the friendly characters you will meet along the way, this truly is a magical way to learn! --<I>Mandy Wood</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Become A Science Explorer
<I>Become a Science Explorer</I> is another excellent CD-ROM from Dorling Kindersley aimed at children aged 6-10 years old. Children will love the challenge of going on a mission and trying to become a Science Explorer.<p> Fizz, the helpful ball of energy, guides children around the different environments where children can carry out activities, answer questions or look at information screens. The graphics are excellent and there is a wealth of scientific information for children to find out in a variety of interesting ways. Children's learning is also cleverly extended when they're given further explanations once they have answered a question.<p> Children are rewarded with prizes, badges, stickers, rosettes, medals and the ultimate prize of becoming a Science Explorer. They can use their Science Workbook to make scientific observations, answer questions and collect stickers--guaranteed to turn any child into a budding scientist.<p> There is a range of science experiments that can be printed out and undertaken. These would be ideal for parents to go through with younger children using the comprehensive parents' guide. There are also some very good worksheets, which would help to consolidate children's learning.<p> <I>Become a Science Explorer</I> is a fantastic CD-ROM that really supports the science curriculum in schools. This would be an excellent buy for parents or teachers of children aged 6-10 years old. --<I>Amanda York</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd I Love Spelling!
DK Interactive's <I>I Love Spelling</I> is a souped-up spelling lesson loaded with characters, humour and more than 5,000 words ranging in difficulty from here to Kalahari. A game-show host with a skewed toupee leads kids to one of four planets: On Aquatica, intrepid spellers hear a word, then chase and burst bubbles containing the letters that spell the word, all while a gangster fish named the Codfather eggs them on; Amphibia is a pond-like planet where kids guess the mystery word by choosing the correct letters with the help of a bluesy frog--picture a game of Hangman with swampy ambience. On Anagrama kids turn scrambled letters into words by dropping placard-bearing bunnies down the correct hole, while planet Arachnia hosts a spidery spelling bee in which kids hear a word, then spell it out.<p>Two more games help kids recognise misspelled words and choose the correct spelling. In Word Attack, players must quickly click on the correctly spelled word from misspellings that hurtle toward them onscreen. Kids can easily ace the activity by clicking frantically until they randomly land on the correct spelling, so don't be too impressed if your child is a high scorer here.<p>Three levels, customisable word lists and places to peek at scores and misspelled words make this program parent friendly; a two-player function is another nice feature. Our biggest complaint: that this program lacks the big goal--the only rewards here are points, a weak bonus round and the ubiquitous printable certificate. A final compliment: puns and word play in the script reinforce the potential for fun in words and letters. (Ages 7-11) --<I>Anne Erickson</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd My First CD-Rom: Getting Ready For School
Dorling Kindersley has produced yet another outstanding and completely new interactive learning system--<I> My First CD-ROM: Getting Ready For School</I>--to help children develop key pre-school skills while providing parents with advice and information on child development. It has been written in consultation with Sue Robson, a renowned early years' teacher, educational consultant and author, who is a senior lecturer at the Roehampton Institute. <p> Meet Zack, a Jack-in-the-box and friendly on-screen guide whose aim is to make learning fun. Hear his clear explanations and animated instructions on how to play the six easy games. Each one can be adapted to suit your child's level of understanding and their fine motor skills. For example, choices can be made between using the mouse or the keyboard, or selecting different speeds or levels of difficulty, choosing between hearing letters as phonetic sounds or as names, and so on. This flexibility enables games to be adapted over and over again as your child's skills develop, so building and developing a child's confidence. <p>The package is designed for 3-5 year-olds, under parental supervision, or for slightly older children to use on their own. Progress can be monitored and difficulty levels can be adjusted according to age and ability. The games aim to acquaint and help children with the key topics covered in the first year at school, and include number recognition, logic, counting, mathematical language, shapes and sizes, spatial awareness, speaking and listening, letter recognition and letter sounds. Work sheets can be printed out which can extend learning beyond the PC. Buy this package for your youngster, and lay firm foundations with its highly effective approach to parent-assisted learning. --<I>Susan Naylor</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd My First CD-Rom: Number
Dorling Kindersley has produced an excellent series of interactive parent-assisted learning packages designed for young children, of which <I>My First Number</I> is one. The CD-ROM is aimed at children aged 3-5 years and is especially useful for pre-school children or those needing more practice in early learning number skills. <p> The package has been specifically designed to give youngsters an introduction to counting and sorting, and to help them gain confidence in using a computer. The games have been developed to allow children to play them on their own, but help may be needed initially, until youngsters get used the format. Make the sessions happy and relaxed, helping your child to learn with lots of fun. When playing alone, the fun will continue as they make decisions for themselves, and so their learning carries on without them even knowing. Game speeds and levels of difficulty can be altered, progress can be tracked and measured and help is automatically adjusted according to a child's responses. <p>There are five easy games to play and they have been designed to be played in order. Meet Little Penguin and White Bear, appealing and humorous characters who use lots of songs, rhymes and animations to give practice in counting, number recognition, colour, and recognition of 2-D shapes, ordering numbers to create correct counting sequences, and practice in developing problem-solving skills. <p> The CD-ROM is easy to install (instructions are on the disc, and there are comprehensive support notes for parents with full explanations about the games and activities that are accessed from the parent icon on the tool bar). This is a valuable introduction to key mathematical concepts capitalising on the natural eagerness young children have to learn. --<I>Susan Naylor</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Play and Learn: Writing & Calculating
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Oz the Magical Adventure: Interactive Storybook
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Bear & Penguin's Big Maths Adventure
<I>Bear and Penguin's Big Maths Adventure</I> is a fun and easy-to-use program designed to develop young children's addition and subtraction skills. This program would be excellent to use with 5-7 year olds.<p> There are five different games to choose from, all of them clearly explained so that children can develop their independence when using the computer. The games, which can be played at three different levels, have been carefully developed to practice the skills that children are learning as part of the numeracy hour in school. It is advised that the games are played in the numbered order so that there is a progression of skills development. The maths adventure involves, for example, filling in the missing numbers on the maths machine and painting a picture by answering addition and subtraction sums. After playing all of the games children are allowed to play the Super game which helps to consolidate the skills that they have been learning with mental arithmetic against the clock. Some more able children may find the maths a little easy, but for most children this would be an excellent way of developing and consolidating addition and subtraction to 20.<p> There is an excellent guide for parents which discusses the skills the games focus on. A range of very good worksheets can be printed out and used with children to consolidate the maths that they have been doing.<p> If children fancy a break from maths, there is also an excellent printing section where children can make their own stationary and create door signs, birthday cards, letterheads and invitations. This is a brilliant way to encourage children to write for a range of different purposes.<p> <I>Bear and Penguin's Big Maths Adventure</I> is another excellent Dorling Kindersley program and would be an excellent buy for parents or teachers to use with children aged 5-7 years. --<I>Amanda York</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Rainbow Fish Interactive Storybook
Bring the underwater adventures of <I>Rainbow Fish</I> to life on your PC with this wonderful interactive children's CD-ROM. With an assortment of charming characters and a huge variety of games, musical fun and activities children aged 3 to 7 years will be instantly spellbound. <p> Poor <I>Rainbow Fish</I> has had his scales stolen and only you can help. Solve the puzzles and complete the challenges to find the thieves and make him beautiful again. You'll meet friends along the way such as Head and Toe (the twin fish) and there are numerous games and activities to keep young minds entertained while teaching valuable skills such as recognition, problem solving, experimentation, logical thinking and creativity. A print shop lets you colour pictures on screen or print for later, and two difficulty levels make sure that younger children are able to join in the fun.<p> Easily installed, the simple interface ensures that navigation is a breeze (vital for younger PC users) and the help menu is available at all times. Use of the mouse and cursor will help develop computer skills and hand-eye coordination, and the print applications available will provide additional PC skills. With the educational benefits you would expect from Dorling Kindersley, <I>Rainbow Fish</I> will surely become a child's favourite. --<I>Amber Harbour</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd My First CD-Rom: Dictionary
The superb, interactive <i>My First Dictionary</i> from Dorling Kindersley has been purposely designed so that very young children can use it to learn along with their parents, or alternatively, older children can use it alone. The age range therefore is quite broad, but it is aimed primarily at 3-7 year olds. Older children can use it to great benefit to practice specific areas which may need extra work.<p> It's been proven that a child's learning becomes fun when it is presented in an entertaining, instructive and structured way (so they often learn without them even realising). <I>My First Dictionary</I> CD-ROM follow these rules. The easy-to-use games and activities, with more than 1,000 word definitions, are accompanied and supported by brightly coloured and appealing animations and narrations that will engage and interest children who are just learning to read, as well as those who have more advanced reading skills. Using this CD-ROM will help your child to learn the meaning of words, to practice spelling, to develop an awareness of relationships between words, to build vocabulary, to learn and extend PC skills (particularly mouse control), to acquire knowledge and practice alphabetical order, to recognise phonetic sounds, and to gain good, solid foundations in reading and spelling. <p> There are four easy-to-use word and sound games: Spell It, Alphabet Scramble, Guess What? and What's That Noise?, all accessible via the menu. Particularly entertaining is the Surprise Me! game, accessible via the tool bar. In addition, dictionaries can be personalised, entries can be copied and printed, stars can be earned as rewards, stickers can be collected, and the spelling activities have three levels of difficulty. The package is not accompanied by an instruction pamphlet, but simple instructions for installation are displayed on the CD-ROM itself and excellent help for parents on every aspect of the package can be accessed via the tool bar. Explanations and animations can be switched off for older children. --<I>Susan Naylor</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Play and Learn: Reading & Counting
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd My First CD-Rom: Starting To Read
<I>Starting to Read</I> is another excellent package in the My First series of CD-ROMs (and books) from the ever-popular publisher Dorling Kindersley--just the thing if you're looking to support your child's education at home. <p> Meet White Bear and Little Penguin as they invite readers to take part in four easy-to-play, interactive games: Rhyme Time, Odd One Out, Alphabet Scramble and Master Lunch, all of which use catchy songs and rhymes, clear and simple instructions, and appealing animations. Rewards are earned in the form of stickers and celebratory songs, and speed and difficulty can be adjusted. <p> On-screen help will adjust automatically, also according to the responses given by the user. All these situations have been designed to help children develop key reading concepts: letter sounds and phonics, upper and lower case letters, alphabetical order, rhyming words and spelling patterns. The package will also help extend and develop their vocabulary and vocabulary skills. Listening skills and PC skills, both so important in the information world, can also be practiced and broadened. The package is not accompanied by an instruction pamphlet, but simple instructions for installation are displayed on the CD-ROM itself and excellent, extensive support notes for parents on every aspect of the package can be accessed via the Parents icon on the tool bar. It is also possible to print out various items, such as name tags, invitations, birthday cards and writing paper. <p> <I>My First Starting to Read</I> provides learning experiences as games and activities that are exciting, lively, imaginative and fun, and will extend knowledge, confidence and skill, often without children realising. The package is aimed at 3-5 year olds who are starting to read, but it can also be used with older children requiring extra practice. --<I>Susan Naylor</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd The 3 Little Pigs
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd DK GCSE Biology 20052006 (PC)
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Alice in Wonderland (Fun Learning Interactive Adventure)
<I>Alice in Wonderland</I> is a story most adults know, and one that children always seem delighted to discover. This CD-ROM version from Dorling Kindersley combines elements from the story with educational activities and games, and is designed for children aged 7 to 12 years. Each user logs on with their own name, so several family members can use <I>Alice in Wonderland</I> at their own pace. <p> The CD begins with Alice following the White Rabbit down his famous hole, and arriving at the Hall of Doors--the first of 10 magical worlds she will encounter. There are riddles and problems behind some of the doors in this hallway, and you have to help Alice complete them to gain items or information she'll need later on. And of course, you get to play with the infamous drink me and eat me foodstuffs. <I>Alice in Wonderland</I> continues in the same vein throughout, and features many characters from the book--the Cheshire Cat is on hand to provide help, while you'll also meet the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts and others. In true <I>Alice in Wonderland</I> style, Alice herself is a real girl, while the other characters are all animated.<p> <I>Alice in Wonderland</I> hangs together well, and this multimedia fairy tale is an interesting example of making an educational CD from a children's classic. The American voices of the characters may be a little grating at times, though. --<I>Sandra Vogel</I>
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Learning Ladder: Pre-School
<I>Learning Ladder Preschool</I> is an excellent CD-ROM packed with a wide range of activities for 3-5 year olds. Woody the Pencil guides children thro |
