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JumpStart Preschool is truly irresistible for kids and parents alike. The first thing that’ll grab you is the music.

Traditional tunes like “Wheels on the Bus”, “Itsy Bitsy Spider”, “You Are My Sunshine”, “I’m a Little Teapot”, “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” and even a rendition of “Rock Around the Clock” will have everyone within earshot singing and humming as your child plays this activity-loaded CD-ROM. Best of all, you and your kids can listen and sing along with the songs in any audio compact disc player once they’re off the computer. (continue reading…)

This software dares to be different! The first in the Tenth Planet Literacy Series, Letter Sounds, is a brilliant CD-ROM which helps pre-readers, early readers, and children learning to spell develop consonant letters, sounds, and new words.

Letter Sounds is brilliant! The CD-ROM’s audio is sharp and easy to understand. The simple animation is delightfully flawless while the introduction invites kids to explore a wonderful multimedia world of black and white stick animation. As the characters converse, the beginning sounds of words appear in brilliant color. Talk about an attention getter! (continue reading…)

JumpStart Preschool is truly irresistible for kids and parents alike. The first thing that’ll grab you is the music.

Traditional tunes like “Wheels on the Bus”, “Itsy Bitsy Spider”, “You Are My Sunshine”, “I’m a Little Teapot”, “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” and even a rendition of “Rock Around the Clock” will have everyone within earshot singing and humming as your child plays this activity-loaded CD-ROM. Best of all, you and your kids can listen and sing along with the songs in any audio compact disc player once they’re off the computer. (continue reading…)

Disney’s Winnie The Pooh Toddler value-priced software is clever and cute. Although it isn’t packed with loads of activities (there are only five), the top-rate animation and music will entertain your toddler.

By playing this software, little ones are introduced to letters, numbers, colors and shape identification; opposites; basic vocabulary; and beginning music appreciation. (continue reading…)

Disney’s Winnie The Pooh Preschool is a honey of a bargain! Although aimed at children ages 2 through 4 years, this software can easily teach and entertain the 3 to 5 year old crowd, as well.

Since each of the six activities has three difficulty levels, Winnie The Pooh Preschool scored high in replayability and learning fun! However, the Saturday morning style opening animation seemed far too long for children ages 2-4. Most kids are impatient to begin clicking around the screen and the opening doesn’t allow kids to do that. (continue reading…)

LEGO’s wonderfully 3D rendered world comes to life in this sensational, multi-level edutainment software aimed at preschool-age children.

Kids two and older can explore a world full of animated LEGO DUPLO in four learning zones: the Math Farm, the Language Playground, the Art Tree Fort and the Music Jungle. (continue reading…)