RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.99
Review Learning Ladder Year 4 / Avanquest Software:Learning Ladder Year 4 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. 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. 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. -Amanda York A good all-round educational CD-Rom The CD-Rom covers basics of literacy, numeracy and science in a bright and colourful way. [+]Children really enjoy the challenges of over 350 activities and will come back for more. Win 95/98.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £4.99
Review REVIVAL: LEGO Creator / Focus Multimedia Ltd:At first acquaintance, the basic "gaming environment" wherein LEGO Creator's players build their virtual bikes, choppers, cranes and so on, and direct their dinky, cutesy, usually pre-built minifigures, seems a little bit odd and unsettling-even bleak. Bleak enough to confirm the prejudices of parents and others who would consider computerised LEGO a travesty of the hands-on, real-world ethos of the original construction game. However, after a while, the cleverness of this CD ROM comes to the fore. In the virtual LEGO Creator world you don't just build things and then take them apart; you can make them fly at the touch of a button, give them apposite or ludicrous sounds, change their colour with a single mouse-click, even blow them up (flamboyantly) using the special DESTRUCTA bricks. You're then able to pilot your figures and vehicles through the very world you have created, guided by an integral LEGO Creator Wizard-who is a bit like a permanently untiring, mega-brainy parent. All in all then, a rather fine and intelligent toy, albeit not one for the very young, or very active, or very easily dismayed. - Sean Thomas.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £1.89
Review PC Fun Club: LEGO LOCO (PC CD) / Focus Multimedia Ltd:
Dimentions: 0.01 x 0.01 x 0.01 cm
Weight: 0.25 Kg
RRP: £19.99
Price: £16.36
Review Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions Games (PC/Mac) / Viva Media:
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.79
Review Jump Ahead: Typing (PC) / Focus Multimedia Ltd:
RRP: £4.99
Price: £1.75
Review PC Fun Club: I SPY Spooky Mansion (PC CD) / Focus Multimedia Ltd:
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.88
Review Teaching You Clarinet Skills (PC) / Focus Multimedia Ltd:
RRP: £24.99
Price: £22.00
Review DK Explorer Pack - Includes World, Human Body, History, Science & British Isles Explorer / Avanquest Software:
Weight: 0.55 Kg
RRP: £19.99
Price: £7.48
Review Nancy Drew Secret Of The Old Clock (PC) / Her Interactive 67861-00058:
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.98
Review Jump Ahead: Starting Reading (PC) / Focus Multimedia Ltd:
Weight: 2.2 Kg
RRP: £4.99
Price: £0.01
Review Favourites Teletubbies Favourite Games / Avanquest Software FTT-BBC-DV:Crafted with brilliant colours and the lazy-summer-day pace of the celebrated series, Teletubbies 2: Favourite Games delivers the goods for the toddler set. From the first scene, where the baby-face sun rises across the computer screen, kids will be entranced. Parents will like it too-mostly for the developmental skills the teletubbies teach. The CD-ROM is based around five games, including "Tuning In," "Gymnastic," and "Making Tubby Custard" (which features appropriately silly sound effects). "Hide and Peep" takes the traditional hide and seek game and adds bright red curtains. "Roly Poly" was a particular favourite; when you click on a teletubby it sends Laa-Laa, Tinky Winky, Dipsy, and Po rolling down gorgeous green hills. A very big pointer triggers the game's actions, and children should be able to use it easily in developing computer skills. These games also help children to learn how to match (from the hiding game) and create ordered sequences (in the case of the custard game). In addition, the game designers have built in considerate additions for the recommended age group, two to four years old. For example, to quit the game parents need to hit the escape key-a good choice for little fingers that might otherwise click an exit icon by mistake. [+]Charming and colourful-like the television show come to life-Teletubbies 2: Favourite Games will please and delight. -Simon Priestly.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £2.26
Review PC Fun Club: Art Attack (PC CD) / Focus Multimedia Ltd:
RRP: £4.99
Price: £0.01
Review Reader Rabbit Maths 6-8 years / Avanquest Software:
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.63
Review Britannica A Level: Maths (PC) / Idigicon:
RRP: £4.99
Price: £4.99
Review Bananas In Pyjamas: It's Fun Time / Avanquest Software:
RRP: £19.99
Price: £0.01
Review Art Attack - Digital / Europress:
RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.01
Review Thomas & Friends - The Great Festival Adventure (PC) / Mindscape:
RRP: £9.99
Price: £9.99
Review Become A World Explorer / Avanquest Software:Armchair adventurers relax. With the Become a World Explorer 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. 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. [+]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. -Martin Oliver An Atlas for younger globetrotters A basic atlas which supports Key Stages 1 & 2 of the National Curriculum. Has over 50 destinations to discover and 500 multiple choice questions covering flags, capital cities and famous places. Win95/98,ME,2000,XP.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.69
Review Learning Ladder Year 6 / Avanquest Software:Learning Ladder Year 6 is another excellent CD-ROM from Dorling Kindersley. It's aimed at children aged 10-11 and 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. This CD-ROM would be invaluable for any child in Year 6 who is preparing for their SATs. 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 designing their own cards, invitations and labels, which can be printed out. 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 animals, food chains and gravity. 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. [+]-Amanda York A good all-round educational CD-Rom The CD-Rom covers basics of literacy, numeracy and science in bright and colourful way. Children really enjoy the challenges of over 350 activities and will come back for more. Win 95/98.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £2.47
Review Fifi And The Flowertots Activity Pack / Avanquest Software:
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