Sunday, March 14, 2010




Learn Letters
This teaches children to know and make the 26 letters of the alphabet. Using the shapes the letters have in common, the child is guided as he combines shapes to make the lower case letters of the alphabet. Learning the names and shapes of the letters of the alphabet is the first step to reading. This is one of the most important, most basic things a child needs to know to learn to read.

Letter Sounds
Knowing the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they represent puts a child on the road to reading.

Letter Sounds - Short Vowels
Selecting the correct short vowel to begin a word. Children choose the first two letters that blend to form the sounds at the beginnings of words.

Letter Sounds - Long Vowels
Selecting the correct long vowel to begin a word. Children choose the first two letters that blend to form the sounds at the beginnings of words.

Suitabililty of Product
This software is suitable for children from three years and up and also younger children can use this software to educate themselves sooner.

According to Lev Vygotsky , Less known is Vygotsky's research on play, or children's games, as a psychological phenomenon and its role in the child's development. Through play the child develops abstract meaning separate from the objects in the world, which is a critical feature in the development of higher mental functions and through the new exciting ways to learn the alphabet either through videos or sing - alongs ,etcetera ,children learn through what they perceive as play.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Disney Learning - GRADE SCHOOL SOFTWARE




Product Information

First graders will soar as they learn with Buzz Lightyear! Disney Learning 1st Grade with Active Leveling Advantage adjusts as your child develops - provides building blocks for success.

Developed using the Active Learning method Buzz Lightyear 1st Grade encourages kids to Explore Discover and Create while they learn. Children craft their own learning experience while developing essential skills. As first graders explore they can benefit from the following Active Learning enrichments:
  • Learn through fun imaginative creative activities.

  • Enhance listening perception and observation skills.

  • Appreciate music and the arts.

  • Develop abstract and critical thinking skills.

  • Explore and experiment with a variety of positive choices.

  • Realize enhanced confidence and self-esteem through successful problem solving.


Skills Learned

  • Spelling
  • Word Building
  • Word Recognition Using Verbal and Graphic Cues
  • Blends and Digraphs
  • Prediction
Suitability of Product
  • The product is suitable for children in the first grade usually six to seven years old.
  • Jean Piaget's view of how children minds work and develop has been enormously influential, particularly in educational theory. His particular insight was the role of maturation (simply growing up) in children's increasing capacity to understand their world: they cannot undertake certain tasks until they are psychologically mature enough to do so.So this product puts Piaget's developmental theory into practice.



Saturday, January 23, 2010

QuickStart Typing Master



Information


Increase your productivity and professionalism by improving your touch-typing! Learn basic techniques with over 40 lessons and 16 texts then hone your abilities with challenging tests and fun games. The program continually monitors accuracy and speed so whether you're a beginning typist or just need to sharpen your skills, it's simple to choose the lesson that's right for you.


Product Features

Multi language support ,42 basic lessons and 16 texts Lesson results include speed, accuracy, mistakes per finger, time delay per finger, and more.
SPAN


Suitability of Product


This typing program is suitable to children of younger ages as well as those who are older , as it has fun programs and games for children but also tests the speed and accuracy of a person's typing which would be beneficial to adults who also want to get practice.


Beneficial uses of Product


The benefits and uses for this program are countless as they prepare you for a level of efficiency in typing and this program also caters for the less computer literate individuals among us.


POSITION OF FINGERS WHILE TYPING.



VIDEO OF BASIC TYPING SKILLS.