abc-CD: The Talking Animated Alphabet
Publisher: Sherston Software Ltd
Just what young children need to help them learn and remember the sounds and shapes of the alphabet. Features 26 beautiful illustrations and animations, lively speech, music. 3 carefully graded activities show each letter of the alphabet magically morphing into something that really will help infants remember the shape and sound. Can be adjusted to meet the needs of individual children. SPECIAL EDITION: new version for children with special educational needs has an inclusion and support feature and works with a mouse, space bar or scanning switch. Ideal for building up phonological awareness. Interactive Whiteboard compatible.
Format: Windows / Mac CD-ROM
Key stage: 1
Age range: 3-6
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BBC Magic Grandads Seaside Holidays
Publisher: Sherston Software Ltd
Takes pupils on unique interactive journey to seaside holidays of today and in the past. Enables children to explore 80+ resources, including video clips, photos, images of original artefacts. Includes: 3 eras: 1900s, 1950s, Today; 3 themes: the Journey, at the Beach, Seaside Entertainment; 4 task types to develop and reinforce historical knowledge and understanding; Click and Explore section allows pupils to investigate resources independently; Pupil Book which records their work and choices in each activity, with free text area for pupil comments; comprehensive Teacher Options; high quality narration throughout. Recommended for use with an interactive whiteboard.
Format: Windows / Mac CD-ROM
Key stage: 1
Age range: 5-7
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Explore with Flossy the Frog
Publisher: 4Mation
Although this program is intended for children up to the age of 8, its varied content will also delight slightly older users. Provides reading opportunities, simple problem solving tasks, stimulus for creative activities. Ability to read the text is not absolutely essential. Interactive Whiteboard compatible.
Format: Windows CD-ROM
Key stage: 1, 2
Age range: 4-8
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Freddy Teddy Bumper Pack
Publisher: Topologika Software Ltd
Compilation CD includes 6 early learning titles featuring Freddy Teddy. BALLOONS number recognition, addition. ZOO count the animals. ADVENTURE puzzles make picnics. PUDDLE he stepped in a puddle, got in a muddle. WARDROBE it's snowing today, dress Freddy for play. PLAYGROUND early numeracy, control. FREDDY TEDDY colour matching, sequencing, shape. Scotland to P1, Special Needs. Interactive Whiteboard compatible.
Format: Windows CD-ROM
Key stage: 1, 2
Age range: 3-9
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Izzys Island
Publisher: Sherston Software Ltd
A fun-packed CD-ROM designed for the youngest learners. Sail away with Izzy and friends to an island filled with ten engaging activities that introduce and develop many essential basic skills. With full narration, colourful graphics and age-appropriate content, children will want to visit Izzy's Island again and again. Contents: Retelling a story, Vocabulary of size and colour, Matching and sorting, Counting, Listening skills. Repeating patterns, Initial and final phonemes, Responding to a task, Rhyming words. Interactive Whiteboard compatible.
Format: Windows / Mac CD-ROM
Key stage: 1
Age range: 4-6
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Izzys Story Skills
Publisher: Sherston Software Ltd
These highly original retelling of the traditional, much loved tale enables young children to explore the world of these tales through adult and child led learning opportunities. The story itself can be used in two different ways, with or without text and narration, providing a rich and flexible resource that supports and encourages young children in their won storytelling. In addition, each of the five activities focuses on a key language skill within a carefully designed, fully narrated scenario. Contents; Fully narrated interactive story. Facility for child, teacher to tell the story. Three engaging click and explore scenes. Five focused, interactive activities. Fully narrated throughout. Clear Teacher Options. Titles available: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Billy Goats Gruff. Interactive Whiteboard compatible.
Format: Windows / Mac CD-ROM
Key stage: 1
Age range: 4-6
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Leaps and Bounds Series
Publisher: Semerc
Introduces pre-school children, those with learning difficulties to host of vital skills. V1 (WIN/MAC): develops pre-reading skills, lengthens concentration span, encourages decision making, improves tracking & left-right orientation. V2 (WIN only): develops mouse skills, hand-eye co-ordination, encourages visual & auditory discrimination, reinforces targeting & communication skills, communicate & extend vocabulary range, no text or speech. V3 (WIN/MAC): develops mouse skills, hand-eye co-ordination, encourages visual & auditory discrimination, 6 interactive games, provides opportunities for pupils to communicate & extend vocabulary range, text free & speech free makes it suitable for youngest of users. SWITCH version (WIN/MAC) The best-loved features of this popular series now available for switch users with this new adapted version. Individuals can also access these activities using a mouse or keyboard, as well as switch. This CD ROM uses bright and colourful characters to stimulate the imagination of young learners, and encourages the development of vital early learning skills. Develops pre-reading skills, Lengthens concentration span, Enhances decision-making processes, Improves tracking and left-right orientation. Interactive Whiteboard compatible.
Format: Windows CD-ROM, Mac CD-ROM
Key stage: 1
Age range: 3-7
ISBN: 1842350080
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Making Creatures
Publisher: Semerc
A text free, fun, easy-to-use, motivational piece of software aimed at the early years classroom, and for all those with areas of difficulty around observation, visual discrimination and perception and memory skills. It is switch accessible and a set of laminated playing cards with all the creatures from the program is also provided. Click and Play - create a creature by choosing its head, body and legs. Match the Creature - we've created a creature for you. Can you make the same creature? Create a Creature - read or listen to the description of a creature and then create it. Spot the Difference - find the differences between the two creatures on screen. Find the Odd One Out - which creature is different from the rest? Draw Your Own - let your imagination run wild!
Format: Windows CD-ROM, Mac CD-ROM
Key stage: 1
Age range: 5-7
ISBN: 1406012459
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Money Mice
Publisher: Sherston Software Ltd
Marlon Mack Molly and Maz are planning to go to the school fair and need your pupils to help them with a variety of tasks starting with helping Marlon to check his money box. Each of the six money related activities help children to practise coin recognition and develop the concepts of spending buying selling earning and saving money. The activities can be used separately to support specific lesson objectives or they can be tackled as one complete adventure. Contents: Three levels of difficulty. Activity or adventure mode. Optional reward activity. Teacher options. Money related vocabulary. Coin recognition. Totalling amounts. Change. Equivalence. Simple problem solving. Interactive Whiteboard compatible.
Format: Windows CD-ROM
Key stage: 1
Age range: 4-7
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My First CD-ROM Series
Publisher: DK Interactive Learning
Truly innovative series offering fun way to introduce computers to the very young, providing fully comprehensive programme of preschool learning, giving a safe and rewarding experience for adventurous little fingers. Titles available: Toddler School for 18 month to 3 year olds, Getting Ready for School for 3-5 year olds. Interactive Whiteboard compatible.
Format: Windows CD-ROM
Key stage: 1
Age range: 3-5
ISBN: 751318604
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My Modelling Toolkit
Publisher: Semerc
Fantastic new resource designed to be engaging on a visual level and in the variety of activities on offer. Emphasis of these activities is to have fun whilst helping young children compare computer models with those in real life. Ideal for covering all curriculum requirements stated in QCA ICT unit 1A: An introduction to modelling including the new integrated task which shows how ICT can be applied and developed across other areas of the curriculum. Some of the activities the pupil will enjoy include: Make a birthday cake, Design a creature, Find teddy, Dress baby. Simple adventure game teaches children the basics of road safety. Particularly popular as it is simple enough for young children to use and short enough for whole class to get through. Additional materials include lesson plans, complementary activity sheets, assessment sheets to help children review their learning and solve the problem of what to do with other children who may not have access to a computer in the classroom. Teacher settings include choice between black & white line printing, colour printing, drag mouse behaviour option so very young children or those with special needs are not limited by their ICT skills. Linked to the Early Learning GoalS, National Curriculum Literacy & Numeracy strategies, curricula for Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland. Ideal for use on an interactive whiteboard with a full class. Foundation & KS1.
Format: Windows CD-ROM
Key stage: 1
Age range: 5-7
ISBN: 1844410846/G05
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Pairing
Publisher: Storm Educational Software
Pairing contains a number of memory skill and thinking activities presented in a colourful and interactive way to reinforce early number and early word skills. The activities include a memory game where two cards are turned over at a time until matches are made; selecting matches using multiple choice; drawing lines between pairs; or moving pairs next to each other. In the activity tray an item is removed from the screen and children must guess which object has gone missing. Pairing may be used to match items which are alike which may be; two matching pictures; matching words to pictures; matching opposites; matching rhyming words; the list is endless. There are different levels of difficulty and a reporting option throughout the activities. Pairing may also be used with additional packs (purchased separately) to cover different parts of the curriculum.
Format: Windows CD-ROM
Key stage: 2
Age range: 7-11
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Patch the Puppy
Publisher: 4Mation
Focuses on 3 core curriculum areas: mathematics, language, science. Content is relevant to children following preschool guidelines and where appropriate works towards a National Curriculum statement at Level One. Interactive Whiteboard compatible.
Format: Windows / Mac CD-ROM
Key stage: 1
Age range: 3-6
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Play and Learn Series
Publisher: DK Interactive Learning
Designed to encourage and entertain children and help develop early learning skills. Reading & Counting (Age 3-5): 101 games help children read and count. Covers phonics, numbers, shapes, puzzles. Writing & Calculating (Age 5-7): 102 games help children write and calculate. Covers counting, reading, creating, memorising. See Play & Learn Science Experiments. Interactive Whiteboard compatible.
Format: Windows CD-ROM
Key stage: 1
Age range: 3-7
ISBN: 751308722
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Scally's World Series
Publisher: Topologika Software Ltd
VERBS: gets 3-11 year olds thinking about verbs, for KS1-2, Scotland P5. Records work done, prints worksheets, completely configurable, gets children reading and writing, improves spelling and vocabulary, includes storybook, handbook, talking story, word cards and my sing along Scally Song! PROBLEMS: encourages pupils to think for themselves. Promotes thinking for KS 1-3 & Scotland to S2, educational and fun. LETTERS & NOUNS: 10+ graded activities for learning about letters in different settings: matching 2 words, pictures or letters; finding matching words, blends & letters; matching letters & words to pictures; finding picture, letter, word cards; matching pictures to words & letters (Age 3-7, KS1). NUMBERS & SUMS: 10+ graded activities for learning about numbers in different settings: matching numbers, numerals & quantities; finding corresponding words, numerals & quantities; finding pairs of number, numeral & quantity cards; matching picture quantities to words; playing 'Pot Luck' number games. (Age 3-7, KS1). Interactive Whiteboard compatible.
Format: Windows CD-ROM
Key stage: 1, 2, 3
Age range: 3-15+
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Sound Beginnings
Publisher: Semerc
VOLUME 1 (WIN): Young pupils can have fun packed classes through exploration and skills building exercises. Designed to encourage vocalisation and develop basic awareness of dimensions of speech. Select appropriate sounds and words for your pupils, view each pupils user record. Exercises designed to: Gradually reveal pictures through sound stimulus, Reward pupils when they say specific words, Encourage extensive language work development. VOLUME 2 (WIN): designed to encourage communication in young children and those with special education needs. Building on features of Vol 1, encompasses even more exciting activities using voice stimulus. Simple microphone is needed, but no voice input training or complicated configurations are required. Activities can be configured to suit individual users. Track progress of individuals through printable user records. Gallery can be viewed showing saved screenshots from activities users have accessed. Activities include: Counting, Flying, Painting, Racing, Placing. MAKING SOUNDS (WIN/MAC): includes Racing, Jigsaw, Blow-up, Invaders & Floating activities from the Vols 1 & 2. Activities are particularly suitable for pupils at the early stages of acquiring spoken language. Teachers can configure programs to suit level of users and add their own specific images. Record of the individuals progress can be created and printed at the end of each activity. Microphone with headset is available. Interactive Whiteboard compatible.
Format: Windows CD-ROM
Key stage: 1
Age range: 4+
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Speedy Keys
Publisher: Semerc
Addresses the area of keyboard familiarity, aims to allow children to become familiar with the keyboard in a fun way. Can also be used as part of a structured spelling program. Includes national Literacy Strategy word lists, 4 fun and appealing activities, appeals to a wide range of abilities, can also improve reading and spelling, can create your own word lists. Speedy Keys includes extensive recording facilities and will detect and then react to the users skill level.
Format: Windows / Mac CD-ROM
Key stage: 1
Age range: 3-6
ISBN: 1842357387
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Thomas the Clown
Publisher: Logotron
Developed to suit needs of nursery and pre-school children from 4 years, and for older learners up to 8 years. Each truly interactive activity has number of skill levels, from easy to hard. Every level uses rich animation and speech to develop childrens ability to understand colour, shape, pattern. Also develops important thinking skills of logic, sequencing. Fun stimulating way to learn essential IT basics that all young children now need at school. Interactive Whiteboard compatible.
Format: Windows CD-ROM
Key stage: 1
Age range: 4-8
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Tizzys Busy Week
Publisher: Sherston Software Ltd
Tizzy has just moved into a lovely new house but its in a bit of a mess. Can your children use the computer mouse to lend a hand and help Tizzy tidy up? While helping Tizzy to organise her home children will develop and extend their basic computer knowledge and mouse control skills and have a lot of fun in the process. The perfect starter for children working towards independent computer use. Contents; 7 focused activities encouraging progressive development of mouse control skills. Animated Help feature within each activity. Animated introduction to computers feature. Fun Sing Along feature. Teacher Options. Full narration throughout. Interactive Whiteboard compatible.
Format: Windows CD-ROM
Key stage: 1
Age range: 3-5
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Tizzys Toybox Special Edition
Publisher: Sherston Software Ltd
With Tizzy's help children get to grips with simple rhyming words, prepositions, the language of comparison, matching and sorting, counting, one to one correspondence, colours, jigsaw puzzles etc. Designed for UK National Curriculum, complies with SCAA Desirable Outcomes for children's learning. Includes extensive photocopiable childrens worksheets. Interactive Whiteboard compatible.
Format: Windows CD-ROM
Key stage: 1
Age range: 4-6
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Touch Series
Publisher: Semerc
Series designed for early years and special needs. Excellent for mouse or touch screen training, helps develop cause and effect, visual discriminating, matching, tracking, mouse skills. TOUCH GAMES 1: Annabel & Dasher encourage targeting, hand-eye coordination; Memory Doors helps with short-term memory; Honey Bee enhances hand-eye co-ordination, mouse dragging skills; Pin Wheel & Rockets improves targeting skills. TOUCH GAMES 2: Postman Pete encourages pre-writing skills; Brian's Bus enhances targeting, mouse dragging, direction skills; Sort & See improves targeting, dragging, discrimination of objects; Magic Painting encourages use of finger or pointing devices to paint pictures. TOUCH FUNFAIR: Lucky Dip enhances decision making, auditory, short-term memory; Bumper Cars improves targeting, colour & number matching skills; Hoops improves targeting, mouse dragging, hand-eye coordination; Darts & Coconut Shy enhances targeting skills.
Format: Windows / Mac CD-ROM
Key stage: 1, 2
Age range: 3-10
ISBN: 1844412326
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