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Arthur's Preschool
Age Range: 3 -5
Learning: Learning the letters of the alphabet and numbers 1 to 10, first step addition, identifying basic geometric shapes and colours, sorting and matching exercises and learning to follow instruction and interact with a computer program.
Platform: Windows & Mac
Ratings:  Educational: 4.2  Design: 4.7  Ease Of Use 4.5
Introduction: Arthur's Preschool is a 2 CD ROM program that provides 8 distinct learning activities and on the 2nd disc, you will find a music program, a card creator and a large assortment of print off play activities. There is lots here to see and do. See More



Adventure Workshop Preschool -1st Grade
Age Range: 3 -5
Learning: Number and letter recognition, basic counting, sorting and sequencing skills, problem solving, music (auditory discrimination skills) and creative play.
Platform: Windows & Mac
Ratings:  Educational: 4.4  Design: 4.5  Ease Of Use 4.6
Introduction: This package contains four programs that all focus on fundamental literacy and numeracy skills that were, at one time, stand alone good quality programs. Here is a description of one of the programs, Arthur's Reading Race that will give you an idea of the nature of all four progams. See More


Reader Rabbit Preschool-Sparkle Star Rescue
Age Range: 3 - 6
Learning: Basic letter and sound recognition, number recognition, addition, basic vocabulary, shape and colour recognition, sorting by attributes, and developing ability to understand and follow directions.
Platform: Windows & Mac
Ratings:  Educational: 4.7  Design: 4.8  Ease Of Use 4.5
Introduction: The new Reader Rabbit Preschool is an animated adventure experience exploring the planet "Sparkalot" where you and Reader Rabbit are helping put the "sparkle" back in all kinds of objects that have lost their sparkle. The 6 activity areas within the adventure story, develop skills in basic numeracy, letter, word identification and attribute identification. See More


Dr. Seuss Kindergarten
Age Range: 4 - 7
Learning: Word and letter identification, rhyming, object classification, logical reasoning, matching, number concepts and basic adding and subtracting, sequence identification problem solving, measurement, reading and music.
Platform: Windows & Mac
Ratings:  Educational: 4.5 Design: 4.6  Ease Of Use 4.5
Introduction: Dr. Seuss Kindergarten is a fully animated story with the Cat in the Hat and young Gerald McGrew. Gerald has built a new zoo (remember the book) and wants your help collecting some unique, marvelous and strange animals from around the world, for his new zoo. See More


Reader Rabbit Kindergarten
Age Range: 5 - 7
Learning: Identifying letter sounds, basic vocabulary and reading, counting and adding, identifying rhyming words, matching letters and numbers (memory skill), and problem solving relational values and following instructions.
Platform: Windows & Mac
Ratings:  Educational: 4.5  Design: 4.6  Ease Of Use 4.5
Introduction: Reader Rabbit Kindergarten is the latest (2001/2002) in the Reader Rabbit learning series for the younger years. The adventure for players in this game begins when Reader Rabbit and Sam the Lion have their Flying Dreamship wrapped up in bubble wrap when flying over Balloon Town. See More


Jump Start Kindergarten
Age Range: 5 - 7
Learning: Letter and number recognition and sequencing, basic counting, telling time, basic sentence construction, basic phonic skills, visual discrimination skills, and creating artwork
Platform: Windows & Mac
Ratings:  Educational: 4.7  Design: 4.6  Ease Of Use 4.5
Introduction: Jump Start Kindergarten is an activity centre set in a country school house. Unlike Reader Rabbit Kindergarten which has a structured story line and end goal which encourages the child to complete all the activities, Jump Start is a self directed program that encourages the user to actively explore and try out the different activities on their own. See More