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Edutaining Kids
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Parents' Guide to Children's Products for Fun & Learning
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Edutaining Kids
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Parents' Guide to Children's Products for Fun & Learning
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Based on School Zone’s colorful Get Ready! workbook of the
same name, this CD-ROM helps preschoolers exercise logical
thinking skills, effectively laying the groundwork for reading and
math skills they’ll need in the years to come. Children work
through 30 virtual workbook pages, though it hardly feels like
work at all. Fun exercises, satisfying sound effects, and simple
but bold graphics keep the entertainment level high, and there are
arcade-style activities conveniently inserted between educational
activities in case that's not enough fun. Clear directions and an entirely intuitive interface
mean kids can work independently. Activities featured include
considering groups of pictures and identifying which object does
not belong, examining a detailed picture in order to find an
object that is out of place, and determining objects that belong,
for example, at the beach. Kids learn to discern likenesses and
differences – an important precursor to many school skills. Downsides are almost negligible considering the package’s
low price tag of approximately $20 US, but important to note. One
of the games is very difficult to master for children in the
suggested age group, and though the exercises feature randomized
content, they feel very much the same the second and third time
through. However, a printed workbook is included in the package
and children will have a great time with the program.