m086414@pwa-b.UUCP (Fred Comins) (10/14/89)
I am looking for some advice on good educational software for 3 or 4 year olds. Either public domain (f. fish) or commercial. Thanks.
arao@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (aswath.k.rao) (10/15/89)
From article <353@pwa-b.UUCP>, by m086414@pwa-b.UUCP (Fred Comins): > > I am looking for some advice on good educational software for 3 or 4 year > olds. Either public domain (f. fish) or commercial. Thanks. Me too! Aswath Rao att.com!houtz!arao
jea@merlin.cvs.rochester.edu (Joanne Albano) (10/16/89)
I recommend ABZOO. This program encourages preschoolers to
write and read by presenting them with pictures of animals
with their names at 3 different levels of difficulty. At the
lowest level a keyboard is put up on the screen and the
child hits any key and an animal whose name starts with that
letter is shown, the talker says his name and then the keyboard
is presented with that key missing. At the highest level
the animal and his name is shown then is blanked and as the
child types the name in a portion of the animal is reshown.
My kids have gotten much enjoyment from this program and I
expect they will for some years to come. I suspect most kids
would enjoy it between the ages of 2-6.
On the other hand I would avoid the BYTE BY BYTE Programs.
They are not good neighbors with other programs you might
want to run and we end up having to reboot everytime we use
those. The ideas in the BYTE BY BYTE programs seem appealing
to us adults but they just havent held my kids attention for
so long. They may be aimed at older kids that have learned to
use the mouse effectively perhaps. But then I would think that
a child that knows how to use a mouse effectively would already
be bored with the concepts of square vs circle or small vs bigger
or coloring a dinosaur tail red and his head yellow.
.
will enjoy it f
Joanne Albano, Center for Visual Science (716) 275-3055
Room 256 Meliora Hall, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester NY 14627
UUCP: {rutgers,allegra,decvax}!rochester!ur-cvsvax!jea
INTERNET: jea@snipe.cvs.rochester.eduplav@cup.portal.com (Rick M Plavnicky) (10/17/89)
In location <1067.3.5168.2@portal> (hey, I'm too lazy to look up the ``real''
article number...) Aswath Rao (att.com!houtz!arao) writes:
] From article <353@pwa-b.UUCP>, by m086414@pwa-b.UUCP (Fred Comins):
] >
] > I am looking for some advice on good educational software for 3 or 4 year
] > olds. Either public domain (f. fish) or commercial. Thanks.
]
] Me too!
]
] Aswath Rao
] att.com!houtz!arao
Back in mid-August I asked much the same question, and collected responses
from several people. "Software for Kids" was in the header, if memory
serves. One person even volunteered to start a 'kidsware' mailing list,
but I haven't heard anything further from him or anyone else regarding it.
Fred, Aswath, (anyone else?) drop me a line and I'll send you the info I
received. If I get more than, say, ten requests, I'll summarize and repost.
The address below seems reliable.
Rick Plavnicky
{...}!sun!cup.portal.com!plav
"I've got a bunch of bananas, and a bottle of bleach..."mikef@hpspdra.HP.COM (Mike Fischer) (10/24/89)
Sorry to post this, but email bounced (mailer couldn't find Portal from Palo Alto!?!?!?) Anyway, I too would appreciate a summary of the educational software for preschoolers. -- Mike Fischer mikef%hpspd@hplabs.hp.com *!hplabs!hpspdra!mikef
plav@cup.portal.com (Rick M Plavnicky) (10/27/89)
mikef@hpspdra.HP.COM (Mike Fischer) writes: > Sorry to post this, but email bounced (mailer couldn't find Portal > from Palo Alto!?!?!?) Er, I guess you were looking for me, I promised a mailing or posting some time ago. (BTW, hmmm, that's some mailer, eh?) > Anyway, I too would appreciate a summary of the educational software With you, Mike, I've gotten over a dozen requests for this stuff. I plead a combination of busy-ness and laziness, and I'll definitely get it out over the weekend. Thanks for the reminder. To others that are patiently waiting: thanks for being patient! > Mike Fischer mikef%hpspd@hplabs.hp.com *!hplabs!hpspdra!mikef Rick Plavnicky {...}!sun!cup.portal.com!plav "I've got a bunch of bananas, and a bottle of bleach..."